The Bangladesh Nationalist Party comfortably won 185 seats in Bangladesh’s 300-member parliament, surpassing the halfway point for a simple majority. DHAKA: The Bangladesh Nationalist Party won a historic parliamentary election on Friday (Feb 13), local TV stations said, as ballots were tallied throughout the night in a key poll anticipatedContinue Reading
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Asia stocks gained on Friday, as global markets struggled to recover from a violent selloff, but gold reached a new high as global trade tensions escalated, making investors apprehensive and prompting a flight to safe-haven assets. Relief at the prospect of a US government shutdown buoyed marketsContinue Reading
OPEC+ production cutbacks and increased Chinese demand drove up oil prices on Friday, helping the commodity score a weekly gain amid forecasted global economic downturn and the possibility of more interest rate rises. A barrel of Brent crude ended the day up 94 cents at $76.61. WTI crude for theContinue Reading
Temasek Holdings (TEM.UL), a Singapore-based state investor, announced on Monday that it has reduced remuneration for the team that proposed its investment in the now-defunct FTX bitcoin exchange, as well as its top management team. Temasek started an internal examination of its stake in FTX six months ago, which resultedContinue Reading
ISLAMABAD (A News) : According to a Guardian story, India may not declassify the 1947 Kashmir letters because of worry about the repercussions on its diplomatic relations. According to the article, the Butcher papers – the official term for the letters – include the discussions that prompted India’s first PrimeContinue Reading
TAIPEI, (Reuters) – According to the Financial Times, the Pentagon’s senior China official, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Michael Chase, has landed in Taiwan for a visit, which might escalate tensions between Beijing and Washington. Taiwan’s Defense Ministry and the Pentagon both refused to comment. “Although we do not haveContinue Reading
Reuters reports Most Asian currencies sank to their lowest levels in more than a month on Wednesday, as the dollar strengthened following consistently strong US inflation data fueled expectations of more Fed rate rises. While the monthly decrease in the headline consumer price index was expected, the annual rate ofContinue Reading
On the invitation of Prime Minister Imran Khan, Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev will arrive in Pakistan today (Thursday) on a two-day state visit. The President will be joined by a high-level group that includes the Foreign Minister, several Cabinet members, senior government officials, and representatives from business and the media.Continue Reading
(AFP) BEIJING – According to state media, five million residents of a central Chinese city began home confinement on Tuesday as part of a new lockdown to combat the spread of the highly transmissible Omicron variant of the coronavirus. As it prepares to host the Winter Olympics next month, BeijingContinue Reading
YANGON (AFP) – A Myanmar junta court convicted Aung San Suu Kyi of three criminal charges on Monday, sentencing her to four years in prison in the latest of several cases against the ousted civilian leader. The Nobel laureate has been imprisoned since February 1, when her government was deposedContinue Reading
