Asia

Bangladesh Rank Slips On WEF’s Global Competitiveness Index To 105th Place

DHAKA, Oct 10 (NNN-BSS) – Bangladesh slipped two positions to rank 105th, out of 141 surveyed economies, in the 2019…

China’s GX Foundation Signs MoU To Help Eliminate Cataract Blindness In Cambodia

PHNOM PENH, Oct 9 (NNN-AKP) – China’s GX Foundation, signed here, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), to help eliminate cataract…

Militants Blow Up Power Pylon In E. Afghan, Leaving Kabul In Darkness

KABUL, Oct 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Anti-government militants blew up power pylon in Salang district of Afghanistan’s eastern Parwan province, and…

Coach Overturn Kills One, Injures Four In Vietnam

HANOI, Oct 9 (NNN-VNA) – A sleeping coach, carrying some 20 passengers, overturned in Vietnam’s central Ha Tinh province, early…

Thailand To Host RCEP Ministerial Meeting

BANGKOK, Oct 9 (NNN-TNA) – Thailand will host a ministerial meeting on the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) on Saturday,…

Cambodia’s DPM: Asean’s environmental issues, a regional issue

SIEM REAP, Cambodia, Oct 9 (NNN-XINHUA) — Environment ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) met here on Tuesday…

Indonesia Plans To Send 670 Athletes To SEA Games

JAKARTA, Oct 9 (NNN-ANTARA) – Indonesia planned to send 670 athletes to vie in 45 sports, in the Southeast Asian…

Europeans urge strict sanctions enforcement on North Korea

UNITED NATIONS, Oct 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — European members of the UN Security Council called for the strict enforcement of international…

Russia and China to sign treaty on combating illegal online

MOSCOW, Oct 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Russia and China will sign a cooperation treaty aimed at combating illegal content on the…

Mongolia’s First Oil Refinery To Be Completed By 2022

ULAN BATOR, Oct 9 (NNN-MONGOLIA WEB) – A ceremony to commission infrastructure facilities, to support the proposed oil refinery project…