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.
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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…
China enhances foreign traveller payment services, anticipates continued market growth
The government is cooperating with e-payment platforms and companies to streamline foreign travelers' authentication procedures of linking bank cards and raising the e-payment…
Indonesia warns 6 foreign overseas travel agencies to register or risk being blocked
The ministry’s move came after the Indonesian Hotel and Restaurant Association called on the government to regulate foreign overseas travel agencies over losses incurred to…
Prices of Ramadan essentials surge
Despite the government's repeated assurances of stability in kitchen markets during Ramadan, the prices of some commodities, mainly consumed during iftar, have seen a substantial…
‘We are workers in Korea too’: Foreign English hagwon teachers fight for annual leave
The right to take annual leave has come to the fore amid a stream of complaints by native English teachers of unlawful acts, exploitation and abuse in the country’s private…
Tackle low wages, lack of quality investments to stem Malaysia’s brain drain: Analysts
Low wages, as a result of company shareholders and investors taking the lion’s share of profits instead of distributing them fairly to employees, are a major factor in pushing…