Japan to offer $5.9 bil in aid to Bangladesh
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday pledged loans and other economic aid worth $5.9 billion to Bangladesh over the next five years. Abe made the promise as he held talks with his Bangladesh
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Singapore, Tokyo, Kobe, Yokohama, Osaka voted top Asian cities for expats
Singapore on Wednesday topped an international survey of the best cities in Asia for expatriates while the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka was named the worst. Japan took all the other spots in the Asian
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Bangladesh, Japan strike deal for Dhaka metro rail
Bangladesh on Wednesday signed a loan deal with a Japanese development agency for construction of the country’s first-ever metro rail system, costing $2.8 billion and intended to ease Dhaka’s traffic jams.
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Japan joins int'l anti-soot and methane campaign
A coalition of countries and agencies seeking to curb Earth-warming pollutants like soot released by wood-fired ovens and methane from oil extraction, on Tuesday welcomed seven new members to its fold.
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Myanmar forcing cyclone survivors out of refugee camps: U.N.
Myanmar's military government appeared Friday to be reasserting its authority over cyclone relief operations as aid officials said it was forcing survivors out of refugee camps and hindering the access it had promised foreign aid workers. A U.N. official said the junta was making cyclone survivors leave government refugee camps and "dumping' them near their devastated villages with virtually no aid supplies.
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Myanmar
Red Cross: Up to 128,000 may have died in Myanmar cyclone
The Red Cross estimated Wednesday that the cyclone death toll in Myanmar could be as high as 128,000
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Myanmar
Deaths may top 100,000 in Myanmar cyclone: U.S. diplomat
The death toll from the cyclone that devastated the Irrawaddy delta in Myanmar last weekend may exceed 100,000, the top U.S. diplomat in the nation said Wednesday.
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Myanmar cyclone kills at least 351
At least 351 people were killed and nearly 100,000 left homeless when tropical cyclone Nargis tore through Myanmar, razing thousands of buildings and knocking out power lines, state media said Sunday. Residents awoke Sunday to scenes of devastation after the cyclone bore through swathes of southern Myanmar late Friday and Saturday, uprooting trees, cutting phone lines and water pipes, and clogging streets with debris.
