Bangladesh’s Export-Oriented Factories To Reopen Amid COVID-19 Lockdown

DHAKA, Aug 1 (NNN-BSS) – The Bangladeshi government decided to allow export-oriented factories to resume production today (Aug 1), amid the ongoing COVID-19 lockdown, according to a gazette notification, issued by the Cabinet Division yesterday. According to the notification, export-oriented factories will remain out of the purview of the lockdown,…

Cambodia Receives New Batch Of China’s Sinovac COVID-19 Vaccine

PHNOM PENH, Aug 1 (NNN-XINHUA) – A plane carrying a new batch of Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine landed in Phnom Penh, capital of Cambodia, yesterday, giving another boost to the country in its vaccination drive. Health ministry’s secretary of state, Yok Sambath, who welcomed the arrival of the vaccine, at the…

Pakistan Adds 4,950 New COVID-19 Cases With Over Eight Percent Positivity Rate

ISLAMABAD, Jul 31 (NNN-APP) – Pakistan added 4,950 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, with a positivity rate of 8.46 percent, the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) said, today. The NCOC said, the country’s number of overall confirmed cases has jumped to 1,029,811, including 940,164 recoveries. A…

India’s Index Of Eight Core Industries Rises 8.9 Percent In June

NEW DELHI, Jul 31 (NNN-PTI) – India’s index of eight core industries increased by 8.9 percent in June, according to the data from India’s Ministry of Commerce and Industry, yesterday. “The combined index of eight core industries stood at 126.6 in Jun, 2021, which increased by 8.9 percent (provisional) as…

Afghan Airstrikes Kill 21 Militants In Northern Jawzjan Province

SHIBERGHAN, Afghanistan, Jul 31 (NNN-XINHUA) – A total of 21 militants were confirmed dead, as fighting planes struck Taliban positions in Afghanistan’s northern Jawzjan province yesterday, army spokesman in the northern region, Mohammad Hanif Rezai, said today. The sorties targeted Taliban positions and hideouts in Murghab, Hasantabin, Atma and adjoining…

Double Road Accidents Claim 20 Lives In Afghanistan

MEHTARLAM, Afghanistan, Jul 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) – At least 20 commuters were confirmed dead, in two road accidents, in eastern Laghman province, today, provincial government spokesman, Asadullah Dawlatzai, said. “The first accident took place when a mini-bus and a car collided in Qargai district, very early this morning. As a result,…

Mongolia Reports 1,286 New COVID-19 Cases, Six More Deaths

ULAN BATOR, Jul 31 (NNN-XINHUA) – Mongolia reported 1,286 new COVID-19 infections, in the last 24 hours, taking the national tally to 164,155, the country’s health ministry said today. More than 7,000 samples were tested across the country in the past day, and the latest confirmed cases were all locally…

India’s COVID-19 Tally Rises To 31,613,993

NEW DELHI, Jul 31 (NNN-PTI) – India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 31,613,993 today, as 41,649 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours across the country, the federal health ministry’s latest data showed. Besides, as many as 593 deaths due to the pandemic, since yesterday morning, took the total…

WHO Urges Fast, Collective Actions As Cambodia Races Against COVID-19 Variants

PHNOM PENH, Jul 31 (NNN-AKP) – World Health Organisation (WHO) representative to Cambodia, Li Ailan, called for swift and collective actions, as Cambodia is racing against COVID-19 variants. In a statement released late yesterday, Li said, the pandemic is far from over, and the numbers of daily confirmed COVID-19 cases…

Indian Gov’t Reports Zero Fatalities In Train Accidents In Last Two Years

NEW DELHI, Jul 31 (NNN-PTI) – India’s Ministry of Railways said yesterday, the number of passenger fatalities in the consequential train accidents during the last two years has fallen to zero. Train accidents have also shown a declining trend over the last five years. “During the last five years, i.e.…