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December 28, 2022 7:13 PM

Winter storm death toll passes 50 in US

The winter storm that killed dozens in the United States over the Christmas weekend continued to inflict misery on New York state and air travelers nationwide Tuesday, as stories emerged of families trapped for days during the blizzard of the century. The number of deaths attributed to the winter st...

December 28, 2022 6:58 PM

Hong Kong to scrap almost all its Covid rules

Hong Kong is dropping almost all its COVID restrictions this week, following a similar move by mainland China. From Thursday, people arriving in the city - a special administrative region of China - will no longer have to do mandatory PCR tests.<br />''<br />&ap...

December 28, 2022 5:54 PM

Sri Lanka expects tourist arrivals to hit 720,000 by end of the year

Indian tourists account for 17 percent of all tourist arrivals in Sri Lanka in 2022. Close to one lakh twenty thousand tourists visited the island nation from India this year out of a total of seven lakh. Russia was the second largest source market with close to 87,000 tourists this year.<br ...

December 28, 2022 5:45 PM

Nepal President calls Parliament session on January 9

<span style="color: #222222;">President of Nepal Bidhya Devi Bhandari has, on the recommendation of the government, called the new session of both Houses of Parliament at 1:00 pm on the 9th of January.<br />''<br />''The...

December 28, 2022 3:54 PM

Bangladesh: PM Sheikh Hasina inaugurates first Metro rail in Dhaka

The first metro rail in Bangladesh was inaugurated in Dhaka by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday. The train was flagged off in Dhaka for its first journey between Diabari and Agargaon station. This is part of the ambitious Bangladesh project of Mass Rapid Transit to be completed by 2030.&amp...

December 28, 2022 3:36 PM

Philippines hunts for 26 still missing after weekend weather disaster

Rescue teams across nine provinces in the Philippines are trying to locate 26 people missing after weekend rains, floods and landslides that have killed at least 25 people, in one of its deadliest weather events this year.<br />''<br />''The national d...

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