Finance Asia – Achievement Awards 2022: Asia’s best finance houses revealed
2022-12-21
Read on to find out the particular winners of our House Awards – Asia.Continue Reading
Afghanistan: Taliban ban women from universities amid condemnation
2022-12-21
The move further restricts women’s education, right after girls were currently excluded from supplementary schools.Continue Reading
Singapore Airlines swings to Q2 profit, restores dividend as travel demand rebounds
2022-11-04
SIA benefited from strong passenger demand over the peak summer period, which led to high ticket prices because there is less capacity available than before the pandemic. “Demand is expected to be strong as we head into the year-end peak travel season. Forward sales are expected to remain buoyant inContinue Reading
CNA wins Best News Website or Mobile Service at 2022 Asian Digital Media Awards
2022-11-04
CNA was earlier named global winner for Best News Website or Mobile Service at the 2022 WAN-IFRA Digital Media Awards Worldwide.Continue Reading
Pakistan hopes to get off global dirty money watchdog’s ‘grey list’
2022-10-20
ISLAMABAD: The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), a global money laundering and terrorism financing watchdog, starts a two-day meeting in Paris on Thursday (Oct 20), and is expected to take up the removal of Pakistan from a list of countries under “increased monitoring”. In a meeting in June, the FATFContinue Reading
Booker Prize 2022: Sri Lankan author Shehan Karunatilaka wins with supernatural satire
2022-10-17
The prestigious book prize is won by Shehan Karunatilaka, for his novel The Seven Moons of Maali.Continue Reading
Nepal gears up for polls: Managing ties with Asian superpowers China, India crucial for country
2022-10-13
Foreign policy has already been made a hot-button issue ahead of the parliamentary elections in Nepal, which is sandwiched between Asia’s superpowers China and India. Domestically, high inflation and a stagnant economy also feature high on the agenda.Continue Reading
Most APAC businesses have adapted to hybrid work: Telstra
2022-10-12
Eight in ten organisations are promoting hybrid work Virtual work to increase by 83% despite offices reopening Business decision makers are rethinking their operations and work arrangements to benefit both employers and employees in the hybrid work era, according to Australian telco Telstra.
In a statement, the firm said its report titled…Continue Reading
India tourism: How ‘revenge travel’ saved the industry
2022-10-06
Industry experts say the pandemic offered Indians an opportunity to explore their own country.Continue Reading
UN extends Sri Lanka war-time violations monitoring, China opposes
2022-10-06
GENEVA: The UN rights body on Thursday (Oct 6) renewed the mandate of a UN office to collect and preserve evidence of alleged war-time human rights crimes in Sri Lanka, despite opposition from the government and allies including China. The resolution brought by Britain, Canada, the United States and others passedContinue Reading