Business & Economy

Bangladesh To Receive 500 Million USD From World Bank To Improve Road, Digital Connectivity

DHAKA, Feb 2 (NNN-BSS) – The Bangladeshi government signed a 500-million-U.S. dollar financing agreement with the World Bank, to help…

Uzbekistan, Pakistan Discuss Boosting Trade Ties, Railway Link

TASHKENT, Feb 2 (NNN-XINHUA) – Uzbekistan and Pakistan held the first meeting of the joint working group on trade and…

Iran Offers Discounts For Flights Using Its Airspace: Minister

TEHRAN, Feb 1 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran has offered discounts to major international airliners, to encourage them to use the country’s…

Freight Trains Depart From Turkey For Russia, China

ANKARA, Jan 30 (NNN-ANADOLU) – The first block export freight train from Turkey to Russia, and a new Turkey-China export…

Malaysia’s Proton Aims to Double Export Sales In Next 12 Months

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 29 (NNN-Bernama) — Proton Holdings Bhd aims to double its export sales for the next 12 months,…

Malaysia’s Total Trade Shrinks 3.6 Per Cent to US$444.10 Billion: DOSM

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 29 (NNN-Bernama) — Malaysia’s total trade in 2020 amounted to US$444.10 billion (RM1.8 trillion, US$1 = RM4.05),…

Saudi Crown Prince Announces Plan For Riyadh City To Be Among Largest Economies In The World

RIYADH, Jan 29 (NNN-SPA) – Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, announced a strategy for Riyadh to…

102 Injured As Protests Turn Violent In Lebanon’s Tripoli

BEIRUT, Jan 29 (NNN-NNA) – Clashes between protesters and security forces in Tripoli, Lebanon’s northern city, left 102 people injured…

S.Korea’s Car Export Falls 12.1 Percent In 2020

SEOUL, Jan 29 (NNN-YONHAP) – South Korea’s car export posted a double-digit fall last year, due to weak global demand,…

Uzbek, S. Korean Leaders Hold Video Meeting To Develop Trade Ties

TASHKENT, Jan 29 (NNN-XINHUA) – Uzbek President, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, and his South Korean counterpart, Moon Jae-in, held a virtual summit…