Cambodia’s Traditional New Year Holiday Ends With 4.59 Million Tourists Travelling Across Kingdom

PHNOM PENH, Apr 18 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia’s three-day traditional New Year, or Songkran festival, came to an end with 4.59 million people travelling to various tourist attractions, Tourism Minister, Thong Khon, said yesterday. Khon said that, of the total, there were 28,849 foreign tourists. “All tourist destinations had been opened…

Sri Lanka Sends Delegation To IMF For Crucial Discussions

COLOMBO, Apr 18 (NNN-XINHUA) – The Sri Lankan government, yesterday, sent a delegation to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), for discussions over ways to get the lender’s loans. The delegation, led by Finance Minister, Ali Sabry, also includes Governor of the Central Bank, Nandalal Weerasinghe. The delegation is to visit…

Afghanistan Exports Figs Worth 35 Million USD Last Year

KABUL, Apr 17 (NNN-ANA) – Afghanistan exported figs worth 35 million U.S. dollars over the past year, said the Ministry of Economy today. A total of 7.155 tonnes of figs have been exported in 2021, the ministry said on Twitter. Figs are widely grown in southern Kandahar and the neighbouring…

25,000 Pistachio Saplings Distributed For Plantation In Afghan Province

QALA-E-NAW, Afghanistan, Apr 17 (NNN-ANA) – More than 25,000 pistachio saplings have been distributed for plantation in Afghanistan’s western Badghis province, the local government said yesterday. It said, the young trees were distributed over the past six days as part of its efforts to fight deforestation and support farmers, in…

Iran’s Economy Minister Cancels Visit To U.S. Due To “Delay” In Visa Issuance

TEHRAN, Apr 17 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran’s Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance, Ehsan Khandouzi, cancelled his trip to attend a World Bank meeting in the United States, due to the “delay” in issuing of U.S. visas. Following the U.S. government’s delay in issuing visas for the Iranian delegation to the…

Sri Lanka Stock Market To Shut For Five Days Following Rapid Drop In Share Prices

COLOMBO, Apr 17 (NNN-XINHUA) – The Securities and Exchange Commission of Sri Lanka (SEC) yesterday announced that, it decided to direct the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) to temporarily close the stock market for a period of five business days, beginning tomorrow. The SEC said in a press release that, the…

Aviation Turbine Fuel Hiked To Record High In India

NEW DELHI, Apr 17 (NNN-PTI) – The price of aviation turbine fuel (ATF) or jet fuel in India, was hiked by a marginal 0.2 percent to an all-time high yesterday. According to a price notification of state-owned fuel retailers, the ATF price rose by 277.5 Indian rupees (3.64 U.S. dollars)…

Afghan Gov’t Inaugurates Major Agro Project In Eastern Laghman Province

MEHTERLAM, Afghanistan, Apr 16 (NNN-ANA) – The Taliban-run administration inaugurated a major agricultural project, to cover 20,000 hectares of land in the eastern Laghman province, provincial governor, Zainul Abidin Madani, said yesterday. At a cost of 20 billion afghanis and as a joint venture of the government and private sector,…

Mongolia Sees Gasoline Price Surge In Q1

ULAN BATOR, Apr 16 (NNN-XINHUA) – Mongolia saw sharp rises of fuel prices, in the first quarter, with average price of the gasoline brand AI-92 up 64.8 percent year on year, to 2,381 Tugriks (0.78 U.S. dollars) per litre, at the end of March, said the National Statistics Office. The…

Malaysian ringgit likely to be on downward trend against US dollar next week

By Rosemarie Khoo Mohd Sani KUALA LUMPUR, April 16 (NNN-Bernama) — The Malaysian ringgit is anticipated to trade on a downward trend next week on lack of catalysts, analysts said. Bank Islam Malaysia Bhd chief economist Mohd Afzanizam Abdul Rashid said buying support for the US dollar was likely to…
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