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The role of the apparel industry to ‘restart Sri Lanka’

Daily FT
19 Aug 2020
  Sri Lanka

China donates masks, COVID-19 preventive posters for Sri Lanka's public buses

Ecns.cn
19 Aug 2020
  Sri Lanka;   People's Republic of China

USAID provides ventilators to Fiji, Kiribati, and Nauru to respond to COVID-19

US Embassy in Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Tonga, and Tuvalu
19 Aug 2020
  Fiji;   Kiribati;   Nauru

RBA Minutes: Accommodative approach as long as needed

FXStreet
18 Aug 2020
  Australia

ADB approves $50 million to finance PPP projects in Bangladesh

ADB
18 Aug 2020
  Bangladesh

ADB approves $2 million grant to support Armenia’s fight against COVID-19

ADB
18 Aug 2020
  Armenia

Why Sri Lanka's response to Covid-19 is the most successful in South Asia

TRT World
18 Aug 2020
  Sri Lanka

Nepal relies on India for life-saving Remdesivir drug

The Times of India
18 Aug 2020
  Nepal;   India

Singaporeans to get $320 million in tourism vouchers to boost sector

The Straits Times
18 Aug 2020
  Singapore

More focused assistance in new round of Covid-19 measures, but there will still be casualties

The Straits Times
18 Aug 2020
  Singapore

Australia central bank rules out need for further policy easing for now

Reuters
18 Aug 2020
  Australia

Sweden rejects credit guarantee for struggling Norwegian Air

Reuters
18 Aug 2020
  Sweden

Norway's wealth fund lost $21 billion in first half of 2020

Reuters
18 Aug 2020
  Norway

The $425 billion payment holiday question hanging over Europe's banks

Reuters
18 Aug 2020
  European Union

Vigilant businesses recognized in Turkey's new scheme for COVID-19 measures

Daily Sabah
18 Aug 2020
  Turkey

Government creates new National Institute for Health Protection

GOV.UK
18 Aug 2020
  United Kingdom

New help on offer for disabled people working from home during the pandemic

GOV.UK
18 Aug 2020
  United Kingdom

China-backed AIIB approves $100 million loan to Uzbekistan to fight COVID-19

Reuters
18 Aug 2020
  Uzbekistan;   People's Republic of China

Tajikistan reopens schools with measures to prevent COVID-19

Aljazeera
18 Aug 2020
  Tajikistan

Gov’t steps-up border security: PM

Solomon Times
18 Aug 2020
  Solomon Islands