JAKARTA, Nov 2 (NNN-ANTARA) – Statistics Indonesia said yesterday that, the country recorded nearly 540,000 foreign tourists in Sept, a huge increase compared to the number of 5,000, registered in the same month last year. At a press conference, the agency’s Deputy for Distribution Statistics and Services, Setianto also said…

MUMBAI, Nov 2 (NNN-PTI) – India’s gold demand reached pre-pandemic levels, with Asia’s third largest economy demand for the yellow metal in Jul-Sept, standing at 191.7 tonnes, up 14 percent over last year, according to a report by the World Gold Council, yesterday. Strong consumer interest helped the year-to-date demand…

SYDNEY, Nov 2 (NNN-AAP) – Australia’s central bank announced yesterday, a back-to-back interest rate hike for seven months in a row, by 25 basis points to 2.85 percent, in a bid to rein in the country’s “too high” inflation. Philip Lowe, governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia, noted in…

HANOI, Nov 1 (NNN-VNA) – Vietnam saw nearly 2.4 million international arrivals in the first 10 months of this year, increasing nearly 19 times from the same period last year, but still much lower than the pre-pandemic period in 2019, the General Statistics Office, said today. From Jan to Oct,…

DHAKA, Nov 1 (NNN-BSS) – The Bangladeshi government, yesterday, has again rescheduled the office time from Nov, following the previous change which was due to a power crunch. The decision was made at a cabinet meeting, with Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina, in the chair, Cabinet Secretary, Khandker Anwarul Islam, told…

ISLAMABAD, Nov 1 (NNN-APP) – Pakistani Prime Minister, Shahbaz Sharif, announced here yesterday, a financial support package for farmers, to boost the agriculture sector of the country, as well as, provide a helping hand to the farmers in the flood-affected areas. Addressing a ceremony in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, the…

SINGAPORE, Nov 1 (NNN-XINHUA) – Two Singaporean government departments yesterday released survey reports on business expectations, respectively, which show worsened business sentiment in both the manufacturing and the services sectors. The Business Expectations of the Manufacturing Sector survey, released by the Economic Development Board (EDB), showed that, a weighted eight…