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Tanzania envisions the rise of digital business with over a million targeted

DAR ES SALAAM, Sept. 12 -- WITH a target to raise over a million digital business practitioners by 204O, the Tanzanian entrepreneurs have been encouraged to embrace a culture of creating new connectio... Read More


Experts warn of swine fever, worm threats to Tanzanian pig farming sector

DAR ES SALAAM, Sept. 12 -- THE Senior Lecturer at Sokoine College of Agriculture, Dr Charles Lyimo, has said that despite the continued growth of the pork market, swine fever and worms have still been... Read More


CRASHED BUS IN ELLA: OWNER SPENT MORE ON DECORATIONS THAN MAINTENANCE

Sri Lanka, Sept. 12 -- An investigation into the fatal bus accident in Ella has found that the bus owner spent more on decorative modifications than on the value of the vehicle itself. According to C... Read More


POLICE ARREST OVER 600 SUSPECTS IN NATIONWIDE OPERATIONS

Sri Lanka, Sept. 12 -- Police have arrested 666 suspects in a nationwide crime and drug prevention operation conducted yesterday. The operation was carried out under the instructions of the Inspector... Read More


UNIDENTIFIED BODY FOUND IN BENTARA RIVER

Sri Lanka, Sept. 12 -- An unidentified male body was found today in the Bentara River, near St. Mary's Church in Sinawatta, Aluthgama. Aluthgama Police said the body was spotted by a person travellin... Read More


WOMAN GRANTED BAIL IN APPOINTMENT LETTER CASE

Sri Lanka, Sept. 12 -- A woman accused of stealing her sister-in-law's appointment letter has been released on bail. The Kurunegala Acting Magistrate ordered her release on a cash bail of Rs.10,000 a... Read More


STUDENT AND DRIVER HOSPITALISED AFTER ROAD COLLISION

Sri Lanka, Sept. 12 -- A student and a three-wheeler driver have been hospitalised following a road incident this morning in the Nawaligama area on the Hatton-Norwood main road. The collision occurre... Read More


Sushila Karki Becomes Nepal's First Woman PM to Lead Interim Government

Kathmandu, Sept. 12 -- Nepal witnessed a historic political transition on Friday as former Chief Justice Sushila Karki became the country's first woman to assume the office of Prime Minister, leading ... Read More


Bangladesh: $234bn siphoned off under Hasina regime, tells FT documentary

Dhaka, Sept. 12 -- A new Financial Times documentary, "Bangladesh's Missing Billions, Stolen in Plain Sight", alleges that nearly $234 billion was siphoned out of Bangladesh during Sheikh Hasina's 15-... Read More


Bangladesh Elections to be held by February 15: Yunus govt

India, Sept. 12 -- Bangladesh's Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus' Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam on Friday reaffirmed that the upcoming Jatiya Sangsad (parliamentary) elections will be held by February 15,... Read More