COLOMBO — Sri Lanka’s parliament on Friday handed an interim funds with 120 votes for, 5 votes in opposition to and 43 abstentions.
The interim funds was introduced to Parliament on August 30 by President Ranil Wickremesinghe. In July, Wickremesinghe mentioned that the interim funds could be introduced in August for implementing insurance policies to stabilize financial system and improve social security internet.(Sri Lanka-Interim Budget-Approval)
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HERAT, Afghanistan — A complete of 18 individuals have been confirmed lifeless and 23 others have been injured as a blast ripped by way of a mosque in Herat metropolis, capital of Afghanistan’s western Herat province on Friday, an area official mentioned.
“A total of 18 persons including prominent cleric Mawlawi Mujib Rahman Ansari and his brother Habib Rahman Ansari were killed and 23 others injured in a blast outside the Gazar Gah mosque in Herat city today,” the provincial administration spokesman Mawlawi Hamidullah Matawakil instructed reporters. (Afghanistan-Blast-Casualties)
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TOKYO — The Japanese authorities mentioned on Friday the fast decline of the yen may damage each the financial system and the steadiness of monetary markets, because the Japanese forex tumbled to a recent 24-year low in opposition to the U.S. dollar within the decrease 140 yen vary.
Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki instructed a press convention that current forex strikes are considerably risky. The Japanese authorities is watching forex strikes “with a heightened sense of vigilance” and it’ll take “appropriate action” if wanted by intently speaking with financial authorities in different nations. (Japan-Forex-Drop)
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ISLAMABAD — At least 19 individuals have been killed and 1,256 others injured in heavy monsoon rain-triggered flash floods and different rain-related accidents within the final 24 hours in Pakistan, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) mentioned.
According to a report launched by the NDMA on Thursday night, at the least 9 kids and 7 girls have been amongst those that misplaced their lives in several rain-related accidents throughout the nation. (Pakistan-Flood-Casualties)
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KARACHI, Pakistan — The Chinese enterprises in Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province donated 250,000 U.S. {dollars} on Thursday to the flood victims of the province.
During the handover ceremony, He Xuping, head of the Saindak Copper-Gold mine undertaking of Metallurgical Corporation of China, instructed Xinhua that Chinese enterprises in Pakistan would by no means be disinterested whereas the nation suffered a disaster. (Pakistan-China-Donation)