President Joe Biden's administration and China are increasing communication to reduce friction between the nuclear-armed rivals, with Secretary of State Antony Blinken visiting Beijing and Shanghai last month. The main focus has been on restarting military-to-military talks, which are seen as crucial to preventing the contentious dispute from spiralling out of control. China ended military […]
Besides this, the Army Chief will hold bilateral meetings with the Chief of Staff of the Singapore Armed Forces (Army Chief) and high-ranking military and civilian officials from various countries, said an Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) press release. The IISS Shangri-La Dialogue is Asia's premier defence summit. It is a meeting where ministers discuss the […]
Rituparna Chakma and Tahura Khatoon scored two goals each, while Sabina Khatoon, Sanjeeda Akhtar, Sumiya Matsushima and Shamsunnahar Jr. scored two goals each. Scored one goal each. The unchanged Bangladesh team started attacking from the first minute and launched a flurry of attacks. Bangladesh could have got a goal in the third minute when Monica […]
Bangladesh captain Sabina Khatun got the goal in the 26th minute when her powerful shot went wide of the post. The hosts continued to attack but were unable to add to their tally before the break. However, Tahura got his second goal on the hour mark. Masura Parveen fired an inch-perfect long ball into the […]
Summit Group Chairman Muhammad Aziz Khan has received the Public Service Medal from the Prime Minister’s Office in Singapore for his outstanding contribution to society during the pandemic (COVID-19). According to a press release received on Thursday, Health Minister Ong Ye Kung, on behalf of the Office of the Prime Minister of Singapore, handed over […]
The government said it was inspecting financial institutions suspected of being involved in the matter and would initiate enforcement action against any of them and their employees if they were found to be violating central bank requirements. The agencies are also reviewing processes that include central bank approval for family offices to receive tax incentives […]
During the operation police arrested 10 foreign nationals – from China, Turkey, Cambodia, Cyprus and Vanuatu – members of a group suspected of laundering money derived from overseas criminal activities, including scams and online gambling. Documents containing information on bank accounts, cash, virtual assets, properties, vehicles and luxury items such as bags and watches were […]
He will also hold separate bilateral meetings with his Indonesian counterpart Joko Widodo and the state leaders of Thailand, Malaysia and Timor-Leste. On September 6, President Hutan will attend a ‘Gala Dinner’ hosted by the Indonesian President at Kota Gelora Bung Karno. Joko Widodo will chair 12 meetings during the 43rd ASEAN Summit. ASEAN is […]
Another candidate, 75-year-old former insurance executive Tan Kin Lian, was supported by several opposition leaders, but received only 13.88 percent of the vote. “The presidential election is increasingly being treated as a general election,” said Mustapha Izzuddin, a Singapore political analyst at consultancy solaris strategies. Voting is mandatory for Singapore’s more than 2.7 million eligible […]
“Formal orders in this regard will be issued shortly,” Bagchi said.India introduced additional safeguards on exports of basmati rice on 27 August to prevent exports of non-basmati white rice, which is currently in the prohibited category. Last Sunday, the government said it had received credible field reports regarding misclassification and illegal export of non-basmati white […]
After his release from prison in 2015, Fakhrul went to Singapore for treatment, where he was diagnosed with a problem in his internal carotid artery. Since then, he travels to Singapore every year for follow-up treatment. Earlier this year, in February, the 76-year-old BNP general secretary went to Singapore for a medical checkup.
Some new complications have cropped up, Fakhrul said, for which his doctors have advised him to fly to Singapore on an emergency basis. His wife Rahat Ara already had a scheduled appointment. She has recently undergone surgery and will be undergoing treatment at Raffles Hospital in Singapore. The BNP general secretary told Prothom Alo, “We […]
The Monetary Authority of Singapore, the country’s central bank, is working with six major commercial banks in Singapore to develop a digital platform, COSMIC, which stands for “Collaborative Sharing of Money Laundering/Terrorism Financing (ML/TF) Information and Cases”. . Namely, DBS Bank, Overseas-Chinese Banking Corporation (OCBC Bank), United Overseas Bank (UOB), Standard Chartered Bank (SCB), Citibank […]
According to the report, Mohammad Saiful Alam, the owner of the S Alam Group, has built a business empire in Singapore worth at least US$1 billion, or about 108 billion taka, though Bangladesh Bank is required to invest or transfer any funds by him. There is no record of taking permission from Foreign. “Until January […]
The spokesman said Tangaraju was convicted in 2017 of “abetment by involvement in a traffic conspiracy” of 1,017.9 grams (35.9 oz) of cannabis, which is twice the minimum amount required for the death penalty in Singapore. He was sentenced to death in 2018, with the Court of Appeal later upholding the verdict, but rights groups […]