News and Information

UN and DFID partner to support COVID-19 response and disaster preparedness and response in Nepal

United Nations
21 Aug 2020
  Nepal

ADB approves $250 million loan to support Myanmar's COVID-19 response

ADB
21 Aug 2020
  Myanmar

Lessons to be learned from Sri Lanka

Khabarhub
21 Aug 2020
  Sri Lanka

BSP keeps benchmark rates steady

Business World
21 Aug 2020
  Philippines

Sri Lanka cenbank keeps key interest rates unchanged

Reuters
20 Aug 2020
  Sri Lanka

Thailand to extend virus emergency decree as protests swell

Nikkei Asian Review
20 Aug 2020
  Thailand

BSP allows banks to extend more home loans

Philstar
20 Aug 2020
  Philippines

India looking to expedite divestiture of state-owned banks

Insurance Business Asia
20 Aug 2020
  India

EU funds new project to prevent and mitigate Covid-19

Vientiane Times
20 Aug 2020
  Lao PDR;   European Union

Learning from HIV to fight Covid-19 in Nepal

Nepali Times
19 Aug 2020
  Nepal

Nepal temporarily bans transport and gatherings in capital due to rise in coronavirus

The New York Times
19 Aug 2020
  Nepal

RM512.5m channelled to MOH to combat Covid-19, says finance minister

Malay Mail
19 Aug 2020
  Malaysia

The role of the apparel industry to ‘restart Sri Lanka’

Daily FT
19 Aug 2020
  Sri Lanka

China donates masks, COVID-19 preventive posters for Sri Lanka's public buses

Ecns.cn
19 Aug 2020
  Sri Lanka;   People's Republic of China

ADB approves $50 million to finance PPP projects in Bangladesh

ADB
18 Aug 2020
  Bangladesh

Why Sri Lanka's response to Covid-19 is the most successful in South Asia

TRT World
18 Aug 2020
  Sri Lanka

Nepal relies on India for life-saving Remdesivir drug

The Times of India
18 Aug 2020
  Nepal;   India

Singaporeans to get $320 million in tourism vouchers to boost sector

The Straits Times
18 Aug 2020
  Singapore

More focused assistance in new round of Covid-19 measures, but there will still be casualties

The Straits Times
18 Aug 2020
  Singapore

Forget remdesivir, GS-441524 presents a unique opportunity for Nepal

My Republica
18 Aug 2020
  Nepal