“Operation Riviresa ” was a combined military operation launched by the Sri Lankan Armed Forces in Jaffna. Riviresa means___________?
A. Sun rays
B. Path to salvation
C. Right Path
D. Sparking Light
A. U.S. Open
B. Australian Open
C. French Open
D. Wimbledon
A. Carnation
B. Water Lily
C. Jungle Geranium
D. Edelweiss
The National Flower of Spain is the Red Carnation.
A. German chancellor
B. Canadian President
C. French President
D. President of Iran
A. 13
B. 14
C. 15
D. 16
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) was founded in Baghdad, Iraq, with the signing of an agreement in September 1960 by five countries namely Islamic Republic of Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela. They were to become the Founder Members of the Organization.
These countries were later joined by Qatar (1961), Indonesia (1962), Libya (1962), the United Arab Emirates (1967), Algeria (1969), Nigeria (1971), Ecuador (1973), Gabon (1975), Angola (2007), Equatorial Guinea (2017) and Congo (2018).
Ecuador suspended its membership in December 1992, rejoined OPEC in October 2007, but decided to withdraw its membership of OPEC effective 1 January 2020. Indonesia suspended its membership in January 2009, reactivated it again in January 2016, but decided to suspend its membership once more at the 171st Meeting of the OPEC Conference on 30 November 2016. Gabon terminated its membership in January 1995. However, it rejoined the Organization in July 2016. Qatar terminated its membership on 1 January 2019.
This means that, currently, the Organization has a total of 13 Member Countries.
A. Habib Bank Limited (HBL)
B. Meezan Bank Limited (MBL)
C. Askari Bank Limited (ABL)
D. United Bank Limited (UBL)
HBL has been awarded the license to become the first Pakistani bank to offer financial services to clients in Beijing, China’s capital city. The branch license was awarded by China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission (CBIRC) in December 2019.
The preparatory work of setting up the HBL Beijing branch is now underway. With approval from relevant regulators, the Beijing branch is expected commence offering a full range of products & service for our esteemed clients from the third quarter of 2020.
Beijing branch will be HBL’s second branch in China after the commencement of business. HBL already has a special branch in the city of Urumqi. HBL is the first and only bank from Pakistan and one of the three banks from the South Asia and MENA region to offer end-to-end RMB intermediation in China. This will add to exisiting CPEC-related operations.
A. Pakistan
B. Brunei
C. India
D. Iran