Japan may effectively shut off China from supplying drones to its government to protect sensitive information, according to six people in government and the ruling party familiar with the matter, as ... ( read original story ...)
India’s top carmaker Maruti Suzuki says no urgent need to cut car taxes
Maruti Suzuki India Ltd reported a small rise in second-quarter profit on Thursday, as the lifting of coronavirus restrictions brought back customers to the carmaker's showrooms and also eased supply ... ( read original story ...)
Large Covid outbreak in China linked to Xinjiang forced labour
More than 180 cases traced to garment factory where Uighurs must take up work placements ... ( read original story ...)
Germany pledges 394.3 million euros in development assistance to Jordan
The German government, under the minutes of meeting of the annual Jordanian-German discussions on development cooperation for 2020, which were signed on Saturday, pledged to offer new development ... ( read original story ...)
Kamal seeks IFC support for private sector, bond market
Finance Division Senior Secretary Abdur Rouf Talukder, Economic Relations Division (ERD) Secretary Fatima Yasmin, IFC's Vice President for Asia and Pacific Alfonso Garcia Mora and IFC Country Manager ... ( read original story ...)
In need of substantial funds
In provinces boxing is dying and we have to revive it and for that we will need state and corporate sector support,” Nasir said. “You know it is our mission to revive boxing and enable Pakistan to ... ( read original story ...)
HSBC drives Bangladesh’s first crossborder blockchain LC transaction
For the first half of 2020, Bangladesh's trade under LCs was over US$34 billion ... It links together banks and corporates on a decentralised trade finance network. ( read original story ...)
Partygoers fill Hong Kong bars on Halloween
Revellers roamed the streets of the Lan Kwai Fong area wearing costumes, while bars dressed their storefronts with Halloween decorations. Police patrolled the area carrying banners asking people to ... ( read original story ...)
Bahrain International Airport gets major ACI recognition
Bahrain International Airport (BIA ... programme provides airports with an assessment of how aligned their health measures are with ACI Aviation Business Restart and Recovery guidelines, International ... ( read original story ...)
BNET goes live with next generation BSS/OSS in Bahrain with BearingPoint//Beyond
BNET worked with BearingPoint//Beyond to roll out both OSS and BSS systems in a matter of months using SaaS and agile delivery for a rapid deployment. These new BSS and OSS platforms give BNET the ... ( read original story ...)