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SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir (AA) – It took 13 years of perseverance and struggles for Bilal Ahmad, a mathematics teacher in the capital of Indian-occupied Kashmir, to produce the region’s first solar-electric automobile that operates completely on solar energy and can also be charged with electrical energy. Ahmad, 40, became an overnight...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will visit India on Monday for a four-day official tour to resolve the pending issues between the two countries, according to officials. At a press briefing on Sunday in the capital Dhaka, Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen said the countries would sign seven Memoranda of Un...
Beirut, Lebanon (AFP): Lebanon’s state institutions have reached a state of disrepair that mirrors the country’s broader unravelling amid a political crisis and economic turmoil branded by the World Bank as one of the worst globally in modern times. Lebanon’s downward spiral has been met with inaction from authorities, who ha...
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AA) – Rosmah Mansor, the wife of former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison and fined 970 million Malaysian ringgit (approximately $216 million) for corruption. Malaysia’s Supreme Court found Mansor guilty of soliciting and receiving bribes to assist solar firm Jepak in w...
DHAKA (Bangladesh) AA – Bangladesh has approved the import of 500,000 tons of wheat from Russia in order to stabilize the commodity’s price. Additional Secretary of the Cabinet Division Abdul Barik announced the decision following a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Public Purchase in the capital Dhaka. Bangladesh will pay Russia...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – Pakistan has received $1.16 billion from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) under its bailout package, the country’s central bank confirmed. “This will help improve SBP’s (State Bank of Pakistan) foreign exchange reserves and will also facilitate the realization of other planned inflows from multilateral and bilateral...
Bali, Indonesia (AFP): The Group of 20 chair Indonesia has warned environment officials from the world’s leading economies that they must act together to combat a warming planet or risk plunging it into “uncharted territory”. The call came at a one-day meeting on the resort island of Bali, at the end of a month in […]
ISLAMABAD (AA) – Afghanistan has received another tranche of $40 million in humanitarian cash assistance, the country’s central bank said. According to the Da Afghanistan Bank, the amount arrived from donor countries to help the people of Afghanistan on Monday. “A cash of 40 million US dollars has arrived and has been handed over t...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Monday approved the release of a long-stalled $1.17 billion tranche of its bailout package for cash-strapped Pakistan. The development came after Islamabad agreed to fulfill some key IMF demands, including withdrawal of subsidies on electricity and petroleum, despite public outc...
Tunis, Tunisia (AFP): Japan will cooperate closely with African countries to promote “more resilient” economies, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida told the final session of an investment conference in Tunisia on Sunday. He also promised Japan would use its place on the United Nations Security Council next year to push for a permanent Af...
