THE PHILIPPINE Senate on Wednesday approved on third and final reading a bill giving President Rodrigo R. Duterte special powers to quicken permit and license approvals amid a coronavirus pandemic ... ( read original story ...)
IMF: Bangladesh to overtake India in per capita GDP
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said Bangladesh is all set overtaken its neighbour India in terms of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita in 2020, despite slow growth ... ( read original story ...)
‘CPEC has changed future of Pakistan’
ISLAMABAD: The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) has changed the future of Pakistan, by creating lots of business opportunities, said Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce and Indu ... ( read original story ...)
Pakistan military’s economic interests reason for ‘creeping coup’: PPP spokesperson
Addressing the fifth annual conference of South Asians Against Terrorism and for Human Rights (SAATH), Pakistan People's Party spokesman and former Senator Farhatullah Babar said Pakistan's parliament ... ( read original story ...)
Business community criticises deployment of Tiger Force to control prices in markets
The business community of the twin cities has strongly condemned the deployment of tiger force to control prices and called upon the government to urgently withdraw it in order to save the traders ... ( read original story ...)
Russia Appeals to Armenia and Azerbaijan Over Nagorno-Karabakh Ceasefire
Russia made a new appeal to Armenia and Azerbaijan to stop fighting in and around the mountain enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh after the warring sides accused each other of fresh ceasefire violations on ... ( read original story ...)
Jordan Henderson: From ‘expensive flop’ to Liverpool captain & Premier League champion
From once being considered an expensive flop, Jordan Henderson has become a key figure in Liverpool's midfield. BBC Sport takes a closer look at how he has done it. ( read original story ...)
Rams place Jordan Fuller on injured reserve with shoulder injury
Rookie Jordan Fuller, who started the Rams' first three games before suffering a right shoulder injury against Buffalo, is placed on injured reserve. ( read original story ...)
10,000 evacuated in Cambodia due to flooding; rice crop hit
More than 10,000 people have been evacuated in Cambodia after a tropical storm triggered flash floods, an official said Wednesday. Seasonal rains made worse ... ( read original story ...)
Trio of astronauts blast off from Kazakhstan to join International Space Station
NASA's Kate Rubins and Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov of the Russian space agency Roscosmos lifted off as scheduled Wednesday morning from the Russia-leased Baikonur space launch facility in ... ( read original story ...)