Sri Lanka on Tuesday backed down from ambitious plans to become the world’s first completely organic farming nation, reversing a ban on imports of chemical fertiliser. President Gotabaya Rajapak…
Singapore Launches ASEAN Centre to Strengthen Regional Cyber Security Landscape
Singapore has recently established a new centre for ASEAN member states to collaborate on research, knowledge sharing, and training to respond to cyber threats to help strengthen regional cyber-securi…
Explained: What Is Palm Oil Scheme And Why India Wants To Produce It On Large Scale
In a business summit organized recently in Guwahati to attract investors to the North Eastern states, Assam Agriculture Minister Atul Bora disclosed the plan of bringing 1,500 hectares of land in anot…
Bangladesh Really Is a Climate Success Story
Fifty years ago, Bangladesh won independence from Pakistan amid devastating climate disaster. The year before, in 1970, the Bhola cyclone had killed up to half a million people. The human toll of the …
Sri Lankan e-commerce platform Kapruka to introduce crypto payments
Kapruka (Kapruka.com), a major e-commerce platform in Sri Lanka, has revealed its intention to start accepting payments in cryptocurrency quite soon. Kapruka’s founder and Chairman Dulith Herath made …
Feature: China-Laos railway carrys dreams, brings hearts closer
The sunshine in October is still burning in a railing base in the northern outskirts of Lao capital Vientiane, but what Sida Phengphongsawanh, a trainee for China-Laos railway train driver, cares, is …
Vietnam to Indonesia: the Asian countries hit hardest by China’s clampdown on new coal-fired power plants overseas
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s pledge to the United Nations that China will no longer build coal-fired power plants overseas will leave many projects awaiting financial closure at risk of cancellation…
Sri Lanka appoints committee to implement crypto mining and blockchain
Sri Lanka joins the global crypto adoption drive after setting up a committee for exploring and implementing blockchain and crypto mining technologies. A letter shared on Oct. 8 by Sri Lanka’s directo…
Nepal: Tourism | Headed towards normalcy
Dashain is the peak-time for domestic tourism in Nepal. This is when city-dwellers return to their hometowns or go on vacation. This year, Dashain comes with a hope of revival for the tourism sector p…
Indonesia conducts flight using palm oil-mixed jet fuel
Indonesia conducted its first test flight using jet fuel partially from palm oil on Wednesday, a senior minister said, as the country plans to commercialise the fuel as it seeks creative ways to use t…