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MANILA, PHILIPPINES -- Thousands of police officers and army troops started sealing the Philippines' densely populated capital on Sunday at the start of one of Southeast Asia's most drastic containment moves against the new coronavirus. Under monthlong restrictions imposed in the entire Manila.... |
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A customer wearing a protective mask, shops at a supermarket, following the outbreak of coronavirus, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia March 15, 2020. REUTERS/Lim Huey Teng.
March 15, 2020. KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia reported 190 new coronavirus cases on Sunday, with most linked to a religious event.... |
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Chief Operating Officer, Senior Partner, Head of Assurance, Risk Management, Quality Assurance Review (QAR) and Accounting Outsourcing Services (FAO), Official Supervisor, BDO Sri Lanka and Maldives, Sasanka Rathnaweera, Director and CEO, Paramount Realty. |
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ADB provides €360m to upgrade Dhaka-Northwest int'l road corridor. Published: March 15, 2020 17:54:34
The Government on Sunday signed €360 million ($400 million) loan agreement with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to help upgrade the Dhaka - Northwest international trade corridor in Bangladesh. |
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Thailand's poverty rate has been rising in recent years despite steady, if slow, overall economic growth, a new World Bank report says, widening the gap between rich and poor in Southeast Asia's second-largest economy. "Taking the Pulse of Poverty and Inequality in Thailand," launched last week, says the country's poverty rate jumped from 7. |
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Afghanistan. "We are in an unknown territory. Our major vulnerability is the border with Iran," Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said. He suggested a common framework for tele-medicine for helping the poor and the vulnerable in South Asia. He sought coordination between SAARC and SCO for learning from the Chinese experience. |
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The newsletter refers to a “plague” described as a “torment sent by God on whomsoever He wills”, adding: “Illnesses do not strike by themselves but by the command and decree of God.” ISIS has lost a lot of ground in West Asia after a series of defeats, but it remains active in Iraq and Syria in a fragmented form. |
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KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia reported 190 new coronavirus cases on Sunday, with most linked to a religious event at a mosque that was attended by 16,000 people from several countries. The new cases bring the total number of infections in the country to 428, the health ministry said, making it the worst affected in Southeast Asia. |
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KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia reported 190 new coronavirus cases on Sunday, with most linked to a religious event at a mosque that was attended by 16,000 people from several countries. The new cases bring the total number of infections in the country to 428, the health ministry said, making it the worst affected in Southeast Asia. |
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The leaders and representatives of SAARC countries, lead by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, participated in a meeting via video conference meet to chalk out a strategy to fight the coronavirus outbreak that has affect hundreds in South-East Asia and led to two deaths in India. |
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Fear closed the world in on itself as nations, from the US to much of Europe and Latin America, took measures to shield citizens from the coronavirus infection. That meant shutting borders, airports and, in France, its cafes and restaurants. Cases in Thailand spiked by 32. Spain declared an emergency. |
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Thailand's poverty rate has been rising in recent years despite steady, if slow, overall economic growth, a new World Bank report says, widening the gap between rich and poor in Southeast Asia's second-largest economy. "Taking the Pulse of Poverty and Inequality in Thailand," launched last week, says the country's poverty rate jumped from 7. |
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will start a phased suspension of almost all its long-haul international flights from the U.S. starting Monday, the airline said in a statement. The flights affected include those in Asia Pacific, Europe and South America. The latest move will be implemented from March 16 to May 6, and will reduce.... |
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The rapid spread of the coronavirus has caused cancellations and postponements of sporting events around the globe. In cricket, BCB last week was forced to postpone a mega concert and a two-match T20I series between a World XI and Asia XI to mark 100th birth centenary of Father of the Nation Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. |
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Authorities around the world turned to increasingly drastic measures Sunday to try to slow the spread of the new coronavirus, with lockdowns, curfews and travel restrictions spreading. Soldiers and police sealed the densely populated Philippine capital from most domestic travelers in one of Southeast Asia's most drastic containment measures. |
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The conference is being broadcast live on BTV and the Facebook page of the Indian High Commission in Dhaka.
The leaders of member states of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) have joined in a video conference to ensure collective efforts to come up with a strategic plan to fight the coronavirus outbreak in the region. |
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American's sweeping cuts include suspending nearly all long-haul international flights to Asia, Australia, Europe, New Zealand and South America. It will still operate two flights a day to London and just three flights to Asia per week -- to Tokyo. It will continue short-haul international flying. |
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SEOUL: South Korea on Sunday reported 76 new coronavirus cases and three more deaths, a fall in new cases to double-digits for the first time in over three weeks. South Korea, which has the highest number of cases in Asia after China, now has a total to 8,162 confirmed infections and 75 deaths, the.... |
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SEOUL – South Korea on Sunday reported 76 new coronavirus cases and three more deaths, a fall in new cases to double-digits for the first time in over three weeks. South Korea, which has the highest number of cases in Asia after China, now has a total to 8,162 confirmed infections and 75 deaths, the.... |
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Taste, touch, smell, sound, sight — Linda Sue Park tries to use all her senses when she does research. For her new novel, “Prairie Lotus,” that meant preparing and eating a wild root vegetable called a prairie turnip. Like her main character, Hanna, Park had no idea what to expect. |
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Bangkok- In a short interview with a BBC South East Asia correspondent, Jonathan Head, Thai Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul denied posting “Dirty Western Foreigner” tweets on a Twitter account allegedly attributed to him late last week. Read more here about the original incident:
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The European Union launched a €3.5 million [5.65 billion MMK] regional project to support increased biosecurity in Southeast Asia. The project will help governments to better respond to highly communicable diseases or global biological events, such as pandemics, according to an EU press release. |
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SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea on Sunday reported 76 new coronavirus cases and three more deaths, a fall in new cases to double-digits for the first time in over three weeks. South Korea, which has the highest number of cases in Asia after China, now has a total to 8,162 confirmed infections and 75.... |
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South Asian nations will come together for the first time in more than five years on Sunday to discuss the outbreak of the novel coronavirus and chart a roadmap to prevent it from spreading across the region. The meeting, to be held via video conference, was proposed by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday. |
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SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea on Sunday reported 76 new coronavirus cases and three more deaths, a fall in new cases to double-digits for the first time in over three weeks. South Korea, which has the highest number of cases in Asia after China, now has a total to 8,162 confirmed infections and 75.... |
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