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Guan Eng: Malaysia set for RM1.6b windfall from 2019 samurai bond

KUALA LUMPUR, March 15 -- Malaysia is poised to record a RM1.6 billion profit from its 2019 samurai bond issuance, thanks to the significant depreciation of the Japanese yen against the ringgit. Form... Read More


Can Madheshi parties make a political comeback?

Kathmandu, March 15 -- based parties, despite frequent splits and reunifications, maintained a noticeable presence in national politics and in Parliament for much of the past two decades. However, the... Read More


RSP to amend charter to make Balendra Shah prime minister

Kathmandu, March 15 -- The Rastriya Swatantra Party, having won a near two-thirds majority in the House of Representatives election, is meeting on Sunday to discuss government formation. Party chair ... Read More


Ludhiana: Teachers to boycott eligibility test

Ludhiana, March 15 -- The Punjab State Teacher Eligibility Test (PSTET) will be conducted on Sunday amid protests and boycott calls by several teacher unions. The district administration has set up 23... Read More


Prologue to a new era

Nepal, March 15 -- I prefer to use the term prologue to describe the March 5 elections and their results because it heralds a time that evokes dramatic feelings. In a parliamentary democracy, polls ca... Read More


End of old party dominance

Nepal, March 15 -- Amid the campaign of the March elections, anyone could sense the wind blowing in favour of the three-year-old Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) with its bell (Ghanti) election symbol a... Read More


The next five years won't be easy

Nepal, March 15 -- Nepal has never quite done this before. A party barely three years old, born from the fury of a generation that flooded Kathmandu's streets demanding accountability, is now poised t... Read More


NA Chairman casts ballot in Ho Chi Minh City

Ho Chi Minh City, March 15 -- Chairman of the National Assembly (NA) and Chairman of the National Election Council Tran Thanh Man cast his ballot at Polling Station No.14 in Hoc Mon ward, Ho Chi Minh ... Read More


Party General Secretary casts ballot in Hanoi's Ba Dinh ward

Hanoi, March 15 -- Party General Secretary To Lam, also Secretary of the Central Military Commission, cast his vote on the morning of March 15 at polling station No. 2 in Ba Dinh ward of Hanoi, to ele... Read More


Amit Shah's claim to make Punjab drug-free a hollow slogan: Bajwa

Chandigarh, March 15 -- Leader of Opposition in the Punjab assembly Partap Singh Bajwa on Saturday termed Union home minister Amit Shah's claim that the BJP would make Punjab drug-free within two year... Read More