Japan's top currency diplomat, Atsushi Mimura, said on Wednesday he did not see any disparity between recent yen moves and a slew of positive economic data that has heightened expectations of a ...
Tokyo is turning to a 4-day workweek in a desperate attempt to help Japan shed its unwanted title of ‘world’s oldest population’
Japan is facing a population crisis—so Tokyo, its largest city, will try to solve the problem with something new: a four-day workweek.
IMF team to visit Pakistan next week with $7 billion bailout review due
A mission from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will arrive in Pakistan next week, finance minister Muhammad Aurangzeb said on Wednesday, with a first review of a $7 billion bailout programme due ...
Apple Strikes Deal With Indonesia to Lift iPhone 16 Sales Ban
Apple (AAPL, Financials) reached an agreement with Indonesia to invest in the country, leading to the lifting of a ban on iPhone 16 sales, according to Indonesian officials, Bloomberg News said ...
Merdeka Battery secures $1.4bn financing for nickel plant in Indonesia
The facility is set to bolster nickel production, with an anticipated capacity of 90,000tpa of contained nickel in MHP.
Bangladesh Army Chief Warns “Country At Risk, Anarchy Our Own Making”
Bangladesh Army Chief General Waker-Uz-Zaman has acknowledged that there is a serious problem in his country with a rapidly worsening law and order situation.
Unit prices of Bangladesh’s RMG exports to the EU fell in 2024
Bangladesh’s readymade garment (RMG) exports to the European Union grew in 2024, but exporters saw unit prices decline as the growth in volume outpaced the increase in value.
Bangladesh Contradicts Trump: USAID Did Not Fund Political Projects
DHAKA (ANI)- The U.S. and Bangladesh are at odds over a controversial $29 million USAID project that, according to a senior Bangladeshi official, never passed through the country’s regulatory channels ...
Bangladesh Resumes Direct Trade With Pakistan After Decades With First-Ever Government Level 50,000-Tonne Rice Import Deal
In a significant development in regional trade, Bangladesh and Pakistan have officially resumed direct government-to-government trade after a prolonged period of strained relations, as reported by The ...
Pakistan’s transgender community finds hope and dignity at a culinary school
A culinary program for transgender people in Pakistan is giving members of the community professional training, as well as dignity and hope.