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India
While the government's decision to allow full foreign ownership in the country's single-brand retail sector is a positive step towards economic liberalisation, we highlight that the...
2012-02-03Sri Lanka
Citing problems of credibility, the country's minority Tamil political party - Tamil National Alliance (TNA) - rejected the government's investigation into the civil war. Furthermore,...
2012-02-03Pakistan
According to a report by the Free and Fair Election Network, the 38th or second to last sitting of the National Assembly in its fourth parliamentary year only lasted six days, from...
2012-02-03Bangladesh
Businesses across the country have expressed concern over the deteriorating law and order situation in the capital city of Bangladesh - Dhaka - as 18 cases of murder, five jewellery...
2012-02-02India
In a recent visit to Russia, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh stated that both countries have finalised the terms and conditions for a Russian loan for the construction of the third and...
2012-01-04Pakistan
In a sign of thawing US-Pakistani relations, the head of the US Central Command has urged the South Asian nation to share a map of its facilities near the Afghan border in order to...
2012-01-03Sri Lanka
Foreign Minister Gamini Lakshman Peiris stated that the government is aiming for stronger economic relationships with ASEAN (Association of South East Asian Nations) states in order...
2012-01-03Bangladesh
On January 2, the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) stated that a decision by the ruling government to re-establish the caretaker government (CG) system would be the...
2012-01-03
