SASEC Program Is Now on Facebook

22 March 2017

SASEC is now on Facebook, connecting followers to the most up-to-date news on regional cooperation in South Asia, SASEC events, project information, and publications that are all featured daily on www.sasec.asia.

To follow SASEC on Facebook, simply click here; then click “Like” at the top of the page.

The launch of the Facebook page follows SASEC’s recent update of its Andoid and iOS mobile apps. Readers may also follow SASEC on Twitter.

SASEC is working to improve lives in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, and Sri Lanka by increasing trade and economic cooperation within South Asia, creating linkages to East and Southeast Asia, and promoting sustained and inclusive economic growth through regional cooperation. The Asian Development Bank serves as the SASEC Secretariat.

Since 2001, SASEC countries have implemented 46 regional projects worth more than $9 billion in the transport, trade facilitation, energy, economic corridor development, and information and communications technology sectors.

Bangladesh and Maldives are exploring a direct shipping link to strengthen maritime connectivity and further deepen bilateral trade. The proposal was...

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Mr. Md. Shafiqur Rahman, Bangladesh Ambassador to Nepal, and Mr. Gunakar Bhatta, Nepal’s Vice-Chair of the National Planning...

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Bhutan has begun construction of its temple complex in Lumbini, Nepal, on 28 June 2026, marking a major step in...

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Mr. Jayant Singh, chairman of the Land Ports Authority of India (LPAI), shared that the LPAI plans to construct seven to...

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The Governments of India and Nepal held the 10th Project Steering Committee (PSC) and the 8th Joint Working...

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Bangladesh reaffirmed its commitment to fostering regional cooperation among Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic...

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Tata Power and Bhutan's Druk Green Power Corporation (DGPC) have expanded their clean energy partnership by adding the 404...

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