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Pakistan and France have signed an agreement for the suspension of loan repayments amounting to $107 million under the G20 Debt Service Suspension Initiative (DSSI), Pakistan’s Economic Affairs Division said on Monday.

In a meeting with the public-private partnership (PPP) committee on Friday (June 26), Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak called on state enterprises to take action after PPP projects worth a combined Bt1.09 trillion have stalled due to the Covid-19 outbreak.

The Finance Ministry is working with the Budget Bureau to unlock disbursements for fiscal 2020, minister Uttama Savanayana said on Friday (January 24), adding he was confident the money would start flowing soon.

A possible further delay to the passage of the budget bill for fiscal 2020 into law has sent the government into a panic mode, in fear of severe economic impact.

The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) is to revise the terms of reference for the development of a 32-rai commercial area in Bang Sue worth Bt11 billion after private firms failed to submit project proposals yesterday, SRT’s acting governor Worawut Mala said late Tuesday.

Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh - New violence in Myanmar's troubled Rakhine state has delayed a United Nations study on 1,000 villages abandoned by Muslim Rohingya, a top UN envoy said Friday.

Brussels - European leaders agreed with Britain on Thursday to delay Brexit by up to six months, saving the continent from what could have been a chaotic no-deal departure at the end of the week.

THE ELECTION Commission (EC) said yesterday that the results after counting the remaining 5 per cent of votes could not be announced due to complaints of irregularities in some constituencies even as political parties and activists piled pressure on the agency to announce the final tally to endorse the winners.

The enlistment of K-pop star Seungri has been delayed amid the investigation into the Burning Sun scandal, the Military Manpower Administration announced Wednesday.

EC chief says election date cannot be fixed before publication of decree, denies choice of march 10.

A pro-election group on Sunday staged a protest demanding that the general election be held as earlier scheduled in February.

Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam on Thursday met the Election Commission to discuss the possibility of delaying the general election from February 24 so that it would not affect the coronation ceremony set for early May.