BIMST-EC (Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka Economic Cooperation) is set to be renamed 'Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation' (BIMSTEC). A decision was ...

Bangladesh's demand for special treatment as a least developed country in a proposed free trade area in BIMST-EC is the only issue to be resolved at the two-day ministerial meeting of the regional ...

The fourth round of BIMST-EC trade negotiation committee (TNC) meeting is scheduled to to held in Colombo, Sri Lanka, from tomorrow. A five-member delegation led by Prachanda Man Shrestha, joint ...

The seventh meeting of BIMST-EC started in Thailand beginning today to discuss and resolve issues surrounding trade in services, rules of origin, dispute settlement mechanisms and customs procedures ...

BANGKOK: What's in a name? Quite a bit. The BIMST-EC has been rechristened as the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation. BANGKOK: What''s in a name? Quite a ...

Leaders of Southeast and South Asian nations today urged quicker, closer cooperation in moving toward long-term economic goals as the best weapon to counter the perils of globalization. "We need to be ...