KATHMANDU — Nepal has recorded progress in imports in October for the primary time in 15 months amid sluggish financial actions within the final a number of months, the most recent authorities figures confirmed.
The continued fall in imports took a break in mid-October, because the South Asian nation imported items value 407.75 billion Nepali rupees (3.07 billion U.S. {dollars}) throughout the first quarter of the present 2023-24 fiscal yr, up 1.69 % year-on-year, in keeping with the Department of Customs. (Nepal-Import)
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TOKYO — Tokyo shares ended decrease on Monday, as uncertainty stoked by the intensifying Israel-Hamas battle weighed on investor urge for food.
Japan’s benchmark Nikkei stock index, the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average, ended down 294.73 factors, or 0.95 %, from Friday at 30,696.96. (Japan-Tokyo Stocks)
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MANILA — At least 207,932 Chinese vacationers have visited the Philippines from January to September this yr, a Philippine lawmaker stated Monday.
Citing the most recent information from the Department of Tourism, Representative Marvin Rillo stated Chinese vacationers comprise 5.15 % of the 4,038,379 international vacationers who arrived within the Philippines throughout the first 9 months of 2023. (Philippines-Foreign Tourists)
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VIENTIANE — The Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) Central Committee has resolved motion to undertake stronger measures to rein in inflation and stabilize the worth of the Lao forex kip to ease the impacts on the general public.
The Party’s eleventh Central Committee adopted the decision at its seventh session, which befell in Lao capital Vientiane on Oct. 23 to 26, Lao nationwide Television reported on Monday. (Laos-Inflation-Measures)