ASEAN Investment Push: An 18-member ASEAN Dhaka Committee delegation visited Bangladesh Special Economic Zone (BSEZ), touring factories and discussing incentives, infrastructure, and ways to deepen regional industrial cooperation. Wildlife & Climate Impact: A new study says Cyclone Senyar’s floods and landslides in Indonesia’s Sumatra killed at least 58 critically endangered Tapanuli orangutans—about 7% of the species—linking the disaster to more intense extreme rainfall likely worsened by climate change. Cybersecurity for ASEAN: Fortinet launched a Singapore cloud PoP for FortiNDR, aiming to bring network detection and response closer to customers across the region as cloud and hybrid adoption expands. Brunei Tech & Entrepreneurship: Universiti Brunei Darussalam relaunched its Start-Up Center and Entrepreneurship Village to help students, alumni, researchers and young entrepreneurs test and scale new ventures. Education for the Future: Brunei’s Education Minister said education systems must evolve to be resilient and inclusive, with stronger stakeholder cooperation to tackle issues like the digital divide and curriculum change. Regional Tech/Science Monitoring: A conservation project is building acoustic “soundscape baselines” (including Brunei sites) to track forest health using bioacoustics when satellites and canopy views miss what’s happening below. South China Sea Tensions: The Philippines protested China’s deployment of a floating “structure” at Scarborough Shoal, saying it could be part of efforts to expand an island base.