Private airline NOVOAIR on Sunday announced adding another aircraft to its fleet, saying it plans to increase the number of flights on domestic and international routes.
Read More »Asia markets rise after record-breaking lead from Wall Street
Asian markets rose Tuesday following another record-breaking lead from Wall Street, with the China-US trade deal providing further support, though sterling took a battering as fresh fears of a no-deal Brexit emerged.
Read More »Equinox to buy Leagold for about $578m
Canada’s Equinox Gold Corp will buy rival Leagold Mining Corp for C$769.3 million ($578.38 million), the company said on Monday, the latest consolidation in the industry that has seen deals worth $30.5 billion so far this year, reports UNB.
Read More »S.Africa’s businesses marooned by rolling blackouts
As if choreographed by a puppet master, stores along the aisle of a Johannesburg mall hurriedly shut their doors one by one as soon as power outages strike slap-bang in the middle of the day.
Read More »New Zealand visitor arrival growth hits record low
Growth in annual visitor arrivals in New Zealand dropped to its lowest level in seven years, as the number of visitors from Asia continued to fall, New Zealand statistics department Stats NZ has said.
Read More »Online VAT project fated to miss its Dec ’20 deadline
A Vietnamese firm that has been assigned to automate the VAT administration is set to miss the deadline because of its incapacity and the required back-up administrative reform.
Read More »New entrepreneurs needed for dev: State minister for public admin
Underscoring the importance of a fresh industrial revolution in the country, state minister for public administration Farhad Hossain on Friday said new entrepreneurships are needed for making the country more developed and prosperous.
Read More »Hard-term loan kitty set to be bigger
The volume of the country’s hard-term loan is likely to go up in the coming days as the government has amended the foreign borrowing terms, officials said.
Read More »Govt initiates climate smart agri projects
The government in collaboration with the World Bank on Wednesday launched two climate smart plan and projects to address impacts of climate change on farming in the country.
Read More »US, Canada and Mexico sign agreement – again – to replace NAFTA
Top officials from Canada, Mexico, and the United States signed a fresh overhaul of a quarter-century-old trade pact on Tuesday that aims to improve enforcement of worker rights and hold down prices for biologic drugs by eliminating a patent provision.
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