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.
Norway is expecting to sign a new agreement with Sri Lanka on the development of fisheries management tools by next month, Norwegian Ambassador to Sri Lanka Trine Jøranli Eskedal informed Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa last evening at Temple Trees. From 2013 to 2019, USD 2.3 million has been disbursed to the Sri Lankan fisheries sector
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has announced that her government was setting up 100 Special Economic Zones (SEZ) "for further industrialization and generating more employments"
Bangladesh Education Minister Dipu Moni has said her ministry is working on the education system during and after the COVID-19 pandemic
Acting Afghan Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammad Haneef Atmar on Thursday said he remains optimistic about the intra-Afghan negotiations to start next week, adding that the last hurdles in the way of the talks are being addressed successfully
Thirteen civilians, including six children, were killed in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast in Afghanistan's Kandahar province on Friday, an official said
The death toll from the recent flash floods in Afghanistan has increased to 151, as search and rescue operations continued in the affected areas on Friday
Statistics published by the Juvenile Justice Unit (JJU) have shown that a large number of children reported to the unit for involvement in criminal activity had dropped out of attending school
Maldivian has repatriated 200 more Bangladeshi nationals back home today due to various reasons as part of its government coordinated repatriation operations
The Maldives government has stopped permitting the export of two types of sea cucumbers
The Imran Khan-led Pakistan government, claiming success in containing the spread of COVID-19, has re-opened the tourism sector even as health experts expressed apprehension that the move may trigger a "dangerous second wave" of the coronavirus infection in the country
Virgin Atlantic will start direct flights to Pakistan from December this year, the British airline announced
At least 19 people were killed in various rain-related incidents in Karachi, as the Pakistani city recorded its highest downpour in a day since 1967, officials said
Pakistani film actress Mehwish Hayat, in a rather cryptic post, has called out the Indian media for fueling nothing but false news
Pakistan’s total debt and liabilities skyrocketed to Rs44.5 trillion by June this year, an addition of a whopping Rs14.6 trillion or 49% compared with the debt burden two years ago, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) reported on Thursday
The Australian government provided the Sri Lanka Police with several Australian supplied hand-held Chemical Detection Devices to strengthen Sri Lanka’s efforts to combat terrorism and drug trafficking
