IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is providing a $12.5 million long-term loan to JSC Indorama Kokand Fertilizers and Chemicals to finance the modernization of its fertilizer plant in Uzbekistan, which will create jobs and benefit the country’s agriculture sector. The investments will help the company introduce energy-efficient technologies to boost production capacity…
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Dilshod Akhatov has been appointed the new ambassador of Uzbekistan to India, repalcing Farhod Arziev was appointed the first deputy foreign minister in February, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. Prior to this appointment, Dilshod Akhatov, 48, served as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs since May 2018. In 2010-2013, he served as the ambassador of…
The government has appointed Md Zahangir Alam, currently serving as additional secretary of the Legal Affairs Wing of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as the next ambassador of Bangladesh to the Republic of Uzbekistan. Ambassador-designate Zahangir belongs to 1986 batch of Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) Administration cadre. In his career, he served in various capacities…
Few countries in the world are undertaking a liberalisation of their energy sector on the scale of Uzbekistan, as its government continues its effort to open up the country’s economy to more foreign direct investment (FDI). Power Technology reports in its article Uzbekistan energy minister makes ambitious plans that the population of Uzbekistan is growing fast and electricity…
One has got to feel for the garment workers. Despite the availability of low-cost loans to pay wages, repeated requests from the labour ministry and a recent uptick in work orders from international buyers, they are getting the chop. “So far, more than 25,000 workers have been fired although we have been suggesting the factory…