Asia Bahrain In a first for the country's maritime and logistics sector, CFA Society Bahrain, a member of the CFA Institute Global Network of Societies, has selected APM Terminals Bahrain as the public listed company to be the subject of its annual research challenge
Asia Thailand Some 1400 km of cables and wires now tangled in bulk above Bangkok's streets will be buried over the next 3 years, as decided by city officials
Asia Turkmenistan The development programme for 2022-2052 sets out a number of goals, including the further active development and strengthening of the sphere of statehood and the promotion of greater public confidence in governmental and social institutions
Asia Singapore The intention of a tax on disposable bags in supermarkets is to "discourage overuse", said the minister of Sustainability and Environment
Asia Bangladesh The country's export earnings in the information technology sector exceeded $1,3 billion; the government's target is to increase the gain to $5 billion by 2025
Asia Kyrgyzstan The project unit of the Eurasian Stabilisation and Development Fund is considering financing the development of digital services with the allocation of $40 million in the near future
Asia Pakistan Archaeologists in the Swat Valley in north-west Pakistan have unearthed a 2.000-year-old Buddhist temple that promises to be one of the oldest in the country
Asia Maldives The country recorded a 44% increase in exports in January 2022, compared to the same period last year, according to the Maldives Customs Service; main import partner was Thailand with 54%, followed by UK, Mauritius, Germany and India
Asia Brunei Launched earlier this month despite a rise in Covid-19 cases in the country, the new tourism package aims at attracting domestic and foreign visitors with tourism products designed specifically for the capital district
Asia Georgia The National Film Center presented the Georgian pavilion for the 17th time at the Berlin International Film Festival - within the framework of the European Film Market that ends today - with four feature films and meetings with Georgian producers
Asia Bhutan Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom, a Bhutanese film by director Pawo Choyning Dorji, has been nominated for an Academy Award - a first for the country; the film is shot at 3000 metres in a valley without electricity, reachable with an eight-day walk
Asia Afghanistan UNICEF has expressed concern over the situation of malnourished children in the country, adding that Indira Gandi Hospital in Kabul receives up to 8 malnourished children every day
Asia Laos More than 70.000 people were affected by floods and other natural disasters in 2021; the figure was presented at a disaster management committee meeting together with the report on the disaster preparedness plan for 2022