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Any plans for Likas lagoons to be reclaimed for commercial development would have a negative impact on flood mitigation in the city, according to Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) chairman, and should be ceased immediately by central Government

With 33,7 points, the country ranked 155 out of 180 countries - up 23 positions - on the Natural Capital Index of the 2021 Global Sustainable Competitiveness Index issued by SolAbility, a Swiss-Korean sustainable intelligence think-tank

Antidumping duties have been imposed for five years on five Chinese products - from aluminium to silicone sealant - all used in key industry production, to guard local manufacturers from cheap imports from the neighboring country

Riyadh Season 2021, which opened on 20 October with its wide offer of entertainment, recorded over six million visits, with more open access areas continued to receive people every day

The Supreme Court has ratified the results of October's parliamentary elections; protests against the vote result had been allegedly staged by Iranian-backed factions

More than 4.500 Bahrainis have been hired into the government since 2019 until last month as part of plans to Bahrainise the country's ministries

Kiwi saplings grown in Ilam are being exported to the country from Kakadvitta checkpoint in Jhapa district in increasing numbers lately after the country encouraged farmers to engage in cultivation of the product

To celebrate the 100th anniversary of cooperative development in the country, the Made in Mongolia 2021 trade fair took place to support cooperatives and small and medium businesses; with 140 companies and 30 cooperatives it raised MNT120 million, €37000

Carabao Tawandang Group, leading producer of local energy drink, won the Thailand Corporate Excellence Award 2021 for its commitment to developing every aspect of competitiveness, focusing on management, staff and rapidly changing global trends

More than 95% of the farmers in southeast Kampot who are part of NGO NatureLife's Crane Rice project will be part of a scheme in which the NGO buys part of the unharvested rice crop at above-market prices and then leaves it to the sarus cranes to feast on

Negotiations to revive a 2015 nuclear deal signed between the country and other world powers - China, France, Germany, Russia, the UK - will resume today in Vienna, the capital of Austria

Several brick kilns, built near educational institutions, carried out their operations in Kamalganj upazila, defying the law and ignoring the protests of local residents, affecting students with their emissions