With fireworks, feasts and red envelopes stuffed with cash for the kids, numerous Asian nations and overseas communities have welcomed Saturday the Lunar New Year. It begins with the first new moon of the lunar calendar and ends 15 days later on the first full moon. The dates of the holiday
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S. Asian nations should work together to alleviate poverty: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday said South Asian nations should work together to eliminate hunger and illiteracy for the wellbeing of the people of this region. She said this when newly-appointed Pakistani High Commissioner to Bangladesh Imran Ahmed Siddiqui met her at her official residence Ganobhaban. Prime Minister's Press Secretary Ihsanul