The Pakistan government is developing a comprehensive roadmap aimed at making 5G internet services commercially available to consumers in 2022-23, a media report said on Sunday
IMF’s Map of a Broken World has one Exception - India’s Growth and Resilience
India's contribution to the improved global growth outlook extends well beyond the immediate AI boom or the performance of energy-exporting economies. The IMF's assessment points instead to a combination of domestic demand, demographics, market expansion and structural reforms as important drivers of India's longer-term prospects.
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Pakistan okays Russian vaccine for ‘emergency use’
The Pakistani government has allowed another vaccine against COVID-19 under “emergency use authorisation” and given a go-ahead to a local pharmaceutical company for the import and distribution of the Russian-developed Sputnik V, an official confirmed on Saturday
Sri Lanka to receive first batch of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines from India
Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said that the first batch of the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines manufactured in India is expected to arrive in the island nation on Wednesday
Sri Lanka, Philippines to enhance diplomatic relations
Foreign Ministers of Sri Lanka and the Philippines have agreed to focus on new strategies to further strengthen the existing economic, political, social and international relations between the two countries
Grade 10, 12 students will have regular classes, rest once a week: Bangladesh education minister
Bangladesh Education Minister Dipu Moni today informed the parliament that classes at schools will resume on a limited scale
Pandemic pushes 42pc in Bangladesh into poverty
Forty-two percent of 5,577 households covered by a nationwide survey in Bangladesh were found below the poverty line, according to the findings of the study released yesterday
Pakistan seeks relationship with US beyond regional security dynamics
Pakistan is seeking a bilateral relationship with the new Biden administration that goes beyond the “US’s regional interests in the countries”, said Moeed Yousuf, the special assistant to Pakistan’s prime minister on national security
No change in Kashmir policy: Pakistan Interior Minister
Pakistan’s Minister of Interior Sheikh Rashid said there was no change in the Kashmir policy of Pakistan’s government, reported The News
India to build power project in Chenab river ignoring Pakistan’s objection
Despite objections from Pakistan, India appears to have decided to go ahead with the 859-megawatt Rattle hydroelectric power project in Jammu and Kashmir, according to Pakistani media reports
Sri Lanka hands over bodies of four Indian fishermen
A Sri Lankan coast craft on Friday handed over the bodies of four Indian fishermen to the Indian Coast Guards at the International Maritime Boundary, reported News 1st
Development of Northeast connectivity will help neighbours: PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that with the all round development of the northeastern region, Atmanirbhar Bharat, or a Self-Reliant India, would be achieved
PIA pays $7mn after plane seizure in Malaysia
The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) confirmed that it has paid around $7 million o a jet company after a plane of the flag carrier was seized by Malaysian authorities over the non-payment of aircraft lease dues, the media reported on Saturday
Bangladesh PM Hasina gives homes to over 66,000 homeless
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina believes the gifting of homes to the homeless and landless people of Bangladesh marks the biggest festival in Mujib Year, the birth centenary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
Bangladesh to begin COVID-19 vaccination Wednesday
Bangladesh’s COVID-19 vaccination program will begin on Wednesday and it will be virtually inaugurated by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina
Bangladesh reaffirms commitment to nuclear-free world
Bangladesh has reiterated the clarion call made by Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at his historic maiden address to the UN General Assembly in 1974, “to free the world from the scourges of nuclear war.”
