BIMSTEC at a crossroads - soaring or stalling ?

Headquartered in Dhaka, the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi Sectorial, Technical, and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) stands at a crossroads where it can soar irreversibly to put South and Southeast Asia on a faster growth track, or remain, as it has since incepted in 1997, stalled for good. Bangladesh may...

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Vietnam and the dilemma of new wealth

Five days before US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un met in Hanoi for their second summit, two former Vietnamese ministers of communications were arrested and charged with "violations related to management and use of public capital." The two officials are alleged to have approved a state-owned...

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Increasing loss of biodiversity causes threat to world's food security

The first global Assessment Report titled ‘The State of the World's Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture (2019)’ has been published recently by the United Nation's Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. The report, among others, highlights that 'many key components of biodiversity for...

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