Bangladesh’s Domestic, Foreign Loan Interest Payments Surpass One Trillion Taka For First Time

DHAKA, Sept 28 (NNN-BSS) – The Bangladeshi government’s interest payments against loans from both domestic and foreign sources, surged 24.5 percent in the fiscal year 2023-24 (Jul 2023-Jun 2024), exceeding a record one-trillion-taka mark, for the first time in history. According to the finance ministry’s fiscal report released recently, over…

Uzbekistan, Egypt Set Up Joint Chamber Of Commerce

TASHKENT, Sept 28 (NNN-UzA) – Uzbekistan and Egypt agreed to establish a joint Chamber of Commerce, Uzbek media reported, yesterday. The agreement was reached during a meeting in Tashkent on Thursday, between representatives from the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Uzbekistan (CCI) and Egypt’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said…

India Reports Third Case Of Mpox

NEW DELHI, Sept 28 (NNN-PTI) – One more case of monkeypox (mpox) was detected yesterday in India, taking the tally to three in the country. A 38-year-old man has been confirmed to be infected with the mpox virus in Kerala, the second case in the state, so far. “Sources said,…

Vehicle Crash Killed Four In Australia’s New South Wales

SYDNEY, Sept 28 (NNN-AAP) – Four people, including two young men aged 18 and 19, died in a two-vehicle crash, in the rural area of Australia’s State of New South Wales (NSW), NSW police said in a statement, this morning. The police said, emergency services were called to the scene…

Cambodian Gov’t Approves 23 Power Investment Projects For Next Six Years

PHNOM PENH, Sept 28 (NNN-AKP) – The Cambodian government, yesterday, approved 23 power investment projects, totally worth 5.79 billion U.S. dollars, for 2024-2029, aiming at addressing the shortage of energy sources, said a press release. The approval was made during a weekly cabinet meeting, chaired by Prime Minister, Hun Manet,…

India’s Forex Reserves Rise To 692.30 Billion USD

NEW DELHI, Sept 28 (NNN-PTI) – India’s foreign exchange (forex) reserves, rose by 2.84 billion U.S. dollars during the week, ended Sept 20, to reach the all-time high of 692.30 billion dollars, revealed data released by the country’s central bank, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), yesterday. According to reports,…

Lebanon Violence Forces More Than 90,000 People From Their Homes: UN

UNITED NATIONS, Sept 28 (NNN-XINHUA) – This week’s violence in Lebanon has forced more than 90,000 people from their homes, with 70,000 cramming into 400 schools and other sites, UN humanitarians said. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), tallied the number of displacements since Monday with…

Calcitrant Netanyahu Insists On Carrying Out Attacks In Lebanon, Threatens Iran

UNITED NATIONS, Sept 28 (NNN-XINHUA) – The Israeli regime’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, yesterday said at the United Nations General Assembly that, there would be no immediate truce in his regime’s rapidly escalating conflict with Lebanon. “We face savage enemies who seek our annihilation, and we must defend ourselves against…

Iran’s president condemns Israeli attacks on Beirut as flagrant “war crime”

TEHRAN, Sept 28 (NNN-IRNA) – Iranian President, Masoud Pezeshkian, yesterday, condemned recent Israeli airstrikes on Dahieh, a southern suburb of Beirut, as a “flagrant and unconceivable war crime.” In a message, Pezeshkian said, Israel’s actions against the Palestinian and Lebanese people, underscore the international community’s failure to halt what he…

U.S.-Led Coalition Mission In Iraq Drawing To End By Sept Next Year

WASHINGTON, Sept 28 (NNN-XINHUA) – The U.S.-led international mission, formed a decade ago, to combat the Daesh extremist group in Iraq will cease to exist by Sept, 2025, said a joint statement issued yesterday by the U.S. and Iraqi governments. There will be, however, a “transitioning to bilateral security partnerships,…