Bangladesh is now considered one of the most remarkable economic success stories in Asia. A country soon after its birth in 1971 was described as an “international basket case” by Ural Alexis  Johnson, the former US Under Secretary of State, and the country also faced nearly insurmountable challenges. Bangladesh now with a GDP of US$…

Uzbekistan launched its first gas-to-liquids plant on Saturday, a $3.6 billion project to extract value from domestically produced gas and reduce its dependency on imports of oil products. The UzGTL plant in the southeastern Qashqadaryo province will produce 1.5 million tonnes a year of synthetic liquid fuels, such as kerosene, diesel, liquefied petroleum gas, and…