The Asian Development Bank (ADB) today approved a USD 200 million policy-based loan to further help the Government of Sri Lanka strengthen its financial sector, the Asian Development Bank (ADB)said. This second subprogram of ADB’s Financial Sector Stability and Reforms Program builds on the stabilization and crisis management measures put in place under the first […]
Read MoreCapitalising on the recent Bitcoin (BTC) price surges, Bhutan cashed out 367 BTC worth about USD 33.5 million through major cryptocurrency exchange, Binance, on November 14. Bitcoin price rose to more than USD 90,000 for 1 BTC. As of yesterday, 1 BTC was equivalent to USD 90, 799. This latest sale marks the second significant […]
Read MoreThe Ministry of Finance (MoF), representing the Government of Nepal, and the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany, on behalf of the Government of Germany, have signed a grant agreement to implement the Power Distribution Strengthening Programme (PoDiSP) in Nepal. Germany has committed €10 million (approximately NPR 1.46 billion) in grant assistance, as announced […]
Read MoreBangladesh gained independence from Pakistan in 1971 through a bloody nine-month long war. New Delhi was next to Dhaka then. Since then India has been termed as ‘Bandhurashtra’ in the last five decades. And the hostility was with Islamabad. However, fifty-three years after independence, the picture has completely changed. India’s antagonism with the current interim […]
Read MoreIn September, the Crime Investigation Bureau (CIB) arrested Pragyan Rimal, 22, and Ayush Sharma, 20, from Kathmandu for their involvement in cryptocurrency transactions, which is illegal in Nepal. An investigation is ongoing. Another group was found investing in cryptocurrency and gold. The group engaged in Hundi—they collected remittances from Nepalis working in the UAE, Qatar, […]
Read MoreDissanayake, whose leftist coalition won 159 seats in the 225-member parliament in general election, also reappointed veteran legislator Vijitha Herath to helm the foreign affairs ministry. Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake reappointed Harini Amarasuriya as the prime minister of the Indian Ocean island nation on Monday. Dissanayake, whose leftist coalition won 159 seats in […]
Read MoreUS President Joe Biden, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi are floating in the river. There is Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission. Chinese President Xi Jinping and Japanese President Shigeru Ishibao were not left out. One such video has spread on social media. Brazil’s indigenous people have […]
Read MoreForty-six members of the US Congress have written another letter to President Joe Biden, expressing deep concern over the detention of Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan and the country’s human rights situation. Earlier last October, 60 more members wrote to Biden and made this call. The Express Tribune reported this in a report on […]
Read MoreSeven soldiers were killed and 18 injured when gunmen attacked a paramilitary checkpoint in Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province. The attack took place in the mountainous region of Kalat district, about 150 km south of Quetta, provincial police official Habib-ur-Rehman said on Saturday. Which starts early in the morning and continues for several hours. Some of […]
Read MoreAfghanistan’s opium poppy cultivation grew in 2024 despite a Taliban-imposed ban, according to a United Nations report. Cultivation increased by an estimated 19 percent this year, the report published on Wednesday by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) said. Despite the increase, the cultivation of opium poppies – the source of the […]
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