Asia Business Report is a business news programme produced by the BBC

BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...

 and is shown on BBC World News during the Asian morning hours. This programme used to be available exclusively in Asia Pacific, South Asia

South Asia

South Asia, also known as Southern Asia, is the southern region of the Asian continent, which comprises the sub-Himalayan countries and, for some authorities , also includes the adjoining countries to the west and the east...

 and Middle East

Middle East

The Middle East is a region that encompasses Western Asia and Northern Africa. It is often used as a synonym for Near East, in opposition to Far East...

 but, as of a February 1, 2010 revamp, is now aired worldwide. It is also currently aired on the UK's domestic BBC News (TV channel) channel 3 times daily in the early hours of the morning as part of the Newsday programme.

It is broadcast from the BBC

BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...

's Singapore bureau which is in the central business district(CBD)

Central business district

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 of Singapore

Singapore

Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

. The main presenters are Rico Hizon

Rico Hizon

Rico Hizon is a Filipino broadcast journalist with BBC World News. He anchors Newsday and Asia Business Report, which is broadcast to more than 300 million households worldwide...

 (Monday-Thursday) and Sharanjit Leyl

Sharanjit Leyl

Sharanjit Leyl is a Singaporean Producer/Presenter, with BBC World News. She regularly anchors Asia Business Report and Newsday from the BBC's Singapore studio. She is also a reporter and producer on the shows along with World Business Report...

 (Friday). Mishal Husain

Mishal Husain

Mishal Husain is a television news presenter for the BBC's international news channel, BBC World News, presenting Impact between 1400 and 1600 GMT every Monday to Thursday as well as presenting the Sunday evening editions of the BBC Weekend News on BBC One...

 once presented this programme but has since returned to Britain to present the main BBC News

BBC News

BBC News is the department of the British Broadcasting Corporation responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs. The department is the world's largest broadcast news organisation and generates about 120 hours of radio and television output each day, as well as online...

 bulletin for BBC World News.

Schedule

(all times GMT)

Weekdays:

2230-2245, 2330–2345, 0130-0145, 0230-0245, 0330-0345 - Rico Hizon

Rico Hizon

Rico Hizon is a Filipino broadcast journalist with BBC World News. He anchors Newsday and Asia Business Report, which is broadcast to more than 300 million households worldwide...

 (Mon-Wed, Alt Thurs-Fri) / Sharanjit Leyl

Sharanjit Leyl

Sharanjit Leyl is a Singaporean Producer/Presenter, with BBC World News. She regularly anchors Asia Business Report and Newsday from the BBC's Singapore studio. She is also a reporter and producer on the shows along with World Business Report...

(Alt Thurs-Fri)