A high-level diplomatic and business reception at the Manila Polo Club in Makati City last July 7 brought together business leaders from across Southeast Asia, senior Philippine government officials, ...
Philippine Q1 economic growth unchanged at 5.4% despite sector revisions
FIRST-QUARTER economic growth will remain at 5.4 percent, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said on Wednesday, despite revisions to some sectoral results.
Bangladesh’s forex reserves cross $25b again
Bangladesh Bank officials said that the forex reserves have increased in recent months as remittance inflow has been growing since the political changeover in August last year, which helped tackle the ...
Pakistan — between Beijing and Washington
Cumulatively, the cited developments bring Pakistan back into relevance, and business with the West Plus, re-hyphenate it with India, debunk the massive Indian propaganda to paint Pakistan as ...
Indonesia’s 5.12 percent growth tops G20, ASEAN rates
President Prabowo Subianto highlighted Indonesia's economic growth of 5.12 percent as one of the highest in the G20 and ASEAN regions. This was ...
What to Know About Traveling to China for Business
Recent developments and an escalating trade war have made travel to cities like Beijing challenging but by no means impossible.
Japan marks 80 years since the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima: What’s changed?
TOKYO -- The atomic bombings of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, and Nagasaki three days later brought a scale of destruction the world had never seen. Many who survived the blasts died in the weeks, ...
Bangladesh Moves Closer To Pakistan Under Yunus
DHAKA- Close monitoring of the Bangladesh-Pakistan relationship requires critical thinking. The bilateral relations have hastened due to the dynamics of internal politics within the two countries, along with an anti-India detestation. Pakistan, an ideological Islamic state, is linked to Al-Qaeda’s jihadi network.
Pakistan allows Christian woman to remove Islam as her religion in years-long battle over ID card
In a rare development, a high court in Pakistan ordered the government to issue a new identity card reflecting a woman s conversion from Islam to Christianity ...
Ireland beat Pakistan in opening women’s T20 match
Ireland Women have won the first of the three-match Twenty20 International series against Pakistan by 11 runs at Clontarf Cricket Club in Dublin.