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North Korean hackers steal $1 billion in crypto from DeFi protocols this year: Report

The theft by North Korean hackers accounted for more than 50 per cent of the total losses arising from cryptocurrency hacks, according to an online report released by blockchain…

  • Published: August 18, 20229:19 am
  • Author Ji Da-gyum
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Rohingyas must return to Myanmar: Bangladesh PM

Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet also called for the Bangladesh government to be vigilant against anti-Rohingya rhetoric.

  • Published: August 18, 20229:16 am
  • Author The Daily Star
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S’pore will have more millionaires per population v US, China by 2030: HSBC

The bank said that in Asia, Singapore is already second to only Australia, whose share of millionaires per population stood at 8 per cent in 2021.

  • Published: August 18, 20229:12 am
  • Author Ovais Subhani
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Philippine debt conundrum: Relying on consumption tax, making life tougher for the have-nots

An expert said that poor and middle class Filipinos now bear a disproportionately greater tax burden than before.

  • Published: August 18, 20229:11 am
  • Author Kurt Dela Pena
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UN rights chief raises concerns over human rights issues in Bangladesh, calls for investigation

She also stressed the need for acknowledging the allegations against law enforcers, sharing her own experience as the president of Chile.

  • Published: August 18, 20227:48 am
  • Author The Daily Star
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Inflation in Singapore expected to peak in Q4 and stabilise: DPM Wong

Mr Lawrence Wong, who is also Finance Minister, added that the extent of this easing towards the year end and where the new inflation rates will stabilise at are big uncertainties.

  • Published: August 17, 202210:10 am
  • Author Hariz Baharudin
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China unexpectedly cuts key rates to propel economic rebound

Experts said the rate cuts will reassure the market about the central bank's priority of growth stabilization among multiple policy goals.

  • Published: August 17, 202210:06 am
  • Author Zhou Lanxu
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‘Bangladesh not in crisis’: IMF support package talks likely to begin in October

The first staff mission is expected to take place after the 2022 annual meetings of the IMF and the World Bank Group.

  • Published: August 17, 202210:05 am
  • Author Rejaul Karim Byron
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Bangladesh to draw up plans to buy Russian oil

Bangladesh currently buys fuel from Middle Eastern countries including Saudi Arabia and the UAE, and from companies in those countries.

  • Published: August 17, 202210:04 am
  • Author The Daily Star
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‘Crisis after crisis’: Jokowi says Indonesia must remain vigilant, move forward

In his annual State of the Nation address, the President extended gratitude that the country had proven itself to be a resilient nation amidst various crises.

  • Published: August 17, 20229:49 am
  • Author Ann Asianews Network

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