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Singapore prime minister on Tokyo visit to cement links last updated : 2013-05-21 11:34:48 -> 330 view(s)
Singapore prime minister Lee Hsien Loong will arrive in Tokyo later today to begin an official visit to Japan.
The four-day visit is to reaffirm links and advance cooperation with the world's third-largest economy.
It is also an opportunity for Lee ....
Asia Pacific leaders call for efficient use of water resources last updated : 2013-05-21 11:07:20 -> 383 view(s)
The second Asia-Pacific Water Summit (APWS) ended yesterday with two versions of the Chiang Mai Declaration.
The official declaration by leaders of 40 countries highlighted the need to encourage the inclusion of disaster risk reduction in the United ....
China, India agree to boost peace along border last updated : 2013-05-21 10:57:45 -> 516 view(s)
India and China agreed to explore ways to maintain peace along their long but undefined border, as visiting Chinese Premier Li Keqiang promised to build trust with India.
Li said "amicable ties" between the two economic powers were good not just for ....
Chicken's back on the menu in China last updated : 2013-05-21 10:53:08 -> 543 view(s)
Panic over the spread of the deadly bird flu across China appears to be subsiding, with a few outbreak-hit provinces rolling back their high-alert state of readiness after reporting no new infections over the past two weeks.
With experts expecting t ....
Nepal’s lawyers seek end to apex court discrimination of journalists last updated : 2013-05-21 10:37:28 -> 336 view(s)
Nepal Bar Association (NBA), an umbrella organisation of lawyers in Nepal, has drawn the attention of the Supreme Court administration towards the issuance of passes to a select group of journalists for reporting purposes.In a statement on Monday, th ....
NK allows foreigners’ travel outside Pyongyang, says tour agency last updated : 2013-05-21 10:17:22 -> 368 view(s)
Last year roughly 25,000 tourists travelled to one of the world’s most notoriously isolated countries, North Korea. Travelling to the nation is no easy task and tends to be expensive, but contrary to popular belief, travel there is not impossible. ....
Teenager gang-raped in New Delhi last updated : 2013-05-21 10:05:53 -> 409 view(s)
A 17-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped by three persons at New Usmanpur in north-east New Delhi three days ago. One person, Vijay alias Bitto, has been arrested.The girl was looking for her brother when the accused and his brother along with ano ....
Every second person drinking contaminated water: Survey last updated : 2013-05-21 11:39:35 -> 341 view(s)
Every second person in New Delhi is drinking contaminated water, reveals a survey. In a survey of water samples carried out by civic bodies, researchers tested 569 samples out of which 79 were found unfit for drinking. Thus 14 per cent samples f ....
India, China vow to find border solution last updated : 2013-05-21 11:34:03 -> 377 view(s)
Putting the recent Ladakh incident behind them, visiting Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today expressed their commitment to find a solution to the border dispute between the two countries. The two sides also discussed Ch ....
Sinpapore government to ramp up workplace safety efforts last updated : 2013-05-21 09:55:11 -> 351 view(s)
The Sinpapore government will take the lead as Singapore redoubles its effort to reduce workplace fatalities to 1.8 in 100,000 employees sooner than its 2018 deadline.
The fatality rate has already halved from four in 100,000 employees in 2005 to ....
Protesting Sri Lankan workers threaten to cripple all sectors; govt unfazed last updated : 2013-05-21 11:39:17 -> 373 view(s)
Sri Lanka’s trade union alliance which has organised today’s token strike against electricity tariff hike is confident of crippling the public, semi–government and private sectors. However, the Sri Lankan government yesterday said it was confid ....
Vietnam’s National Assembly opens last updated : 2013-05-21 09:50:12 -> 237 view(s)
The 5th session of Vietnam’s National Assembly, which opened this morning in Hanoi, is expected to decide on a raft of important issues, including the revised 1992 Constitution draft, revised land laws and confidence votes for senior positions.Spea ....
Sexually transmitted disease ranks as top issue in Laos last updated : 2013-05-21 09:47:09 -> 342 view(s)
The problem of sexually transmitted infection is rated among the top issues at the Vientiane Youth Centre for Health and Development when it comes to evaluating the increased numbers of people who visit the centre to receive advice and treatment, a d ....
Myanmar promises aid for Rakhine fleeing Bangladesh last updated : 2013-05-21 09:43:38 -> 351 view(s)
Myanmar authorities say they will arrange long-term housing in Rakhine State for Rakhine national ethnics who recently fled Bangladesh due to more and more use of violence against them by the Bengalis in the country.
They are now living in temporary ....
Bangladeshi opposition holds rally despite ‘ban’ last updated : 2013-05-21 09:41:35 -> 240 view(s)
Despite an “unofficial ban” on rallies, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) yesterday held a rally in the port city Chittagong without the prior permission of the local administration.Hundreds of activists of the BNP and its front organisation ....
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