In the aftermath of the 2015 earthquake, the World Bank launched the Earthquake Housing Reconstruction Project to provide support for rebuilding earthquake-resilient infrastructure in the country.The ... ( read original story ...)
Budget 2021: Memories, as India Awaits Sitharaman’s 100-Year Tryst
Here is a tiny ode to the prolific, fierce foursome whose stories may come in handy for Finance Minister Sitharaman. ( read original story ...)
Greater Bay Area: Guangzhou lures young Hong Kong entrepreneurs to start businesses with rent waivers, subsidies
The city is attracting young Hongkongers by offering generous subsidies on business costs, access to trade officials and a favourable environment to raise capital. ( read original story ...)
Kuwait Central Bank allows lenders to distribute 2020 dividends
Kuwait Banking Association had previously said there would be no dividends until country recovers from coronavirus crisis ... ( read original story ...)
Laos to enhance cooperation with development partners
The Lao government is set to enhance cooperation with strategic partner countries and development partners over the next five yea ... ( read original story ...)
Cambodia’s COVID-19 migrant cluster infections rises to 82 along, along with one imported cases, tally now 458
Among the two, one of them is a migrant worker returning from Thailand on 15 January 2021 and was tested positive. The victim is a 26-year-old male from Sleng village, Sranol commune, Kralanh district ... ( read original story ...)
Cambodia and Australia discuss further human resource and environmental cooperation
Minister of Environment Say Sam Al and Australian Ambassador Pablo Kang discussed cooperation on human resource development and environmental management between the two countries. ( read original story ...)
Foreign companies remain committed, value long-term partnership with Malaysia
Foreign companies that have invested in the country said they remain committed to the country as they value and appreciate the long-term partnership with the Malaysian government and look forward to ... ( read original story ...)
American entrepreneurs wade into murky Syrian oil business
Two years ago, three Americans — a former diplomat, a former special operative and an energy executive — walked across a flooded bridge into north-east Syria to talk about oil, a murky business in a ... ( read original story ...)
More than a third of Thai tourism-related businesses closed down
A TAT survey, conducted between January 10 - 12, indicates that more than a third of the country's tourism-related businesses are closed ... ( read original story ...)