Editorial Team

WASHINGTON   – Four in five sixth graders in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) are expected to lack basic reading comprehension proficiency, according to a report issued today by the World Bank and UNICEF, in collaboration with UNESCO.…
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Rome – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has welcomed the decision of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) to approve three FAO-led projects in five countries, totalling $18 million in funding. The three…
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Khartoum  – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) warns about a looming food crisis in Sudan driven by the combined impacts of armed conflict, low production of key staple crops and economic turmoil. A…
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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi stressed that mutual cooperation among BRICS member countries can make a useful contribution in the global post-covid recovery. He said, the side effects of the Covid pandemic have come down but its…
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Colombo : Indian Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra-led-delegation held discussions on Sri Lankan economy and the road to its recovery with Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe in Colombo today. Ajay…
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SUVA  — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved $150 million in loans to help Fiji recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and build resilience against climate and disaster risks. The loan agreements were signed today in Suva by Fiji’s…
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MANILA  — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) today approved a $41.4 million grant to help improve infrastructure and manage the basic needs of displaced persons from Myanmar sheltered in Cox’s Bazar district in Bangladesh. The grant forms…
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Beijing: Beijing says it commends Nepal’s decision not to move ahead with  State Partnership Program (SPP) of the US government. China stands ready to work with Nepal to jointly safeguard regional security, stability and shared prosperity:…
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Kathmandu: Despite a steady decline in the proportion of schools without basic water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services, deep inequalities persist between and within countries, UNICEF and WHO said today. Schoolchildren in the Least…
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Kathmandu: Investment Board Nepal and JICA, today, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at IBN premises for conducting a preparatory survey on Instant Payment Digital Platform Project in Nepal.
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