SOUTH ASIA
March 4-5: Indian President Pranab Mukherjee will continue his visit to Bangladesh to promote closer bilateral relations.
March 4: Representatives from Indian states affected by Maoist rebels will meet in New Delhi.
March 6: The Supreme Court of Pakistan will resume considering a petition made by former Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani against his disqualification from office.
March 6: Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari will attend the groundbreaking ceremony of the Karachi-Hyderabad superhighway.
March 7: An interministerial committee will consider the allocation of 17 coal blocks to public sector undertakings in India. The blocks have an estimated 8.45 billion tons of reserves.
March 8: Pakistan will close check posts along the border with Afghanistan except to those with valid visas.
March 8: The Maharashtra Federation of University and College Teachers' Organization is threatening to protest if progress is not made on their demands in a Cabinet meeting March 6.
March 9: Korean Air will launch services connecting Seoul to Colombo, Sri Lanka, and Male, Maldives.
EAST ASIA
Unspecified date: United States armed forces in Japan will conduct training flights of its vertical takeoff aircraft, the Osprey.
March 4-11: The Singapore armed forces will hold military exercises in several parts of the country.
March 5: The Chinese National People's Congress convenes in Beijing.
March 5: Former NBA player Dennis Rodman, who has become the first American to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, will leave North Korea after a weeklong visit.
March 6-9: The 19th ASEAN Economic Ministers' Retreat will be held in Hanoi, Vietnam.
March 8: Myanmar President Thein Sein returns from his first official European trip.
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