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Japan To End Funding For Bangladesh Coal-Fired Power Plant Amid Criticism

By Ahammad Foyez Japan will stop funding the second and final phase of a 1,200 megawatt coal-fired power plant in

By Dandy Koswaraputra and Ismira Lutfia Tisnadibrata The Russian and Ukrainian ambassadors have turned Indonesia – this year’s G20 chair

By Dandy Koswaraputra Indonesian police in the past several days have arrested five members of a little-known group espousing an

By Ashif Entaz Rabi Bangladesh’s elite police force, the Rapid Action Battalion, has operated effectively despite U.S. sanctions in December

By Kamran Reza Chowdhury Bangladesh should reject a “cold war mentality and bloc politics,” China told Dhaka’s ambassador this week

By Basilio Sepe The Philippine Congress on Wednesday officially declared Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Sara Duterte-Carpio winners of the May

By JC Gotinga The Philippines has installed buoys and opened some command posts to mark out and assert its sovereignty

Russia will soon begin participating in Myanmar’s energy industry in place of international companies that quit, the Burmese junta said

By Shailaja Neelakantan and Jason Gutierrez China would likely enjoy friendly ties with the Philippines if Ferdinand Marcos Jr. wins