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WEBAt UN, Bangladesh’s Yunus outlines reforms underway to ensure free election. Nobel laureate and interim leader of South Asian nation greeted with loud applause during address at U.N. General Assembly.
Bangladesh finds infamous ‘secret’ detention center at intelligence ...
WEB5 days ago · A new Bangladesh inquiry commission said Thursday it had found an infamous “secret” detention center at the military intelligence headquarters that people released from its 22 cells had chillingly talked about. The detention center operated during the administrations of ousted ex-Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, and was run from the Dhaka ...
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WEBApr 1, 2024 · HO/Presidential Communications Office. The Philippines’ new police chief pledged to be accountable and transparent in fighting crime and leading the 230,000-strong national force, as President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. inducted him into the post Monday. Maj. Gen. Rommel Francisco Marbil becomes the third chief of the Philippine National Police ...
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WEBManila: Philippines reestablishes coast guard presence at disputed shoal. China warns the Philippines against “risky, futile provocations” for deploying a substitute ship at Sabina Shoal.
Thai activists want to know: Is ‘inmate’ Thaksin getting VIP …
WEBJan 19, 2024 · Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters. Thai activists are demanding to know exactly what is wrong with former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra after authorities extended his stay in a hospital ward – instead of a prison cell. The perception of a special arrangement for Thaksin, who has been in hospital for nearly five months, is igniting accusations ...
Thai PM Srettha seeks foreign investors for land bridge across Kra ...
WEBDec 4, 2023 · A consortium of investors would bid for a 50-year contract to develop a land bridge in the south of Thailand linking seaports on both sides of the southern isthmus through a 90-km (56-mile) motorway and rail connecting ports in Ranong and Chumphon provinces. The government plans to conduct international …
Philippine military kills 12 militants, including rebel leader
WEBApr 23, 2024 · On April 22, at least 12 suspected Islamic militants belonging to a MILF splinter group, the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF), died in a clash with soldiers. A dozen suspected Filipino militants including a key rebel commander were killed in a clash with the military in the south of the Philippines, authorities said Tuesday.
Philippines agrees to host US visa processing center for Afghan ...
WEBAug 20, 2024 · The Philippines has agreed with the United States to temporarily host a limited number of Afghan refugees while they are being processed for resettlement in the U.S., the Department of Foreign Affairs in Manila announced Tuesday. Under the deal, the DFA said that Afghan nationals seeking a “special immigrant visa” …
‘Never again’: Filipinos commemorate 50th anniversary of Marcos …
WEBSep 21, 2022 · Filipinos on Wednesday marked the 50th anniversary of Ferdinand E. Marcos’ martial law declaration, as victims recalled the horrors they endured under his regime and young people urged peers not to forget that dark episode in Philippine history. Some 8,000 people gathered in and around the University of the Philippines’ main campus to …