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DHAKA (Reuters) -Bangladesh economist Ahsan H Mansur said on Tuesday that the country’s caretaker government has appointed him as the new governor of the central bank. Mansur told Reuters that the finance adviser in the interim government had informed him of the decision. His appointment follows weeks of student-led protests that forced Prime Minister Sheikh …

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KABUL (Reuters) – Three Afghan civilians were killed in a border clash between Pakistan and Afghanistan security forces, a spokesman for the Taliban administration in Kabul said on Tuesday. The clashes took place late on Monday near the southwestern border crossing of Torkham after Pakistani border forces opened fire on Afghan border forces, said Mufti …

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TOKYO (Reuters) -Myanmar authorities have released a Japanese man from detention, Japan’s foreign ministry confirmed on Tuesday, following reports in media of the release of a manager of supermarket giant Aeon’s local unit. A Myanmar court had sentenced Hiroshi Kasamatsu, the Japanese Aeon manager, to one year in prison, Aeon confirmed to Reuters on Monday. …

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(Reuters) -Temasek-backed Sembcorp Industries on Monday temporarily suspended operations at its Myingyan Independent Power Plant in Mandalay, Myanmar. The decision came in response to escalating civil unrest in the region, including in the Myingyan township, where its 225 megawatt (MW) gas-fired power plant Sembcorp Myingyan is located. In July, media reports said Myanmar’s military government …

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