Chairman China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Authority. Lt General (retd) Asim Saleem Bajwa, has said Phase-II of the mega project will provide even more investment opportunities for foreign investors

Japan has given its consent to award Rs. 1.36 Billion to Sri Lanka as a non-project grant scheme for the supply of medical equipment required to combat COVID-19

President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih stated on Wednesday that Maldives is "well-positioned to begin a strong economic recovery" from the COVID-19 pandemic

Bangladesh's gross domestic product is expected to grow by 4.5% in fiscal year 2020 and 7.5% in fiscal year 2021, according to an Asian Development Bank report

International Centre for Diarrheal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b) yesterday started a clinical trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of anti-parasitic medicine Ivermectin, the organisation stated in a press release

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has approved a $750 million loan to India to assist the Centre in its fight against the coronavirus pandemic and its impact on the poor

Indian Institute of Technology-Guwahati (IIT-G) on Wednesday announced that its researchers have created several affordable and high-quality COVID-19 kits during the crisis

According to the Sri Lanka Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) released by the Statistics Department of Central Bank, Manufacturing and Services sectors rebounded in May 2020 after plunging in April 2020 to the lowest levels since the beginning of the survey in 2015

India has extended financial assistance of Rs 37.23 million for construction of a sanitation facility in Kathmandu's famous Pashupatinath temple complex

Pakistan’s textile and clothing exports tumbled for the third consecutive month in May falling 36.5 per cent year-on-year to $751.128 million compared to $1.185 billion in the corresponding month of last year, data released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) showed on Tuesday

 Alan Gemmell OBE has been appointed as the new UK Trade Commissioner for South Asia to bolster trade and investment relations with the UK’s economic partners in the region, including Sri Lanka

India based HCL Technologies, an information technology (IT) service and engineering group which is entering Sri Lanka amid a global coroanvirus pandemic says it wants to recruit 1500 locals in the coming 18-months

European Investment Bank (EIB) has agreed to provide a €20 million loan to the Maldives to help sustain SMEs operating in the tourism and industry sectors of the Maldives

Bangladesh has made great strides in power generation in the last decade as about 95 percent of its population now have the access to electricity, thanks to the government's attention to renewable energy sources along with the conventional sources, says a global report

After three months Pakistan has opened its routes for Afghan goods which can be sold in Pakistan or be transferred on to India, but with some new restrictions, according to an official from the Ministry of Industry and Commerce