Tajik airline launches flights to Pakistan amid push for trade and connectivity with Central Asia

ISLAMABAD: A private airline from Tajikistan launched its flight operation to Pakistan on Thursday by transporting 14 passengers from Dushanbe to Islamabad amid efforts to enhance trade and people-to-people contacts between Pakistan and Central Asian Republics. Pakistan’s push for enhanced regional connectivity with Central Asia aims to unlock mutual economic opportunities, particularly in energy, trade […]

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by Masum Billah

India’s reserve bank launches Saarc currency swap framework for 2024-27

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) introduced a new currency swap window worth Rs25,000 crore yesterday (27 June) for swap support in Indian Rupee for South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) countries, offering various concessions. Saarc consists of eight member countries: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. Moreover, the RBI […]

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by Masum Billah

India is exporting rocket-explosives to Israel amid the Gaza conflict

On June 6, Israeli forces bombed the Nuseirat refugee camp in Palestine. Quds News Network released a video on this. It shows the wreckage of a missile fired from an Israeli warplane. A label clearly visible on the debris of the missile read, ‘Made in India.’ Al Jazeera reported this information on Wednesday. In the […]

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by Mahadi

4.4 billion US dollars seized in criminal transactions in Singapore

The Singapore government has seized US$4.4 billion (S$6 billion) worth of illegal assets related to crime and money laundering. Almost half of these illegal assets were seized from last year’s record financial scandals. Bloomberg reported this information in a report on Wednesday (June 26). These assets have been seized between January 2019 and June 2024. […]

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Saudi calls for ‘reasonable’ shopping for Hajj pilgrims

This year’s holy Hajj ceremony is over. In the meantime, pilgrims from different countries of the world have started returning to their respective countries on return flights. Saudi authorities have called for ‘reasonable’ shopping by these pilgrims. Gulf News reported this information in a report on Monday (June 24). According to the report, the foreign […]

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by Mahadi

China-Australia is introducing 5-year visa for citizens to travel

Forgetting bitterness, China and Australia are introducing five-year multiple entry visas for citizens of each other’s countries to travel for tourism and business purposes. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China said that this visa system will be launched from Friday. This is another sign of improving relations between the two countries. In a report, […]

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by Mahadi

Bangladesh trade deficit with 82 countries

Bangladesh State Minister of Commerce Ahsanul Islam Titu said that currently Bangladesh has commercial transactions with 210 countries of the world. Bangladesh has a trade deficit with 82 countries. According to the 2022-23 fiscal year, Bangladesh has a total trade deficit of $15,239.55 million. Dr. National Parliament on Sunday. He said this in response to […]

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by Mahadi

At the IMF meeting on Monday, the third tranche of Bangladesh’s debt may be waived

The proposal to waive the third tranche of debt in favor of Bangladesh will be presented at the meeting of the Executive Council of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Monday. In that meeting, the final approval of the proposal to waive the debt of Bangladesh can be obtained. If it is approved the money […]

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by Mahadi

South Korea expands currency swap with pension fund as won tumbles

South Korea’s foreign exchange authorities on Friday (Jun 21) said they agreed with the National Pension Service to expand a currency swap line to US$50 billion from the current US$35 billion to defend the tumbling won against the dollar. “The foreign exchange authorities believe that the FX swap with the National Pension Service can work […]

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by Mahadi

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