By SUI-LEE WEE in The New York Times, Nov 24, 2017 BEIJING — The money came from all over China — its wealthy southern and eastern coasts as well as the arid northwest — as thousands of people scrambled to circumvent the country’s strict controls on wealth. In the end, more than 10,000 people had used an underground bank to effectively funnel $3 billion out of the country before the authorities put a stop to…
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edit in The Washington Post, Nov 23, 2017 at 8.20PM ALONG WITH the news media, social media, nongovernmental organizations and business, the contest over freedom in China also plays out at its universities. China aspires to be a superpower of higher education, but its authoritarian rulers don’t like to allow the unfettered openness and inquiry that are at the core of academic freedom. President Xi Jinping, whose thinking has now been enshrined in Communist Party…
report in Dhaka Tribune, Nov 24, 2017 Two Bangladeshi militants recently apprehended in Kolkata had plans to murder bloggers in Bangladesh, the Indian Special Task force (STF) has said. On Tuesday, Kolkata police arrested three people including two Bangladeshi nationals – Samsad Mian alias Tanvir (26), along with Rizaul Islam alias Riyaz – from near Kolkata railway station. A 32mm pistol, a flash drive, al-Qaeda documents on how to make explosives, and religious documents in…
“The return shall commence within two months,” Bangladesh foreign ministry said in a statement issued hours after the signing of an “arrangement” yesterday on the repatriation of the refugees sheltered in Bangladesh. Bangladesh Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali and Myanmar Union Minister U Kyaw Tint Swe signed the instrument at the State Counsellor’s Office in Naypyitaw. Later, Mahmood told reporters that this is the “first step”. He, however, didn’t mention any timeframe for concluding the…
report in Prothom Alo, Nov 23, 2017 at 16:57 Bangladesh, Myanmar sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to repatriate Rohingya people, at Nay Pyi Taw on Thursday. Photo: Foreign ministry/Prothom AloWithout any specific timeframe, Bangladesh, Myanmar on Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to repatriate Rohingya people from Bangladesh. The two neighbouring nations struck the MoU following a meeting between foreign minister AH Mahmood Ali and Myanmar’s state counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi in…