India cuts duty on crude, refined palm oil imported from ASEAN
Jan. 1, 2019, 8:25 p.m.The government has cut import duties on crude and refined palm oil effective Tuesday to comply with preferential trade pacts with Southeast Asian nations.
New Year babies...India creates world record, beats China by 25000...Know how many babies born on Jan 1 across the world
Jan. 1, 2019, 8:10 p.m.: India would welcome as many as 69,944 babies on New Year's Day, the highest in the world, the UNICEF said Tuesday. India would be followed by China which would welcome 44,940 babies, the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund said in a report. In Nigeria, 25,685 babies will be born, it added.
Chinese leaders congratulate Hasina on election victory
Jan. 1, 2019, 2:47 p.m.Chinese President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang on Monday congratulated Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on her landslide victory in the general elections and hoped that the strategic and mutual cooperation between the two countries would continue during the upcoming tenure.
Bangladesh PM Hasina to form new cabinet before Jan 10
Jan. 1, 2019, 2:32 p.m.Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's ruling Bangladesh Awami League, which clinched a landslide victory in general elections, will form its new cabinet before January 10, party General Secretary Obaidul Quader said on Tuesday, Xinhua news agency reported.
Ready to meet Trump again, says Kim Jong-un
Jan. 1, 2019, noonNorth Korean leader Kim Jong-un renewed his commitment to denuclearisation on Tuesday and said he was ready to meet US President Donald Trump for a second time.
This is how world celebrated New Year 2019...See PICS and VIDEOS
Jan. 1, 2019, 11:25 a.m.Celebrations around the world have begun to usher in 2019. From across Asia, Africa, Europe and then America, New Zealand to Australia, from Hong Kong to Singapore, Dubai to India
