New handbook on marijuana consumption for tourists in Thailand
According to a Public Health ministry spokesman, the guide is necessary as Thailand is the first Asian country to legalise marijuana, and will attract foreigners interested in…
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The day when Philippine airspace went blank, stripping mask off air travel woes, outdated system
Transportation Secretary Jaime Bautista said 65,000 airline passengers had been affected as 361 flights were either cancelled, diverted or delayed.
An odyssey to find the truth of grains
Commencing its fourth season, the program adopts a global perspective to trace a variety of grains and how they became an essential component of the human diet.
Bangladesh Coast Guard arrests Rohingyas with 14 firearms, yaba pills
Six members of an armed Rohingya gang have also been arrested, the Coast Guard said.
Same-sex marriage: India’s Supreme Court to hear plea on Jan 6
In a petition filed earlier, the same-sex couple has sought to enforce the fundamental rights of individuals to marry any person of their choice.
Nepal risks being ‘greylisted’ for abetting money laundering
While countries on the greylist are not subject to sanctions, it is a signal to the international banking system that there could be enhanced transactional risks from doing…
Over a dozen Mro houses torched in Bandarban
Victims alleged that the attack was carried out by people of a rubber plantation to drive them away from the area.
Sri Lanka freezes govt recruitment in fresh austerity drive
The Indian Ocean island nation needs to achieve debt sustainability as a precondition to a $2.9 billion bailout from the Washington-based lender after it defaulted in April.
Number of Singapore dengue cases in 2022 likely to be second highest on record
As at 3pm on Dec 30, 32,097 dengue cases had been reported – amounting to 91 per cent of the record high of 35,315 cases recorded in 2020.
Bangladesh labour migration to see 82 per cent increase
Refugee and Migratory Movements Research Unit Founding Chair Prof Tasneem Siddiqui said about 79 per cent of migrant workers this year have gone abroad as "less-skilled" workers.