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Bangladesh signs deal with Reliance Power to buy electricity for 22 years

Reliance plans to invest about $1 billion to set up a local plant by 2022 to provide the electricity.

Untraceable Iranian tanker Adrian Darya 1 photographed near Syrian port

Maxar Technologies Inc., a US space technology company spotted the tanker near Syrian port of Tartus

Hong Kong police in position at airport ahead of protest; buses searched

Only passengers were being allowed into the airport building or to use the Airport Express, boarding in downtown Hong Kong

China's August forex reserves rise to $3.1072 trillion, up $3.5 billion

Reserves have rebounded from an October 2018 low thanks to capital controls and rising foreign investments in Chinese stocks and bonds

Asian shares see heavy foreign sell-off in August as trade war bites

The MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares, fell 3.4% last month, its biggest decline since May

China says new digital currency to have some similarities to FB's Libra

China's central bank set up a research team in 2014 to explore its own digital currency to cut the costs of circulating traditional paper money and boost policymakers' control of money supply

Kashmir: A month later, shopkeepers refuse to open, even as curbs are eased

Prime Minister Narendra Modi revoked special rights for Jammu and Kashmir on Aug 5, striking down the long-standing constitutional provisions for the Himalayan region

WeWork considering cutting IPO valuation to just over $20-billion

The We Company rents out workspace to clients under short-term contracts and pays rent for the properties under long-term leases

Malaysian palm oil futures hit 2-week low after Centre raises import tax

Industry players expect the tax hike on refined palm oil to cause Indian buyers to switch to importing crude palm oil

H&M halts purchase of leather from Brazil due to Amazon wildfires

Sweden-based H&M follows VF Corp, owner of shoe and clothing brands including Timberland, Vans and North Face, which made a similar announcement last week in response to the fires

Manufacturing growth down at 15-month low in Aug on demand slowdown: PMI

However, it has remained above the 50-mark separating growth from contraction for more than two years

Trade war: China, US to collect additional tariffs on each other's goods

The Trump administration will begin collecting 15% tariffs on more than $125 billion in Chinese imports; Beijing to impose 5% tariff on US crude oil

Hong Kong unrest: Protesters plan to disrupt airport after night of chaos

Protest organisers have urged the public to overwhelm road and rail links to the airport on Sunday and Monday, potentially disrupting flights

No single 'gay gene' but a complex mix of genetics affects behavior: Study

Sexual rights campaigners welcomed the study, saying it 'provides more evidence that being gay or lesbian is a natural part of human life'

Second-hand smoke may not affect people equally to all races, ethnicities

Financial capital, family networks and community resources play a major role as well

Women may be missing out on outpatient care access in north India

Missing out on healthcare services may not always result in death, so death rates may not capture the extent of gender disparity

Thousands march peacefully in Hong Kong defying police ban on mass rally

Police blocked plans for a mass show of force downtown to mark the fifth anniversary of a decision by China to curtail democratic reforms in the former British colony

China factory activity shrinks for 4th month to 49.5% as trade woes deepen

Persistent weakness in China's vast manufacturing sector could fuel expectations that Beijing needs to roll out stimulus more quickly, and more aggressively, to weather the biggest downturn in decades

Telegram to protect identity of Hong Kong protesters against monitoring

Telegram allows users to search for other users by uploading phone numbers

Amazon and Indian trader group in public spat over discounted products

The issue has become one of the biggest trade irritants between New Delhi and Washington