India has issued about 70 licences for importing about five lakh tonnes of refined palm oil from three countries — Bangladesh, Nepal and Indonesia, sources said. On January 8, the Indian governm…
Netherlands All for Sustainable Palm Oil, Against EU Biofuel Ban
Jakarta – The Dutch Foreign Affairs Minister Stef Blok said the Netherlands is not backing the European Union biofuel ban that targets Indonesia-produced crude palm oil (CPO). However, Blok asse…
ADB registered record disbursement for Nepal in 2019
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has said it achieved a record disbursement of $323.7 million for various development projects in Nepal in 2019. Some of the projects contributing to last year’s record…
Philippines makes deeper push for sustainable tourism
Philippine tourism is undergoing a paradigm shift towards sustainability on an unprecedented scale, beginning with Boracay and extending to more destinations like Luzon and Mindanao. Philippine Depart…
Sustaining Bangladesh’s economic miracle
That there is no unresolved miracle behind Bangladesh’s spectacular economic performance over the past three decades is now evident to all. Earning the epithet of ‘economic role model̵…
Malaysia says still open to filing WTO suit against EU on palm oil
Malaysia has not abandoned an option to file a World Trade Organization (WTO) suit against European Union (EU) restrictions on palm oil-based biofuel, the minister in charge of palm oil said on Friday…
Asean reels as Chinese stay home
Elephant parks unvisited, curios at markets unsold as tuk-tuks sit idle: South-East Asia is facing billions of dollars in losses from a collapse in Chinese tourism since the outbreak of a deadly new c…
Asean Today – Jan 2020
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Building an information bridge for Nepal’s farmers
Watch on Youtube. In this space over the past three months, we have profiled successful entrepreneurs from various arenas of business. All have in common that they are determined to make their ideas w…
This tech startup is improving yields for farmers in rural Myanmar
For many farmers in rural Myanmar, Facebook embodies the internet. With scarce availability of WiFi, they often reserve their mobile data usage for the social network. That habit is difficult to break…