By Sudipto Ganguly DHAKA (Reuters) – The United Nations will increase the food ration for each Rohingya refugee in Bangladesh by $2 a month, to $10 from Jan. 1, the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday, as it thanked donors for coming to the rescue of a cash-strapped effort. The United Nations had cut …
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By Sudipto Ganguly and Ruma Paul DHAKA (Reuters) – As general elections approach this week in Bangladesh, opposition leader Abdul Moyeen Khan says he had to hide out in the homes of a string of acquaintances until nominations closed, trying to escape a government crackdown. The former minister and his Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) are …
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BANGKOK (Reuters) -Thailand and China will permanently waive visa requirements for each other’s citizens from March, Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin said on Tuesday. Southeast Asia’s second-largest economy, which relies heavily on tourism, in September waived entry requirements for Chinese tourists until February this year. “This will upgrade the relationship between the two countries,” Srettha …
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By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea has protested to Japan over a tsunami advisory issued by its neighbour following the powerful New Year’s Day earthquake that featured a map displaying a group of its islands also claimed by Tokyo, officials in Seoul said on Tuesday. Although ties have improved in recent years, the …
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By Jessie Pang and Dorothy Kam HONG KONG (Reuters) -Hong Kong tycoon and pro-democracy advocate Jimmy Lai pleaded not guilty on Tuesday in his landmark trial, where he is accused of endangering China’s national security, as prosecutors laid out details of what they said was collusion with foreign forces. Lai, a leading critic of the …
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TAIPEI (Reuters) – The head of China’s Taiwan Affairs Office on Tuesday called on Taiwan’s people to promote the process of “peaceful reunification”, saying it was the common desire of people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait. Song Tao’s message, which comes less than two week’s before Taiwan holds presidential and parliamentary elections on …
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TAIPEI (Reuters) – Bitter disputes on how to handle relations with China and avoid conflict are dominating the final stretch of election campaigning in Taiwan, as some polls show a tight race between the main two contenders to be the island’s next president. The Jan. 13 presidential and parliamentary elections are taking place against a …
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JAKARTA (Reuters) – More than 140 Rohingya have arrived in Indonesia’s North Sumatra province over the weekend, state news agency Antara reported on Monday, adding to a surge of arrivals of members of the Myanmar Muslim minority to Indonesia. The group, consisting mostly of women and children, arrived by boat in North Sumatra’s Deli Serdang …
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By Ismael Lopez (Reuters) – Nicaragua and China on Monday formally started trading under a new free trade agreement, allowing the Central American country to export some 71% of its products into the largest Asian market and free of tariffs. The exports will include meat and seafood, such as fish, shrimp, lobsters and sea cucumber, …
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By Ruma Paul DHAKA (Reuters) -A court in Bangladesh on Monday sentenced Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus to six months in prison for labour law violations, prosecutors said, for what he said was a crime he did not commit. Yunus, 83, and his Grameen Bank won the 2006 peace prize for their work to lift millions …
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