Rio Tinto, Turquoise Hill and the Government of Mongolia have reached an agreement on the preferred domestic power solution for Oyu Tolgoi that paves …
Bangladesh seeks extension of EU trade benefits even after LDC graduation
Bangladesh wants the EU to continue providing the current zero duty benefit even after its graduation to a developing country as the Covid-19 pandemic is taking a heavy toll on the south Asian …
Unilever buys 82pc stake in GSK’s health food division in Bangladesh
Unilever bought more than 82 per cent stakes in GlaxoSmithKline’s health food and drinks business in Bangladesh from Setfirst yesterday through the block market in its push to further its footprint in …
Tribune Talks: Women entrepreneurs for business diversification in post-Covid economy
They also said almost all economic activities have hit an impasse as buyers and sellers cannot interact due to the crisis …
Ascendas Reit’s rent waivers to tenants in Singapore total less than $20m so far this year
SINGAPORE (THE BUSINESS TIMES) – Ascendas Reit (A-Reit) estimates that rent waivers provided to its tenants in Singapore year to date amount to less than $20 million.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
China Plows Ahead with High-Speed Rail Line for Southeast Asia
The coronavirus pandemic sweeping the globe looks to have done little, at least in Laos, to slow China’s grand plans for a high-speed rail line linking its landlocked interior to the bustling ports of …
Kazakhstan’s camel milk powder hits Chinese market despite COVID-19
Consumers shop for imported milk podwer at a business center in Kunming, Southwest China’s Yunnan Province. File photo: VCG. It’s the most enchanting season on Kazakhstan’s steppe …
Saudi Net Foreign Assets Rise for First Time Since January
Saudi Arabia’s net foreign assets rose in May, reversing three months of declines.The stockpile climbed by about 3 billion riyals ($800 million) to reach $445 billion, according to a monthly report …
New York Times takes anti-Russian hysteria to new level with report on Russian ‘bounty’ for US troops in Afghanistan
The New York Times published an article claiming that Russia was paying out monetary bounties to the Taliban to kill US troops in Afghanistan. There’s just one problem — none of what they reported was …
Ailing Thai low-cost carrier NokScoot, a joint venture with SIA’s Scoot, to enter liquidation
Thailand’s long-haul low-cost carrier NokScoot Airlines will enter liquidation as the coronavirus pandemic worsened conditions for the struggling airline, its parent company Nok Airlines PCL said on …