Bangladesh Names SM Shafiuddin Ahmed As New Head Of Armed Forces

DHAKA, Jun 11 (NNN-BSS) – Lieutenant General SM Shafiuddin Ahmed, will replace outgoing Chief of Army Staff of Bangladesh Army, General Aziz Ahmed. Lieutenant Colonel Abdullah Ibne Jayed, director of the Bangladeshi Defence Ministry’s Inter Service Public Relations (ISPR) department, confirmed yestersday that, Ahmed will take charge of Bangladesh’s Army,…

Lumpy Skin Disease In Cattle Detected In Laos

VIENTIANE, Jun 10 (NNN-KPL) – More than 11,000 cattle and buffaloes in 126 villages in seven provinces, contracted lumpy skin disease, according to the Lao Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. Over 100 cattle and buffaloes have died from the disease and more than 8,000 have been treated. Khammuan province, some…

Several More Party Leaders Granted Audience By Malaysian King

KUALA LUMPUR, June 10 (NNN-Bernama) — Several more leaders of political parties were granted separate audiences by Malaysian King Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah at Istana Negara (national palace) here Thursday. PAS deputy president Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man, who is also Environment and Water Minister, was…

Fiji’s National Carrier To Operate Special Fights To Take Foreigners Home

SUVA, Jun 10 (NNN-PIN) – Fiji Airways will operate a number of special flights from Sunday to June 30, to enable foreigners and approved persons to depart the country and return to their homes. In a statement today, Fiji Airways said, the special flights are approved by the Ministry of…

Latest: Military Plane Crashes In Central Myanmar

YANGON, Jun 10 (NNN-MNA) – A military plane, with over 10 people on board, crashed in Myanmar’s central region of Mandalay early today, with unknown numbers of casualties, an official of the information team of the State Administration Council confirmed. It is feared that there may be some fatalities to…

China Prepares To Launch Shenzhou-12 Manned Spaceship

JIUQUAN, Jun 10 (NNN-XINHUA) – The combination of the Shenzhou-12 manned spaceship and a Long March-2F carrier rocket, has been transferred to the launching area, the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) said yesterday. Three astronauts will board the Shenzhou-12 spacecraft later this month, and fly to Tianhe, core module of…

Special Meeting Of Malay Rulers At Istana Negara On June 16

KUALA LUMPUR, June 9 (NNN-Bernama) — A Special Meeting of Malay Rulers will be held at Istana Negara (national palace) on June 16. Comptroller of the Royal Household of Istana Negara Ahmad Fadil Shamsuddin said the meeting, to be held upon the consent from the Malaysian King Yang di-Pertuan Agong…

Nine Killed, Eight Injured In S. Korea’s Building Collapse

SEOUL, Jun 10 (NNN-YONHAP) – At least nine people have been confirmed dead and eight others injured, in a building collapse in south-west South Korea, it was reported yesterday. The five-story building, under demolition, unexpectedly collapsed at about 4:22 p.m. local time yesterday (0722 GMT), at the south-western city of…

Three Rockets Hit Air Base In Iraq’s Salahudin Province

BAGHDAD, Jun 10 (NNN-NINA) – At least three Katyusha rockets, yesterday, struck an Iraqi military airbase in Salahudin province, north of the capital Baghdad, a provincial security source said. The incident took place in the evening, when the rockets landed on the Balad Air Base, some 90 km north of…

Lebanon Thanks Iraq For Doubling Crude Supply Amid Frequent Power Cuts

BEIRUT, Jun 10 (NNN-NNA) – Lebanon’s House Speaker, Nabih Berri, yesterday, expressed gratitude to Iraq, for its decision to increase its yearly crude oil supply to Lebanon from 500,000 tonnes to one million tonnes. In a letter to Iraqi Prime Minister, Mustafa al-Kadhimi, Berri said, one million tonnes of crude…
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