Purchasing Managers’ Indices for both Manufacturing and Services activities continued to expand in September 2020, compared to August 2020, the Central Bank said Thursday

Three leading monks in Sri Lanka have warned the 20th Amendment to the Constitution leads to the creation of a president who would be able to control the Executive in an arbitrary manner and bring the Judiciary and Legislature under his control

Stressing the importance of ensuring food security for all, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said the people of Bangladesh must not suffer from food scarcity as a fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic

Bangladesh police will hold rallies across the country tomorrow morning in an attempt to create public awareness against rape and violence against women

Abdullah Abdullah, head of the High Council for National Reconciliation, on Friday said that a return of the Taliban’s emirate is unacceptable to Afghans under any circumstances as it will continue the war in Afghanistan

Maldives President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih has stated that empowering farmers and sustaining a productive farming sector is a key policy priority

US peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad has urged the Taliban to remain committed to the implementation of the agreement between the two, warning that the rising level of violence in the country, especially in Helmand province, was threatening peace

Kashmir’s opposition parties, meeting on Thursday in Srinagar, have decided to work together for restoration of the special status of Jammu and Kashmir as it existed before 5 August 2019, formalising their alliance as the ‘Peoples’ Alliance for Gupkar Declaration’

Cricket Australia chairman Earl Eddings has put doubts over India’s upcoming tour to Australia to rest, saying he has got assurance from his Indian counterpart Sourav Ganguly that Virat Kohli’s men would travel Down Under for a full-fledged series

With Germanys Marcus Pleyer as president of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the going for Pakistan, which is already placed in the grey list, may just get tougher

Twenty Pakistani security personnel, including six Army men, were martyred in two terrorist attacks in Balochistan’s Ormara area and North Waziristan tribal district on Thursday and late Wednesday

Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, during a virtual meeting with Saudi Minister for Communications and Information Technology Eng. Abdullah Amer Al-Swaha, has stressed on the need to enhance cooperation in the field of IT

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa today (15) presented Rs. 50,000 each to 40 selected Hindu temples at Temple Trees to coincide with the Navaratri Pooja

Dhaka will roll out its first 'Made in Bangladesh' cars next year, Industries Minister Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun said today

They spend a tiny portion of what they earned from serving, cooking and cleaning the utensils in a restaurant on themselves and send the bulk of their wages back home to run their families