250 Million USD ADB Loan To Support Bangladesh Social Resilience Programme

DHAKA, Jun 19 (NNN-BSS) – The Asian Development Bank (ADB), yesterday, approved a 250-million-U.S. dollar policy-based loan, to the government of Bangladesh, to help finance reforms, aimed at improving the inclusiveness and responsiveness of the country’s social development and resilience programme. The Strengthening Social Resilience Programme will include institutional and…

Indian Lawmakers Grill Twitter Officials Over Non-Compliance Of Rules

NEW DELHI, Jun 19 (NNN-PTI) – A committee of Indian lawmakers, grilled two Twitter India employees here yesterday, over the social media platform’s “failure” in complying with the new Information Technology (IT) rules, framed by the Indian government, according to local media reports. The new rules entail provision of an…

Ex-Japan Justice Minister Sentenced To Three Years In Jail For Vote Buying

TOKYO, Jun 18 (NNN-NHK) – Former Japanese Justice Minister, Katsuyuki Kawai, was sentenced to three years in prison today, for buying votes, with the intention of securing a seat for his wife in an upper house election, in 2019. The 58-year-old former lawmaker, under sentencing at the Tokyo District Court,…

Israel To Sell Germany 69 Radar Systems In 36-Million-Euro Deal

JERUSALEM, Jun 18 (NNN-PNN) – The state-owned company, Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), yesterday announced, it will manufacture and deliver 69 tactical mobile radar systems to the German Land Forces, in a deal valued at 36 million euros. The systems are IAI’s WatchGuard, the fifth generation of motion-detection tactical ground surveillance…

Turkey Agrees To Secure Kabul Airport, S-400 Issue Remains Unresolved: Senior U.S. Official

WASHINGTON, Jun 18 (NNN-XINHUA) – U.S. President, Joe Biden, and his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, agreed earlier this week that Turkey would play a leading role in securing Kabul airport, but the two sides remain divided over the issue of the S-400 air defence systems, National Security Adviser, Jake…

Yemen’s Houthi Militia Launches Drone Attack At Saudi Airport

SANAA, Jun 18 (NNN-SABA) – Yemen’s Houthi militia said, they launched two bomb-laden drones towards the Saudi international airport of Abha, at noon yesterday. “The armed drones hit military targets inside the airport,” Houthi military spokesman, Yehya Sarea, said in a statement, aired by the rebel-run al-Masirah TV. Meanwhile, Saudi-owned…

UAE Delivers 60,000 COVID-19 Vaccine Doses To Yemen’s Strategic Island: Gov’t Source

ADEN, Jun 18 (NNN-WAM) – The United Arab Emirates (UAE) yesterday, dispatched a plane, carrying a shipment of 60,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses, to war-ravaged Yemen, a government official said. The Emirates Red Crescent (ERC), the UAE’s humanitarian arm, delivered the first medical aid shipment to Yemen’s strategic Island of Socotra,…

A Soldier Killed In Terrorist Attack In SW Pakistan: Army

ISLAMABAD, Jun 18 (NNN-APP) – A soldier was killed when terrorists attacked military troops, deployed at security duties near an airport in Turbat area of Pakistan’s southwest Balochistan province, an army statement said. Other details of the attack yesterday, as well as, identities or affiliations of the terrorists were not…

Government Takes Note of King’s Views, Will Take Follow-Up Actions – Malaysian PMO

KUALA LUMPUR, June 17 (NNN-Bernama) — Malaysian government has taken note and will take follow-up actions based on the Federal Constitution and national laws in upholding the views of the King Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah as stated in the statement issued by Istana Negara (National Palace) on Wednesday.…

Species Of Giant Prehistoric Crocodilian Identified In Australian State

SYDNEY, Jun 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) – A prehistoric crocodilian has been identified by a team of researchers, led by PhD student, Jorgo Ristevski, from the University of Queensland’s School of Biological Sciences, and the research has been published in the open access journal, Nature Scientific Reports. Ristevski and his team made…
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