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Iran-US talks begin in push to avert war
AFP, Published on 26/02/2026
» GENEVA — Iran and the United States began indirect talks in Switzerland on Thursday, a last-ditch bid to avert war following the biggest American military build-up in the Middle East in decades.
Middle East war a new shock for financial markets
AFP, Published on 07/03/2026
» The outbreak of war in the Middle East has sent shockwaves through financial markets, with energy prices soaring and stocks sliding, just a year after US President Donald Trump's tariff onslaught rattled investors.
War creates energy price risks, warn executives
Business, Published on 07/03/2026
» The war in the Middle East could become a prolonged geopolitical risk, with attacks already spreading across the region and likely to persist for more than a month, potentially causing an energy supply shortage, warn capital market executives.
Fuel prices go up amid Mideast war
News, Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 09/03/2026
» Petrol stations in several provinces have begun rationing fuel sales as supplies tighten, while some operators have raised prices, amid the war in the Middle East.
Bangladesh : New Year
Published on 05/06/2019
» Personal items of freedom fighters who died in the Liberation War.
Myanmar Tourism Marketing (MTM)-Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) Heritage Trail Tourism Cross-Border Rally (Myanmar-Thai)
Published on 07/08/2018
» zz During World War II, Kanchanaburi was used as a base by the Imperial Japanese Army to invadeBritish Burma. Allied prisoners of war and labourers from other parts of Southeast Asia were forcedto build the infamous Death Railway. The railway ran 415km from Ban Pong district, Kanchanaburi, inThailand to Thanbuyuzayat in Myanmar. More than 13,000 prisoners of war died between late 1942and late 1945. The number of deaths of Asian labourers is harder to calculate; around 100,000 isthe most likely figure. The causes of deaths were disease (especially malaria, dysentery, beriberi and cholera), starvation, poor sanitation, overworkand the cruelty of Japanese and Korean guardsand engineers. The record was 62 working hoursout of 72 hours, according to the Thailand-BurmaRailway Centre. The centre is an interactive museumand information and research facility devoted topresenting the history of the Thailand-Burma Railway.The centre is open daily 9am-5pm. Admission feesare 140 baht for adults and 70 baht for children. It islocated near the main Kanchanaburi War Cemeteryon Saengchuto Road. Visit tbrconline.com.
Myanmar Tourism Marketing (MTM)-Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) Heritage Trail Tourism Cross-Border Rally (Myanmar-Thai)
Published on 07/08/2018
» zz During World War II, Kanchanaburi was used as a base by the Imperial Japanese Army to invadeBritish Burma. Allied prisoners of war and labourers from other parts of Southeast Asia were forcedto build the infamous Death Railway. The railway ran 415km from Ban Pong district, Kanchanaburi, inThailand to Thanbuyuzayat in Myanmar. More than 13,000 prisoners of war died between late 1942and late 1945. The number of deaths of Asian labourers is harder to calculate; around 100,000 isthe most likely figure. The causes of deaths were disease (especially malaria, dysentery, beriberi and cholera), starvation, poor sanitation, overworkand the cruelty of Japanese and Korean guardsand engineers. The record was 62 working hoursout of 72 hours, according to the Thailand-BurmaRailway Centre. The centre is an interactive museumand information and research facility devoted topresenting the history of the Thailand-Burma Railway.The centre is open daily 9am-5pm. Admission feesare 140 baht for adults and 70 baht for children. It islocated near the main Kanchanaburi War Cemeteryon Saengchuto Road. Visit tbrconline.com.
Bangladesh : National Mausoleum
Published on 05/06/2019
» A wreath is laid at the National Mausoleum in Savar in honour or 3 million war dead.
Germany, Japan and the war on fuel rationality
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 19/02/2020
» Germany and Japan are finally winning a war together. Unfortunately, it is the War on Rationality.
Clean transformation: Indian city winning war on waste
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 24/02/2020
» Fruit seller Neeraj Karat is proud of his city. This was not the case just four years ago, when a large heap of garbage was part of the landscape just a few hundred metres from his stall in Jabalpur.