Economy

  The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday predicted that the Bangladesh economy would grow by 3.8 per cent, up from its April prediction of 2 per cent, for...

  I’ve long wondered what might be the most typical place in the world, and I believe I now have an answer. It is Cebu, the second largest city...

  Expanding settlement of Nof Tzion is surrounded by the large Palestinian neighborhood of Jabal Mukkaber. According to settlement activist and Jerusalem councilman Arieh King, this is only...

  President Moon Jae-in and Indonesian President Joko Widodo held a summit in Busan on Monday on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations-South Korea Commemorative...

  The US has warned that the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) would only benefit Beijing and inflict heavy debt burden on Islamabad. Addressing a gathering at the Wilson Center, a...

  $800 billion additional investment in the next 10 years will be needed to grow Asia's food and agriculture industry to a sustainable size and to help Asia...

  Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand saw over 10 billion e-money transactions occur in 2018. Singapore led the region, accounting for 34 percent of total e-money...

  Malaysia and other palm oil-producing nations must not stay silent nor hesitate to take countermeasures if importing countries choose to impose discriminatory trade barriers, said Prime Minister...

  Southeast Asia’s unicorns are now supposedly worth US$57 billion after the recent addition of four new companies to the exclusive club, but how realistic that figure is...

  Asia, we are often told, is ageing so rapidly that it may not have much time to enjoy its economic miracle before it is saddled with the...