Myanmar Imposes Stay-At-Home Order In Letpadan, Amid Rise Of COVID-19 Infections

YANGON, Jun 19 (NNN-MNA) – Myanmar’s Ministry of Health and Sports, imposed a stay-at-home order in Letpadan township, Bago region, state-run media reported yesterday. The stay-at-home order will be in effect starting today, as the township has recently seen a rise in COVID-19 test positivity rate. According to the ministry’s…

250 Million USD ADB Loan To Support Bangladesh Social Resilience Programme

DHAKA, Jun 19 (NNN-BSS) – The Asian Development Bank (ADB), yesterday, approved a 250-million-U.S. dollar policy-based loan, to the government of Bangladesh, to help finance reforms, aimed at improving the inclusiveness and responsiveness of the country’s social development and resilience programme. The Strengthening Social Resilience Programme will include institutional and…

Indian Lawmakers Grill Twitter Officials Over Non-Compliance Of Rules

NEW DELHI, Jun 19 (NNN-PTI) – A committee of Indian lawmakers, grilled two Twitter India employees here yesterday, over the social media platform’s “failure” in complying with the new Information Technology (IT) rules, framed by the Indian government, according to local media reports. The new rules entail provision of an…

New COVID-19 Hospital Opened In Afghan Capital Kabul

KABUL, Jun 18 (NNN-XINHUA) – Afghanistan inaugurated its fourth fully-equipped COVID-19 hospital in the capital Kabul, amid report of rising new cases, the Afghan Public Health Ministry announced today. The 50-bed Afghan-Indonesia hospital, equipped with oxygen producing device, emergency section and other required medical equipment, was dedicated for the patients’…

Ex-Japan Justice Minister Sentenced To Three Years In Jail For Vote Buying

TOKYO, Jun 18 (NNN-NHK) – Former Japanese Justice Minister, Katsuyuki Kawai, was sentenced to three years in prison today, for buying votes, with the intention of securing a seat for his wife in an upper house election, in 2019. The 58-year-old former lawmaker, under sentencing at the Tokyo District Court,…

Cambodia’s COVID-19 Infection Rates Continue To Rise As 799 New Cases Confirmed

PHNOM PENH, Jun 18 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia registered 799 new COVID-19 cases today, bringing the national case tally to 41,581, the Ministry of Health (MoH) said in a statement. The new infections included 702 local cases and 97 imported cases, the MoH said. Fourteen more fatalities were recorded, taking the…

Japan To Lift State Of Emergency For Tokyo, New Zealand Announces COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout Plan For General Population

HONG KONG, Jun 18 (NNN-XINHUA) – The Japanese government decided to lift the COVID-19 state of emergency for nine prefectures, including Tokyo, from Monday, as New Zealand announced the COVID-19 vaccine rollout plan for the general population. The state of emergency is currently set to end for all prefectures in…

Local Cases Continue To Increase In Sydney, Masks Reintroduced For Public Transport

SYDNEY, Jun 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The Australian state of New South Wales (NSW), recorded one new locally acquired case of COVID-19, which will be included in tomorrow’s figures, as the person tested positive late last night. At the same time, the state’s official figure for today is two cases, who…

World Bank Says Cambodia’s Economy To Rebound By Four Percent This Year

PHNOM PENH, Jun 18 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia’s economy is projected to grow four percent in 2021, after contracting 3.1 percent in 2020, said the World Bank’s latest report. However, this recovery remains uneven and volatile, due in part to the reintroduction of a domestic lockdown, to control the spread of…

Afghanistan Registers 2,313 New COVID-19 Cases With 101 Deaths

KABUL, Jun 18 (NNN-XINHUA) – A total of 2,313 new COVID-19 positive cases have been registered in Afghanistan, over the past 24 hours, taking the number of affected patients to 98,844 in the country, a statement from the Public Health Ministry said yesterday. According to the statement, 101 patients died…