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Bangladesh faces refugee anger over term 'Rohingya'
Reuters, Published on 26/11/2018
» COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh: Rohingya refugees from Myanmar in camps in Bangladesh began a protest on Monday, demanding that Bangladesh recognise their ethnicity as Rohingya and that officials and aid agencies stop sharing their family information with Myanmar.
Rohingya repatriation pushed back to 2019
Reuters, Published on 19/11/2018
» COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh: Bangladesh's plans to tackle the Rohingya refugee crisis are set to be stalled until the new year with repatriation and relocation programmes only likely be revisited after year-end general elections, a top Bangladeshi official said on Sunday.
Netflix plans more Asian productions
Reuters, Published on 08/11/2018
» SINGAPORE: Netflix Inc plans to make 17 more original productions in Asia as it seeks to boost international subscriber numbers, chief content officer Ted Sarandos said on Thursday.
Export growth target maintained at 8% for 2019
Reuters, Published on 18/10/2018
» Exports are expected to grow 8% next year, Commerce Minister Sonthirat Sonthijirawong said on Thursday.
Vietnam's Vietjet signs $1.24bn financing deal for 10 Airbus planes
Reuters, Published on 10/10/2018
» HANOI: Vietnam's Vietjet Aviation signed a combined $1.24 billion worth of financing agreements to eventually purchase up to 10 Airbus planes, the company said on Wednesday.
Boston gas blasts drive thousands from homes
Reuters, Published on 14/09/2018
» ANDOVER, Massachusetts: Some 8,000 people were driven from their homes in the Boston suburbs by a series of gas explosions, and it was unclear on Friday when they could go back.
Egat seeks to import LNG directly for first time
Reuters, Published on 21/08/2018
» SINGAPORE: State-run Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) is seeking to directly import liquefied natural gas (LNG) for the first time, as part of a government plan to boost competition in the power sector.
Venezuela slashes five zeroes from currency
Reuters, Published on 21/08/2018
» VALENCIA, Venezuela: Socialist Venezuela on Monday slashed five zeros from prices as part of a broad economic plan that President Nicolas Maduro says will tame hyperinflation but critics call another raft of failed policies that will push the chaotic country deeper into crisis.
Facebook losing the war on Myanmar hate speech
Reuters, Published on 16/08/2018
» YANGON: In April, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg told US senators that the social media site was hiring dozens more Burmese speakers to review hate speech posted in Myanmar. The situation was dire.
Indonesia slaps tariffs on consumer goods as rupiah slides
Reuters, Published on 14/08/2018
» JAKARTA: Indonesia's finance minister said on Tuesday the government was prepared to take "strict corrective" measures to control swelling imports as policymakers scrambled to contain a slide in the rupiah currency.