Indonesia calls for election to stay in Jakarta bill
The bill seeks to redefine Jakarta’s standing as an autonomous province within an expansive agglomeration urban region that serves as the country’s economic center.
Policy Matters
Time to ban vaping
The 2019 Global Youth Tobacco survey results of showed that 14.1 percent of Filipino students aged between 13 to 15 are currently using electronic cigarettes.
Bangladesh Bank to step in if banks don’t merge voluntarily by Dec 2024
Both weak and strong banks will be evaluated by audit firms before the Bangladesh Bank takes any decision on their mergers.
Tussle over Nexon’s loot box controversy intensifies
As the in-court battle is expected to take a long time to reach any sort of conclusion, gamers are hoping that the case can help spread awareness for protecting their rights,…
Questions linger over how Prabowo will fund free school meals
A senior minister recently touted the idea of using school operational assistance funds to partially fund the free meal program. The suggestion was met with opposition from…
No bar under CAA for Muslims to seek Indian citizenship: Indian home ministry
The Citizenship Amendment Act seeks to give Indian citizenship to "persecuted" non-Muslim migrants from Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Afghanistan who came to India till 2014.
Ban on foreign travel among penalties for Bangladesh’s wilful bank loan defaulters
Bangladesh Bank took the move when the banking sector has been hit by massive irregularities of some lenders, directors' undue intervention and rising bad loans.
Malaysia’s national service pilot programme to take off
Syed Ibrahim, a member of the Parliamentary Special Select Committee on Security, said the pilot programme will only involve basic training, mostly on elements of nationalism…
Medical professors threaten collective action in event of damage to trainee doctors, students
More than 90 per cent of the country's 13,000 intern and resident doctors have stayed off the job at general hospitals nationwide for three weeks in protest against the…
India moves to implement citizenship law ahead of election
According to officials, the rules aim to give Indian citizenship to persecuted non-Muslim migrants who migrated from Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Afghanistan and arrived in India…