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…

Tourism boost as chartered flight from China lands in Kenya

Chinese tourists received at JKIA NAIROBI, Feb 12 (NNN-KBC) — Kenya’s tourism sector received a major boost with the arrival of the first chartered flight this year from China on Saturday. The trip comes barely a month after China lifted covid-19 restrictions that had lasted three years due to the…

Cambodian King Flew To Beijing For Regular Medical Checkup

PHNOM PENH, Feb 12 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodian King, Norodom Sihamoni, along with his mother, former Queen, Norodom Monineath Sihanouk, left here today for Beijing, for a routine medical checkup. At the Phnom Penh International Airport, the royal family was seen off by Cambodian Prime Minister, Samdech Techo Hun Sen and…

Ethiopian Airlines adds two Chinese cities to its cargo destinations

ADDIS ABABA, Feb 12 (NNN-XINHUA) — Ethiopian Airlines, Ethiopia’s national flag carrier, announced that it has added the southern Chinese cities of Xiamen and Shenzhen to its cargo destinations. In a press statement issued late Friday, the airline said it has already started two weekly freighter flights connecting Xiamen with…
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