A month after Chinese President Xi Jinping’s official state visit to Naypyidaw, Myanmar’s president, U Win Myint, is scheduled for an official visit to India in the upcoming weeks. He is expected to t…
Economy
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…
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…
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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Saudi Arabia reportedly set to invest $30bn in Bangladesh
Some of Saudi Arabia’s top companies are looking to invest around $30 billion in a number of Bangladesh’s business sectors, according to Bangladeshi officials. On the first day of a two-day Joint Econ…
Coronavirus drags down commodity prices as demand from China drops
Prices for commodities from natural rubber to coal have plunged in February because of decreasing demand from China, where the new coronavirus outbreak is expected to further drag down prices. The cha…
Narrative of Bangladesh has changed for the better
The narrative of Bangladesh has changed from ‘basket case’ to a ‘development surprise’, but achieving sustainable socioeconomic progress in future will prove to be increasingly difficult without huge …
Brexit: What does it mean for us?
On January 31, 2020, the United Kingdom left the European Union. We lost a member of our family. It was a sad moment for us, for European citizens – and, indeed, for many British citizens. Nevertheles…
Myanmar could be India’s gateway to Southeast Asia
On January 17 and 18, China’s President Xi Jinping visited Myanmar, the first visit by a Chinese president to Myanmar in 19 years. Xi Jinping’s visit brought both the status of India-Myanmar and China…