Asia Nepal Centre for Informal Sector Services reported an increase in the number of human rights violations in 2022, with 7.376 victims of human rights violations in 2022, up from 6.285 in 2021
Asia Myanmar USAID will provide additional humanitarian aid to the population with USD 50 million; in 2023, more than 17 million people, almost one in three, will need humanitarian assistance, compared to less than one million in 2020
Asia Iran The head of the Iran-China Joint Chamber of Commerce said Iran will open a trade centre in China by the end of the current Iranian calendar year (20 March)
Asia India India reportedly increased its oil purchases from Russia to a record 1,4 million barrels per day in January, 9,2% more than in December
Asia Bhutan Bhutan's Ministry of Education and Skills Development recently conducted a national online coding competition to understand the level of coding concepts in students who took various CodeMonkey courses in schools
Asia Bahrain A bus driver and a public school employee were arrested after a child was found abandoned inside a locked bus outside a house
Asia Bangladesh For the second consecutive quarter, the US became the main source of remittances for Bangladesh, with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in second place
Asia Armenia Armenia and Azerbaijan held the first meeting between the leaders of the South Caucasus nations since October, amid rising tensions over the Karabakh region
Asia Afghanistan According to Saturday's Guardian report, the governemnt banned the sale of all contraceptive drugs and devices to women in Afghanistan
Asia Syria Over 160 aid planes have arrived in the country since the earthquake disaster; Syria continues to receive international aid, with 17 planes landing at Damascus, Latakia, and Aleppo over the weekend
Asia Azerbaijan Azerbaijan and Armenia held the first meeting between the leaders of the South Caucasus nations since October, amid rising tensions over the Karabakh region
Asia Thailand Chaiwat Limlikit-aksorn, who helped expose a major corruption scandal at the top of the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation, has been promoted to a new job in the department
Asia Turkmenistan The Association of Driving Schools has published for the first time in the country 25 3D video lectures on the rules of the road in Turkmen and Russian, on the basis of which it will be possible to prepare oneself for driving licence examinations