By Ruma Paul and Sudipto Ganguly DHAKA (Reuters) -Polling booths were set ablaze in Bangladesh on the eve of Sunday’s general elections, while four people, including two children, were killed in a train fire that the government described as arson targeting democratic values. Friday’s fire broke out at about 9 p.m. (1500 GMT), injuring eight …
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By Joyce Lee SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea fired more than 60 artillery rounds near a disputed maritime border with South Korea on Saturday, the South Korean military said. The action follows North Korea firing more than 200 artillery rounds on Friday in the same region, as tension continues to escalate between the two Koreas. The …
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SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Senior Chinese officials have held talks with Myanmar, the government said on Saturday, as Beijing grows increasingly concerned about border security and telecoms scams with rebel groups pressing their campaign against Myanmar’s junta. China’s Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong visited Myanmar from Thursday to Saturday, meeting junta leader Min Aung Hlaing to …
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SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China’s State Council issued guidelines on improving an operating budget system for state-owned capital, according to a statement on the government website on Saturday. The government will expand coverage of the budget system and optimise a mechanism for state-owned companies to hand over their profits, among a series of measures seeking to …
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By Ruma Paul and Sudipto Ganguly DHAKA (Reuters) – Bangladesh holds a general election on Sunday, with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina set to win a fourth straight term and the fifth overall for her Awami League-led alliance, despite an economy that required an international bailout last year. Here are key facts about the election in …
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(Reuters) – The all-electric Formula E world championship said on Friday it had cancelled a race in the Indian city of Hyderabad due to breach of contract by local authorities. The series said in a statement the Municipal Administration and Urban Development Department (MAUD), controlled by the government of Telangana state, had decided “not to …
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian pharmaceutical companies must meet new manufacturing standards this year, according to a government notification released on Saturday, although small companies have asked for a delay, citing their debt load. Jolted by a string of overseas deaths linked to Indian-made drugs since 2022, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has stepped up …
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(Reuters) – A Myanmar rebel alliance has gained control of a key town along the country’s volatile northern border with China after weeks of fierce fighting with junta troops, the alliance and the junta said. The Three Brotherhood Alliance, as the group is known, said on Friday it had taken took over Laukkai town after …
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BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s lower house of parliament approved a budget of 3.48 trillion baht ($101 billion) covering the rest of the 2024 fiscal year, voting 311 to 177 to pass the bill on its first reading, in line with expectations. Friday’s approval of the spending budget, up 9.3% from the previous period, was delayed …
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SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Tang Shuangning, former party chief and chairman of state-owned financial conglomerate China Everbright Group, has been expelled from the Communist Party for serious violations of discipline and the law, according to China’s anti-graft watchdog. Tang, who had been reported under probe in July, was found taking publications with severe political issues inbound …
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