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.
In the end, the final data from state-run Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) shows the economy grew at a respectable 5.2 percent last fiscal year, when large swathes of the global economy plunged into recession for the outbreak of coronavirus from Wuhan, China
Rahmatullah Nabil, former intelligence director, believes that the government had released a number of the 400 Taliban prisoners Ghani insisted to hold on a charge of big crimes
NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg called on the Afghan warring parties to benefit from the presently “historic opportunity” for peace in Afghanistan
The Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday reacted to reports that Pakistani military forces were conducting illegal fencing along the Durand Line – the de facto border between Afghanistan and Pakistan -- saying Afghanistan has already shared its grievances and has protested the move through through diplomatic channels
An American who wanted to go to Pakistan to become a killer for the Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LeT) terrorist organisation has been sentenced in a US federal court here to 15 years in prison
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday held a review meeting with chief ministers or representatives of 10 states badly hit by the COVID-19 pandemic and advised that containment, contact tracing, and surveillance were key to the effective management of the virus infections in the country
Amid the twin problems of tackling floods and the coronavirus, the Bihar government has launched a unique initiative -- Covid boat ambulance in its fight against the deadly virus
The mega-deal for Saudi Aramcos $15 billion stake in India's oil-to-chemicals business of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) is going through due diligence and a decision will be taken after a review, Saudi Aramco CEO said on Monday
The Bhutan government has imposed a nationwide lockdown starting from Tuesday after a locally transmitted COVID-19 case was reported
SAARC Development Fund (SDF) has approved USD 7.7 million (M) to seven of its member countries for projects in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
Nepal lost nearly Rs7 billion in exports of high-value products in the last fiscal year as trade restrictions triggered by the pandemic strangled international commerce
To honour the sacrifices of religious minorities in the country, Pakistan President Arif Alvi, on National Minorities Day reaffirmed that all communities residing in Pakistan will be treated and respected equally
Protection centres for Pakistan's transgender people will be completed by the end of this year, the National Assembly was informed during a discussion on the harassment of the community across the country
PML-N workers and police clashed on Tuesday outside a National Accountability Bureau (NAB) office in Lahore where party leader Maryam Nawaz had arrived to record her statement in a case related to "illegal" acquisition of land in Raiwind
The Pakistan government rushed a controversial bill relating to the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) — Anti Money Laundering (Second Amendment) — through a parliamentary panel with a majority vote on Monday amid protest by members of the opposition parties
