Economy could contract by 5.9%-7.2% this year, due to the coronavirus pandemic; ministry forecasts budget deficit of 13%-14.2% of GDP ... ( read original story ...)
Majlis Podcast: What Happened To The Aid Central Asia Got To Fight The Coronavirus?
Despite hundreds of million in aid from abroad, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan have all seen spikes in cases of the virus in recent weeks. ( read original story ...)
UAE- 2,584 companies operating at DIFC, 13% YoY increase
DUBAI, 18th July, 2020 (WAM) -- Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), the leading international financial hub in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia (MEASA) region, continued to drive the ... ( read original story ...)
Syria’s Assad holds elections amid economic crisis, coronavirus concerns
This year's voting comes as Damascus struggles to redress an economy battered by nine years of war, western sanctions and the fallout of a financial crisis in neighbouring Lebanon. Food prices in ... ( read original story ...)
PriyoShop, IPDC Finance to provide interest-free capital for vendors
President of the e-Commerce Association of Bangladesh (e-CAB) Shomi Kaiser said ... Managing Director and CEO of IPDC Finance Mominul Islam said: "The recent developments that e-commerce has brought ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan conducts annual military exercise amid rising China tensions
"It lets the world see our determination and efforts to defend the country's territory," President Tsai Ing-wen said. ( read original story ...)
Bahrain introduces new e-service for jobs in private sector
New e-service has been introduced to allow citizens to apply in private companies and company owners to advertise their job offers A new e-service will allow people seeking jobs in private companies ... ( read original story ...)
School lessons telecast vow by Bahrain TV
After the successful 375 school classes being aired on BTV, the school classes will continue being aired on TV from a new studio School classes will continue to be aired on Bahrain TV after the ... ( read original story ...)
Qatar- Brisk business at pets market as local birds, animals prove a hit
Most varieties of animals and birds on display at the pets market in Souq Waqif, following the recent resumption of operations there, are produced locally and bought from various local farms. ( read original story ...)
Economic crisis drives Lebanon’s public transport to the brink
Back in Akkar, with many of Abu Sleiman's customers working in the food and beverage business now out of a job, he now fears that the decline will continue, as rampant unemployment continues to plague ... ( read original story ...)