News and Information

Higher Education Ministry urges self-funded students abroad to register

The Edition
19 May 2020
  Maldives

New Zealand provides $7m for global humanitarian response to COVID-19

New Zealand Foreign Affairs & Trade
19 May 2020
  New Zealand;   Bangladesh

How Bhutan remained unscathed from COVID-19 despite being surrounded by India and China?

The EurAsian Times
19 May 2020
  Bhutan

Indo-Bhutan or Indo-Nepal border continuing with tight restriction even in the 4th part of lockdown

The Economic Times
19 May 2020
  Bhutan;   India;   Nepal

Continue RMG imports from Bangladesh through a ‘Covid-19 fund’: Shahriar Alam to UK

The Daily Star
19 May 2020
  Bangladesh;   United Kingdom

Bangladesh crosses 25,000-mark

Dhaka Tribune
19 May 2020
  Bangladesh

More than 15,000 Hong Kong shops may close without rent relief

San Antonio Express News
19 May 2020
  Hong Kong, China

Sri Lanka sovereign bond yields rise

Economy Next
19 May 2020
  Sri Lanka

Projects worth USD 66 million implemented within UN Development Assistance Framework

Montsame
19 May 2020
  Mongolia

India's coronavirus cases cross 100,000

Gulf News
19 May 2020
  India

A crisis with opportunity for Nepal

Policy Forum
19 May 2020
  Nepal

Reopening Maldives: Safe resort licenses, testing tourists for COVID-19

Sun Media Group
19 May 2020
  Maldives

China sets out stall ahead of NPC with pledges for market-oriented, local government finance reforms

South China Morning Post
19 May 2020
  People's Republic of China

World Bank to help alleviate burden for the self-employed in the face of COVID-19

Monstame
18 May 2020
  Mongolia

China’s Xi pledges $2 billion to help fight coronavirus

CNBC
18 May 2020
  People's Republic of China

These Asian economies seem to have contained the coronavirus outbreak. Here’s how they did it

CNBC
18 May 2020
  Hong Kong, China;   Taipei,China;   Viet Nam

Sri Lanka tourism earnings fall in February due to COVID-19

Xinhuanet
18 May 2020
  Sri Lanka

Korea reaches out to Navajos, Iran with COVID-19 supplies

The Korea Herald
18 May 2020
  Republic of Korea;   Islamic Republic of Iran

Canada grants MVR1 million to support homeless, vulnerable in Maldives

The Edition
18 May 2020
  Canada;   Maldives

Nepal Tourism Board seeks Rs 20 billion fund to pay furloughed workers

The Kathmandu Post
18 May 2020
  Nepal