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Global Alliance commits $7.5bn to clean energy in developing world

bne IntelliNews September 23, 2025

Analysts have repeatedly warned that clean energy investment in developing economies such as Afghanistan, but excluding China, remains dangerously below levels required to meet international climate objectives.

Argentina’s meltdown, Asia’s dilemma

Mark Buckton - Taipei September 23, 2025

Argentina has been here before - the country having endured multiple financial meltdowns over the last half-century - each one leaving scars on its once vibrant society and economy.

Sri Lanka’s government debt projected to peak at 101% of GDP in 2025

bno - Mumbai Office September 22, 2025

Sri Lankan banks hold substantial amounts of government debt, with total exposure exceeding 20% of system assets. Interest expenditure remains high, with payments expected to reach 51% of government revenue in 2025.

Modi and Xi push reset as trade pressures force India and China closer together

bno - Kolkata Office August 31, 2025

For Modi, at least for now, the shift feeds into his narrative of a multipolar order, and one where India is not forced into binary choices between Washington and Beijing.

A look at the Indian industries hardest hit by US tariffs

bno - Mumbai bureau August 29, 2025

India has emerged as one of the hardest hit nations under fresh tariff measures imposed by the United States, with Indian exports to its largest single market now facing duties of up to 50%.

Foreign investors welcome to cultivate cannabis legally in Sri Lanka

bno - Kolkata Office August 13, 2025

Sri Lanka has, for the first time, authorised seven overseas investors to cultivate cannabis legally under tightly regulated conditions.

ASIA BLOG: Why Iran is not a part of South Asia – and why it matters

bno - Kolkata Office August 6, 2025

According to the US State Department Iran remains a state sponsor of terrorism, facilitating a wide range of terrorist and militant groups across the Middle East

Sinkholes on the rise across Asia: a growing danger beneath the surface

bno - Taipei Office August 1, 2025

The dramatic rescue of a motorist from a sinkhole on a busy Singapore road has cast new light on an alarming trend across Asia – the increasing frequency and severity of sinkholes swallowing roads, vehicles, and in some cases entire buildings.

The top three ‘megatrends’ set to transform the Asia Pacific region

bno - Taipei Office July 30, 2025

The rapid development of technologies such as generative AI and the metaverse is already changing how people in Asia Pacific live, work, socialise and shop.

Recent floods across Asia kill hundreds, leave devastation in their wake

bno - Taipei Office July 29, 2025

From South and Southeast Asia to Central and East Asia, communities have been grappling with flash floods, landslides and glacial lake outbursts as warming temperatures and shifting monsoon dynamics fuel increasingly erratic weather.

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