Jakarta – The Dutch Foreign Affairs Minister Stef Blok said the Netherlands is not backing the European Union biofuel ban that targets Indonesia…
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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 …
Philippines makes deeper push for sustainable tourism
Philippine tourism is undergoing a paradigm shift towards sustainability on an unprecedented scale, beginning with Boracay and extending to more desti…
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. Earn…
Malaysia says still open to filing WTO suit against EU on palm oil
Malaysia has not abandoned an option to file a World Trade Organization (WTO) suit against European Union (EU) restrictions on palm oil-based biofuel,…
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 Ch…
Asean Today – Jan 2020
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Building an information bridge for Nepal’s farmers
Watch on Youtube. In this space over the past three months, we have profiled successful entrepreneurs from various arenas of business. All have in com…
This tech startup is improving yields for farmers in rural Myanmar
For many farmers in rural Myanmar, Facebook embodies the internet. With scarce availability of WiFi, they often reserve their mobile data usage for th…
ADB, European Union, and ASEAN Countries Partner to Boost Green Infrastructure
The European Union (EU) announced today it is preparing to support the Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ (ASEAN) Catalytic Green Finance Facilit…