Afghanistan’s Opium Poppy Cultivation Down 95 Percent Following Drug Ban

KABUL, Nov 5 (NNN-ANA) – The opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan has dropped by an estimated 95 percent, since the country’s caretaker government imposed a drug ban in Apr, 2022, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime said, today. According to the organisation’s report, opium cultivation of the once…

Pilot Dies Following Light Plane Crash In Australia’s Victoria

SYDNEY, Nov 5 (NNN-AAP) – A pilot died and a passenger was injured, after a light plane crashed in the Australian state of Victoria, this morning, according to the local police. At about 7:15 a.m. local time, a gyrocopter plunged to the ground at a private property, on Snipey Road…

Death Toll Rises To 157 From Nepal Earthquake

KATHMANDU, Nov 5 (NNN-XINHUA) – The death toll from a strong earthquake that hit western Nepal on Friday night, has risen to 157, Nepal Police said yesterday. The number of injured has increased to 170, Nepal Police said in a statement. The 6.4-magnitude quake hit Jajarkot and Rukum West districts,…

Cambodia Inaugurates Famed Angkor Wat Temple’s Western Causeway

SIEM REAP, Nov 5 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia inaugurated the western causeway of the famed Angkor Wat temple, in the Angkor Archaeological Park here yesterday, after 19 years of restoration. King Norodom Sihamoni, along with Prime Minister, Hun Manet, attended the inauguration ceremony of the causeway, leading to the main gate…

Lebanon Supports Egypt’s Position In Refusing To Displace Palestinians

BEIRUT, Nov 5 (NNN-NNA) – Lebanon supports the Egyptian president’s position, in refusing to displace Palestinians, and his effort to find a solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, said visiting Lebanese Prime Minister, Najib Mikati, in Cairo, yesterday. “We support the Egyptian president’s position, in refusing to displace the Palestinians from…

Main Line Of Bangladesh’s First Metro Launched In Dhaka

DHAKA, Nov 5 (NNN-BSS) – The main line of Bangladesh’s first metro, with 16 elevated stations, began commercial operations yesterday, setting another milestone in the country’s transportation history. Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina, inaugurated the second part of the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT Line)-6, which is considered the main line of…

Eight New-Born Rare Dolphins Recorded In Cambodia So Far This Year

PHNOM PENH, Nov 5 (NNN-AKP) – A newborn Mekong River Irrawaddy dolphin calf was spotted yesterday, bringing the total number of newborn dolphin calves in Cambodia to eight, so far this year, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said. The new calf was seen by a tourist boat operator…

Local Leader Of India’s Ruling Party Killed By Naxals In Chhattisgarh

NEW DELHI, Nov 5 (NNN-PTI) – A local leader of India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was killed yesterday, by Naxals, in the central state of Chhattisgarh, police said. Ratan Dubey was killed when he was campaigning for the upcoming local elections in Kaushalnar of Narayanpur district, about 274 km…

Hamas To Ban Foreign Passport Holders From Leaving Gaza If Wounded Palestinians Fail To Enter Egypt For Treatment: Source

GAZA, Nov 5 (NNN-WAFA) – Hamas will ban foreign passport holders from leaving Gaza, if injured Palestinians from the northern part of Gaza are not allowed to reach Egyptian hospitals for treatment, via the Rafah border crossing, a Palestinian security source said, yesterday. “All concerned parties must intervene to coordinate…

US Opposes Jordan, Egypt’s Insistence On Immediate Gaza Ceasefire

AMMAN, Nov 5 (NNN-PETRA) – US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, and his counterparts from Egypt and Jordan, agreed on the need to do more to protect Palestinian civilians in Gaza, but a clear point of division emerged on the question of a possible ceasefire. Though the Jordanian and Egyptian…