Briefing 03-11-2019

Imported API a threat to local drug mkt

Import of raw materials remains one of the major challenges to the pharmaceutical industry in the country and it is difficult for the local drug makers to compete in the international market to export finished pharmaceutical products with imported API. Experts made the comments at a seminar on Saturday. Page 9

Yemen govt, separatists sign deal Tuesday

Yemen's internationally recognised government will sign an agreement with southern separatists on Tuesday aimed at ending a conflict simmering within the country's long-running civil war, Yemeni and Saudi officials said. The power-sharing deal would see the secessionist Southern Transitional Council (STC) handed a number of ministries, and the government return to the main southern city of Aden, according to officials and Saudi media reports on Saturday. Page 14

ASEAN leaders hanker for trade deal

Southeast Asian leaders met on Saturday in Thailand eyeing a breakthrough in talks over the world's largest trade deal to help throw off the torpor which has gripped the global economy since the start of the US-China tariff war. The 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) opened their annual summit in Bangkok hoping to secure a China-backed free trade pact. Page 15

Employers behind women migrants’ woes

Women migrant domestic helps face violence from both the employers and sub-agents, appointed by recruiting agencies, in job destination countries. But they don't get proper legal support and compensation for their losses caused by violence, said a study conducted by Ovibashi Karmi Unnayan Programme (OKUP). Page 16