India’s Ruling Party Wins Three States’ Elections: Preliminary Poll

NEW DELHI, Dec 4 (NNN-PTI) – India’s main ruling party, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), won the elections in the central states of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, and the western state of Rajasthan, preliminary poll showed. While the counting of votes is still underway, the latest data, released by the…

China Donates Smart Classroom To Bangladesh

DHAKA, Dec 4 (NNN-BSS) – The Chinese embassy in Bangladesh, donated the second smart classroom to the country under the China-Bangladesh Friendship Talent Development Project. A ceremony was held to launch the smart classroom at Sofir Uddin High School And College, in the eastern city of Sylhet, yesterday. Addressing the…

Japan Confirms Season’s Fourth Bird Flu Outbreak

TOKYO, Dec 4 (NNN-NHK) – Japan has confirmed an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza, at a poultry farm in the south-western prefecture of Kagoshima, local media reported, yesterday. Work to cull some 23,000 egg-laying chickens at the chicken farm in the city of Izumi started yesterday morning, Jiji Press…

Cambodia Attracts 4.4 Million Int’l Tourists In First 10 Months

KEP, Cambodia, Dec 4 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia recorded 4.4 million international tourist arrivals in the first 10 months of this year, a sharp increase of around 180 percent from 1.57 million over the same period last year, Tourism Minister, Sok Soken, said here, yesterday. “Based on this figure, Cambodia is…

180 Stranded University Students Rescued From Hiking Destination In Sri Lanka

COLOMBO, Dec 3 (NNN-XINHUA) – Sri Lanka’s army and police have rescued about 180 university students, who were stranded in the Hanthana mountain range, during a hike, the police said, today. A spokesman for Kandy headquarter police station said, the students are from Kelaniya University’s Faculty of Medicine in Ragama,…

Bear Attacks In Japan Hit Record High

TOKYO, Dec 3 (NNN-NHK) – Bear attacks across Japan have already amounted to a record high, since record keeping began in fiscal 2006, marking the worst year for bear attacks in the country. The environment ministry said that, there were 193 bear attacks nationwide, in the eight months since Apr,…

Police Arrested 14 Terrorists In Punjab

ISLAMABAD, Dec 3 (NNN-APP) – Police in Pakistan’s east Punjab province, arrested 14 terrorists, including some high-profile targets, during separate operations, the counter-terrorism department (CTD) of police, said. The arrests were made when the CTD launched the operations in eight cities of the province, by acting on intelligence reports regarding…

New Funding To Support Modern Slavery Victims In Australia

CANBERRA, Dec 3 (NNN-AAP) – The Australian government has announced additional funding, to support victims of modern-day slavery, according to a government release, today. Minister for Social Services, Amanda Rishworth, Assistant Minister, Justine Elliot, and Attorney-General, Mark Dreyfus, today committed 14.3 million Australian dollars (9.5 million U.S. dollars) for programmes…

Casualties Rise As Four Killed, 50 Injured In Philippine University Explosion

MANILA, Dec 3 (NNN-PNA) – At least four were killed and 50 injured, in an explosion inside a gym of Mindanao State University, in the Philippines’ southern province of Lanao del Sur, this morning, local military and police said. Major General Gabriel Viray, commander of the Army’s 1st Infantry Division,…

Illicit Opium Imports Into Australia On Rise, Authorities Warn

CANBERRA, Dec 3 (NNN-AAP) – Imports of illicit opium into Australia are on the rise, authorities warned. The Australian Federal Police (AFP) yesterday said, its officers have seized 155 kg of opium en route to Australia via air, parcel and sea cargo, since Jan, 2023 – more than double the…