Up until this year, Sri Lanka’s tourism industry has been thriving. The country’s tourist numbers have been growing dramatically year-on-year and it ranked as Lonely Planet’s top cou…
India’s Economy: When Will the Elephant Dance?
Thirty years ago, the world saw the Indian and Chinese economies as being comparable. Both were considered engines of global growth. Today, the view looks different. China’s GDP and per capita income …
Rubber gloves sector to stage a recovery
There are nascent signs of a solid uptick in demand for rubber gloves in subsequent quarters, the research team at Kenanga Investment Bank Bhd (Kenanga Research) observed in its sector update report. …
Malaysian palm oil shares rise on India’s import tax cut
India’s recent move to cut import tax on Southeast Asian palm oil helped buoy plantation stocks in Malaysia, brightening the outlook for a sector that is enjoying a sharp rise in prices tracking…
China-Laos railway power supply project launched in Lao capital
The power supply project for the China-Laos railway was kicked off in the Lao capital on Monday. The power supply project for the China-Laos railway is the first BOT (build-operate-transfer) power gri…
Nepal: Government to promote commercial herb farming
The Ministry of Forest and Environment has started collecting geographical data and information on a massive scale to promote production of medicinal herbs. The ministry plans to identify potential ar…
View: How India’s economy came back down to earth
India’s economy lost its sheen this year. As it stumbles through a deep slowdown and a credit crisis, the country has gone from being hailed as a colossus-in-waiting to placing among the also-ra…
Japan to launch project to boost farm productivity in Myanmar
Japan will launch a 390 million yen ($3.6 million) project in May in Myanmar to boost irrigation and agricultural management as part of efforts to increase productivity and eradicate poverty in the So…
7 countries that shook up the world in 2019
As governments all over the world struggled to keep their societies, water resources and forests intact, global carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels rose once again—albeit at a slower rate—this …
Fintech’s next big inflection point in Southeast Asia may come beyond 2020
The digital economy in Southeast Asia has been one of the region’s economic success stories. In 2019, the region’s internet economy crossed the US$100 billion valuation mark, posting three-fold growth…