Bangladesh’s Dengue Death Toll Passes 350, With 101 New Deaths This Month

DHAKA, Aug 10 (NNN-BSS) – Bangladesh reported 12 dengue deaths yesterday, down from 13 a day earlier, bringing the total number of fatalities in the country to 352 this year, said the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). It also reported 2,844 new infections over the past 24 hours, as…

Four Dead, Over 315,000 Displaced In Flood-Hit Cox’s Bazar

COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh, Aug 9 (NNN-BSS) – The International Rescue Committee (IRC), yesterday said, it has relocated over 15,000 Rohingya refugees and 300,000 members of the local communities in flash flood-hit Cox’s Bazar district of Bangladesh. At least four people, including two Rohingya refugees, are reported to have died in…

Malaysia’s Construction Sector Up 8.1 Percent In Q2

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 9 (NNN-BERNAMA) – Malaysia’s construction sector continued to expand in the second quarter of the year, with the value of work done rising by 8.1 percent year-on-year to 32.4 billion ringgit (about 7.08 billion U.S. dollars), official data showed today. The Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM), said…

Two Dead, Four Injured In S. Korea’s Building Floor Collapse

SEOUL, Aug 9 (NNN-YONHAP) – Two men were confirmed dead and four others were injured, as the top floor of a building under construction in South Korea collapsed today. The ninth floor of the nine-story building under construction, in Anseong, some 60 km south-east of Seoul, collapsed onto the eighth…

Singapore PM Calls For Trust In Government, Vows Better Livelihood

SINGAPORE, Aug 9 (NNN-XINHUA) – Singapore’s Prime Minister, Lee Hsien Loong, yesterday pledged to keep governing system free of corruption and called on citizens to strengthen trust in the authority, while delivering his National Day message. Noting that the city-state has seen disreputable cases involving political figures, Lee stressed that…

Iran, Vietnam Signed MoU To Promote Parliamentary Cooperation

TEHRAN, Aug 9 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran and Vietnam, yesterday, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU), to expand parliamentary cooperation, according to the ICANA news agency of the Iranian parliament. The MoU was signed by Iranian Parliament Speaker, Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, and visiting Chairman of Vietnam’s National Assembly, Vuong Dinh Hue,…

Pakistan’s Federal Gov’t To Step Down Today: Prime Minister

ISLAMABAD, Aug 9 (NNN-APP) – Pakistani Prime Minister, Shahbaz Sharif, said yesterday that, the country’s federal government will step down today, following which a caretaker setup will take charge, till the next general elections. Sharif made the remarks, when he paid a farewell visit to the Pakistan Army’s general headquarters…

Skills Shortage To Cost Australia Billions, Universities Warn

CANBERRA, Aug 9 (NNN-AAP) – Australia’s peak universities body, warned that the nation’s skills shortage will cost billions of dollars every year, without action to help more students graduate. In a speech to the National Press Club today, Universities Australia chair, David Lloyd, revealed that, low university degree attainment rates…

New Zealand Triples Marine Protection Area, Banning Bottom-Contact Fishing

WELLINGTON, Aug 9 (NNN-XINHUA) – The New Zealand government has nearly tripled the marine protection areas in the Hauraki Gulf, with the practice of bottom trawling and Danish seining to be banned from large areas, to protect the seafloor. The coverage of Auckland’s maritime area that’s under protection has increased…

Israel Demolishes Palestinian Attacker’s Home: Army

JERUSALEM, Aug 9 (NNN-WAFA) – Israeli forces, yesterday, demolished the home of a Palestinian gunman, who killed two Israeli brothers in the occupied West Bank in Feb. Abd el-Fatah Kharousha, 49, carried out a drive-by shooting attack near the Palestinian town of Hawara on Feb 26, killing Hallel Yaniv, 21,…