Court hearings have continued in Astana all week in the trial of Kuandyk Bishimbayev, the former minister of economy, who is accused of beating and killing his wife Saltanat Nukenova. The trial is being live streamed, attracting the attention of millions. The high-profile case is also giving resonance to the ongoing debate on gender-based domestic violence in Kazakhstan.
After his re-election as president and a few tweaks to the constitution and the system of power, Tokaev insists less and less on democratic reforms in the country, urging a focus on the economy. Going so far as to deny the existence of political prisoners despite the closed-door trials of personalities accused of 'extremism'.
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Exports of locally made lungis, a widely used everyday garb for southeast Asian men, have been rising rapidly because of the increasing Bangladeshi diaspora worldwide while the local market has also been on an upward curve due to Bangladesh’s growing population, industry insiders said.