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1 Oct 18
International donors have pledged help for Indonesia after it was hit by a deadly earthquake and tsunami on Friday, killing more than 800 people.
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1 Oct 18
A lack of investment in infrastructure threatens to halt growth progress in South Asia and is a “roadblock” to addressing poverty, the Asian Development Bank has warned.
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28 Sep 18
Pakistan’s premier Imran Khan is putting his government’s eight buffaloes up for sale as part of his continued efforts to replenish the public coffers.
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20 Sep 18
The former Malaysian prime minister has been charged with 21 additional counts of money laundering and four counts of abuse of power.
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19 Sep 18
The Asian Development Bank has approved $110m for Bangladesh’s urban healthcare services.
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18 Sep 18
Pakistan’s new government has begun auctioning off state-owned vehicles as part of prime minister Imran Khan’s cost-cutting drive.
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14 Sep 18
New Zealand’s government is seeking public opinions on its proposal to embed a focus on wellbeing in its law governing how the country’s finances are managed.
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13 Sep 18
Consultant Ashok Rao helped devise in India what he believes to be the first national code of its kind for governing regional finances. Such a framework establishes a benchmark for best practice, he...
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12 Sep 18
Asia and the Pacific will need $8.4 trillion to fill the transport financing gap by 2030, the head of the region’s development bank has warned.
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10 Sep 18
Record petrol and diesel prices are fuelling protests across India and placing the government under pressure.
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3 Sep 18
A row has erupted between Malaysia’s former prime minister and the current finance minister over unpaid tax refunds.
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3 Sep 18
Singapore has agreed to the Malaysian government’s request to postpone the development of a high-speed rail service by two years to allow the latter’s finances to improve.
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3 Sep 18
The Asian Development Bank has approved a $100m loan to help with water shortages in Balochistan, Pakistan’s largest province.
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30 Aug 18
The Asian Development Bank has approved a finance package of $245m to provide safe and sustainable drinking water to West Bengal, India.
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28 Aug 18
China is proposing a shake up of income tax law as part of revisions to its civil code.
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22 Aug 18
India's Kerala state will seek to borrow more than 100bn rupees ($1.4bn) to finance reconstruction work after floods killed nearly 400 people and washed away roads and bridges.
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21 Aug 18
China will be asked to write off debts owed by Pacific island countries as repayments are a huge burden, Tonga’s prime minister has said.
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20 Aug 18
Pakistan’s new prime minister has called for the rich to start paying taxes to cut public debt – and pledged to live a “simple life”.
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20 Aug 18
The Asian Development Bank has approved a $300m loan to support the Philippines’ efforts in improving infrastructure through public-private partnerships.
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15 Aug 18
India is on track to become the world’s fastest-growing economy as reforms begin to pay off, the International Monetary Fund has said.
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14 Aug 18
China’s foreign ministry has denied trying to exert control over the Pacific through aid after a think-tank revealed it has become the second-largest donor in the region.
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13 Aug 18
Bangladesh and the World Bank have signed a $510m financing agreement to enhance secondary education, potentially benefiting 13 million students.
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13 Aug 18
The Indian finance ministry is sending officials on a dedicated ‘capacity building programme’ to enable them to keep up with the changes in the global economic environment.
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13 Aug 18
India is helping Afghanistan with a number of projects to boost development and improve capacity building, education, healthcare and governance.
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9 Aug 18
Pakistan’s new prime minister Imran Khan, who pledged to fight corruption during his election campaign, has been questioned over the misuse of government helicopters.