Business & Economy

Sri Lankan Central Bank Predicts GDP Growth For 2022 To Be One Percent

COLOMBO, May 1 (NNN-XINHUA) – Sri Lanka’s real gross domestic product (GDP) growth for 2022 is projected at one percent,…

Roundup: Indonesia Seeks Japan’s Investment On New Capital City Project

by Nurul Ramadhan JAKARTA, May 1 (NNN-XINHUA) – Indonesian President, Joko Widodo, has been expecting Japan’s investment on the construction…

Feature: U.S. Sanctions Cripple Afghans To Prepare For Eid Al-Fitr Festival

KABUL, Apr 30 (NNN-ANA) – Like other aspects of daily life in Afghanistan, the U.S. sanctions slapped on the country’s…

India To Take A Decade To Overcome COVID-19 Pandemic Losses: Central Bank

MUMBAI, Apr 30 (NNN-PTI) – India will take over a decade, or around 15 years, to overcome the losses incurred…

Feature: Carpet Repair Booms In Syria’s Aleppo Amid Economic Crisis

by Hummam Sheikh Ali ALEPPO, Apr 30 (NNN-XINHUA) – Before the war erupted in Syria in 2011, the business of…

Sri Lankan Inflation Rises 29.8 Percent In Apr

COLOMBO, Apr 30 (NNN-XINHUA) – Sri Lanka’s inflation, measured by a year-on-year change, in the Colombo Consumer Price Index, increased…

Saudi King, Crown Prince Meet Turkish President In Jeddah

RIYADH, Apr 29 (NNN-SPA) – Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, and Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman, met…

Visitors To Fiji No Longer Need PCR, RAT Tests To Enter Island Nation

SUVA, Apr 29 (NNN-PIN) – Effective May 1, all fully vaccinated visitors to Fiji will no longer be required to…

Sri Lanka’s Domestic Debt Will Not Be Restructured: Central Bank Governor

COLOMBO, Apr 29 (NNN-XINHUA) – Domestic debt in the form of government securities and development bonds will not be restructured,…

Cambodia’s Export To RCEP Member Countries Up 11 Percent In Q1

PHNOM PENH, Apr 29 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia’s total export to the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) member countries, amounted to…