report in The Daily Star, Sept 26, 2023Bangladesh’s credit rating came under further threat today as Fitch put the country on a “negative” outlook while giving a damning verdict on the central bank’s policy response to the fast-depleting foreign currency reserves. The American rating agency maintained Bangladesh’s BB- rating but warned that the outlook was now negative rather than stable, mirroring the action taken in July by its peer Standard and Poor’s. By the end…
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by Kamran Yousuf in The Express Tribune, Sept 18, 2023ISLAMABAD : Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar wrote a letter to his Afghan counterpart, expressing his desire for cordial and cooperative relationship between the two neighbouring countries, Foreign Office sources on Sunday maintained. Contrary to the Afghan media reports, the FO sources told The Express Tribune that the interim premier wrote a letter in response to the felicitation message sent earlier by the Afghan prime…
By Asiri Fernando in The Daily Morning, Sept 15, 2023Sri Lanka will discuss a “code of conduct” for the Indian Ocean at the upcoming 23rd Council of Ministers Meeting of the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) scheduled to kick off on 11 October, Minister of Foreign Affairs President’s Counsel M.U.M. Ali Sabry said yesterday (14). Sri Lanka is set to take up the chairpersonship of the Indian Ocean regional body for the second time in…
By Fatema Adeeb in Tolo News, Sepy 09, 2023 at 9:58 PMTwo months after coming back to Kabul from Kandahar, Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund, the prime minister of the Islamic Emirate, has not been reported to have visited with officials of foreign countries or participated in significant meetings. The Islamic Emirate’s Prime Minister left Kandahar on July 17, 2023, and returned to Kabul after two months of rest and medical treatment. The Islamic Emirate’s spokesman,…
report in The Island, Sept 5, 2023Minister of Labour and Foreign Employment, Manusha Nanayakkara, told journalists yesterday that 200,026 Sri Lankans had left for foreign employment by 04 September this year after registering with Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE), Nanayakkara said that about 311,000 Sri Lankans had left for foreign employment in 2022. The Minister said he expected a similar number of people to leave the country this year as well. Sri Lankan…
Report in The Island, Sept 1, 2023The Federation of National Organisations (FNO) has, in a letter addressed to Foreign Minister Ali Sabry, PC, requested him to take up with US Ambassador Julie Chung her continuous interventions in Sri Lanka’s domestic affairs. The letter was handed over to the Foreign Ministry on yesterday (31). Dr. Gunadasa Amarasekera has signed the letter on behalf of the FNO. A senior spokesperson for the group told The Island that…
by Anil Giri in The Kathmandu Post, Aug 22, 2023With just one month to go for Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal’s scheduled visit to China, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is working to finalise the visit’s agenda in coordination with various government agencies. Dahal is scheduled to visit China straight from New York on September 22 after addressing the 78th session of the United Nations general assembly. The prime minister is scheduled to address the…
by Krishana Prasain in The Kathmandu Post, Aug 21, 2023Foreign direct investment (FDI) to Nepal plunged to a nine-year low in the last fiscal year, as lax enforcement of trade infringement laws and rampant corruption in the country drove away potential investors, analysts said. According to the central bank, capital inflow fell by a steep 67.88 percent year-on-year to Rs5.96 billion in the last fiscal ended mid-July 2023 from Rs18.56 billion in the previous fiscal.…
report in The Frontier Post, Aug 20, 2023ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Vice Chairman and former foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi was arrested again, the party claimed on Saturday. According to PTI’s official Twitter account, Shah Mahmood Qureshi was arrested by a heavy contingent of police from his residence in Islamabad. According to the party, the former foreign minister was being transferred to Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Headquarters. According to details, Qureshi was arrested by FIA…
report in Khaama Press online, Aug 12, 2023Office of Prisons Administration officials revealed on Sunday that there are presently 16 foreign nationals incarcerated in prisons across Afghanistan. In the government’s accountability program, Habibullah Badr, the Military Deputy of the Office of Prisons Administration, revealed five women among the foreign prisoners in Afghanistan. He further said there are 16,000 prisoners nationwide, with 1,194 women. As per earlier reports, individuals from the United States and the United…
By Fidel Rahmati in Khaama Press online, Aug 11, 2023Acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi, during a meeting with outgoing Chinese Ambassador Wang Yu in Kabul, expressed appreciation for China’s constructive foreign policy towards Afghanistan over the past two years. Abdul Qahar Balkhi, the spokesperson for the foreign ministry, said on Friday that the discussion primarily revolved around the Afghanistan-China relations throughout the preceding two years. Meanwhile, the deliberations encompassed China’s investments in Afghanistan and…