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Region 'must tackle ageing population'
Anucha Charoenpo, Published on 13/09/2024
» Bali - Governments of Asia-Pacific countries are being urged to come up with plans to cope with their rapidly ageing populations, as older people are expected to comprise nearly 20% of the regional population by 2050.
Chinese-built railway inaugurated in Bangladesh
Xinhua News Agency, Published on 12/11/2023
» COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh: The Dohazari-Cox's Bazar railway, one of the priority development projects of Bangladesh, was inaugurated here on Saturday to bolster connectivity and transportation infrastructure in the South Asian country.
Asean urges South China Sea restraint, 'concerned' about Myanmar
Reuters, Published on 11/05/2023
» LABUAN BAJO: Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) leaders on Thursday urged restraint and peaceful resolution of disputes in the South China Sea and said a surge in missile tests by North Korea was a threat to regional peace.
Pandemic sends 4.7m more people into ‘extreme poverty’ in SE Asia
Reuters, Published on 16/03/2022
» MANILA: The pandemic added 4.7 million more people to Southeast Asia's most extreme poor in 2021, reversing gains made in fighting poverty, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said on Wednesday, while urging governments to take steps to boost economic growth.
Indonesia and Philippines join plan to shut coal plants early
Bloomberg News, Published on 03/11/2021
» The Asian Development Bank has launched a plan that aims to help Indonesia and the Philippines retire 50% of their coal fleet over the next 10 to 15 years.
ADB sets up $9bn vaccine fund
Reuters, Published on 11/12/2020
» MANILA: The ability of developing countries in Asia to fight the coronavirus pandemic has received a much-needed boost with the announcement of a US$9-billion fund by the Asian Development Bank to help access and deliver vaccines.
In the line of fire
Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 04/11/2019
» One day in September, while they were resting after a day's labour in the fields, 30 civilians were killed by a US drone strike intended to hit an Islamic State hideout in Nangarhar province in eastern Afghanistan.
Kabul faces water crisis as drought, population strain supply
AFP, Published on 11/01/2019
» KABUL - Standing in his garden in Kabul, Baz Mohammad Kochi oversees the drilling of a new well more than 100 metres deep after his first water reservoir dried up. He is not alone.
Five-nation meeting plays to diverse strengths
News, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 15/06/2018
» 'Growing together" is the government's key goal under the Ayeyawady-Chao Phraya-Mekong Economic Cooperation Strategy (Acmecs) framework, says Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak.
Mekong leaders call for $66bn in investment
The Associated Press, Published on 31/03/2018
» HANOI: The leaders of six countries along the Mekong River on Saturday adopted an ambitious investment plan worth US$66 billion over the next five years.