Asia Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has instructed to completely ban the importation of palm oil with immediate effect
Asia Iran The Minister of Sport and Youth announced in a virtual meeting that the country is ready to host D8 Youth Summit in 2022
Asia Kyrgyzstan Ulanbek Asanov has been appointed as Chairman of the Social Fund under the Ministry of Health and Social Development
Asia Bahrain The Ministry of Transportation and Telecommunications (MTT) has begun procurement for a public–private partnership scheme for a 109km urban rail transit network
Asia Mongolia Mongolian contractor MCS International will build the first solar plant with a battery storage system with Japanese JGC Holdings and NGK Insulators
Asia Vietnam Vietnamese asset manager VinaCapital in joint venture with GS Energy of South Korea will build a $3 billion power station in Long An province
Asia China The remains of a 3,000-year-old gold mask have been found at the archaeological site of Sanxingdui in the southern Chinese province of Sichuan
Asia Tajikistan The World Bank approved additional financing of $10 million for the Tajikistan Rural Electrification Project, to provide electricity access for residents in remote, mountainous areas in the south
Asia Uzbekistan According to Uzbekistan’s central bank recent report, the country exported 687 tons of gold for the past ten years, for the first time disclosing 10-year dynamics of its main export commodity