Bangladesh Withdraws Duty On Sugar Import To Stabilise Local Market

DHAKA, Feb 27 (NNN-BSS) – Bangladesh’s National Board of Revenue (NBR), yesterday withdrew import duty on both raw and refined sugar, in order to enable consumers to get the sweetener at reduced rates. In a notification, NBR withdrew a 3,000 taka (about 28 U.S. dollars) specific duty on the import…

Police Rescued Kidnapped Child In N. Afghanistan

KUNDUZ, Afghanistan, Feb 27 (NNN-ANA) – The Afghan police have rescued a kidnapped child, in Afghanistan’s northern Kunduz province and arrested an alleged kidnapper, provincial police spokesman, Jumaudin Khaksari said, yesterday. Following search operations, the three-year-old boy was rescued from the kidnappers’ custody, on Saturday evening, and police handed the…

Powerboat Race In Indonesia’s Volcanic Lake Spurred Enthusiasm

By Dames Alexander Sinaga JAKARTA, Feb 27 (NNN-XINHUA) – As Tongam Siahaan and his family strolled along Lake Toba, in Indonesia’s province of North Sumatra yesterday, he took pride in the crater lake that has become one of the venues for the Formula 1 World Powerboat Championship, known as F1H2O.…

Bird-Hit Aircraft Made Emergency Landing In Western India

NEW DELHI, Feb 27 (NNN-PTI) – An aircraft belonging to India’s private airline, IndiGo, was diverted to the nearest airport, after being hit by a bird yesterday, according to the country’s civil aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA). The plane landed safely and no injuries were reported. The…

Iranian Minister Criticised “Transregional States” For Causing “Insecurity, Division”

TEHRAN, Feb 27 (NNN-IRNA) – The presence of “transregional countries” in any region of the world has led to “insecurity and division,” Iranian Students’ News Agency quoted Iranian defence minister as saying, yesterday. Such a presence in West Asia has never been intended to support human rights, promote democracy, or…

Indian Gov’t Says No Restrictions On Export Of Onions

NEW DELHI, Feb 27 (NNN-PTI) – The Indian government, yesterday said, there was no ban on exports of onions from the country, but the export of onion seeds is restricted. According to the federal ministry of commerce and industry, India has exported onions worth 523.8 million U.S. dollars, from Apr…

Four Killed, 10 Wounded In SW Pakistan Blast

ISLAMABAD, Feb 26 (NNN-APP) – At least four people were killed and 10 others wounded today, in a bomb blast in Pakistan’s south-west Balochistan province, the police said. According to the police, the blast took place in the Rukni Bazaar, a busy market in the Barkhan district of the province.…

800 Afghan Youth Commissioned To National Army After Military Training

KABUL, Feb 26 (NNN-ANA) – A total of 800 Afghan youth joined the National Army of Afghanistan yesterday, after completing a three-month military training course, a statement by the country’s Defence Ministry, released here, said. In the graduation ceremony, held here in a military corps, all the 800 youth received…

Mongolia Built About 900-Km Railway In 2022

ULAN BATOR, Feb 26 (NNN-XINHUA) – Mongolia has built around 900-km railway lines in 2022, local media reported yesterday, citing the country’s Ministry of Road and Transport Development. “A total of 876.4 km of new railways, namely Zuunbayan-Khangi railway, Tavantolgoi-Zuunbayan railway and Tavantolgoi-Gashuunsukhait railway were built and put into operation…

25 Injured In Bus Accident In Central Sri Lanka

COLOMBO, Feb 26 (NNN-XINHUA) – Around 25 people were injured, after a bus carrying pilgrims to a popular religious site, skidded off the road and fell down a precipice yesterday, in Sri Lanka’s central district of Kandy, said police. The bus was carrying approximately 48 passengers, who were heading to…
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