Bangladesh’s Largest Padma Bridge To Open To Traffic On June 25

DHAKA, May 25 (NNN-BSS) – Bangladesh’s largest Padma bridge, will open to traffic on June 25, Road Transport and Bridges Minister, Obaidul Quader, said yesterday. The minister made the announcement, after meeting Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina, in Dhaka. “Our Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina, will inaugurate the bridge on June 25,…

Earthquake Shakes Afghanistan’s Takhar, Kunduz Provinces

TALUQAN, Afghanistan, May 25 (NNN-ANA) – A relatively powerful earthquake jolted Afghanistan’s Takhar and Kunduz provinces last night, locals said. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.0 jolted 63 km SE of Farkhar district yesterday. “I was sitting in my shop when the tremble…

Tedros re-elected as head of World Health Organization

Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization GENEVA, May 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The World Health Organization’s (WHO) members re-elected Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus as Director General by a strong majority for another five years, the president of the World Health Assembly said. The vote by secret ballot, announced…

UN chief announces new Cold War threat

NEW YORK, May 25 (NNN-TASS) — The world faces the threat of a new Cold War “with nuclear undertones” and a surge in extreme nationalism, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in a speech to graduates of Seton Hall University in New Jersey. The ceremony was broadcast on the university’s website.…

Aussie state of New South Wales to ban single-use plastic bags

SYDNEY, May 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The Australian state of New South Wales (NSW), is gearing up to institute its total ban on single-use plastic bags, as it looks to slowly phase out all single-use packaging in the state. From June 1, all single-use bags would be banned in the state,…

Mongolia Launches Smartphone App On Rare Species Of Wild Fauna, Flora

ULAN BATOR, May 25 (NNN-XINHUA) – Mongolia yesterday launched a smartphone app, to provide information about its rare and endangered species of wild fauna and flora, according to the country’s Ministry of Environment and Tourism. The smartphone app “Baigali,” which means nature in Mongolian, contains information about 3,000 rare and…

Brunei To End Early Endemic Phase, Update COVID-19 Guidelines

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, May 25 (NNN-ANN) – The Brunei government, yesterday said, its Early Endemic Phase will end on May 31, and the guidelines for COVID-19 control measures will be updated beginning in June. As part of Brunei’s National COVID-19 Recovery Framework, the country moved to the Early Endemic Phase…

Urgent: DPRK Fires Ballistic Missile

SEOUL, May 25 (NNN-YONHAP) – The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), fired an unspecified ballistic missile eastward, today, Pyongyang Time, South Korea’s news agency reported, quoting military sources. The news was announced by the Joint Chiefs of Staff of South Korea. Details were not immediately available. Earlier this month,…

Afghan Forces Discover Assault Rifles, Arrest Five In Northern Province

MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan, May 25 (NNN-ANA) – Security forces discovered 40 pieces of assault rifles and arrested five people, during operations in parts of Afghanistan’s northern Balkh province, provincial police spokesman, Mohammad Asif Waziri, said, yesterday. Addressing a press briefing here, Waziri added that, the security forces had discovered the weapons…

Afghan Refugees Hold U.S. Responsible For Worsening Security, Economy In Afghanistan

TEHRAN, May 24 (NNN-IRNA) – Battered and bruised by hardships, Abdollah Saebi, an Afghan in his late 40s, looks much older than his age. A former teacher and farmer in Afghanistan, Saebi is now a refugee, earning a hard living, in the Iranian capital, Tehran, as watchman to support his…
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