Asia

Bangladesh is third among the most agriculturally digitalised countries in South Asia but this feat has been achieved with the help of non-digital enabling environments such as swift access to markets and adequate electricity coverage. Government initiatives for utilising information and communication technology (ICT)...

Bangladesh and Sri Lanka governments signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Saturday for strengthening their youth development.  State Minister for Youth and Sports Zahid Ahsan Russel and Sri Lanka State Minister for Rural Housing and Construction Indika Anuruddha signed the instrument on cooperation...

Digital platforms and other technology-based tools are providing new growth opportunities for businesses of all sizes and across all industries in Asia and the Pacific. This trend could contribute significantly to the region’s sustainable recovery from the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic, according to a...

Bangladesh is preparing to take an alternative route to strengthen its trade ties with Russia, bypassing the US sanctions on the latter. As part of it, the Bangladesh Bank has taken an initiative to enter into a bilateral swap agreement with the Central Bank...

I firmly believe that waiting for things to improve is not the best way forward, of course making change happen is a revolution, so what can be best done is to use this time to prepare for a future beyond the pandemic, like some smart companies have done.

The trains for Bangladesh's first metro rail are ready in Japan and may arrive here shortly. The authorities are, in fact, hopeful of bringing the trains next month – if the Covid-19 situation improves by then. Meanwhile, the Uttara-Agargaon part of...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the European Investment Bank (EIB) today formed a new Clean and Sustainable Ocean Partnership to support initiatives in Asia and the Pacific to help meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the climate goals of the Paris Agreement.

China is top foreign investor in the country's economic zones (EZ) as the number of its formal proposals outstrips 13 other nations. Between fiscal year 2018 and December of 2020, China grabbed more than one-third of the proposals made in the zones, according to...

Japan has emerged as Bangladesh's largest lender in terms of aid disbursement this fiscal year, overtaking the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank. The country's biggest bilateral donor disbursed US$714.44 million worth aid in July-November period of the fiscal year 2020-21, almost double...

Managing a Tea Garden at 12,000 Kilometers Distance Managing a Tea Garden 12,000 Kilometers Distant On Monday morning, at 5 am Nishchal Banskota wakes up to begin work. He’s a second-generation tea farmer from Nepal, now running now running Nepal Tea in the...