A free-trade agreement involving the five BIMST-EC member nations -- Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka and Thailand -- is expected to be launched in 2006, the Myanmar Times said in a report. The ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...