KUCHING, Dec. 1 -- A host of activities will be rolled out next year to promote the Hokkien culture on a larger scale, said Federation of Hokkien Associations of Malaysia (FHAM) president Tan Sri Lim ... Read More
Nepal, Dec. 1 -- Why do secular parties in South Asia, despite championing democracy, cling to family names? Because in a battle against religious nationalism, emotion often outweighs ideology. Politi... Read More
India, Dec. 1 -- Yet another woman has died by suicide. Her brother says she was being tortured by her husband who routinely had affairs since their marriage in 2010. For 15 years, Deepti Chaurasia, m... Read More
Jakarta, Dec. 1 -- Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, today had a meeting with the Permanent Representative of the Socialist Republic ofViet Nam to ASEAN, H.E. AmbassadorDr. Ton Thi Ngoc H... Read More
Dhaka, Dec. 1 -- A Dhaka court on Monday has sentenced Bangladesh's former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to 5 years imprisonment on corruption charges. The court also sentenced Sheikh Rehana, the young... Read More
New Delhi, Dec. 1 -- The domestic manufacturing sector saw a slowdown in November as the Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) eased to 56.6, down from 59.2 in October, according to the manufacturing PMI d... Read More
Chandigarh, Dec. 1 -- Ahead of the Progressive Punjab Investors' Summit, scheduled for March next year, chief minister (CM) Bhagwant Mann will embark on a 10-day visit to Japan, starting Monday, to in... Read More
Dhaka, Dec. 1 -- A Dhaka court has delivered its verdict in another corruption case against ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her family members over the allocation of plots in the Purbachal New... Read More
New Delhi, Dec. 1 -- After raising its largest-ever private equity (PE) fund of $2.2 billion, ChrysCapital is now open to taking higher-risk bets, said Saurabh Chatterjee, managing director at the fir... Read More
New Delhi, Dec. 1 -- President Donald Trump has defended his administration's indefinite halt on asylum decisions, saying the pause carries "no time limit" and could stretch for "a long time," as the ... Read More