Dhaka, Jan 30 (UNI) Biman Bangladesh Airlines on Thursday launched a direct flight service on the Dhaka–Karachi–Dhaka route, with the inaugural flight BG-341 departing from Dhaka at 8 pm. Bangladesh and Pakistan have been drawing close to each other since the interim government led by Prof Mohammad Yunus took over in August 2024, with frequent…
Afghanistan, Jan 30 (UNI/SPUTNIK) Afghanistan’s first-ever specialized cancer center has opened in Kabul, the Afghan Ministry of Public Health said. “The new medical facility, officially named the National Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Hospital, has already begun operations and will provide diagnostic and specialized care to cancer patients throughout the country,” the ministry said in a…
New Delhi/Dhaka, Jan 30 (UNI) India and Bangladesh on Thursday completed a reciprocal release and repatriation of fishermen who had inadvertently crossed the International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL). Officials said the two sides saw it as a humanitarian approach to longstanding maritime boundary issues. A total of 23 Indian fishermen detained by Bangladesh authorities and…
New York, Jan 30 (UNI) U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order threatening to impose tariffs on countries that sell oil to Cuba. “Beginning on the effective date of this order, an additional ad valorem rate of duty may be imposed on goods imported into the United States that are products of…
Canberra, Jan 30 (UNI) Australia’s health minister said on Friday that the government is closely monitoring the outbreak of the Nipah virus in Asia. Mark Butler told Nine Network television that the Nipah virus has never been detected in Australia, but that authorities were taking the threat posed by an outbreak that began in India…
Shimla, Jan 30 (UNI) The Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the European Union, being celebrated by the Modi government as the “Mother of All Deals” (MoAD), may instead turn into a “Mother of Apple Imports” (MoAI) for nearly 2.5 lakh apple growers in Himachal Pradesh, growers’ bodies have warned. Reacting to the agreement signed between…
Wellington, Jan 30 (UNI) New Zealand will not join the Board of Peace proposed by U.S. President Donald Trump, New Zealand’s Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said in a statement Friday. Luxon said the government had considered the offer and decided it would not accept the invitation to join the board in its “current form.” Foreign…
Beijing, Jan 30 (UNI) An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.4 jolted Kermadec Islands Region at 0127 GMT on Friday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined to be at 29.50 degrees south latitude and 176.65 degrees west longitude.
Chennai, Jan 30 (UNI) A minor earth quake was reported in the southern Virudhunagar district of Tamil Nadu last night. Met office said it was a Magnitude: 3.0 nad occurred at 21:06:57 IST at Latitude: 9.44 N Longitude: 77.71 E at a depth of 10 Km in the region Virudhunagar. No damages were reported though…
Pankaj Jain, New Delhi, Jan 29 (UNI) Delhi Water Minister Parvesh Verma on Thursday initiated disciplinary action against officials of the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) following surprise inspections in Rajendra Nagar, Kanhaiya Nagar and Ashok Vihar zones. The Zonal Revenue Officers (ZROs) of all three areas, along with the Assistant Sub Officer (ASO) of Kanhaiya…
