CGST falls short of budget estimate by 40 % in April-November Hindustan Times - business 12-09-2019 19:53 The actual CGST collection during April-November stood at Rs 3,28,365 crore while the budgeted estimate is of Rs 5,26,000 crore for these months, Minister of State for Finance Anurag Singh... |
By stripping the Rohingyas of citizenship in 1982 and sparking waves of violence since the 70s, Myanmar has created a crisis for which Bangladesh is having to deal with socio-economic... |
Former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone, a conservative yet reform-minded leader whose impact is still felt to this day, died on Friday. He was 101.As prime minister from 1982 to... |
Heroism and devastation after deadly New Zealand eruption Asia Pacific – The Japan Times 12-10-2019 02:23 Tales of heroism, devastation and horrifying injuries emerged Tuesday after New Zealand’s smouldering White Island volcano exploded, killing an estimated 13 people and turning what ... |
Protests erupt as India pushes for religion-based citizenship bill seen as anti-Muslim Asia Pacific – The Japan Times 12-10-2019 04:47 Protestors in northeast India set fire to tires and cut down trees to block roads on Tuesday in a shutdown across the region hours after ... |
RBI cuts GDP growth forecast for current fiscal to 5%, repo rate remains unchanged... Hindustan Times - business 12-05-2019 05:27 The monetary policy committee (MPC) of RBI has maintained an “accomodative” stance, eradicating any chances of a rate hike in future. |
China’s car sales sank 5.4 per cent in November marking 17th consecutive monthly decline South China Morning Post 12-10-2019 04:03 China’s car sales sank 5.4 per cent in November from a year earlier, putting the industry’s biggest global market on track to shrink for a second year after a 17th... |
Ease of Doing Business : Sri Lanka shifts up 11 places Daily News - Breaking News, Latest News, Sports News and Live Updates 11-01-2018 21:00 Holds 100th place now! Finance Tags: Print Edition Sri Lanka rose 11 places in the World Bank’s 2019 Doing Business index. Sri Lanka is now ranked 100 among 190 economies... |
The NSE Nifty 50 index was down 0.14% at 11,920.95 and the benchmark BSE Sensex fell 0.12% to 40,435.71 by 0417 GMT. |
Climate change biggest global worry for young people: Amnesty Bangkokpost.com : Most recent 12-10-2019 07:56 MADRID: Four out of 10 young people view climate change as one of the most important issues facing the world, an Amnesty International survey on the state of human rights... |
As Aung San Suu Kyi looks on, Gambia details mass rapes, killings in Myanmar Asia Pacific – The Japan Times 12-10-2019 06:29 Gambia’s legal team described mass rapes, the burning of families in their homes and killings of dozens of Muslim Rohingya children with knives as it ... |
Alberto Fernandez, a centre-left politician, took his presidential oath in front of cheering crowds at Congress. |
Nobel Peace laureate Suu Kyi told in U.N. court that Myanmar must ‘stop the genocide’ of Rohingya Asia Pacific – The Japan Times 12-10-2019 12:18 Nobel peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi faced calls for Myanmar to “stop the genocide” of Rohingya Muslims as she personally led her country’s defense ... |
New Cabinet sworn in Daily News - Breaking News, Latest News, Sports News and Live Updates 12-19-2018 22:46 Political -Time: 10:02 A new Cabinet consisting of a total of 29 ministers were sworn in before President Maithripala Sirisena at the Presidential Secretariat, a short while ago. New Cabinet: ... |
Renault Samsung union votes to strike against carmaker's wage freeze proposal YonhapNews 12-10-2019 17:33 SEOUL, Dec. 10 (Yonhap) -- Unionized workers at Renault Samsung Motors Corp. on Tuesday voted to strike in protest against the company's wage freeze proposal for the year. In a... |
European Central Bank policymaker Robert Holzmann hopes to see the end of negative interest rates by the time his six-year term ends, he told an Austrian tabloid, praising new ECB... |
Diplomatic efforts needed to prevent worst impacts of upstream Mekong dams Environment - Viet Nam News 12-04-2019 02:12 Provincial authorities in the Mekong Delta have asked Vietnamese officials to address the inter-Governmental Mekong River Commission and step up diplomatic efforts to deal with countries upstream that are threatening... |
France Vows Retaliation Over $2.4 Billion US Tariff Threat Financial Tribune | international 12-03-2019 18:00 France and the European Union are ready to retaliate if US President Donald Trump acts on a threat to impose duties of up to 100% on $2.4 billion in imports... |
Transport Ministry has sought RBI nod for 30 year financing of infra projects: Nitin Gadkari Economy-News-Economic Times 12-10-2019 11:10 The Reserve Bank Governor gave a clear direction that we don't have any problem if banks are ready to finance for 30 years for infrastructure projects. Earlier, the banks used... |
Obstruction, abuse of power charges unveiled in Trump impeachment Bangkokpost.com : Most recent 12-10-2019 08:45 WASHINGTON: Democrats unveiled two impeachment charges against US President Donald Trump Tuesday, accusing him of abuse of power and obstruction in pressuring Ukraine to help him attack his 2020 election... |
‘Mountain of mistrust’ blocking US-China interim trade war deal South China Morning Post 12-10-2019 10:05 A lack of trust between Beijing and Washington is hampering the conclusion of an interim trade deal, with China doubting whether it can rely on any agreement made with President... |
Việt Nam needs solutions for sustainable development of rivers Environment - Viet Nam News 12-06-2019 03:04 A rapid increase in population and rapid socio-economic development were resulting in uncontrolled and unsustainable tapping of rivers' potential. |
A watershed legal battle will take place at the UN’s highest court today to hold Myanmar accountable over the alleged genocide against its Rohingya minorities. |
An Ekushey Padak winner and retired Dhaka University physics teacher, Prof Ajoy Roy breathed his last at the intensive care unit of the capital’s Birdem Hospital at 12:35pm yesterday. |