FGN21 CHINA-XI-NEIGHBOURS **** Xi says China will ensure continuity and stability in neighbourhood policy, focus on joint modernisation of Asia Beijing/Hanoi: Visiting Vietnam to enhance political and trade ties amid a major tariff row with the US, Chinese President Xi Jinping Monday said that China will ensure continuity and stability in its neighbourhood diplomacy and jointly advance the modernisation of Asia. **** FGN18 BANGLA-HASINA **** Deposed PM Hasina says anti-independence forces trying to destroy Bangladesh’s secular culture, urges people to drive out usurpers New Delhi: Bangladesh’s deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina has said that anti-independence forces have illegally seized power and were actively trying to destroy the country’s secular culture as she urged people to drive the usurpers out. **** FGN4 SINGAPORE-INDIAN COMMUNITY-CANDIDATES **** PM Wong says his party to field Indian origin candidates in upcoming Singapore general election Singapore: The ruling People’s Action Party (PAP) will certainly include members of the Indian community in the upcoming general election, Prime Minister Lawrence Wong said on Sunday, acknowledging the ethnic group’s outsized contributions to the country in many areas, including in businesses, industries and public services. **** FGN16 UK-MP-CORRUPTION **** Ex-Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina’s niece, UK MP Tulip Siddiq, denies corruption allegations London: Labour Party MP Tulip Siddiq, the niece of Bangladesh’s deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, has denied any wrongdoing after reports emerged of an arrest warrant issued by Dhaka’s Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC). **** FGN23 PAK-REMITTANCES **** Pakistan receives record USD 4.1 billion in remittances Islamabad: Dollar-starved Pakistan received a record USD 4.1 billion in remittances in March, the highest monthly inflow, the State Bank of Pakistan said on Monday. **** FGN22 NEPAL-NEW YEAR **** Nepal president, prime minister extend greetings on New Year 2082 Kathmandu: Nepal’s President Ram Chandra Paudel and Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli on Monday extended their greetings on the Nepali New Year Bikram Era 2082. **** PY PY