The government projected an economic growth of 7.5 per cent in the annual budget, reports Xinhua news agency. Image Courtesy: Reuters. The Bangladesh government has unveiled a record 7.62 trillion tak…
India’s Adani Group weighs $3 bln investment in Vietnam
India’s Adani Group is exploring the possibility to invest up to $3 billion in seaport and renewable energy projects in Vietnam, the Vietnamese government said in a statement on Wednesday. The s…
Wind energy has a massive waste problem. New technologies may be a step closer to solving it
Wind turbines are built to last. Their tall bodies are topped with long fiberglass blades, some more than half a football field in length, made to withstand the harshest, windiest conditions. But this…
Malaysia’s TNB inks partnerships with energy players in Vietnam and Laos for renewable energy
Malaysian electricity utility Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) has inked strategic partnerships with the major energy players in Vietnam and Laos to boost its ongoing drive to strengthen the ASEAN Power G…
Indonesia, Malaysia deploy ministers to push back on EU palm oil restrictions
Top officials from Indonesia and Malaysia, the world’s biggest palm oil producers, will meet European Union policymakers in Brussels amid a diplomatic standoff over a new deforestation rule that threa…
Saudi Arabia offers to make large-scale investment in Bangladesh
Saudi Arabian minister of investment Khalid A Al-Faliah and minister of economy and planning Faisal Alibrahim recently met Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Doha and offered to invest in various sectors…
Vietnam unveils $135bn power plan for 2030
Vietnam’s prime minister has approved a national electricity development master plan for 2021-30, which aims to develop new power plants and grids, and encourage more renewable energy use in a m…
IMF: Sri Lanka’s crisis-hit economy likely to resume growth in 2024 after contracting 3% this year
Sri Lanka’s crisis-hit economy is expected to resume growing in 2024 after contracting 3% this year, an International Monetary Fund official said Monday. Krishna Srinivasan, the IMF’s director for Asi…
Binance Academy holds first leg of educational drive in PH
Binance Academy, the educational platform of the world’s leading blockchain ecosystem and cryptocurrency infrastructure provider, has recently concluded the first leg of its Southeast Asia University …
Malaysia says committed to raising palm oil biodiesel mandate
Malaysia is committed to progressively raising its biodiesel mandate, its commodities minister said at a meeting with global palm oil producers on Wednesday. The world largest palm oil producers Indon…