Measuring a nation's success involves more than just its buildings or economy; it also involves how well its citizens live. The HDI, or Human Development Index, is a suitable indicator in this ...

Asia has a contrasting economic landscape, with resilience and recovery as its defining features. According to a recent report by the World Bank, South Asia is projected to grow at a steady rate of ...

Srilanka, May 8 -- Sri Lanka ranks 89th among the 193 countries featured in the 2025 Human Development Index (HDI) released recently by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Sri Lanka leads ...

On 13 December, Bhutan became the seventh country to graduate from the least developed country (LDC) category. Bhutan deserves praise for embracing graduation despite setbacks due to the negative ...

THE 2020s have brought a degree of chaos not seen in decades. A pandemic was followed by a full-scale war in Europe; both sent food and fuel prices surging. Extreme weather events have shown that ...

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