South Asia

South Asia

For a long time, any new foreign investor coming to India carried an initial shopping list of two stocks: HDFC and HDFC Bank. Photo: Bloomberg

A financial mega-merger that’s all in the family

India’s Housing Development Finance Corporation (HDFC) gave rise to HDFC Bank. Now the offspring is taking over the parent to create one of the world's biggest banks

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India's exports rise to record high of $417.8b in FY22

Ctg port. Photo: Collected

Raising port capacity essential to boost trade with South Asian countries: Experts

People stand in a long queue to buy kerosene oil for kerosene cookers amid a shortage of domestic gas due to country's economic crisis, at a fuel station in Colombo, Sri Lanka, 21 March, 2022. Photo: Reuters

What's behind Sri Lanka's economic crisis?

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Bangladesh leads South Asia in gas-fired capacity development

Uttar Pradesh’s hard man of Hindutva. Photo: Bloomberg

Why Modi keeps winning

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Pakistan Air Force gets 6 China-made J-10C jets

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How Kautilya’s Arthashastra dictated Hindu women’s right to inheritance 

Men sell vegetables at their makeshift stalls at the Empress Market in Karachi, Pakistan, 2 April, 2018. File Photo: Reuters

Pakistan's inflation slows y/y, but monthly rate jumps; keeps pressure on govt

EU, IFC join hands to accelerate climate-smart investments in South Asia

EU, IFC join hands to accelerate climate-smart investments in South Asia

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Chattogram becoming a business hub of South Asia

As the confrontation between India and China becomes part of the status quo in South Asia, smaller states have begun to exert their own leverage. Photo: Reuters

As India and China Compete, Smaller States Are Cashing In

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The IORA meetings are more important than you think