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The country is exporting its first seasonal consignment of 2.450 tonnes of 'Hilsha' fish, popularly known as 'Elish' in Bengali; the government lifted the ban on the export of 'Hilsha' fish last year

Tshering Dema, a former beneficiary of the school feeding programme developed by the World Food Programme, now provides vegetables to her old school through a farmers' group

China Tourism and Culture Week 2022, launched this week, has five themes, including poverty alleviation through the promotion of intangible cultural heritage, rural revitalisation and Yellow River culture

In Qizan Abu Rashwan, one of the most marginalised areas of the Gaza Strip with 11.000 residents living in poverty, the community initiative Youth Stars Centre - launched in 2017 - is still active to remedy the absence of recreational and educational spac

Experiments in the cultivation of tropical plants are being conducted in the country, with gardeners already growing kiwi and mangoes

Authorities in the eastern Afghan province of Paktia have declared that girls' high schools have been opened in recent days, although the measure has not been officially approved

There is hope that the tourism and creative economy department would provide funds for training where the elder can pass on knowledge to young craftsmen, so that wayang kulit - the traditional art of making puppets for the shadow teather - can continue

Two university students are trying to help the hundreds of thousands of women facing lack of menstrual products, adding to the need of basic items in the flood-stricken country

A mini-bus service was launched this week in Male' City, a step in efforts to improve the integrated national public transport network

230.000 children will receive a Child Development Account top-up of S$200, an amount that will be credited in batches to all Singaporean children aged six and under from 8 September

The Welfare Benefit Board will introduce a system to identify those who are actually in need of financial assistance due to the current economic crisis, among the recipients of Samurdhi, Elderly and Physically Disabled benefits

The yen has weakened above $140 for the first time in nearly a quarter-century, mainly because Japan's central bank is keeping interest rates at minimum levels while the Federal Reserve and other central banks are rising hikes