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Maj Gen ANM Muniruzzaman, President, Bangladesh Institute of Peace and Security Studies (BIPSS) South Asia is a critical link to the rise of Asia and its position in the international system. With a population of 1.8 billion people, it houses one fourth of the global humanity. |
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Karachi. Pakistan has achieved the 10th position out of 16 Asian countries with regards to quota places for the Tokyo Olympics 2020. According to the list issued by the Asian Shooting Confederation (ASC), Pakistan won three quota places to take 10th position out of 16 countries in shooting in Asia. |
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is to take another crack at building a mid-range restaurant chain just six months after most of the celebrity chef’s UK dining empire collapsed. Two of his Jamie’s Italian outlets in south-east Asia – on Kuta beach in Bali and in Bangkok, Thailand – are to be converted to a new format called Jamie.... |
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The Myanmar delegation led by Vice President U Henry Van Thio poses for photo together with Dr Thomas G Walsh, the President of Universal Peace Federation (UPF), and party at the Sokha Phnom Penh Hotel yesterday. Photo: MNA. Myanmar delegation led by Vice President U Henry Van Thio will attend the 2nd Asia-Pacific Summit in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. |
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A historic theatre in Central Asia demonstrates an ongoing connection between Japan and Uzbekistan. Opened in 1947, the 1,400-seat, -style Alisher Navoi Opera and Ballet Theatre in Tashkent, Uzbekistan was built in part with the help of convict labour by Japanese soldiers who had been transported to.... |
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New York, 18 November - United Nations Development Programme Administrator Achim Steiner welcomed the appointment to his senior leadership team today of Kanni Wignaraja as the new Assistant Administrator and Director of the Regional Bureau for Asia and Pacific. |
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India is leading mobile ad fraud in Asia with a rate of 62 per cent as marketers are spending nearly 20 per cent of their advertising budget on ad fraud, a new report said on Monday. Nine out of 10 marketers said there is scope for improvement in ad fraud prevention methods while 95 per cent.... |
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India has depended on monetary policy to support its economy growing at its slowest pace in six years but the government must now deploy more direct fiscal stimulus or risk a long period of stagnation, analysts and experts say. Growth in Asia's third-largest economy has been hit by weak consumer.... |
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NATO has faced plenty of existential scares in the era of President Donald Trump, but now the United States’ longstanding allies in East Asia have become victims of the president’s haphazard transactional worldview. Last week, Trump announced that he would seek a fivefold increase in the nearly $1.... |
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New York, 18 November – United Nations Development Programme Administrator Achim Steiner welcomed the appointment to his senior leadership team today of Kanni Wignaraja as the new Assistant Administrator and Director of the Regional Bureau for Asia and Pacific. |
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The summit of Central Asian leaders will be held in Tashkent on November 29. This will be the second consultative meeting of the regional leaders, without the participation of representatives of non-regional states. Its main goal is regional cooperation. The format of informal meetings was proposed by President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev. |
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TO BE the number one country with the fastest growing HIV epidemic in the world tells us that religion does not really dent sexual behavior in the only Christian country in Asia. UNAIDS Philippines recorded about 13,384 new HIV infections by the end of 2018 which is “203 percent higher than infections recorded in 2010, with only about 4,419. |
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— also “known as Chinese cinnamon” — “from the Cinnamomum cassia tree” in Southern China and has expanded, due to popularity, throughout Eastern and Southern Asia . What’s cassia like? This variety tends to be “dark brown-red color” with a rough texture and is generally thicker then Ceylon. |
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Source: Samsung. Kriti Maroli used #GalaxyS10Plus on her recent trip to the Balkans. Here’s her story in her own words I am a dentist by profession; and a traveller at heart. From Croatia in Eastern Europe to Uzbekistan in Central Asia, from the Machu Picchu citadel in Peru to Paro, closer home in Bhutan…every travel is a new adventure for me. |
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Zymeworks Inc. (NYSE: ZYME), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing multifunctional therapeutics, today announced the selection of an abstract highlighting updated single agent data from the Phase 1 clinical trial evaluating the HER2‑targeted bispecific antibody, ZW25, in patients.... |
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DW News DW News Asia with Biresh Banerjee, 18 November, 2019. The political cartoons offering an alternate view of the protests in Hong Kong. And Sri Lanka's minorities are fearful of him, but now as President, will Gotabaya Rajapaksa turn a new page?
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TOKYO -- Singapore took the top spot among Asian countries in this year's "IMD World Talent Ranking", mainly due to its ability to offer quality education. Hong Kong and Taiwan also made improvements and advanced on the bank of their talent competitiveness. |
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Luxury Swiss watch manufacturer IWC Schaffhausen is set to participate in the Jewellery Arabia 2019 Exhibition, which will open in Bahrain tomorrow (November 19) in partnership with Asia Jewellers. Jewellery Arabia, the largest and most prestigious jewellery exhibition in the Middle East, will be.... |
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LONDON: British life and general insurer Aviva Plc will keep its operations in Singapore and China, it said on Monday (Nov 18), two days ahead of an expected strategy update and following speculation of a sale of the Singapore business. Aviva began a review of its Asia business earlier this year under new CEO Maurice Tulloch. |
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The deal, which would combine the providers of two of Japan’s top QR code payment services, offers Yahoo Japan access to 164 million Line users and their data in Japan and Southeast Asia as SoftBank expands into services outside its core wireless business. |
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AKP Phnom Penh, November 18, 2019— Cambodia’s Prime Minister Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen (R, Pic.1), greets visiting H.E. Jusuf Kalla, Chairman of the Centrist Asia Pacific Democrats International (CAPDI) and Honorary Founding Co-Chair of the Asian Cultural Council (ACC), prior to their meeting here at the Peace Palace this evening. |
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After a successful US debut, India's knockout king Vijender Singh is all set for his next challenge against former Ghanaian Olympian and two times Commonwealth Super Middleweight Champion Charles Adamu in the Rotunda Rumble 2. WBO Asia Pacific and Oriental Super Middleweight Champion Vijender is.... |
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The 8th edition of TrafficInfraTech Expo along with Parking InfraTech and Smart Mobility Expo open in Mumbai on November 20 with participation from over 100 exhibitors from different countries including USA, UK, UAE, Germany, Israel, Belgium, Australia, China and Italy showcasing their products and.... |
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Saudi Arabia’s state-owned oil corporation has scaled back preparations for its public listing by scrapping plans to market shares in the company to investors outside the Middle East. Saudi Aramco has reportedly ruled out a formal investor roadshow across Asia, the US and Europe just weeks ahead of.... |
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Malaysia has prohibited the use of open-loop scrubbers by ships plying Malaysian waters, as Southeast Asia's third-largest economy joins the growing number of nations adopting new industry guidelines on reducing sea pollution. New regulations from the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) will.... |
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