Traffic Accidents Killed Three, Injured Seven In N. Afghanistan

KABUL, Jan 4 (NNN-BNA) – At least three people were killed and seven others injured, in two separate traffic accidents in northern Afghanistan, authorities confirmed, yesterday. In Jawzjan province, a vehicle overturned on a main highway, killing two on the spot, and injuring four others. In a separate incident in…

Sri Lanka To Allocate Nearly One Billion USD This Year For Roads: Minister

COLOMBO, Jan 4 (NNN-LNW) – Sri Lanka plans to allocate nearly one billion U.S. dollars this year, for road construction and the repair of roads damaged by floods and landslides, caused by Cyclone Ditwah, a senior minister said, yesterday. Minister of Transport, Highways and Urban Development, Bimal Rathnayake, told journalists…

Mongolia Extends Visa Exemption Entry For 34 Countries This Year

ULAN BATOR, Jan 4 (NNN-APA) – Mongolia has extended its visa-free access for tourists from 34 countries until the end of this year, according to the country’s Immigration Agency (MIA), yesterday. The government’s decision prolongs the visa-free entry regime for citizens of 32 European countries and two island countries, through…

Malaysia Forms Online Safety Committee To Guide Policy

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 3 (NNN-BERNAMA) – Malaysia has formed an online safety committee, as the highest strategic advisory body, to steer the direction of the nation’s online safety, Azalina Othman Said, minister in the prime minister’s department for law and institutional reform, said, yesterday. This is in line with the…

Bali To Enhance Measures To Promote Quality Tourism

JAKARTA, Jan 3 (NNN-ANTARA) – Authorities of Indonesia’s Bali Island, plan to tighten checks on foreign tourists, starting this year, including their financial capacity, length of stay, and planned activities, as part of efforts to promote quality tourism, Bali Governor, I Wayan Koster was quoted by local media as saying,…

Feature: While Tokyo Celebrates New Year, Poorest Residents Still Struggle For Food Aid

TOKYO, Jan 3 (NNN-XINHUA) – As many in Tokyo celebrated New Year, long queues in front of relief distribution points tell an unsettling story, about deepening survival anxiety among Japan’s poorest residents. Just days before New Year’s Eve, at a food distribution site in Tokyo’s Shinjuku district, volunteers handed out…

Over 19,000 Hectares Of Poppy, Hashish Fields Destroyed In Afghanistan Last Year

KABUL, Jan 2 (NNN-BNA) – Afghan security forces destroyed 19,761 hectares of land used for cultivating poppy and hashish, across the country last year, deputy government spokesman, Hamdullah Fitrat, announced yesterday. The eradication took place during 27,511 clearing operations conducted by counter-narcotics units in various provinces, according to the official.…

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…
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