Reuters: Thai Hua Rubber Pcl, Thailand’s third-largest rubber producer, plans to invest in Myanmar, aiming to produce rubber and export it following political and economic reforms there, the company’s chief executive said. “We have already met Myanmar’s agriculture minister and he said our investment is welcomed,” Chief Executive Luckchai Kittipol told Reuters. The co...

By Dr. Laksiri Fernando Asian Tribune: I am here not talking about Karen Connelly’s popular love story by the name of ‘Burmese Lessons,’ but rather Aung San Suu Kyi’s entry into Parliament as the Leader of the Opposition in Myanmar (or Burma) with 42 other members who were elected early April in a by-election from ...

The Academy of Design (AOD) – South Asia’s celebrated design campus is actively involved in the advancement of Sri Lanka’s creative industry. Apart from these special ventures, AOD has also contributed to the local design industry by producing a generation of proficient designers and design entrepreneurs of international caliber. Maneesha Perera is one such alumnus ...

The proxy party of Myanmar’s military junta has swept the polls winning 187 seats of the 219 seats counted by Thursday, the Times of India reported. Observers believe that more than 80 per cent of seats in the new parliament will be under the control of the pro-junta Union Solidarity and Development Party. There was ...