In the past 20 years, Bangladesh’s GDP per capita increased 500%, two-and-half times that of Pakistan Bangladesh, the country whose infrastructure was ravaged by the Pakistani occupation force i…
Economy
Bangladesh on cusp of industrial revolution
Bangladesh is on the cusp of an industrial revolution as incomes rise and technology plays an ever-increasing role in the economy, according to HSBC. “Urbanisation, smaller households and more w…
A World of Networks: taking advantage of change in Vietnam
Watch on Youtube The past few years have seen disruption across the Asia Pacific region of enormous scale. But disruption is not always negative and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and US-China geopolit…
Port in a storm: No end in sight to global shipping chaos
For the global shipping industry, chaos began with the tap of a million “buy now” buttons. In the second half of 2020, Americans, trapped at home by the pandemic, started buying weighted b…
Asean Today – Jul 2021
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Myanmar army ruler takes prime minister role, again pledges elections
Myanmar’s military ruler Min Aung Hlaing has taken on the role of prime minister in a newly formed caretaker government, state media reported on Sunday, six months after the army seized power fr…
ASEAN ministers join hands in COVID-19 fight
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member states together could further strengthen initiatives to curb COVID-19 issues in the region through the ASEAN Comprehensive Recovery Framework,…
Economic outlook for South Asia dampened, but Bangladesh recovering: ADB
The Asian Development Bank has said the economic outlook for South Asia is dampened by new waves of COVID-19, but the Bangladesh economy is recovering. The country’s exports in the first 11 months of …
Nepal creates short-term jobs for tourism workers amid COVID-19
With a large number of workers in the tourism industry rendered unemployed amid the devastating COVID-19 pandemic, the Nepal Tourism Board is implementing a program to provide temporary employment to …
MDEC aims to boost Malaysia’s digital economy with DIF5 by generating RM50bn worth of investments, and more
The five-year plan is also targeting to provide 50,000 high-value jobs in the MSC, Malaysia’s high-technology business district. To enhance Malaysia’s digital economy by 2025, the Malaysia Digital Eco…