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.
Unveiling the Monetary Policy for fiscal year 2020-21 today, Nepal Rastra Bank has adopted a policy to revive the COVID-affected economy by promoting loan disbursement in sectors hit by the crisis, especially agriculture, energy, tourism and small and medium enterprises
The Nepalese government and the World Bank signed a $450 million (around Rs. 54 billion) financing agreement that will help Nepal improve efficiency and safety of transport infrastructures, cross-border trade, and strengthen capacity for strategic road network management
A three-storey wedding hall building collapsed during renovation in Pakistan occupied Kashmir's Mirpur district, injuring at least 15 labourers and leaving dozens of others trapped, officials said
Pakistan's Ministry of Interior has informed the Islamabad High Court (IHC) that US blogger Cynthia D. Ritchie is living in Pakistan on an ‘extended’ visa and she is working on film projects in collaboration with the military’s media affairs wing Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government
Adviser to Prime Minister on Commerce and Trade Abdul Razak Dawood on Friday assured the business community that their issues and concerns over Pak-Afghan transit and bilateral trade will be resolved amicably on a priority basis
Pakistan wishes to resolve all outstanding issues with India, including the core issue of Jammu and Kashmir dispute, through peaceful means, Foreign Affairs Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi stated in a reply in the National Assembly on Friday
Pakistan on Friday agreed to Indian demands and offered third consular access to convicted spy Kulbhushan Jadhav, without the presence of any Pakistani official
Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has invited the local engineers to take part in a revolutionary transformation in the construction sector to fulfill the needs of the urban and rural population
According to the Sri Lanka Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) released by the Statistics Department of Central Bank, Manufacturing Sector expanded significantly while the Services sector returned to the growth territory in June 2020
The overall human rights situation in Sri Lanka in 2019 deteriorated with increased intercommunal tensions, violence against minority groups, and intimidation of human rights defenders, the United Kingdom said in a recently released human rights report
Saiful Islam cultivates jute on 8 bighas of land. He and other farmers are now staring at heavy losses in the wake of the government's sudden decision to shut production at 26 state-owned jute mills amid the coronavirus crisis
Tens of Taliban militants have been killed in clashes with the government forces in different provinces, military officials said
Taliban militants claim that the US military had launched airstrikes on civilians in the south, inflicting casualties on them. The insurgents said the strikes violate a February peace deal the militants signed with Washington
Amid continuing violence in the country and the delay in the start of dialogue between Afghans, the Afghan government has now reached out to religious scholars to urge the Taliban to call a ceasefire and reduce violence
US President Donald Trump has nominated an Indian American lawyer who has been active in the Republican Party and with the Hindu American Coalition to head the Asian operations of the US Agency for International Development (USAID)
