Bangladesh has registered 16 deaths from Covid-19 in the 24 hours to Thursday morning. With the latest development, the total number of deaths reached 7,849 in the country. The country also logged a …
‘Irresponsible’: Bangladesh slams Pompeo’s al-Qaeda attacks claim
Bangladesh foreign ministry statement says ‘there is no evidence of any presence of al-Qaeda’ in the South Asian nation.
Bangladesh bans women working as marriage registrars because they menstruate
The ruling will deepen inequality for women who are often seen as ‘impure’ when they have their period, campaigners warn …
Indonesia health workers urge public to get vaccinated at campaign launch
Health workers at a clinic in Jakarta on Thurday urged Indonesians to get vaccinated as a nationwide rollout of a COVID-19 inoculation programme started in the world’s fourth most populous country.
Instagram influencers are a vaccine priority in wary Indonesia
Among the first in the queue for coronavirus vaccines in Indonesia has been one conspicuous group – social media influencers. Alongside President Joko Widodo as the world’s fourth most populous …
Indonesia resumes search for victims, black box of crashed Sriwijaya jet
Indonesian divers resumed a search on Thursday for the remains of 62 victims and the cockpit voice recorder from a Sriwijaya Air plane that plunged into the Java Sea soon after takeoff last weekend, …
Funeral held for first confirmed victim of Indonesia’s Sriwijaya Air plane crash
Flight attendant Okky Bisma, 29, identified through fingerprints matched to database.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Indonesia Plane Crash Probe’s Focus Is on Lack of Pilot Response to Controllers
A communication breakdown between pilots and air-traffic controllers has emerged as an early focus of the investigation into last weekend’s crash of a 1990s-era Boeing 737 in Indonesia.
Exclusive: India to treat homegrown COVID-19 vaccine same as AstraZeneca’s
India will treat a domestic COVID-19 vaccine “equally” with a prominent global one, even though the homegrown drug’s efficacy has not been proven, and people will have no choice which they one they …
Analysis: Making virus crisis budget, India needs to spend, funds may fall short
Having fired up hopes for populist measures with talk of delivering a “budget like never before”, India’s Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will need to find credible sources for additional revenue …