report in TOLOnews, Mar 8, 2023The European Council announced on Tuesday it has sanctioned nine individuals and three entities under its Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime, including two acting ministers from Afghanistan. According to the EU Council, two acting “Taliban” ministers– for Higher Education, Neda Mohammad Nadim and for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice, Mohammad Khalid Hanafi–who are “behind the decrees banning women from higher education and gender-segregated practices in public…
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report in The Daily Star, Feb 13, 2023Bangladeshis are paying 6.9x more for internet than the rest of the world. Global VPN provider Surf Shark recently released a report titled the Global Internet Value Index (IVi), which is a list that ranks countries based on how much its people are overpaying for internet access. Globally Bangladesh ranks 83rd, and regionally, ranks 3rd in the list. The index examines whether people are getting what they’re paying…
report in The Morning online, Jan 13, 2023The International Monetary Fund (IMF) board approval for Sri Lanka’s Extended Fund Facility (EFF) is now expected in the second quarter of 2023, Standard Chartered’s Global Research report revealed. Accordingly, the prediction was made owing to delays in securing financial assurances from its bilateral creditors, the report read, adding that this could further delay negotiations with commercial creditors, which are also expected to be pushed back to the…
AFP report, January 4, 2023PARIS: Five months after the United States announced the killing of Al Qaeda’s leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in Afghanistan, the global jihadist group has still not confirmed his death or announced a new boss. In early August, US President Joe Biden said US armed forces fired two missiles from a drone flying above the Afghan capital, striking al-Zawahiri’s safe house and killing him. But the group’s propaganda arms have continued to broadcast…
by Krishana Prasain in The Kathmandu Post, Dec 14, 2022Foreign direct investment (FDI) commitments to Nepal plunged by more than half in the first four months of the current fiscal year, which officials attributed to a slowdown in the global economy. An economic slump in China is the key reason behind the fall in FDI pledges, insiders said. China’s economy is decelerating after it adopted a zero-Covid strategy. According to the Department of Industry which…