Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 1600 GMT, Aug. 18

DHAKA -- The central bank of Bangladesh has set a new cash withdrawal limit of 300,000 taka (2,542 U.S. dollars) via cheques per account per day starting from Sunday.

As per the latest circular from the Bangladesh Bank on Saturday, commercial banks in the country are now required to limit cash withdrawals to 300,000 taka per account daily, up from the previous limit of 200,000 taka. (Bangladesh-Bank-Cash-Limit)<