SEOUL — South Korea and the World Bank have agreed to enhance partnership on digital identification initiatives to share expertise and technologies related to South...

DHAKA — Nearly 1 million Bangladeshi people are projected to join the ranks of the moderately poor, who earn less than $3.65 a day in...

NEW DELHI — The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors on Saturday announced a new programme of $452 million to support Assam to improve connectivity...

NEW DELHI, FEB.6 (IANS) — The Global Environment Facility (GEF)’s 186 member governments have allocated $916 million for international action on biodiversity, climate change, nature...

NEW DELHI — The inward remittances to India in 2023 increased by 12.3 per cent to $125 billion from 111.22 billion in 2022, according to...

NEW YORK — Nine prominent leaders hailing from India have been named to the ‘Time 100 Climate’, the magazine’s first-ever list of the world’s most...

WASHINGTON — The World Bank reported Monday that oil prices could be pushed into “uncharted waters” if the violence between Israel and Hamas intensifies, which...

NEW DELHI — Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday batted for setting up an international arbitration centre for the maritime sector. This, she said, will...

Pakistan had been facing numerous economic hardships including inflation, rising electricity prices, severe climate shocks, and insufficient public resources to finance development and climate adaptation...

DIMAPUR — A Kohima district-level stakeholders’ consultation workshop on Enhancing Landscape and Ecosystem Management (ELEMENT) project was held in the conference hall of the deputy...