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Hitachi, a Japanese multinational conglomerate company headquartered in Tokyo, is keen to enhance their market share in Bangladesh by providing high quality and environmentally friendly products, according to Hiroshi Honda, a general manager of Hitachi Home Electronics Asia. |
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Cochin Port Trust chairperson M. Beena has won the first-ever Ambassador of Knowledge Award in Asia instituted by International Quizzing Association. The award was presented to Ms. Beena by Anurakshat Gupta, director, IQA Asia, on Saturday on the sidelines of Deva Jnan, the national level.... |
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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia : Asia's indoor soccer championship in Turkmenistan was postponed Monday because of the coronavirus outbreak. The Asian Football Confederation said its decision not to play the futsal tournament scheduled Feb. 26-March 8 was "to ensure the safety and well-being of all participating teams and stakeholders. |
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Islamabad, Feb 3 (PTI) Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday embarked on a two-day visit to Malaysia to placate the country's leadership after he skipped a major summit of Muslim nations in Kuala Lumpur, solidify the bilateral strategic partnership and discuss the situation in South Asia. |
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Early this year, China confirmed the first case of a new strain of coronavirus (2019nCoV) isolated from a cluster of people with a respiratory syndrome in Wuhan. Within weeks it had spread to 11 countries – mostly in Asia, some in Europe, and the US. Thousands of cases have since then been confirmed globally . |
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According to Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), the total revenues generated by telecom industry in Canada was USD 38.79 billion in 2017. CRIFAX added a report on ‘Global Exam Management Software Market, 2020-2028’ to its database of market research collaterals.... |
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U.S. Secretary of State Michael Pompeo traveled to Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan as part of a Central Asian snap visit, and today he will take part in a ministerial meeting in the C5+1 (Central Asia-U.S.) format, during which the U.S. will present its new Central Asia strategy. The priorities of the new U. |
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KEY POINTS Bitcoin is once again asserting itself as an asset that investors can rely on during an economic crisis; BTC spiked to $9,600 after the Chinese stocks resumed trading on Monday; Virus fears have led stocks lower and the price of Bitcoin higher. |
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Freight rates for supertankers on the Mideast Gulf and U.S. Gulf routes to Asia have fallen to their lowest since mid-September as the coronavirus outbreak hit Chinese oil demand, ship brokers told Reuters. China's Sinopec Corp, Asia's largest refiner, and so-called "teapot" independent refineries.... |
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KUALA LUMPUR: AirAsia Group Bhd (AAGB) chief executive officer Tan Sri Tony Fernandes and its executive chairman, Datuk Kamarudin Meranun have relinquished their executive positions within the company for two months, effective immediately, in the wake of an Airbus bribery probe. |
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For the past four days, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has been calling for authoritarian governments in eastern Europe and Central Asia to ease restrictions on press freedom despite criticism for his own treatment of journalists at home. In Belarus, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan over the weekend.... |
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Chinese equities plunged almost eight percent Monday as nervous traders returned from their extended Lunar New Year break, hit by fears that the deadly coronavirus could hammer the country's economy. The steep losses led another sell-off across Asia following a painful week for global markets with.... |
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DW News DW News Asia with Biresh Banerjee, 3 February 2020. Pakistani students in China plead with their government to evacuate them from coronavirus zones. But Pakistan says it has full faith China can look after its students. Why? And we look at the soluble solution to Bangladesh's plastic problem. |
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Turn north when leaving Phuket airport and find a whole other world - a long way from the hedonism of Patong, writes Teresa Ooi. You can't get more romantic than dining in splendid isolation by the beach with your own private chef and butler. The only distraction is the melodic sound of waves crashing on the sands. |
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(Bloomberg) -- Chinese shares tumbled and the yuan weakened as traders returned from an extended holiday amid the worsening coronavirus outbreak. Support measures from China’s government helped stem losses somewhat in Asia, while U.S. futures rose and Treasuries slipped. |
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(Bloomberg) -- Chinese shares tumbled and the yuan weakened as traders returned from an extended holiday amid the worsening coronavirus outbreak. Support measures from China’s government helped stem losses somewhat in Asia, while U.S. futures rose and Treasuries slipped. |
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SEOUL, South Korea – A scary new virus from China has spread around the world. So has rising anti-Chinese sentiment, calls for a full travel ban on Chinese visitors and indignities for Chinese and other Asians. Restaurants in South Korea, Japan, Hong Kong and Vietnam have refused to accept Chinese customers. |
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HANOI: The problem of alcoholism hits Vietnam the hardest. Together with several Asian countries, the nation has decided to move for heavier punishments in drink-driving cases. According to vnexpress, emergency wards here on average received 100 to 130 accident victims a day, due to drink driving. |
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi's second budget in seven months disappointed investors who were hoping for big-bang stimulus to revive growth in Asia's third-largest economy. The fiscal plan -- delivered by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday -- proposed tax cuts for individuals and wider.... |
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; Credit: © Shutterstock. Greenpeace and many other conservation groups have long been looking at rain forests that we all suspected were declining. Their comments on the forests of SE Asia have been proved very significant. These green patches shrink whenever you see them from the air. Between 2000, and 2012, Indonesia's tree population lost 6. |
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Executive director of the Asia Trade Centre Deborah Elms shares her viewpoint on why the deal is a game-changer, as well as explains the advantages and disadvantages for the business community. Now that the 15 Asian countries in the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement have.... |
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US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived in Uzbekistan on Sunday for the final stop of a five-country tour in which he is maneuvering to undercut Chinese and Russian influence. Pompeo’s visit to the Central Asian country of 33 million will see him hold talks Monday with President Shavkat.... |
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NEW DELHI: India's new budget is unlikely to drag Asia's third- biggest economy out of its worst slowdown in more than a decade as the government has proposed only moderate spending increases and small cuts in personal taxes, economists said on Sunday. |
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HONG KONG/TOKYO -- A new form of respiratory virus -- originating in the central Chinese city of Wuhan -- has spread further in Asia and beyond. China's National Health Commission reported the death toll in China had reached 361 as of the end of Sunday, up by 57 from the previous day. |
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For decades, Beijing has sought to co-opt and lure its Southeast Asian neighbors into acquiescence with its maritime expansion through a package of economic incentives, military intimidation and a diplomatic charm offensive. But now major regional countries have begun to assert their sovereign rights with greater resolve. |
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