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MetLife cleared Tk 28.95b in insurance claims last year

Dhaka, Feb. 2 -- MetLife Bangladesh settled Tk 28.95 billion in insurance benefits and claims in 2024, covering loss of lives and medical needs. MetLife Bangladesh CEO Ala Ahmad said, "The most impor... Read More


Union Budget 2025: Finance minister rejigs import tariffs to boost local manufacturing

India, Feb. 2 -- Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced extensive changes in import tariffs, simplifying the rate structure mainly to reduce input costs for domestic manufacturing so as to make... Read More


Hidden insight from the Energy Summit

Dar es Salaam, Feb. 2 -- DODOMA – DEPUTY Prime Minister and Minister for Energy, Doto Biteko has opened up to fellow Members of Parliament and, of course, Tanzanians, how challenging the task of... Read More


BR Patil resigns as advisor of Siddaramaiah amid Cong infighting

Bengaluru/Kalaburagi, Feb. 2 -- Senior Congress MLA BR Patil has resigned from his position as the political adviser to Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, triggering fresh turmoil within the party... Read More


TMC MLA from Malda alleges attempt on her life on highway

India, Feb. 2 -- Sabitri Mitra, the Trinamool Congress legislator from Manikchak in West Bengal's Malda district, has alleged that an attempt was made on her life on Saturday night when she was travel... Read More


This budget is remarkable for its fiscal restraint-apart from other aspects

New Delhi, Feb. 2 -- The Union budget for 2025-26 is being hailed as a "thanksgiving'' for the middle-class, while its personal income tax relief is being called "historic'' and has hogged most of the... Read More


Budget 2025: Paying college fees abroad easier, but little else changes

India, Feb. 2 -- When Veena Mathew sent her 23-year-old son to pursue Computer Science in London last year, she didn't just take on a Rs.50 lakh education loan - she also had to navigate India's compl... Read More


Foreign policy helps take Vietnam into new era: Argentine newspaper

Buenos Aires, Feb. 2 -- Argentina's Resumen Latinoamericano newspaper on February 1 published an article highlighting Vietnam's foreign policy, on the occasion of the 95th founding anniversary of the ... Read More


Delhi Polls: Assam CM calls Kejriwal "biggest goon" in India, questions AAP's 'Health Model'

New Delhi, Feb. 2 -- Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma lashed out at the Aam Aadmi Party national convenor Arvind Kejriwal calling him the "biggest goon" in the country over the alleged assault... Read More


Budget 2025: Relief for senior citizens earning interest, but worries remain

India, Feb. 2 -- When Dr Savita Joshi, 72, watched finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman announce the budget on her mobile phone in Indore, a sense of relief overcame her. "After my retirement in 2015, ... Read More