Bangladesh Slashes Import Duties On Mobile Handsets, Parts

DHAKA, Jan 2 (NNN-BSS) – Bangladesh decided to slash customs duties of imported mobile phones and mobile parts, to protect the regulated market from the influx of illicit handsets. Bangladeshi Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary, Shafiqul Alam, announced the decision yesterday in Dhaka, during a press briefing, saying that, the tariff…

Pakistan’s Inflation Eased To 5.6 Percent In Dec

ISLAMABAD, Jan 2 (NNN-APP) – Pakistan’s consumer price index (CPI) inflation, eased to 5.6 percent year on year, in Dec, down from 6.1 percent in Nov, official data showed, yesterday. On a month-on-month basis, CPI inflation fell by 0.4 percent in Dec, reversing the trend of recent increases, the Pakistan…

Nearly 170,000 Cambodian Evacuees Return Home So Far

PHNOM PENH, Jan 2 (NNN-AKP) – Some 167,478 Cambodian evacuees have so far returned to their homes, Cambodia’s Ministry of Interior said in a press release, yesterday. About 110,924 displaced persons have returned to their homes in Banteay Meanchey province, 47,594 in Oddar Meanchey province, and 8,960 in Preah Vihear…

Train Collided With Car At Rail Crossing In Japan’s Saitama Prefecture

TOKYO, Jan 2 (NNN-NHK) – A train collided with a car, at a railway crossing, on the JR Utsunomiya Line, in Shiraoka City, Saitama Prefecture, yesterday, police and fire officials said, adding that, the train may have derailed after the incident. The accident occurred at around 2:20 p.m. local time,…

14 Killed, 16 Injured In Road Accident In Punjab

ISLAMABAD, Jan 1 (NNN-APP) – At least 14 passengers were killed and 16 others injured, in a head-on collision between a bus and a van, in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province, yesterday, officials said. The bus was carrying players of the University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences to Lahore, to participate…

Philippines Sees Drop In Firework-Related Injuries During 2025-2026 Holiday Season

MANILA, Jan 1 (NNN-PNA) – The number of firework-related injuries recorded during the Christmas and New Year celebrations in the Philippines dropped by 42 percent, compared with the same period last year, the country’s Department of Health (DOH) said, today. From Dec 21, 2025, to Jan 1, 2026, the DOH…

Pakistan Reported Sharp Decline In Polio Cases Last Year

ISLAMABAD, Jan 1 (NNN-APP) – Pakistan reported a sharp decline in polio cases last year, due to sustained vaccination campaigns and improved disease surveillance, health authorities said. Official data showed polio cases fell from 74 in 2024, to 30 in 2025, with no new cases reported nationwide since Sept. Six…

Near record number of small boat migrants reach UK in 2025

LONDON, Jan 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The second-highest annual number of migrants arrived on UK shores in small boats since records were started in 2018, the government was to confirm Thursday. The tally comes as Brexit firebrand Nigel Farage’s anti-immigration party Reform UK surges in popularity ahead of bellwether local elections…

Finland seizes vessel after new cable damage in Gulf of Finland

HELSINKI, Jan 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Finnish police said they had seized a vessel suspected of damaging a telecommunications cable that runs between Helsinki and Tallinn in the Gulf of Finland several hours earlier. The Finnish coast guard identified the vessel as the Fitburg, a 132-meter-long cargo ship bearing a flag…

Regional temperature records broken across the world in 2025

PARIS, Jan 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Central Asia, the Sahel region and northern Europe experienced their hottest year on record in 2025, according to data from the European Copernicus programme. Globally, the last 12 months are expected to be the third hottest ever recorded after 2024 and 2023, according to the…
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