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.

The Government of Bangladesh has launched a fully automated trade clearance system, making the submission and issuance of...

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Assam and Bhutan have pledged to strengthen their bilateral tourism ties by collaborating on smoother and more accessible...

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Nepal began its regular export of electricity to Bangladesh, by sending 40 megawatts (MW) of electricity through India's...

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In a landmark move to enhance tourism cooperation between India and Nepal, the Indian Association of Tour Operators...

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Reliance Power of India has signed a major agreement with Green Digital Private Limited, a Bhutan government-owned entity,...

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The Adani Group of India and the Druk Green Power Corporation (DGPC) of Bhutan have signed a landmark...

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Mr. Deepak Khadka, Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation of the Government of Nepal, and Mr. Manohar...

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