Muscat: Petroleum Development Oman (PDO), the Sultanate’s leading oil and gas producer, has vowed to stay the course in the pursuit of its ambitious renewable energy objectives, notwithstanding the …
Laos attracts US$37bil in investment since opening up
The Laos government has approved more than 6,000 investment projects with combined funding of around US$37 billion since the introduction of the market-oriented economy and opening up to the world in …
Environmentalists urge Laos to scrap ‘destructive’ Mekong dam plans
Environmentalists have urged Laos not to proceed with the construction of another “destructive” dam on the Mekong River, a vital Southeast Asian waterway that sustains about 60 million people. Last …
Back to business as COVID-19 restrictions begin to losen in Cambodia
A food vendor grills fish for customers at a stall by Phnom Tamao zoo in Takeo Province, Cambodia on Sunday, amid the easing of restrictions to revive an economy hit by COVID-19. Residents gradually …
Syrian tycoon rejects government demand he step down from mobile operator
Syrian tycoon Rami Makhlouf said on Sunday that authorities had set a deadline for him to resign from top mobile operator Syriatel or they would revoke its licence but that he would not step down. In …
UPDATE 1-Syrian tycoon rejects gov’t demand he step down from mobile operator
Syrian tycoon Rami Makhlouf said on Sunday that authorities had set a deadline for him to resign from top mobile operator Syriatel or they would revoke its licence but that he would not step down. In …
Long queues as Thai malls reopen after virus shutdown
Shoppers flocked to Thailand’s top-end malls on Sunday, eager for retail therapy as shopping centres reopened in a gradual easing of restrictions to revive the virus-ravaged economy. Hundreds of …
Meet and trade online: Turkish Trade Ministry organizes virtual global business fairs amid pandemic
The emergence of the coronavirus pandemic had initially halted world trade by not only disrupting supply chains and export-import channels but also causing the cancellation …
Coronavirus cases cross 40,000 in Pakistan
The Ministry of National Health Services said that out of the total 40,151 cases, Sindh has recorded 15,590, Punjab 14,584, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa 5,847, Balochistan 2,544, 947, Gilgit-Baltistan 527 and …
Pakistan announces six-day Eid Al Fitr holidays
All businesses, public places, community markets, shops, and other retail stores will remain closed during this period.