Asia

Bangladesh has invited Russia to invest in Ishwardi Airport to make it functional. State Minister for Foreign Affairs M Shahriar Alam discussed the issue when newly appointed Ambassador of Russia to Bangladesh Alexander Vikentyevich Mantytskiy met with him at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs...

The tea industry of India has urged the Centre to work out a preferential trade agreement with neighbouring Bangladesh in order to boost the dwindling tea exports from the country. The development comes as India’s tea exports may not reach 200 million kg this year amid steep competition...

There are deep rumblings afoot in Singapore’s manufacturing sector, and I think the world will soon be surprised at its rise to global prominence. In recent decades, technology, globalization and Asia's rise have all caused significant changes in the manufacturing sector. At least within the confines...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) in its Asian Development Outlook Supplement of July said Bangladesh’s economic recovery will continue amid the second wave of Covid-19 much like the previous fiscal year, depending on exports and remittances. ADB today released the supplement on the Asian...

“There’s no point in giving somebody a recipe if they don’t have the kitchen or the cooking skills or the ingredients.” These were the words of Tánaiste Leo Varadkar last month as he claimed that very few countries in the global south had the...

In a first for Bangladesh, the country has extended a lifeline of sorts to the beleaguered Sri Lankan economy, offering to top up the island nation's depleting foreign reserves by as much as $500 million. The global coronavirus pandemic has deprived Sri Lanka, which...

Jalinga Tea Estate will finish constructing India's first zero-emission tea factory in July. A worker a Jalinga Tea Estate in South Assam making biomass pellets from tea waste to fuel tea dryers India’s first carbon-neutral tea estate is constructing...

What is good business? The answer to that question will drive the fundamentals of business in the future. This discussion has been underway. In 2019, for instance, the European Union passed legislation to ensure full Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) disclosure by listed companies and investment funds. Goldman...

China's immense manufacturing power has drawn a series of environmental and wage concerns around the globe. Its increasingly hawkish geopolitical posture has attracted countless critics and has been perceived as a threat worldwide. It has also sparred with the United States in the form of a trade...

Japan will make more investments in Bangladesh when situation returns to normal after the Covid-19 pandemic ends. Japanese Ambassador to Bangladesh ITO Naoki said this when he called on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her official residence Gono Bhaban today. After...