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March 21, 2024 8:05 PM
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has unveiled its latest findings, revealing a stark reality of multidimensional vulnerability plaguing significant portions of the Northern and Eastern region of Sri Lanka. As a solution, Indian investments in the entire Sri Lanka in general and the r...
March 22, 2024 1:03 PM
In Sri Lanka, Senior Mission Chief of International Monetary Fund Peter Breuer and Deputy Mission Chief Katsiaryna Svirydzenka announced a staff-level agreement with Sri Lankan authorities regarding the second review of the economic reform program. The program, supported by a 4-year Extended Fund Fa...
March 21, 2024 5:39 PM
Vietnamese President Vo Van Thuong has resigned one year after his election. His resignation has been accepted by the Vietnamese Communist Party. In a statement, the Communist government said Thuong violated party rules and cited “shortcomings”. He violated rules on “what party members are not...
March 21, 2024 2:15 PM
The nearly year-long conflict between Sudan’s military and paramilitary forces has put the country on course to become the worlds worst hunger crisis with malnutrition soaring and already claiming children’s lives, the U.N. humanitarian office has warned. Edem Wosornu, the director of humanitari...
March 21, 2024 1:10 PM
US Federal Reserve has kept the benchmark interest rates unchanged in a range of 5.25 percent to 5.50 percent for the fifth straight time. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell announced the interest rate decision last night after a two-day Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting. However, the...
March 21, 2024 12:14 PM
US President Joe Biden has announced the strictest regulation on vehicle exhaust emissions ever introduced in the US in a bid to accelerate the auto-industry's shift to electric cars. In a statement yesterday, he said that US is setting new pollution standards for cars and trucks. Biden said, US wor...
March 21, 2024 10:21 AM
UN agencies have warned that waste from electronics is piling up worldwide while recycling rates remain low and are likely to fall even further. The agencies were referring to “e-waste,” which is defined as discarded devices with a plug or battery, including mobile phones, electronic toys, TVs, ...
March 21, 2024 9:26 AM
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has announced that the Russian and Belarusian athletes will not be allowed to participate in the parade of nations at the opening ceremony of the Paris Games. The IOC director James McLeod said , the athletes who will be competing in the Games under a neutr...
March 21, 2024 8:52 AM
In Pakistan, eight militants and two security forces were killed in fierce encounter at Gwadar Port Authority (GPA) Complex in Balochistan province yesterday. The fighting began as heavily armed militants forcibly tried to enter into the Gwadar Complex and opened fire and explosions were reported. T...
March 22, 2024 1:09 PM
The European Union and the United Nations said Hong Kong’s new national security bill is deeply worrying and could erode fundamental freedoms in the China-ruled city. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk in a statement said that it is alarming that such consequential legislation was r...
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