Navy discovers 9.5kg of heroin in the Northern seas

China?s offer not sufficient for IMF deal

By Easwaran Rutnam China?s offer to Sri Lanka of a two-year moratorium on its debt is not sufficient to clear the path for the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to approve a funding program, diplomatic sources told Daily Mirror. Sources said that the IMF requires more assurances from China in order to secure IMF board approval for the bailout package for Sri Lanka. China?s Foreign Ministry had said this week that China?s Export-Import Bank of China (EXIM) has provided Sri Lanka with a debt ex

28 Jan, 2023

Chinese health expert claims 80 pc of people infected with COVID-19 in country: Report

Beijing [China], January 22 (ANI): About 80 per cent of China?s population has been infected with COVID-19, that is nearly eight in 10 people, a prominent government scientist has claimed, CNN reported. Wu Zunyou, the chief epidemiologist of China?s Center for Disease Control and Prevention has claimed that the present ?wave of epidemic has already infected about 80% of the people? in the country of 1.4 billion population. Wu Zunyou?s claim comes amid concerns that the travel rush that takes p

28 Jan, 2023

Pakistan: Prices of pulses go up amid non-clearance of imported shipments

Islamabad [Pakistan], January 13 (ANI): Prices of pulses in Pakistan are going up due to the non-clearance of imported shipments at the port amid delay in the approval of relevant documents by banks, Pakistan-based Dawn newspaper reported. Rauf Ibrahim, the chairman of Karachi Wholesalers Grocers Association (KWGA) said traders on Thursday, held a protest outside the State Bank?s head office against the non-clearance of over 6,000 containers of pulses at the port for the past two months due to

28 Jan, 2023