Tensions between North and South Korea are nothing new. Reunification efforts between the two Koreas have not been successful since the Korean War in the 1950s. However, a recent viral image of a map of North Korea has confused policy researchers and users alike. The viral map shows the Korean peninsula divided into two separate […]
Read MoreThe statements made by Sheikh Hasina virtually after she was ousted from power in Bangladesh and took refuge in India were her own management and India had no role in them. The Indian Ministry of External Affairs summoned Bangladesh’s Acting High Commissioner in New Delhi on Friday and made the announcement. After summoning Nurul Islam, […]
Read MoreIndian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit the U.S. on Wednesday for talks with President Donald Trump on trade and other issues, days after many Indians were deported in shackles on a U.S. military plane and more are due to come. Modi’s February 12-13 schedule was announced by India’s Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri on Friday […]
Read MoreSecurity forces have killed 12 terrorists in an intelligence-based operation in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, a statement said. A security personnel was also killed in the operation on February 5-6 night in the Hasan Khel area of North Waziristan, according to the Pakistan Army’s media wing. It said the operation was conducted based on intelligence regarding the presence of […]
Read MoreThe “Sor Cashmere” company collaborates with more than 150 local knitting workshops and exports its products to 17 countries, including the Federal Republic of Nepal, Japan, the Russian Federation, the People’s Republic of China, the United States, the Republic of Korea, the Italian Republic, the Republic of Kazakhstan, and the Republic of India. The company […]
Read MorePresident Anura Kumara Dissanayake stressed that Sri Lanka’s only viable path for recovery is to continue on the current International Monetary Fund (IMF)-backed path and to build up the economy on this foundation. He shared these remarks at the 26th Presidential Export Awards Ceremony held in Colombo yesterday. “Either we can collapse with this foundation […]
Read MoreThe government’s ambitious target to attract Nu 500 billion Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) over the next five years seems a long way off if FDI inflow in 2024 is any indication. Only 17 projects worth Nu 15.96 billion were approved in 2024, according to the latest FDI Annual Report. This is, however, a 110 percent […]
Read MoreThe country has received Rs 763.08 billion in remittances during the first half of the current fiscal year, according to the Ministry of Finance. In its mid-term review report, the Ministry noted that remittance inflows grew by 4.1 percent compared to the same period last year. However, remittance inflows had increased by 22.2 percent during […]
Read MoreA Burmese refugee with lung problems died after she was discharged from a U.S.-funded hospital on the Myanmar-Thai border that was ordered to close as a result of U.S. President Donald Trump’s freeze on foreign aid, her family said. Pe Kha Lau, 71, died on Sunday after becoming short of breath four days after she […]
Read MoreSingapore’s disgraced former transport minister S. Iswaran, jailed last year for obstructing justice and receiving more than $300,000 of gifts, will serve the remainder of his sentence under house arrest, the prisons service said on Friday. Iswaran was the first former cabinet member to be jailed in Singapore after a high-profile trial that gripped the […]
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