As of December 2024, people in Bangladesh held about 238.68 million mobile money accounts, making up 11.36% of the global total.
Pakistan government secured $26.7B in loans in last fiscal year: Report
The $26.7 billion disbursed during the fiscal year 2024-25 was slightly higher than the preceding fiscal year, the report said citing data compiled by the Ministry of Economic Affairs, the State Bank ...
Somalia State Probing Turkey-Linked Cargo Seized Off Its Coast
Somalia’s semi-autonomous Puntland region acknowledged it’s holding a vessel full of military equipment until it can work out who the cargo belongs to.
Severe floods triggered by storm Wipha kill at least three in Vietnam’s Nghe An
HANOI (Reuters) -Heavy rains triggered by tropical storm Wipha have caused severe flooding in the central Vietnamese province of Nghe An, killing at least three people and leaving one more missing.
Indonesia arrests and sentences foreign nationals in separate cases of drug smuggling
Indonesian authorities say they recently arrested a Brazilian man and a South African woman accused of smuggling cocaine, while a court has sentenced two groups of foreigners to prison on drug charges ...
England openers rapidly eat into India’s lead
Openers Ben Duckett and Zak Crawley scored at a rapid rate to steer England to 77-0 at tea on day two of the fourth test at Old Trafford, the hosts trailing India by 281 runs on Thursday.
Clawed creature with ‘bent’ toes found along road in India. It’s a new species
Along a narrow mountain road snaking through the Himalayas, a clawed creature with “bent” toes moved along the ground. Its coppery eyes scanned the charred landscape, but it wasn’t the only one looking around. Visiting scientists noticed the patterned animal — and discovered a new species.
EU-China summit exposes tensions over trade imbalances, Ukraine
Top EU leaders told their Chinese counterparts at a summit in Beijing on Thursday that Beijing must do more to level the huge trade surplus it has with Europe.
Europe and China agree to take action on climate change and nothing else in tense Beijing summit
Expectations were low ahead of the talks, initially supposed to last two days but scaled back to one. They come amid financial uncertainty around the world, wars in the Middle East and Ukraine, and ...
China’s Xi urges Europe to make ‘the right strategic choice’ amid global trade turbulence at key summit
Chinese leader Xi Jinping urged the European Union to make “the right strategic choice” and enhance cooperation with China, while EU leaders called for a rebalancing of trade ties, as the two sides ...