More than 1 million protest in Hong Kong, organizers say, over Chinese extradition law
More than 1 million protesters took to the streets of Hong Kong Sunday, organizers said, to oppose a controversial extradition bill that would enable China to extradite fugitives from the city.
Four shot dead in West Bengal political gun battle
A gun battle between supporters of India’s ruling right-wing party and a regional rival has killed four people in West Bengal, police said Sunday, as violence raged in the tinderbox state.
Sri Lanka MPs clash with president
Sri Lanka’s parliament warned president Maithripala Sirisena not to scuttle a controversial investigation into security lapses before the Easter suicide bombings, the Speaker’s office said Sunday.
PM slams Myanmar, aid agencies
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said that unwillingness of Myanmar and opposition by international aid organisations working to support Rohingyas were the major challenges of starting Rohingya repatriation.
Govt to increase direct procurement from farmers
The government is planning to increase direct procurement of un-husked rice from the farmers, officials in the ministries of food and agriculture told New Age Sunday.
Govt likely to introduce Advance Tax, 4 new VAT rates
The government may introduce Advance Tax (AT) on import and commercial transactions under the new Value-Added Tax and Supplementary Duty Act-2012 to be implemented from the upcoming fiscal year 2019-2020.
BNP’s Rumeen takes oath as MP
Bangladesh Nationalist Party’s MP-elect for reserved seats for women in the Jatiya Sangsad Rumeen Farhana took oath as a member of the 11th parliament on Sunday.
BNP hits back at PM
BNP on Sunday alleged that prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s remark about its acting chairman Tarique Rahman is devoid of political etiquette.
Rival South China Sea visions in spotlight as Washington, Beijing front Shangri-La Dialogue
With China-US relations already strained amid an escalating trade war, attention is about to turn to a familiar arena -- the South China Sea.
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