Asia Bangladesh An auto-fine system will be launched today on Dhaka-Chittagong highway: it will automatically detect speeding, illegal parking, driving against traffic with AI-powered cameras; police urged transport owners, workers, stakeholders to support the initiative
Europe Romania Public authorities and central and local institutions are obliged to include on their Internet pages, in a visible place, an electronic link to the national platform for emergency preparedness 'fiipregătit.ro'
Asia Qatar Qatar's national breast and bowel cancer screening programme, 'Screen For Life', led by the Primary Health Care Corporation, achieved significant results in early detection and with more people getting screened
Africa Egypt A renovated wing of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo - which houses a 16-metre papyrus scroll recovered last year - has been inaugurated; it is the first phase of wider renovations to the ancient complex
America Dominican Republic The mayor of Santo Domingo said that the city is in a seismic-vulnerable zone and the councilor of the National District for the Dominican Liberation Party raised the need for a seismic vulnerability and resilience study to create resistance conditions
Europe Switzerland The government will invest more than 11 billion francs to improve roads with expansion projects by 2030
Asia Philippines The order to import about 450.000 tonnes of sugar by the Department of Agriculture is aimed at managing inflation and building up a reserve stock to adequately meet the country's needs
Asia Tajikistan Avalanche damage to energy facilities in the Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region has been estimated at 1,7 million somoni (€145.000); the risk of further avalanches remains high in the country
Europe Czech Republic The Czech government organised a meeting of the countries that could fight together against the new emission standards for cars, which according to the country are unreasonably strict and pose a danger to the European automotive industry
Europe Slovakia The country commemorated 5th anniversary of murder of investigative journalist Ján Kuciak, his fiancée and archaeologist Martina Kušnírová, triggering huge protests in the country's, while media workers demanded greater government protection
Asia United Arab Emirates The Museum of the Future hosted 1.000 children to commemorate its first anniversary; more than one million visitors have visited the building so far in a year
Europe Luxembourg According to estimates by the Chamber of Commerce, the country will need an additional 270.000 workers by 2030, a figure that worries the industrial sector, craft enterprises and banking sector; foreign workers account for 70% of Luxembourg's workforce
Asia Oman The Environment Authority opened telephone number 80071999 to report any incident of pollution or assaulting wildlife, stranding and death of turtles and marine mammals in the Sultanate
Oceania Tonga Crown Prince Tupouto'a 'Ulukalala is visiting Australia as part of the Canberra Fellowships Program