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Bangladesh is the world's second largest exporter of ready-to-wear clothes
Businesses count costs as India and Bangladesh impose trade restrictions
DHAKA — Businesses are bracing for possible impact after neighbors India and Bangladesh recently imposed tit-for-tat trade restrictions after months of verbal sparring.Last month, Bangladesh restricted land imports of cotton yarn from India to shield local industries from cheaper imports.Dhaka's move came days after India abruptly stopped the transhipment facility it had offered Bangladesh to export its cargoes to third countries via its ports and airports, citing "congestion".Relations between the countries have soured since former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was ousted in August after massive protests. She is currently in exile in India and an interim administration headed by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus is in charge.Since then Dhaka has demanded Hasina be...
May 02, 2025

Businesses count costs as India and Bangladesh impose trade restrictions

As the army chief, Gen Munir is the most powerful man in Pakistan today
Pakistan army chief's Kashmir remarks cause anger in India
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan's army chief, General Asim Munir, is not known for seeking the spotlight.Yet in recent weeks, it has found him — not only in Pakistan, but across the border in India and in diplomatic capitals far beyond.His remarks on Kashmir — made just days before a militant attack in Indian-administered Kashmir which killed 26 people — have reignited a debate over Pakistan's military stance and its role in rising regional tensions.Kashmir, which India and Pakistan claim in full but administer only in part, has been a flashpoint between the countries since they were partitioned in 1947.Though not directly linked to the violence, Gen Munir's words have been dissected and interpreted as a shift towards a more confrontational tone, both from him and the institution...
May 01, 2025

Pakistan army chief's Kashmir remarks cause anger in India

People in the toy business that the BBC spoke to said they had plenty of interest from other parts of the world besides the US
A defiant China looks beyond Trump's America
YIWU, China — "We don't care about sales to the United States," says Hu Tianqiang as one of his toy fighter jets flies past our heads.It's hard to hear him above the buzzing toy planes and miniature drones, an almost rhythmic backdrop to the cacophony of toys that surround him, all clamoring for the attention of buyers.Hu's stall, Zhongxiang Toys, sits inside the world's biggest wholesale market in the small Chinese city of Yiwu.It's a huge showroom of more than 75,000 shops where buyers come seeking just about everything, from twinkling Christmas lights and kitchenware to umbrellas and massage guns. It can take most of the day just to get around one department given each of them has an airport hangar's worth of goods on show.Yiwu is in the province of...
May 01, 2025

A defiant China looks beyond Trump's America

An Indian paramilitary serviceman keeps watch in Pahalgam, Indian-administered Kashmir, where militants killed 26 tourists last week
Pakistan claims 'credible intelligence' India is planning an imminent military strike
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan's information minister says that the country has "credible intelligence" that India intends to launch a military strike within the next 24 to 36 hours.Attaullah Tarar's comments come after India accused Pakistan of supporting militants behind an attack in Indian-administered Kashmir that killed 26 tourists last week. Islamabad rejects the allegations.Tarar said that India intends to use the attack as a "false pretext" for a strike and that "any such military adventurism by India would be responded to assuredly and decisively".The BBC has contacted the Indian foreign ministry for comment.The attack near the tourist town of Pahalgam was the deadliest attack on civilians in two decades in the disputed territory. Both India and...
April 30, 2025

Pakistan claims 'credible intelligence' India is planning an imminent military strike

The fire broke out on Tuesday evening at a hotel in Kolkata city
Fourteen people killed in India hotel fire
KOCHI — At least 14 people, including two children, have been killed after a massive fire broke out at a hotel in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal.Two people were also seriously injured in the fire, which started on Tuesday night at Rituraj Hotel in Kolkata city.The blaze is now under control, but authorities say they are still carrying out rescue operations.It's not yet clear how the fire started. Police have set up a special investigation team to look into the incident.Prime Minister Narendra Modi wrote on X that he was "anguished by the loss of lives" and announced financial compensation to the families of the victims.Deadly fires are often reported in buildings in Indian cities, with poor planning and lax enforcement of safety regulations playing a role.Last...
April 30, 2025

Fourteen people killed in India hotel fire

Claudia Mo is one of four pro-democracy leaders who have been released from jail
Hong Kong frees four pro-democracy lawmakers after completing jail terms
SINGAPORE — Hong Kong has released four former opposition lawmakers who were among dozens of pro-democracy leaders jailed under the city's controversial National Security Law (NSL).The four - Claudia Mo, Kwok Ka-ki, Jeremy Tam and Gary Fan - had pleaded guilty and were each sentenced to four years and two months behind bars in November.They were released on Tuesday because the fact they they had been in prison since their arrests in 2021 was taken into account when calculating their sentence.The four lawmakers were part of a group known as the Hong Kong 47. They were accused of trying to overthrow the government by running an unofficial primary to pick opposition candidates for local elections.Police said they had left their correctional facilities early on Tuesday.This was the...
April 29, 2025

Hong Kong frees four pro-democracy lawmakers after completing jail terms

Peter Dutton has in recent days caused controversy for his comments about ceremonial Aboriginal rites
Teen charged after Australia PM candidate's office vandalized
SYDNEY — A teenager has been charged after Australian opposition leader Peter Dutton's office was vandalized for the third time during the election campaign.The Liberal Party leader's office in Arana Hills, Brisbane was splattered in red paint, and covered with posters criticizing his stance on a number of issues.Police say four people seen acting suspiciously at the site in the early hours of the morning fled when officers arrived, but an 18-year-old woman was tracked by the dog squad and charged with causing wilful damage.Australians vote in an election on Saturday, 3 May, and Dutton has in recent days caused controversy for his comments about ceremonial Aboriginal rites.The opposition leader has been criticized by some Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, including former...
April 29, 2025

Teen charged after Australia PM candidate's office vandalized

Some tourists decided to stay back in Pahalgam because flight tickets back home were expensive
Hope and fear as tourists trickle back to Kashmir town after attack
PAHALGAM, Kashmir — One week after a devastating militant attack near the mountain resort of Pahalgam in Indian-administered Kashmir killed 26 people, the town wears a look of quiet desolation, although tourists have begun trickling back in small numbers.The main high street, abandoned by visitors last week - with shops shuttered and hotels completely emptied out - is seeing fleeting signs of life again.Last Tuesday, militants opened fire on people, mostly tourists, who were visiting Baisaran, a mountain-top meadow three miles (5 km) from Pahalgam, often described as the "Switzerland of India".The attack was one of the deadliest in recent years, devastating the lives of many families and sparking widespread anger in India.In the days since, tensions between India and Pakistan,...
April 29, 2025

Hope and fear as tourists trickle back to Kashmir town after attack

Authorities in Indian-administered Kashmir have demolished the houses of at least 10 alleged militants
India demolishes houses of 10 alleged militants days after deadly Kashmir attack
NEW DELHI — Authorities in Indian-administered Kashmir have demolished the houses of at least 10 alleged militants and detained more people for questioning as investigations continue into last week's killings of 26 people.Indian security forces have used explosives to destroy the properties since last Tuesday's attack on tourists. At least one was reportedly linked to a suspect named in the shootings.India accuses Pakistan of supporting militants behind the killings, but has named no group it blames. Islamabad rejects the allegations.It was the deadliest attack on civilians in two decades in the disputed territory. Both India and Pakistan claim the region and have fought two wars over it.Troops from both sides have traded intermittent small-arms fire across the border for the...
April 28, 2025

India demolishes houses of 10 alleged militants days after deadly Kashmir attack

Chinese state media released a photo of coastguard officers on the reef
Beijing seizes tiny sandbank in South China Sea
SINGAPORE — The Chinese coastguard has seized a tiny sandbank in the South China Sea, state media has reported, in an escalation of a regional dispute with the Philippines.State broadcaster CCTV released images of four officers, wearing all black and holding the Chinese flag, standing on the disputed reef of Sandy Cay in the Spratly Islands.CCTV said China had "implemented maritime control and exercised sovereign jurisdiction" on the reef earlier in April.Both China and the Philippines have staked claims on various islands. The Philippines said later on Sunday that it had landed on three sandbanks, releasing an image of officers holding up their national flag in a pose that mimicked the Chinese photo.It is unclear whether one of the sandbanks the Philippines security forces...
April 28, 2025

Beijing seizes tiny sandbank in South China Sea

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