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What impact has the furlough scheme had?

BBC News
31 Oct 2020
  United Kingdom

IMF tells Britain to keep up COVID-19 spending, plan for tax rises

Reuters
29 Oct 2020
  United Kingdom

S Korea giving $50m soft loan to support Bangladesh's Covid responses

UNB
29 Oct 2020
  Bangladesh;   Republic of Korea

ADB approves $200 million policy loan to support Georgia’s economic recovery

ADB
29 Oct 2020
  Georgia

ADB provides additional financing to enhance agricultural productivity in Afghanistan

ADB
29 Oct 2020
  Afghanistan

UK's Sunak to announce one-year spending plan on Nov. 25

Reuters
29 Oct 2020
  United Kingdom

ADB approves $30million loan to support Bhutan’s policy reforms

Devdiscourse
28 Oct 2020
  Bhutan

Local COVID alert level update for Nottinghamshire

GOV.UK
28 Oct 2020
  United Kingdom

Australia releases COVID-19 dev response plan for Bangladesh

New Age Bangladesh
27 Oct 2020
  Australia;   Bangladesh

Sri Lanka to home quarantine first contacts of COVID-19 patients

Xinhuanet
27 Oct 2020
  Sri Lanka

Lankan economist explains why Sri Lanka goes in for Chinese loans

The Citizen
27 Oct 2020
  Sri Lanka

Second coronavirus wave has begun in Pakistan

The Express Tribune
27 Oct 2020
  Pakistan

Bank of England set to return to the stimulus pump

Reuters
27 Oct 2020
  United Kingdom

Sri Lanka to sign fresh deal with India for financial assistance

MENAFN
27 Oct 2020
  Sri Lanka;   India

Protections for working parents eligible for childcare support

GOV.UK
26 Oct 2020
  United Kingdom

Local COVID alert level update for Warrington

GOV.UK
26 Oct 2020
  United Kingdom

COVID-19 cases continue to surge in Sri Lanka

The Hindu
26 Oct 2020
  Sri Lanka

Cyprus sends humanitarian aid to Kazakhstan to fight COVID-19

Kazinform
26 Oct 2020
  Kazakhstan

New Danish assembly limit comes into effect

The Local
26 Oct 2020
  Denmark

Sri Lanka imposes new curfew zones to check Covid-19 spread

Hindustan Times
25 Oct 2020
  Sri Lanka