Sri Lanka hopes for $2.5bn rescue loan from China

April 12, 2022, 4:19 pm Colombo, April 12 : Sri Lankan officials are confident that they will receive a $2.5 billion rescue loan from China as financial support to help it tide through the economic crisis being faced by it, Al Jazeera reported on Tuesday. Sri Lankan Ambassador to China Palitha Kohona said that Chinese … Read more

Pakistan: Shehbaz decides to reconstitute NEC to deal with financial crisis

April 12, 2022, 7:35 pm Islamabad, April 12 : To deal with Pakistan’s financial crisis left behind by the PTI-led government, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday announced the reconstitution of the National Economic Council (NEC), comprising independent financial experts, The News reported. Shehbaz held a meeting with leading economic experts, and issued directives for … Read more

Russia may send Belarusian cosmonaut to space in 2023

April 13, 2022, 6:12 am Moscow, April 13 ( /Sputnik) Russia plans to fast-track the training of a Belarusian cosmonaut candidate ahead of the scheduled space launch in fall of 2023, the head of the Russian space agency Roscosmos said. “We will try to speed up the training so that a Belarusian cosmonaut could go … Read more