South Asian Business news and information

According to the United Nations, the effect of cyclone Sidr was much worse than expected earlier. Indian police has arrested 16 persons while trading in tiger skins and body parts in Uttar Pradesh. Reliance Communications has been given the pan-India GSM licence on Thursday. Indian oil refiners are thinking about entering into global market. Doing business in India is tougher than Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal.

Ahead of the third test, Pakistan is hoping to repeat the success of 2005 to level the series. Zaheer Khan has been ruled out from the third test because of his ankle injury.

Sri Lanka’s mobile service provider Mobitel has introduced M3 network in the country. Sri Lanka is facing strong challenge from India over chilly exports.

Providing education has been proven as an effective way to tackle child labor in Nepal. Miracle women are helping people out regarding childhood illnesses including pneumonia, diarrhea etc in Nepal. Biogas technology has been introduced in Nepal already.

Mission 2011 was officially launched in Bangladesh. A seminar was organized by Bangladesh Telecentre Network (BTN) in this regard.