Asia remains the fastest growing region for fixed broadband with 16.21 percent year-on-year growth — almost double that of the Unites States.

Myanmar received a record US$20 billion of foreign investment pledges in the financial ended March 2011 despite Western sanctions against its military government.

Bangladesh on Sunday boosted its development spending by 28 percent to a record US$6.4 billion for the new fiscal year, aimed at increasing economic growth to a record seven percent.

When news emerged five years ago that Turkmenistan had discovered one of the world's largest natural gas fields, international investors sniffed an opportunity.

The language is Chinese, change is given in yuan and the time is set for Beijing — but the Boten casino is in Laos, not China.

Sri Lanka is hoping for a better credit rating to boost its plans to sell a US$1 billion sovereign bond this year, an official said Saturday, ahead of a visit by ratings agencies.

The World Bank is pushing Cambodia to resolve a standoff involving thousands of poor landowners facing eviction from their homes but stopped short of punishing the country Monday after it missed a deadline set by the bank to end the dispute.

It seems Mother's Day will be hectic for businesses, with many establishments gearing up for a busy day today with special promotions on offer to help customers spoil their mums.

Bangladesh will remove the chiefs of the country's securities regulator after an independent probe blamed them for the recent stock market crash, the finance minister said.

Myanmar's state oil firm is set to sign contracts with companies from China, Singapore and South Korea for oil and gas exploration, state media reported Saturday.