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Pan Asia Banking Corporation PLC ended 2019 Q4 with its best financial results ever, to report a Post Tax Profit of Rs. 726.84 million during the final quarter, recording a growth of 58%. The Bank’s operating profit before all taxes for the quarter increased by 78%. The Bank closed the FY 2019 with an Operating Profit before all taxes of Rs. |
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Several promotional events such as road shows to position the Colombo Port City (CPC) project among investors will be held in Europe and Asia this year following the first global launch of the project at the ‘World Cities Summit 2020’ in Singapore in July, said Senior Economic Advisor to the Prime Minister, Ajith Nivard Cabraal. |
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After a long journey at sea on the Westerdam cruise ship, which was denied entry at ports across Asia over fears of the coronavirus, Holley Rauen finally returned home to Florida on Wednesday night. Moments later, she discovered that she had joined a cast of thousands who are being meticulously.... |
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NEW YORK: The UN on Friday launched a project funded by the Kingdom and Russia aimed at tackling terrorism, organized crime and the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons (SALW) in the Central Asian region, the Saudi Press Agency reported. The project seeks to strengthen criminal justice.... |
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The CPEC is a collection of infrastructure projects for Pakistan (current size $45 billion, expected size $62 billion). With the key projects being Gwadar Port, planned to be a central hub in the connectivity scheme. Starting in November 2016, Chinese cargo with transported overland was shipped to Africa and West Asia. |
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Thailand's neighbors in Southeast Asia are condemning Bangkok for dissolving an opposition party Friday, which critics view as the latest sign democracy is in retreat in the region. The Constitutional Court in Thailand has ordered the Future Forward Party to disband after ruling it violated campaign.... |
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Celebrity Cruises will now have four extra stops in Victoria. The Celebrity Millennium has added the calls at Victoria in April and May, said Greater Victoria Harbour Authority chief executive Ian Robertson. “They have been added as a result of ships leaving the Asia market and coming to the West Coast earlier than usual,” he said. |
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REUTERS. HONG KONG—Swarms of desert locusts have devastated crops in East Africa, hit the Middle East and moved into South Asia. They’re breeding fast thanks to changes in global climate patterns that have brought about major cyclones and heavy rains, and they are feeding off human food supplies across continents. |
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ResearchMoz presents professional and in-depth study of “Embedded Systems: Technologies and Asia-Pacific Markets”. An embedded system is a combination of computer hardware and software, which is either fixed in capability or programmable, that is designed for a specific application or for specific functions within a larger system. |
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The view while flying over Cambodia from the inland tourist mecca of Siem Reap to the coast is jarring: The national forests that once held Asian tigers, elephants, leopards, bears and other endangered species have been replaced by scarred, deforested industrial landscapes. |
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ATHLETICS. World indoor championships in Nanjing from March 13-15 postponed to March 2021. Hong Kong Marathon on Feb. 9 cancelled. Asian indoor championships in Hangzhou from Feb. 12-13 cancelled. Tokyo Marathon on March 1: Restricted to elite runners. Nagoya Women’s Marathon on March 8: Restricted to elite runners. |
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Triumph Motorcycles has given more details of why it will no longer mass produce its bikes in Britain. Chief commercial officer Paul Stroud said the £530 million turnover business expected to see a huge growth in sales across Asia and China in the next few years - making Thailand the obvious choice for all mass production. |
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TORONTO -- As the cruise industry grapples with the new coronavirus, one major liner is pulling back its most controversial restriction. Norwegian Cruise Line lifted its contentious ban on Chinese, Hong Kong and Macau passports on Thursday, a policy considered “discriminatory” by many, including some travellers who spoke with CTV News. |
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Why did Kerala, one of India’s most advanced States, with high literacy levels, have the most number affected by the Islamic State (ISIS or IS) outreach in India? “The answers are in fact rooted in migration, economics and religion,” writes Kabir Taneja in his book, The ISIS Peril: The World’s Most Feared Terror Group and its Shadow on South Asia . |
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S-CELL, in partnership with Chronomics, becomes the first in Asia to introduce consumer epigenetics testing - the most advanced test in the world. CENTRAL, HONG KONG, February 22, 2020 / EINPresswire.com / -- S-CELL, in partnership with Chronomics, is the first company in Asia to introduce.... |
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Source: Agenzia Fides – MIL OSI. Headline: ASIA/SRI LANKA – “Emotional literacy” for students, to overcome the wounds of the war. Colombo – To help people, especially young people and students, deal with their emotions effectively, appropriately and productively. |
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Source: Agenzia Fides – MIL OSI. Headline: ASIA/UZBEKISTAN – Art at the service of ecumenical dialogue. Tashkent – The community of Catholic faithful of Uzbekistan is deeply involved in the path of dialogue with other Christian denominations. The Apostolic Administrator of Uzbekistan, the Franciscan Fr. |
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Asia COVID-19: Diamond Princess cruise ship crew's families fear for kin as Philippines evacuation postponed.
Workers wearing protective suits take the temperature of a passenger who was on the cruise ship Diamond Princess at Daikoku Pier Cruise Terminal in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, Japan February 21, 2020. |
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What The Study Found. The largest genomic study of population groups in Asia, generating and analysing whole-genome sequences of 1,739 individuals from 219 groups. Tribal populations had more Denisovan admixture than non-tribals. Non-Indo-European speakers had more Denisovan admixture than Indo-European speakers. |
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The report offers a holistic overview of the PVDC Film market with the help of application segments and geographical regions(North America, China, Europe, Southeast Asia, Japan, India) that govern the market currently. Global market report 2018 offers a professional and in-depth study on the current.... |
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JAKARTA (JAKARTA POST/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - A joint search and rescue team reported on Saturday (Feb 22) that eight students had died during a flash flood that swept away a group of scouts trekking on the banks of the Sembor River in Donokerto village in Sleman, Yogyakarta. |
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HTF Market Intelligence released a new research report of 117 pages on title 'Global Internet Insurance Market Report 2019' with detailed analysis, forecast and strategies. The study covers key regions that includes North America, South America, Europe, Asia-Pacific and important players such as.... |
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HTF Markset Intelligence released a new research report of 140 pages on title 'Partnerships, Licensing, Investments and M&A Deals and Trends for 2018 in Pharmaceuticals' with detailed analysis, forecast and strategies. The study covers key regions that includes North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, South America, Middle East and Africa. |
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The latest 104+ page survey report on Global Event Management Services Market is released by HTF MI covering various players of the industry selected from global geographies like United States, Europe, China, Japan, Southeast Asia, India & Central & South America. |
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The first Europe-Asia freight train is ready to depart from a transport center in Qingdao, East China's Shandong province, on Tuesday, following the outbreak of novel coronavirus pneumonia. [Photo/chinadaily.com.cn] A freight train heading to Central Asia departed from Qingdao, a coastal city in East China's Shandong province, on Tuesday night. |
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