The Philippines is forming a government task force to resolve legal cases involving its mining assets, trying to push forward with their sale, Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez said. Lawsuits have …
Taliban pledges to pave way for global investments in ‘future of Afghanistan’
The Taliban has vowed to pave the way for global investments in the “future of Afghanistan,” the spokesperson for the Taliban’s Qatar office, Mohammad Naeem, said …
Hong Kong Sept. Exports Recovered on China, Finance Chief Says
Hong Kong’s exports rebounded in September on the back of a recovering Chinese economy, Financial Secretary Paul Chan said his blog post Sunday. The city’s third-quarter gross domestic product should …
Coronavirus: Finance minister says pupils must return to school
The Finance Ministry said that to put first and second grade children in capsules, as the Health Ministry said would be mandatory last week for a return to school, would require a …
Sudanese split over normalising relations with Israel
Sudan’s top Islamic institution said it had issued a fatwa prohibiting the normalisation with Israel. Eid Abdelmoneim, who manages a financial transactions company, said the removal from the US …
Bangladesh seeks $500m from WB for Covid-19 vaccines
Bangladesh requested the World Bank to release $250 million on urgent basis out of the $500 million under the Covid-19 Recovery and Response Project …
Another extension for Lebanon factory to microbrewery plan
Lebanon sues local businessman over redevelopment building violations In February, the city dropped a lawsuit pressing Alexanders to correct the code violations, some of which have since been fixed.
vietnam’s financial market
As 2020 nears its end, assessments are being made of the performance of the nation’s crucial financial markets, which have been holding up well despite the heavy impact of the pandemic and global …
Bank of Israel leaves lending rate unchanged, QE program expanded
Leaving the lending rate at just 0.1% raises some concern due to the country’s worsening financial crisis sparked by the coronavirus pandemic.
ADB leads $186 million financing for the largest solar plant in Vietnam
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is participating in a US$186 million loan for a solar plant in Vietnam, in a deal which features the first green B loan in Asia. The financing comprises a US$27.9 mill …