WB to provide 850m financing package to create jobs, boost trade, modernize social protection
BSS: Bangladesh and the World Bank have signed two financing agreements totaling $850 million to help the country develop the Bay Terminal deep sea port...
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Saudi-India agrees to cooperate in several fields, including energy
Arab News : Saudi Arabia and India have agreed to cooperate in several fields, including defense industries, and exploring joint projects in refineries and petrochemicals,...
Lanka’s poverty alarmingly high
AFP : About a quarter of cash-strapped Sri Lanka’s population was living in poverty despite the economy making a “remarkable recovery” from its worst financial...
Magnitude 6.2 earthquake jolts Istanbul
Al Jazeera : A strong earthquake has hit Turkiye, causing buildings in the city of Istanbul to shake.The quake, taking place at 12:49 [09:49 GMT]...
Tourists flee Indian Kashmir after deadly attack
AFP : Indian tourist brochures dub the Himalayan region of Kashmir “Little Switzerland,” and its mountain meadows are usually packed with visitors escaping the sweltering...
Ukraine ready for direct talks with Russia only after ceasefire: Zelensky
AFP: Ukraine is ready to hold direct peace talks with Russia but only after a ceasefire is in place, President Volodymyr Zelensky said Tuesday amid...
IMF slashes global growth outlook on impact of Trump tariffs
AFP: The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday slashed its forecast for global growth this year and warned of an increase in global financial stability risks,...
Judges extend Venezuela deportation blocks, question Trump’s use of wartime law
Reuters: Two US judges on Tuesday extended temporary blocks on some deportations of Venezuelan migrants and signaled that President Donald Trump’s invocation of a 1798...
Trump says he has no plans to fire Fed’s Powell; market jumps
Reuters: President Donald Trump on Tuesday backed off from threats to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell after days of intensifying criticisms of the central...