YANGON -- Myanmar government has allocated an additional fund of 20 billion kyats (14.7 million U.S. dollars) to urgently repair the damaged portion of the border fence with Bangladesh and build it into an upgraded and secured one, said a press release of the President's Office late Monday.
For 2017-18 fiscal year, more than 8 billion kyats had been permitted for the undertakings. (Myanmar-Bangladesh-Border)
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KATHMANDU -- The conclusion of the final phase of local polls, the first in nearly two decades, in Nepal has greatly helped to smooth implementation of the new constitution adopted by the Parliament in September 2015, Speaker of the Parliament Onsari Gharti said on Tuesday.
Tens of thousands of people took part in the local polls on Monday held in Terai region of Nepal, close to the border with India. (Nepal-Election)
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TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is gearing up to dissolve the lower house of parliament and call a snap general election, Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Secretary General Toshihiro Nikai confirmed on Tuesday.
Prior to Abe's departure Monday for a five-day trip to New York to attend the UN General Assembly, Abe told Nikai during a meeting that he "will decide on the timing of the snap election after returning from the UN General Assembly on Friday." (Japan-Abe-Snap election)
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TALUQAN, Afghanistan -- Police have arrested a police officer on charge of shifting a Taliban commander from a war affected area to safer place in Takhar province, provincial police spokesman Abdul Khalil Asir said Tuesday.
"A police officer was attempting to shift Taliban commander Mawlawi Lal from Khawjaghar district to Yangi Qala district in his car but fortunately was identified and arrested by police in a checkpoint on Monday," Asir told Xinhua. (Afghanistan-Taliban) Enditem
