S. Korea Logged Trade Deficit For First 10 Days Of Feb

SEOUL, Feb 13 (NNN-YONHAP) – South Korea logged trade deficit for the first 10 days of Feb, due to a faster increase in import than export, customs office data showed, today. Trade deficit amounted to 4.97 billion U.S. dollars, during the Feb 1-10 period, up from a deficit of 3.57…

New Zealand Declared State Of Emergency As Cyclone Gabrielle Arrived

WELLINGTON, Feb 13 (NNN-XINHUA) – New Zealand declared state of emergency today, as Cyclone Gabrielle started to lash the North Island. People in several regions, such as Northland and Auckland, the country’s largest city, have been warned of high risk of tidal flooding, by the civil defence department. Thousands of…

Sri Lanka Postponed Non-Essential, Non-Urgent Surgeries At Gov’t Hospitals

COLOMBO, Feb 13 (NNN-XINHUA) – Sri Lankan Health Minister, Keheliya Rambukwella, yesterday announced that, all non-essential and non-urgent surgeries at government hospitals have been postponed. He said that, essential and urgent surgeries will be carried out without hindrance, and that the measure is only temporary. The decision comes, in wake…

Bangladeshi Ruling Party Nominated Presidential Candidate

DHAKA, Feb 13 (NNN-BSS) – Md Shahabuddin Chuppu, a former Anti-Corruption Commission official, is all set to become the next president of Bangladesh, as the country’s ruling party nominated him as its presidential candidate, yesterday. A delegation of Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina’s ruling Bangladesh Awami League (AL) party, led by…

Indian PM Inaugurated First Phase Of Delhi-Mumbai Expressway

NEW DELHI, Feb 13 (NNN-PTI) – Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, yesterday, inaugurated the first phase of the Delhi-Mumbai expressway. The foundation stone of the 246-km Delhi-Dausa-Lalsot stretch of the Delhi-Mumbai expressway was laid in Rajasthan, a state in northern India. Officials said, the expressway will cut down travel time…

Cambodian PM Orders Revocation Of License Of West-Backed Radio Over Slanderous Broadcast

PHNOM PENH, Feb 13 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodian Prime Minister, Samdech Techo Hun Sen, yesterday ordered the Ministry of Information, to revoke the license of the West-backed VOD (Voice of Democracy) radio, for spreading “slanderous” information. “To protect the government’s honour, I decided to end this case, allowing the Ministry of…

Pakistan To Start Polio Vaccination Campaign In 39 Districts

ISLAMABAD, Feb 13 (NNN-APP) – A polio vaccination campaign is set to kick off from today, in 39 districts of Pakistan, to vaccinate more than six million children under the age of five, the Pakistani Health Ministry said. The five-day polio drive has been primarily initiated, after sewage samples in…

China-Maldives Ophthalmology Centre Assistance, Cooperation Programme Inaugurated

, MALÉ, Maldives, Feb 13 (NNN-PSM) – An inauguration ceremony of the China-Maldives ophthalmology centre, assistance and cooperation programme, was held in Hulhumale Hospital, with the participation of Vice President of the Maldives, Faisal Naseem and other officials. Naseem expressed his gratitude for the China-aided centre, and the medical expert…

US and Canada military shoot down new unidentified object

 OTTAWA, Feb 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Another unidentified object has been shot down over North American airspace, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has confirmed. He said the latest object “violated Canadian airspace” and was shot down over Yukon in north-west Canada. Both Canadian and US aircraft were scrambled to track down…

Kenya makes first bulk shipment of value added tea worth Ksh 3.7B to Australia

NAIROBI, Feb 12 (NNN-KBC) — Kenya has made the first bulk shipment of value added tea worth Ksh 3.7 billion to Australia as the government embarks on measures to cut bulk export of raw tea. The tea consignment weighing 2.68 metric tonnes was flagged off by Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mithika…
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