DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Tens of thousands of water transport workers in Bangladesh started an indefinite nationwide strike on Sunday for acceptance of their 10-point demands, including fixing the minimum monthly wage at Bangladeshi Taka 20,000 (approximately $200). The loading and unloading of goods from nearly 1,600 lighter ships in the coun...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The 38th ministerial meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in the fields of economy and commerce began in Istanbul on Saturday. The four-day meeting of the Committee for Economic And Commercial Cooperation (COMCEC) will discuss economic developments in the world, with special reference to OIC member cou...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The economy around halal products — those meeting Islamic standards — has a very bright future, according to a US-based economist. Most of the “halal economy” is in the finance sector, but the non-financial part should also be expanded, Mohammad Kabir Hassan, an economist at the University of New O...
ANKARA (AA) – Hailing longstanding bilateral ties, the Turkish president on Friday said his country is also rapidly developing its trilateral cooperation with Pakistan and Azerbaijan. “In addition to our bilateral cooperation, we also exchanged views on important regional and international issues on our common agenda,” Recep Tayyip...
TRIPOLI, Libya (AA) – The Libyan parliament has sacked the Governor of Eastern Libya’s Central Bank, Ali al-Hibri, over corruption suspicions. A parliamentary statement said that al-Hibri was also relieved of his role as the chair of two committees responsible for the rebuilding of Benghazi and Derna cities. According to the statement, the par...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said Sunday that her country would hopefully start importing fuel oil by pipeline from neighboring India in 2023. “Bangladesh wants to import oil from India via pipeline, and hopefully it will be done in the next year,” the prime minister’s press secretary, Ihsanul Karim,...
UNITED NATIONS (AA) – The UN on Thursday painted a bleak picture of the conditions in Afghanistan, warning that what was an already desperate humanitarian situation across the country will only get worse for millions of people as winter approaches. ”More than 28 million people – two-thirds of the entire population – will need human...
MOSCOW (AA) – Russia hosted a meeting Wednesday in which participants called on the US to fully unblock Afghanistan’s central bank assets. Following consultations on Afghanistan, Russia, China, Pakistan, Iran, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan demanded that Washington completely unfreeze the Afghan as...
TUNIS, Tunisia (AA) – Tunisia has said it will get 100 million euros from the European Union to support the country’s budget. The money will be used to alleviate impact of the coronavirus pandemic and support economic activity, the Ministry of Economy and Planning said in a statement cited by the state news agency TAP. […]
DOHA, Qatar (AA) – Qatar said Thursday it has expanded Hamad International Airport to cater for over 58 million passengers annually in preparation to receive travelers and fans of the FIFA World Cup. The global tournament will run from Nov. 20 through Dec. 18. Qatar is the first Arab and Middle Eastern country to organize […]
