The Ambassador of the Republic of Cuba in Sri Lanka, Juana Elena Ramos Rodriguez met Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena on Friday, 04 December at the Foreign Ministry. The meeting entailed discussion …
Is North Korea Facing An Economic and Health Care Crisis?
North Korea’s health system is completely unprepared and under-equipped for a nationwide pandemic like coronavirus, which explains why the Kim regime is willing to sacrifice formal trade with its …
Philippines Inc.’s CSR efforts help country survive and, hopefully, end pandemic
In a country where the government’s response to any crisis is often, for one reason or another, inadequate and found wanting, the responsibility for marshaling resources to bridge the gap …
Nagad wins Best Digital Financial Service Award 2020 from Business Tabloid
Nagad, the financial service provider of Bangladesh Post Office, has been named the Best Digital Financial Service Award 2020 by Business Tabloid.
Retail investors help drive Pakistan market rebound
Yet despite the drumbeat of negative headlines, Pakistan’s market bounced back faster than almost any other in Asia from the global sell-off early this year during a five-month bull run — even …
Bitter Tulips of Jinnah’s Pakistan
It’s less what the eye sees and more what the soul feels. Every year in Pakistan, several hundred underage Christian or Hindu girls are forcibly converted and married to their abductors. The cases of …
Why Anthill Ventures and HCG partnered up to start an India-Singapore focussed healthcare accelerator
In a conversation with YourStory, Devang Mehta, Partner, Anthill Ventures; and Anjali Ajaikumar, VP Strategy and Quality, HCG; spoke about healthcare accelerator Lumos.
Hong Kong Retailer I.T to Go Private in $168 Million Deal
Hong Kong fashion retailer I.T Ltd. agreed to go private in a cash deal worth about HK$1.3 billion ($168 million) with its business decimated by the pandemic and a shift to online retailing. The deal, …
Police Say Runaway Hong Kong Politician Probed For Security Crime
A Hong Kong pro-democracy politician who fled overseas is being investigated for national security crimes, police said Sunday, confirming they have frozen some of his bank accounts.
Roundup: Brunei reports 1 new imported COVID-19 case, 149 in total
Brunei reported one new imported case of COVID-19 on Monday, bringing the national tally to 149. According to Brunei’s Ministry of Health, the case is a 37-year-old woman arriving in Brunei on Nov. 11 …