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Vietnam's exporters gear up for recovery as new markets open

Hanoi, Jan. 6 -- Vibrant trade flows in the closing months of 2025 have sent positive signals for Vietnam's export outlook in 2026, indicating a shift into a phase of selective recovery. Of which, fre... Read More


Rallies across AJK mark Right to Self-Determination Day, call for UN action

Pakistan, Jan. 6 -- Rallies, marches, and seminars were held across Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) on Monday to mark Right to Self-Determination Day, with participants urging the United Nations to imple... Read More


India Energy Week 2026 to be held in Goa during January 27-30 with global participation

New Delhi, Jan. 6 -- India Energy Week (IEW) 2026 is returning to Goa from January 23 to 30, 2026, bringing together ministers from across the world, global CEOs, policymakers, financial institutions,... Read More


UN warns dry, warm winter could threaten Afghanistan's food and water security

Afghanistan, Jan. 6 -- The U.N. food agency warned Afghanistan faces a dry and unusually warm winter through February, with below-average rainfall threatening agriculture, water availability and food ... Read More


Bangladesh bans IPL broadcast in another retaliatory move

India, Jan. 6 -- Bangladesh on Monday banned the broadcast of IPL's upcoming season in the wake of pacer Mustafizur Rahman's ouster from the world's biggest T20 league on BCCI instructions. A statemen... Read More


5. Venezuela Crisis Adds Risk, Not Rally, to Oil Markets

BIZ DESK, Jan. 6 -- Global energy markets reacted cautiously after U.S. forces captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in a surprise Caracas operation, with oil prices showing only limited moveme... Read More


SBI to promote India-Israel trade in rupee

India, Jan. 6 -- Amid deepening strategic ties and discussions around Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between India and Israel gaining momentum, the State Bank of India (SBI), the only Indian bank with a p... Read More


Dhaka's post-poll economic test

India, Jan. 6 -- Bangladesh is ready for a political change. But what the nation needs is a set of solutions to tide over the current economic crisis. Once a new regime assumes office after the genera... Read More


Venezuela's curse or India's purse?

India, Jan. 6 -- The US President Donald Trump confidently announced that the US would "run" Venezuela, and American oil giants would rebuild the South American nation's "battered" oil sector. In an u... Read More


Why Bangladeshis are turning to extremism

India, Jan. 6 -- An estimated 5-7 million Bangladeshis work in the Middle Eastern countries. This predominantly labour workforce makes them the third-biggest expatriate community, after the Indians an... Read More