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Vatican: Pope Francis has named three women, two nuns and a laywoman, to a previously all-male committee that advises him in selecting the world's bishop's, the Vatican said on Wednesday. He had disclosed the decision in an interview…
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Kathmandu: The Government of Nepal and the World Bank signed an agreement equivalent to $80 million (approximately Rs. 10 billion) concessional loan for a project to improve the delivery of water and sanitation services and promote…
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Kathmandu: Nepal Foreign Minister Dr. Narayan Khadka signed the book of condolence at the Embassy of Japan today and paid his final tribute to former Prime Minister of Japan late Shinzo Abe.
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Colombo: Sri Lankan Parliament Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena has informed that Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has been appointed as Acting President after Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled to the Maldives. Soon after taking over as the acting…
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Sri Lankan Parliament will reconvene on the 15th of this month and a new President will be elected on the 20 of July. This was stated by parliamentary speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena on Monday. Meanwhile, UN Secretary-General Antonio…
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Kathmandu: World Health Organization has warned that COVID-19 remains a 'Public Health Emergency of International Concern.' WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said, fresh waves of COVID-19 cases show that the pandemic is…
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Colombo: Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has left the country, according to a high-ranking security official. Rajapaksa and his wife flew to Malé, in the Maldives, on an AN32 troop transport plane from the Sri Lanka Air Force.…
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WASHINGTON – The World Bank (International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, IBRD, Aaa/AAA) launched its 2023 fiscal year with the pricing of a 5-year benchmark bond that matures in June 2027.  The Sustainable Development Bond raised…
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The European Commission has today issued €8 billion in a dual tranche transaction under the NextGenerationEU recovery instrument. The deal was the 11th syndicated transaction under NextGenerationEU and the 6th in 2022. It consisted of a new…
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Today, the EU is investing over €1.8 billion in 17 large-scale innovative clean-tech projects with a third round of awards under the Innovation Fund. Grants will be disbursed from the Innovation Fund to help bring breakthrough technologies…
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