Brunei’s New Head Coach To Change National Football Landscape: Official

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Feb 4 (NNN-BBN) – K Rajagobal, the newly appointed head coach of Brunei’s national football team, is expected to change the country’s football landscape, Haji Matusin, President of the National Football Association Brunei Darussalam (NFABD) said. “The arrival of Rajagobal in Brunei Darussalam serves to provide a…

Myanmar Denies Banknotes Demonetisation Rumours

YANGON, Feb 4 (NNN-MNA) – Myanmar’s State Administration Council, announced yesterday that, citizens can still continue to use the 5,000 and 10,000 kyat notes, legally. The council said, rumours and fake news spread in social media, about the demonetisation of the 5,000 and 10,000 kyat notes. Meanwhile, the Central Bank…

Mongolia’s Capital To Be On Lockdown During Lunar New Year Due To COVID-19

ULAN BATOR, Feb 4 (NNN-MONGOLIAWEB) – Mongolia’s State Emergency Commission (SEC) yesterday decided to impose lockdown measures again, here in the capital city Ulan Bator, during the traditional White Moon festival or the Lunar New Year, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The total lockdown for a period of two weeks…

Aero India 2021 Kicked Off In Bangalore

BENGALURU, Feb 4 (NNN-PTI) – At the 13th edition of the Aero India International Air Show, Defence Minister, Rajnath Singh, said, the event, which is being conducted in a hybrid format, with a concurrent virtual exhibition, has truly gone digital and global. The show, organised by the Defence Research and Development Organisation…

Iraq Declares Killing Of Senior Daesh Leader Near Baghdad

BAGHDAD, Feb 3 (NNN-NINA) – Iraqi Prime Minister, Mustafa al-Kadhimi, declared yesterday that, a senior leader of the Daesh group was killed, near the Iraqi capital, Baghdad. Abu Hassan al-Ghreibawi, the group leader in southern Iraq, and Ghanim Sabah, responsible for the movement of the Daesh operatives, were killed, al-Kadhimi,…

Car Bomb Kills Four Security Personnel In S. Afghanistan

TIRIN KOT, Afghanistan, Feb 3 (NNN-XINHUA) – Four security personnel have been killed and three others wounded, as a car bomb rocked the Chinarak area, outside Tirin Kot, capital of Afghanistan’s southern Uruzgan province, today, provincial governor, Mohammad Omar Shirzad said.

Malaysia High Court Delivers Verdict On Isa Samad’s RM 3 million Graft Case

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 3 (NNN-BERNAMA) – Former Felda chairman, Mohd Isa Samad, was found guilty of nine counts of corruption, linked to the purchase of a hotel, in the State of Sarawak (East Malaysia). The Kuala Lumpur High Court today ruled that the defence failed to raise reasonable doubt, in…

India’s COVID-19 Tally Rises To 10,777,284

NEW DELHI, Feb 3 (NNN-PTI) – India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 10,777,284 today, as 11,039 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours, the latest data from the federal health ministry showed. According to the official data, the death toll mounted to 154,596, as 110 COVID-19 patients died since…

Western Australia’s Bushfire Destroys Over 70 Homes

SYDNEY, Feb 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The bushfire at east of Perth, capital of the state of Western Australia (WA), destroyed more than 70 homes but there was no evidence of any life loss so far, local authorities said, today. Although an approaching cyclone might bring heavy rain to Perth, the…

Laos Strictly Monitors Self-Quarantine Of Returning Workers Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

VIENTIANE, Feb 3 (NNN-KPL) – The Lao government instructed local authorities to carefully monitor people entering Laos, and quarantine returning workers, to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Deputy Director General of the Department of Communicable Diseases Control, under the Lao Ministry of Health, Phonepaserd Sayamoungkhoun, said that, local authorities must…