Detained Myanmar President, State Counsellor To Be Treated In Line With Law: Military

YANGON, Feb 17 (NNN-MNA) – Cases against detained Myanmar President, U Win Myint, and State Counsellor, Aung San Suu Kyi, will be processed in line with the law, a senior military official said, yesterday. “Aung San Suu Kyi and U Win Myint are detained in safe places and both are…

Update: Death Toll In India Bus Plunge Rises To 45

NEW DELHI, Feb 17 (NNN-PTI) – The death toll in yesterday’s deadly bus plunge in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, has risen to 45, officials said. The details were shared by Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, during a briefing. “It is very sad that we have…

NATO will not leave Afghanistan before ‘time is right’

A US soldier keeps watch at an Afghan National Army base in Logar province BRUSSELS, Feb 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that the alliance will not withdraw its troops from Afghanistan “before the time is right”, ahead of a discussion by defence ministers…

Many Feared Drowned As Bus Falls Into Canal In India

NEW DELHI, Feb 16 (NNN-PTI) – Many people are feared drowned, after a passenger bus, carrying at least 50 people skidded off the road and fell into a canal, in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, officials said. The accident took place near Patna village in Sidhi district, about…

Two Huge Unexploded Bombs Found In Southern Laos

VIENTIANE, Feb 16 (NNN-KPL) – The Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) clearance team, MAG of Laos, found two huge unexploded bombs in southern Laos’ Khammuan province. One large air-dropped bomb, weighing 750-lb was found near the side of a road in a padi field, in Sangpoungbone village, Gnommalath district of Khammuan province…

India’s Gujarat Chief Minister Tests Positive For COVID-19

NEW DELHI, Feb 16 (NNN-PTI) – Chief Minister of India’s western state of Gujarat, Vijay Rupani, yesterday tested positive for COVID-19. He tested positive for COVID-19, after being hospitalised due to collapsing on stage on Sunday, when addressing a rally held in the Vadodara city. “The ECG, 2D echo and…

Motorbikes’ Collision Kills Four In Central Highlands Of Vietnam

HANOI, Feb 16 (NNN-VNA) – A collision between two motorbikes killed four people and injured another, in Gia Lai province, in the central highlands of Vietnam. The two motorbikes, carrying a total of five people, crashed into each other on Sunday night, said the report, with three of them killed…

Indonesia’s Foreign Debts Recorded At 417.5 Billion USD: Central Bank

JAKARTA, Feb 16 (NNN-ANTARA) – Indonesia’s foreign debts, at the end of the fourth quarter of 2020, reached 417.5 billion U.S. dollars, comprising debts of the government and the central bank of 209.2 billion dollars, and the private sector’s debts of 208.3 billion dollars, the Bank Indonesia (BI) said. Indonesia’s…

New Zealand Reports No New Cases Of COVID-19

WELLINGTON, Feb 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) – New Zealand reported no new cases of COVID-19 today, either in the community or in managed isolation. The Ministry of Health, however, announced that, it formally recorded the sad death of a patient with COVID-19, at the North Shore Hospital, which was first announced on…

Nepal’s Earthquake-Ravaged Government Office Building Reopens After Reconstruction

KATHMANDU, Feb 16 (NNN-NEPALNEWS) – Nepal’s main administrative complex, Singha Durbar, which was heavily ravaged in the 2015 devastating earthquakes, came into operation again yesterday, after the completion of most of the reconstruction works. The complex had housed the Prime Minister’s Office, the Ministry of Defence and the National Planning…
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