For 25 years, Cambodia and Thailand have been unable to resolve a dispute over a shared area of the Gulf of Thailand, keeping one of Southeast Asia’s most promising energy opportunities out of reach. …
Energy
Smaller South Asian States Pay the Price for Hormuz Closure
Within weeks of the outbreak of strikes on Iran by U.S. and Israeli forces, and Iran’s effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz, Brent crude prices surged past $110 a barrel, eventually peaking near …
A Nuclear Debut in Bangladesh Tests Developing World’s Atomic Shift
On the banks of the Padma river in western Bangladesh, local tourists are posing for selfies in front of the four massive, ivory-colored cooling towers at the country’s first nuclear power plant. Once…
South Asia’s heatwave and ongoing energy crisis
Across India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, temperatures have crossed 45°C in several regions. Scientists now estimate that climate change has made such extreme heat events in South Asia at least three tim…
Oil cargo from US emergency reserve heads to Asia, first in over 3 years
A cargo of crude oil from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve is heading to the Philippines, the first shipment of U.S. emergency reserve oil to Asia since November 2022, ship tracking data showed. …
The energy crisis is becoming a currency crisis
Have a look at a list of the worst-performing currencies since the start of the U.S. and Israeli war with Iran and a striking but unsurprising pattern emerges: They’re almost all energy importers. The…
India calls on citizens to stop buying gold as Asia scrambles for energy amid Iran war
In short: India has urged a spate of measures from fuel conservation to work from home and limits on imports. India is one of many Asian countries battling a surge in global energy prices putting pres…
Innovation and the Energy Crisis
The energy landscape is being radically reshaped by war in the Middle East. Spiking prices are prompting emergency measures in much of the world. They should also reinvigorate energy innovation policy…
Advancing Bangladesh’s energy sovereignty for a resilient future
Over more than five decades, Bangladesh has progressed reasonably well in socioeconomic terms compared to many of its peers among the least developed and developing countries. Strong economic growth o…
Telcos warn of nationwide disruption amid energy crisis
Bangladesh’s mobile operators have warned of an imminent nationwide telecom disruption as a deepening electricity and fuel crisis pushes networks to the brink, raising serious concerns over the vulner…