Sri Lanka to form unit to help restructure state-owned enterprises

ISLAMABAD, Aug 30 (APP): The Sri Lankan government has decided to establish a State-Owned Enterprise Restructuring Unit to help with the restructuring of state-owned enterprises, President Ranil Wickremesinghe said on Tuesday while presenting the Interim Budget 2022 in the parliament. Wickremesinghe said about 556,000 U.S. […]

Boeing announces UPS purchase of 8 more 767s

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 30 (XINHUA/APP): Boeing on Monday announced an order from UPS for eight more 767 Freighters, and the incremental order will increase UPS’s 767 Freighter fleet to 108 airplanes. UPS will begin taking delivery of these new airplanes in 2025, with an additional […]

Fighting across southern front as Ukraine wages counter-offensive

Mykolaiv, Ukraine, Aug 30 (AFP/APP): Intense fighting was raging on Tuesday across the southern Ukrainian region of Kherson occupied by Russia, Kyiv’s presidency said, as its troops pressed counter-offensives “in various directions”. Most of region of Kherson bordering the Black Sea — and its provincial […]

PM Shehbaz cancels UAE due to flood emergency

ISLAMABAD 30 Aug (Online): Prime Minister (PM) Shehbaz Sharif has cancelled his (United Arab Emirates) UAE visit which was scheduled on 2nd of September. The development came out on Tuesday. According to details, the PM has cancelled his UAE visit as the country has declared […]