Sri Lanka on Tuesday backed down from ambitious plans to become the world’s first completely organic farming nation, reversing a ban on imports …
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Singapore Launches ASEAN Centre to Strengthen Regional Cyber Security Landscape
Singapore has recently established a new centre for ASEAN member states to collaborate on research, knowledge sharing, and training to respond to cybe…
Explained: What Is Palm Oil Scheme And Why India Wants To Produce It On Large Scale
In a business summit organized recently in Guwahati to attract investors to the North Eastern states, Assam Agriculture Minister Atul Bora disclosed t…
Bangladesh Really Is a Climate Success Story
Fifty years ago, Bangladesh won independence from Pakistan amid devastating climate disaster. The year before, in 1970, the Bhola cyclone had killed u…
Sri Lankan e-commerce platform Kapruka to introduce crypto payments
Kapruka (Kapruka.com), a major e-commerce platform in Sri Lanka, has revealed its intention to start accepting payments in cryptocurrency quite soon. …
Feature: China-Laos railway carrys dreams, brings hearts closer
The sunshine in October is still burning in a railing base in the northern outskirts of Lao capital Vientiane, but what Sida Phengphongsawanh, a train…
Vietnam to Indonesia: the Asian countries hit hardest by China’s clampdown on new coal-fired power plants overseas
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s pledge to the United Nations that China will no longer build coal-fired power plants overseas will leave many projects …
Sri Lanka appoints committee to implement crypto mining and blockchain
Sri Lanka joins the global crypto adoption drive after setting up a committee for exploring and implementing blockchain and crypto mining technologies…
Nepal: Tourism | Headed towards normalcy
Dashain is the peak-time for domestic tourism in Nepal. This is when city-dwellers return to their hometowns or go on vacation. This year, Dashain com…
Indonesia conducts flight using palm oil-mixed jet fuel
Indonesia conducted its first test flight using jet fuel partially from palm oil on Wednesday, a senior minister said, as the country plans to commerc…