Maldives government has submitted a bill to the parliament seeking to double Green Tax, levied on tourists, and increase Tourism Goods and Service Tax (TGST) and airport taxes. Crucial three bills have been submitted to the Parliament by the government as the Parliament is set to reconvene after recess on Monday. West Maafannu MP Mohamed […]
Read MoreChandra Nahar, Nepal’s oldest irrigation system, has incurred damages worth over Rs5 million due to recent flooding. Several sections of the main canal’s dykes have collapsed, causing extensive harm. The Chandra Nahar, completed in 1928, has sustained damage at two locations in Diwan, Tirahut Rural Municipality-4, according to Badri Narayan Yadav, president of the Chandra […]
Read MoreTashiyuki Mimaki, vice president of Nihon Hidankyo, a Japanese organization that won the Nobel Peace Prize, commented that the current situation in Gaza is similar to Japan after World War II. He said this while receiving the award on Friday. According to a report by Reuters and The Telegraph in this regard, Nihon Hidankyo received […]
Read MoreIndia’s economic growth forecast for the current fiscal year, ending in March 2025, was revised to 7% year-on-year, up from April’s estimate of 6.6%, helped by a rebound in agricultural output and increased private consumption. The World Bank raised its growth forecast for South Asia to 6.4% in 2024 from an earlier estimate of 6.0%, […]
Read MoreKim mentioned South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol by name for the second time in a week in denouncing Seoul for colluding with Washington to destabilize the region to gloss over the fact it does not even have proper strategic weapons. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country will speed up steps toward […]
Read MoreYoon, who is visiting Singapore for a summit with Singapore’s Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, said in a televised address that the two nations will deepen cooperation in fields such as artificial intelligence and startups under the strategic partnership. South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said his country has agreed with Singapore to enter into a […]
Read MoreOver the past five years or so, China’s military has significantly ramped up its activities around Taiwan, which Beijing views as its own territory over the strong objections of the government in Taipei, and has never renounced the use of force to bring the island under its control. Most Taiwanese believe China is unlikely to […]
Read MoreLast month a 10-year-old boy enrolled in a Japanese school was fatally stabbed in the city of Shenzhen, while in June a Chinese national was killed while trying to shield a Japanese mother and her child from an assailant who attacked a bus used by a Japanese school in the city of Suzhou. Japan’s new […]
Read MorePrabowo, who will be sworn in on Oct. 20, plans to add about 10 ministries and agencies, a move seen as a way to create senior jobs for politicians in his seven-party coalition. Indonesia’s President-elect Prabowo Subianto has defended his plan to expand government agencies, saying it is needed for a strong administration even if […]
Read MoreThe Bank of Korea lowered the benchmark rate 25 basis points to 3.25 percent — the first reduction since May 2020, during the pandemic. It began a series of base rate hikes the following year. South Korea’s central bank cut interest rates Friday for the first time in more than four years, in line with […]
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