Commonwealth News
Winners revealed for New Zealand International Business Awards 2021
Feb 18, 2022
Country's most prestigious awards for export businesses, New Zealand International Business Awards 2021 announces the winners at the first-ever broadcast ceremony. It is a celebration of Aotearoa New Zealand's businesses success on the world stage and marks their...
Sierra Leone Armed Forces Day
Feb 18, 2022
Armed Forces Day is celebrated with military parades, ceremonies and other events presided over by the president of Sierra Leone. In 2002, the late former president Alhaji Dr Ahmed Tejan Kabbah declared in Krio that the “war don don” – “the war is over” and 18th of...
Victoria signs agreement to host 2026 Commonwealth Games
Feb 17, 2022
Commonwealth Games Australia (CGA) signs an agreement with the Victorian Government and the Commonwealth Games Federation to enter exclusive negotiations to bring the 2026 event to Victoria. The final deal will conclude around April this year. There are also ongoing...
Commonwealth and WHO to strengthen cooperation on health, including access to vaccines
Feb 17, 2022
The Commonwealth Secretariat and the World Health Organization (WHO) sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen their cooperation on a range of public health issues such as vaccine equity, access to quality health services and building a resilient and...
Larsen & Toubro’s construction arm bags ‘significant’ order in Bangladesh
Feb 16, 2022
Larsen & Toubro (L&T) bags a 'significant' order to construct hi-tech IT parks at eight locations (2 packages at 4 locations each) across Bangladesh. The Indian EXIM Bank will be funding the project. It is the first IT and office space order that L&T has...
Belize extends protection for sharks after research documents show population decline
Feb 15, 2022
Endangered sharks can be still vulnerable even in the marine protected area (MPA). The first long-term monitoring studies of reef sharks within MPA tracked the number of Caribbean reef sharks at Glover's Reef Atoll and documented a population decline between...