Sri Lanka’s tea industry is set for a year of modest growth in 2025, despite facing several challenges and uncertainties, an analysis by Forbes and Walker Tea Brokers showed. After a few years of declining production, the country is likely to experience a tight supply of Orthodox Large Leaf teas, following a production shortfall in […]
Read MoreKolkata, India, has become devoid of tourists. The economy of a large part of the city has collapsed. Many are forced to look for new businesses in the face of the closure of businesses dependent on Bangladeshi tourists. Hotels in the New Market area of Kolkata, India, closed at the beginning of the new year. […]
Read MoreMinister of Digital Development, Innovation, and Communications of Mongolia Baatarkhuu Tsend met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Nguyen Tuan Thanh on January 8, 2024. At the outset of the meeting, Minister of Digital Development, Innovation, and Communications of Mongolia Baatarkhuu Tsend highlighted that as part of the 70th-anniversary celebration […]
Read MoreMongolia organizes several events to promote winter tourism and attract foreign tourists with Mongolian brands. One such event is the “Ten Thousand Camel” Festival held in Umnugobi aimag. Organized since 1997, the Festival will take place for the 26th year in Dalanzadgad soum, Umnugobi aimag, on February 1-3, 2025. The Festival will feature camel-centric games […]
Read MoreChina and the Maldives have pledged to deepen bilateral cooperation in various areas while maintaining high-level exchanges to achieve fruitful outcomes, state media reported on Saturday. Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu met Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Friday during Wang’s stopover in the Maldives on his way back from Africa. The two leaders discussed bilateral […]
Read MoreBhutan’s trade deficit is projected to improve slightly, narrowing to 16.1 percent of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) in the fiscal year 2024-25. This marks a modest improvement from the previous fiscal year’s trade deficit of 17.7 percent of GDP, according to the Royal Monetary Authority’s recent annual report. The report attributes the improvement […]
Read MoreDelhi has invited Pakistan and Bangladesh, among other neighboring countries, to participate in the ‘Undivided India’ seminar organized to mark the 150th anniversary of the India Meteorological Department. NDTV reported that this is the first such initiative by the Indian government to set aside differences and celebrate the shared history of the Indian subcontinent in […]
Read MoreFormer British Special Forces officers have said they were allowed to kill anyone, including children, on suspicion of Taliban while serving in Afghanistan. The BBC reported that this information has emerged from an investigation into possible war crimes committed by the UK in Afghanistan. On Wednesday, the Afghanistan Inquiry Committee released details of seven secret […]
Read MoreTurkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called on Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni to lift the sanctions imposed on Syria during the Assad regime. He made the call in a phone call with Meloni on Thursday (January 9). The Turkish Presidential Communications Directorate reported this information. Daily Sabah reported. According to the report, during a […]
Read MoreThe US House of Representatives voted on Thursday to impose sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC), in protest of the arrest warrants issued for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant over the Gaza operation. The Times of Israel reported on Friday (January 10). US lawmakers passed the “Illegal Court […]
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