Archive for March 2nd, 2008

Indonesian entrepreneur ask for establishment of green building rules

Sunday, March 2nd, 2008

Indonesian property tycoon Ciputera asked the Jakarta administration to set up fixed rules on the application of "green building" designs to help reduce energy consumption and save the earth, local English newspaper theJakarta Post reported ...

WB announces Nepal Development Marketplace 2008

Sunday, March 2nd, 2008

As many as 25 innovative ideas and inventive partnerships from across Nepal will be awarded cash grants of up to 1.5 million Nepali rupees (23,809 U.S. dollars) each to implement their ideas under the Nepal Development Marketplace 2008 pro ...

Philippine telecom industry to grow at modest pace this year

Sunday, March 2nd, 2008

The Philippines' telecommunications industry is projected to grow at a modest pace this year as traditional market is "approaching maturity", local television network GMA News quoted an international credit rating firm as saying Sunday. ...

Bangladesh’s gas crisis may persist for a decade

Sunday, March 2nd, 2008

Bangladesh's gas crisis may persist for next one decade as there is no immediate option for addressing the problem -- neither through augmenting domestic production nor through import of the fuel, private news agency UNB reported Saturday. ...

Boosting of agricultural sector urged in Myanmar

Sunday, March 2nd, 2008

Myanmar top leader Senior-General Than Shwe on Sunday called on the country's peasants to make efforts to boost the agricultural sector, which is the mainstay of the country's economy, and improve the socio-economic life of the people. ...

Thai central bank to lift 30-percent capital control

Sunday, March 2nd, 2008

The Bank of Thailand (BOT) will lift the 30-percent capital control measure on foreign capital inflows on March 3 after over one year's implementation, prompting an immediate leap of the Thai baht. "The central bank decided to lift ...

Australian PM pledges to fight against inflation

Sunday, March 2nd, 2008

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd vowed on Sunday to keep the economy on track in the fight against inflation, with the rate in the highest in 16 years and the second highest in the world. "We believe we can keep the economy on t ...

Israeli warplanes hit Haneya’s office in Gaza

Sunday, March 2nd, 2008

Israeli aircrafts struck the office of deposed Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haneya in western Gaza City before dawn on Sunday, residents in the city said. Israeli aircrafts hovered over the western area of Gaza City and fired t ...