Thailand’s Manufacturing Sector Expanded Further Last Month

BANGKOK, Jul 2 (NNN-TNA) – Thailand’s manufacturing sector expanded for the second consecutive month in Jun, due to strong growth in output and employment, amid slower falls in new orders, a survey showed, yesterday. The country’s manufacturing purchasing managers’ index (PMI) was recorded at 51.7 last month, up from 50.3…

Iraqi Forces Defused Six Bombs Hidden In Historic Al-Nuri Mosque

BAGHDAD, Jul 1 (NNN-NINA) – Iraqi explosive experts have defused six bombs, believed to have been planted by the Daesh militants years ago, in the historic al-Nuri Mosque in Mosul, a police source said, yesterday. “They were homemade bombs planted in a complex way, but the explosive experts have dismantled…

Investigation Underway As Severe Bus Crash Killed Three, Injured Dozens In Northern Queensland

SYDNEY, Jul 1 (NNN-AAP) – Australian police are currently investigating the cause of a serious two-vehicle traffic crash, after three female passengers aboard a bus were killed in Queensland, during the weekend. Just after 11:00 a.m. local time yesterday, a four-wheel drive towing a caravan, and a bus crashed on…

Indonesia Posted Annual Inflation Of 2.51 Percent In June

JAKARTA, Jul 1 (NNN-ANTARA) – Indonesia posted a 2.51 percent annual inflation rate in Jun, down from the previous month’s 2.84 percent, but still within the central bank’s target range of 1.5 percent to 3.5 percent, Statistics Indonesia (BPS) said, today. “The annual inflation rate in Jun, this year was…

Six Killed, 25 Injured In Rain-Related Incidents In Pakistan’s Balochistan

ISLAMABAD, Jul 1 (NNN-APP) – At least six people were killed, and 25 others injured, in rain-related incidents over the past five days, in Pakistan’s south-west Balochistan province, officials from the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) of Balochistan said yesterday. The recent spell of heavy rains triggered landslides, blocking major…

Five Sri Lankan Fishermen Died After Consuming Contents Found In Bottle Floating In Sea

COLOMBO, Jul 1 (NNN-XINHUA) – Five Sri Lankan fishermen, who consumed the contents in a bottle floating in the sea, on Saturday, had died by yesterday afternoon, Navy Spokesman, Captain Gayan Wickramasuriya, said. The navy spokesman said, the victims are part of a six-man crew that sailed from the Tangalle…

Cambodia Launches Tourism Marketing, Promotion Board

PHNOM PENH, Jul 1 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia launched a tourism marketing and promotion board, aiming at promoting the tourism sector to the international markets, said a Ministry of Tourism’s statement, yesterday. Led by Tourism Minister, Sok Soken, the Cambodia Tourism Marketing and Promotion Board (CTB) consists of representatives from eight…

500,000 Stimulant Tablets Seized In Yangon

YANGON, Jul 1 (NNN-MNA) – Myanmar authorities seized 500,000 stimulant tablets in southern Myanmar’s Yangon Region, according to a statement from the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control (CCDAC), yesterday. Acting on a tip-off, anti-narcotics police intercepted a vehicle, at the Aung Mingalar Highway Station, in Mingaladon Township of Yangon…

Bangladesh Passes 68 Billion USD Budget For Next Fiscal Year

DHAKA, Jul 1 (NNN-BSS) – Bangladesh parliament, yesterday, passed a record 7.97-trillion-taka (68-billion-U.S. dollar) national budget, for the 2024-25 fiscal year, (Jul, 2024-Jun, 2025). Finance Minister, Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali, placed before parliament the annual budget of Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina’s government. Unanimously by voice vote, parliament passed the budget…

Lao Gov’t Mulls Measures To Tackle Inflation

VIENTIANE, Jul 1 (NNN-KPL) – The Lao government will further coordinate with related sectors, to effectively tackle rising inflation and foreign exchange rates, in order to reduce their impact on the prices of goods. Laos’ Ministry of Industry and Commerce, will promote scientific and focused cooperation between research institutions, to…