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Malaysia attracts $27.5 bn investment in first half of 2022: Authorities
The Malaysian Investment Development Authority (MIDA) has said that Malaysia has attracted 123.3 billion ringgit ($27.5 billion) in approved investments in the manufacturing, services and primary sect…
Bangladesh cuts school, office hours amid power crisis
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Sustainable growth amid crisis through the blue economy concept
I started writing about the new blue economy in this column in November 2015, just before the 21st Conference of the Parties (COP21) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Top p…
How Bangladesh is handling economic turmoil
There is no denying that Bangladesh’s economy is under stress, but it is not in a critical situation. Bangladesh is not an exception to the global economic turmoil that has been caused by everything f…
Thailand, Malaysia plan rail network to connect four Asean countries, China
Thailand’s Transport Ministry is working with its Malaysian partner to develop a high-speed rail network that will connect four member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) a…
Asean Today – Aug 2022
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Soft-Landing Bangladesh’s Economy
Economists are fond of drawing analogies from flying. Thus, when economies attain sufficient, sustained growth, they “take off.” When external conditions help them grow faster, they are pu…
Malaysia cannot decouple from China’s economy; closer integration expected: Malaysian ambassador
Malaysia looks forward to an early resumption of people-to-people exchanges with China that have been cut off by the epidemic, Raja Dato’ Nushirwan Zainal Abidin, Ambassador of Malaysia to China…
Vietnam’s economy a bright spot amid regional volatility and inflation risks: Moody’s
Despite a moderation in Vietnam’s July exports this year, Moody’s Analytics is positive on the country’s prospects as it remains a beneficiary of investment inflows redirected from policy uncertaintie…