Bangkok, March 14 – Tens of thousands of protesters from provinces throughout Thailand gathered in Bangkok Sunday to pressure the government to resign within 24 hours and call new elections.
An estimated 100,000 followers of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) gathered Sunday on Rajdamnoen Avenue in the old part of Bangkok for a [...]
Tokyo, March 14 – An earthquake measuring 6.6 on the Richter scale jolted northeastern Japan Sunday, authorities said.
The quake occurred at 5.08 p.m. and was located some 40 km under the sea east of Fukushima Prefecture, the Japan meteorological agency said.
Xinhua news agency reported that the seismic waves spread to neighbouring Miyagi, Tochigi, Iwate, Aomori [...]
Dhaka, March 14 – Bangladesh’s foreign affairs ministry has projected a nine-year period to settle maritime boundary dispute with India and Myanmar and has sought funds till 2017-18, a media report said Sunday.
Seeking funds from the finance ministry, the foreign office projected nine years for the settlement of the disputed issues in the International Tribunal [...]
Dhaka, March 14 – Getting China to join the race for hydrocarbons in the Bay of Bengal and bridging the bilateral trade gap are high on Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s agenda as she leaves for Beijing Wednesday.
Eighty-seven delegates, including businessmen, will be part of her entourage during the five-day visit.
Highly placed sources said officials [...]
Kuala Lumpur, March 14 – Malaysian Indian hawker Philip Choong Kim Hoong has a Chinese name that is getting him nowhere as officials insist that information on his birth certificate is false.
Adopted at birth and given the name by his foster-parents, Choong has faced problems in education and getting a job, a media report said [...]
Dhaka, March 14 – Bangladesh is seeking an interim arrangement with India on sharing of Teesta river waters until the two neighbours can strike a long-term agreement.
The next round of talks by the Joint Rivers Commission (JRC) will be headed by ministers and is due to be held Wednesday in New Delhi.
Bangladesh Water Resources Minister [...]
Kuala Lumpur, March 14 – Malaysia’s Indian business community says it needs a foreign workforce of 100,000 as it has exhausted avenues for hiring locals.
There is a dire need for 100,000 new foreign workers among the Indian business community, Malaysian Associated Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MAICCI) president K.K. Eswaran told The Star newspaper. [...]
Beijing, March 14 – China’s exit strategy on the economic stimulus should be ‘very cautious and flexible’ in order to shore up the hard-earned economic recovery, Premier Wen Jiabao said Sunday.
‘We must maintain the continuity and stability of macro economic policy, which means we will continue implementing proactive fiscal policy and moderately loose monetary policy [...]
Jakarta, March 14 – An earthquake measuring 7 on the Richter scale struck the eastern Indonesian islands Sunday morning in North Maluku province, but there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage, meteorologists said.
The quake took place at a depth of 56 km, 2,430 km north-east of Jakarta. It occurred at 7:57 A.M. Jakarta [...]
Taipei, March 14 – A Taiwan immigration official has been indicted for sexually molesting four foreign women, a newspaper reported Sunday.
According to the United Daily News, Shih Pao-ning, 48, a National Immigration Agency official in charge of Taichung City, used his position to molest four foreign women last year.
The sexuals abuses occurred in the interview [...]
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