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News and analytical articles about Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.

March 10, 2024: The three organizations set up this tripartite coordination mechanism to consolidate their consultation and cooperation framework and better implement the EU's Neighborhood, Development Cooperation, and International Cooperation Instrument at the ECOWAS and UEMOA levels.

News and analytical articles about Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.

Download logoITC’s Tekki Fii Project in The Gambia – targeting job creation for young people – comes to a close; focus now shifts to promoting sustainable

Suriname has received Euro 13 million (One Euro =US$1.29 cents) from the European Union to support investments in sustainable forest management. The announcement came during a meeting on Tuesday between a government delegation led by Finance and Plan

By Saman Indrajith UNP Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday in Parliament asked the government to give a date for a debate on an upcoming IMF report on Sri Lanka. Wickremesinghe said that the report would be published in the third week of this month. Therefore, it was better if the House could debate the report in […]

The European Union (EU) has underlined the importance of independence and effective functioning of the Independent Institutions in Sri Lanka. The EU and Sri Lanka have agreed on the importance of empowering civil society and giving it the necessary space to function in all its diversity. The EU reiterated its continued commitment to support Sri […]

By Ifham Nizam A battle between two groups of engineers and Power Ministry officials was likely to lead to investigations into several costly projects, well informed sources said. Losses that the CEB suffered due to wasteful expenditure and malpractices should not be passed on to electricity consumers, an engineer of the Senior Managers’ Union said. […]

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has urged striking health workers and other professionals to commit themselves to public service. President Rajapaksa said that as promised in the run-up to the presidential election, his government provided fertiliser free of charge and a guaranteed price for paddy thereby ensuring better living standards for the people. The President said so […]

Yugadanavi deal By Chitra Weerarathne The Supreme Court will resume hearing arguments supporting the Fundamental Rights Violation petitions challenging the Yugadanavi deal next Monday (14). The petitions have complained that the agreements between the government of Sri Lanka and the New Fortress Energy of New York, USA is in violation of the right to equality […]