The Prachanda faction, backed by senior leaders including Madhav Nepal and Jhalanath Khanal, has been demanding that Oli step down both as party chair and prime minister.
Govt to launch ‘Brand Pakistan’ programme this year, says Zulfi Bukhari
Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Overseas and Tourism Zulfi Bukhari announced that a programme by the name of ‘Brand Pakistan’ would be launched by the end of this year to promote tourism in the …
Trade between India and Bangladesh through Petrapole-Benapole border in West Bengal resumes
India had allowed export of goods from Petrapole, the largest land border port with Bangladesh, on June 7. But the West Bengal government was demanding that truck drivers coming from Bangladesh have …
China halts imports from two more Brazil meat plants amid COVID-19 concerns
China has suspended imports from two Brazilian pork plants owned by meatpackers JBS SA and BRF SA, according to the Chinese customs authority, as it cracks down on meat shipments amid concerns about …
Time for China to decouple the yuan from US dollar, former diplomat urges
China must brace for a full-blown escalation of the struggle with the United States and prepare to gradually decouple the Chinese yuan from the US dollar, a former senior Chinese diplomat warned amid …
Germany to revamp financial oversight after Wirecard scandal
Germany’s finance minister says he wants to revamp the oversight system for the country’s financial industry in the wake of the accounting scandal at payment systems …
Finance Minister Israel Katz drafting economic plan until vaccine ready
Finance Minister Israel Katz is working on a new economic plan for dealing with the impact of the coronavirus on the economy for the year ahead, he revealed at the Ma’ariv newspaper’s OECD Conference …
Deem Finance adds second branch, plans two more in UAE
But even here, digital-focussed entity will focus on paperless transactions with clients Dubai: Deem Finance, a digitally-led financial services provider, has opened a second branch, this one at …
Nepal’s ruling party in grave crisis: PM K P Sharma Oli to Cabinet ministers
Facing growing demand for his resignation, Nepal’s embattled Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli has said that the ruling communist party is facing a grave crisis, indicating that it may split soon, …
Banks in Bangladesh maintain lowest capital than other South Asian nations
Pakistan and Sri Lanka– says the Bangladesh Bank’s Financial Stability Report-2019. The stability report says the capital adequacy ratio (CAR) of the banking industry stood at 11.6% at the end of …