Transparency International report puts country in 115th place out of 180 as it sounds alarm on coronavirus-related graft. ( read original story ...)
Bangladesh to outperform Asian peers in economic recovery
Bangladesh is likely to recover faster than its Asian peers from the Covid-19 fallout thanks to improving exports, growth in domestic consumption and remittance inflow, according to a study of ... ( read original story ...)
Bangladesh worse off on perception index as corruption ‘flourishes’ amid pandemic
Transparency International has ranked Bangladesh 12th among the most corruption-riddled countries, saying the malaise ‘flourishes’ in the form of ‘bribery in health clinics to misappropriated aid’ ... ( read original story ...)
Bangladesh welcomes German business venture to set up factories in SEZs: Tipu
Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi yesterday said that Bangladesh welcomes German business ventures to set up factories in the special economic zones (SEZs). The Commerce Minister said this while ... ( read original story ...)
Pakistan, Kuwait discuss investment opportunities in different sectors
Kuwait Assistant Foreign Minister for Asia Affairs Ali Sulaiman Al-Saeed along with Ambassador of Kuwait to Pakistan Nasar Abdul Rahman Jasser Almutairi on Thursday called on Chairman Board of ... ( read original story ...)
Pakistan loses four spots in TI’s corruption perceptions ranking
Pakistan has ranked 124 out of 180 countries – dropping four spots over last year – in the newly released Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) by Transparency International. The 2020 edition of the CPI ... ( read original story ...)
High Stakes as India Vows to Unveil a Budget Like ‘Never Before’
India will turn to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s budget on Monday to see how she prioritizes spending to get the pandemic-ravaged nation back to being the world’s fastest-growing major economy ... ( read original story ...)
India to roll out many more vaccines to help world: Narendra Modi
India will soon make available many more Covid-19 vaccines to other countries after two Made-In-India jabs have already been introduced to the world, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on ... ( read original story ...)
Officials give update on deadly liquid nitrogen leak at Georgia food plant
A liquid nitrogen leak at a northeast Georgia poultry plant killed six people and hospitalized multiple others, officials said Thursday. Multiple agencies have responded. Watch their press conference. ( read original story ...)
Georgia House OKs budget changes, restoring most K-12 cuts
Georgia's House on Thursday approved an amended budget that restores more than 60% of what was cut from aid to K-12 schools, sending it to the Senate for more work. The ... ( read original story ...)