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AfDB backs TADB on Climate Risk Management

DAR ES SALAAM, Aug. 22 -- THE Tanzania Agricultural Development Bank (TADB) has taken a pioneering step in climate finance, becoming the first bank in the country to conduct full climate stress testin... Read More


INVESTIGATION LAUNCHED INTO FORGED LETTER WITH IGP'S SIGNATURE

Sri Lanka, Aug. 22 -- This letter, circulating on social media is a forged letter using the names and signatures of the IGP and several others, and the Computer Crimes Investigation Division has initi... Read More


POSTAL STRIKE IN SRI LANKA ENTERS FIFTH DAY AMID 'NO WORK, NO PAY' WARNING

Sri Lanka, Aug. 22 -- The Sri Lankan Postal Department has announced a firm 'no work, no pay' policy as the nationwide postal strike continues into its fifth day. The department has warned that any em... Read More


They Leave to Uplift, Not to Escape: How Migration Sustains Lesotho’s Quiet Villages

Chad, Août 22 -- What was once considered exodus is now seen by those who remain, as endurance.   Across Southern Africa, migration is not a crisis; it is a strategy. According to the African Union’s... Read More


DC Srinagar visits Khanqah-e-Naqashband Sahib; finalizes annual Urs arrangements

Srinagar, Aug. 22 -- Deputy Commissioner (DC) Srinagar, Akshay Labroo on Friday, visited the Khanqah-e-Naqashband Sahib in Khwaja Bazar area in Shahr-e-Khaas locality of the district to review the pre... Read More


Congress appoints former Dy CM Tara Chand to AICC SC Advisory Council

Jammu, Aug. 22 -- The Indian National Congress has appointed senior leader, three-time legislator, and former Deputy Chief Minister of Jammu & Kashmir, Tara Chand, as a Member of the All India Congres... Read More


Simplification or Gamble? GST 2.0 Pits Centre's Optimism Against States' Fiscal Fears

India, Aug. 22 -- India is on the cusp of its most ambitious tax reform in nearly a decade, preparing to roll out a sweeping overhaul of its Goods and Services Tax (GST) that policymakers are billing ... Read More


Trump's Peace in Our Time

Dhaka, Aug. 22 -- So now Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin have met again, this time in the former Russian territory of Alaska. As an outside observer, one could almost get the impression that time had ... Read More


People eagerly waiting to cast votes: Amir Khosru

Dhaka, Aug. 22 -- BNP Standing Committee Member Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury on Tuesday said the people of the country, who had been deprived of exercising their voting rights in previous elections, a... Read More


The Final Countdown

Dhaka, Aug. 22 -- The National Consensus Commission, as it came to be known, is often presented as the 'Jewel in The Crown' of the reform initiative underway in Bangladesh, under the leadership of its... Read More