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Asia’s brightest study Singapore’s Lee Kuan Yew’s mantra

SINGAPORE: Dozens of Asia’s best and brightest government officials each year join what has become known as the “Mayors’ Class” – studying good governance, economic management and how to make their countries work like Singapore, reports Times of India.

Singapore’s Lee seen as an inspiration for modern China

BEIJING — Chinese leaders admired modern Singapore’s founder Lee Kuan Yew for his toughness, economic pragmatism and insistence on respect for authority. In many ways, Lee’s model of “Asian values,” combining authoritarianism and economic planning, became China’s own blueprint for modernity. Most significantly, late Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping looked to Singapore, with its ethnic Chinese […]

9 people burnt ahead of Bangladesh opposition’s fresh strike

DHAKA, March 22 (Xinhua) — At least nine people sustained burn injuries in a petrol bomb attack in southwestern Bangladesh before an opposition-called strike, police said on Sunday. A police officer, who declined to be unnamed, said miscreants hurled petrol bombs at the truck in Magura district in southwestern Bangladesh, leaving nine people, including its […]

Bangladesh tea prices fall despite thin supplies amid unrest

March 19 (Reuters) – Tea prices in Bangladesh fell sharply for a second straight week at the weekly auction on Wednesday on subdued demand from local buyers despite a drop in supplies amid political unrest. Bangladesh has been racked by political unrest since anti-government protests turned violent early this year over a disputed election a […]

Google doodle celebrates India-Bangladesh World Cup quarterfinal

The doodle features batsmen with the flags of both the South Asian neighbours in the background. Google released a doodle on the eve of the India-Bangladesh Cricket World Cup quarterfinal match at Melbourne. The doodle features batsmen with the flags of both the South Asian neighbours in the background with the caption, “It’s India v […]

Corruption threatens to implode Bangladesh

by M.G. Quibria Is Bangladesh once again on the verge of a political meltdown? With bomb explosions almost taking the life of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, opposition leader Khaleda Zia charged with murder, and violent protests and arson sweeping the capital, the country seems poised at the edge of an abyss, reports http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2015/03/16/commentary/world-commentary/corruption-threatens-to-implode-bangladesh/#.VQXBWI7ov2Q. Of course, […]

Chinese government publishes ambitious soccer reform plan

BEIJING, March 16 (Xinhua) — Can Chinese men’s team one day lift the Jules Rimet trophy? The question seemed more real now than just a joke when an overall reform plan was published by the Chinese government in a bid to boost the sport in the world’s most populous country. Goals are set in the […]

World Cup 2015: India can take Bangladesh lightly at their own peril in quarters, says Gavaskar

AUCKLAND, DHAKA, March 16 (NsNewsWire) — Terming Bangladesh a dangerous side on current form, former captain Sunil Gavaskar on Friday warned Indian players to not take their eastern neighbours lightly when the two teams meet in the ICC World Cup 2015 knock-out stage at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on March 19. India are certain to […]

Seddon Park mosquitos take to Black Caps and Bangladesh players

CaA huge amount of mozzies during the cricket match between the Black caps and Bangladesh Who are proving the more pesky opponents for the Black Caps at Seddon Park today? While Bangladesh were providing plenty of bite with the bat in the World Cup match in a steamy Hamilton, the New Zealand side were being […]