Biman Mukherji

A move by Bangladesh’s interim government to bar the former ruling Awami League – the party of ousted leader Sheikh Hasina – from political activity has deepened uncertainty over coming elections and drawn unease from neighbouring India. The ban, announced […]

A surprise decision by Opec+ to accelerate production increases is fuelling hopes of cheaper oil across import-reliant Asia – but analysts warn the move could backfire, with deepening US-China trade tensions and persistent geopolitical uncertainty threatening to suppress demand just

India and Pakistan have agreed to a ceasefire after days of escalating conflict, with optimistic observers on both sides maintaining the agreement even as the risk looms of a flare-up if further militant strikes occur. The ceasefire deal follows weeks

With the US retreating from climate finance and fossil fuels getting cheaper, Asia faces a choice: chase short-term gains or find new partners to keep its clean-energy future on track. Washington’s withdrawal last week from the Just Energy Transition Partnership

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has sought to address his country’s growing obesity epidemic by calling on citizens to reduce the use of cooking oils commonly found in unhealthy food. However, analysts say it will take a much broader approach

US President Donald Trump has sparked a political firestorm in New Delhi by suggesting a US$21 million aid to India approved by his predecessor Joe Biden was used to sway the country’s last election, fuelling accusations of foreign meddling by

India’s Adani Group might get a reprieve from an ongoing corruption probe in the US following President Donald Trump’s order to pause prosecution of Americans accused of bribing foreign officials, as the political row in New Delhi over the matter

Indian-Americans have slammed racist comments by some supporters of US-president elect Donald Trump against his handpicked artificial intelligence adviser Sriram Krishnan following Krishnan’s call to amend the country’s immigration policy. Krishnan wrote in a post on X: “Anything to remove

Manmohan Singh, the soft-spoken economist who rescued India from near-bankruptcy to make it one of the world’s fastest-growing major economies, has died, leaving behind what analysts call an unfinished blueprint for reform. Singh, who passed away on Thursday at the

South Asia stands on the brink of a severe downturn unless its leaders act decisively to stabilise the region’s economies as they face unrelenting global headwinds and US president-elect Donald Trump’s protectionist trade measures. One of the poorest regions in