News and Information

BML to provide essential services on May 18, 20, 26

The Edition
17 May 2020
  Maldives

Katsina state govt relaxes lockdown order

NNN News
17 May 2020
  Nigeria

Older pupils prepare to return to school as Denmark begins next stage of reopening

The Local Denmark
17 May 2020
  Denmark

Coronavirus has devastated Moscow. Now it's spreading across Russia's 11 time zones to ill-funded regions

CNN
17 May 2020
  Russian Federation

Egypt tightens coronavirus restrictions for Eid holiday

Reuters, VOA News
17 May 2020
  Arab Republic of Egypt

Brunei reports no new COVID-19 cases for 10 straight days

Xinhuanet
17 May 2020
  Brunei Darussalam

India extends coronavirus lockdown by two weeks

BBC News
17 May 2020
  India

Corona impact appears to stabilise: 10 deaths and 15 hospital admissions

Dutch News
17 May 2020
  Netherlands

Saudi Arabia's Health Ministry triples daily COVID-19 tests

Arab News
17 May 2020
  Saudi Arabia

Brazil overtakes Spain and Italy as new cases grow

BBC News
17 May 2020
  Brazil;   Italy;   Spain

Nepal registers its first death from COVID-19

Anadolu Agency
17 May 2020
  Nepal

Bangladesh delivers 10 tonnes of food, medical supplies to Maldives

The Edition
17 May 2020
  Bangladesh;   Maldives

Government expects to pay Rs. 5000 allowance for the next month also

Colombo Page
17 May 2020
  Sri Lanka

Countries' massive debt piles are turning into a disaster

CNN
17 May 2020
  Global

Sweden in ‘intense dialogue’ with Denmark over border reopening

The Local Denmark
16 May 2020
  Denmark;   Sweden

Ekiti Govt reduces 2020 budget from N124.5bn to N91.128bn

NNN News
16 May 2020
  Nigeria

Saudi Arabia’s COVID-19 cases exceed 52,000

Arab News
16 May 2020
  Saudi Arabia

Saudi education ministry defies pandemic, completes 2nd semester

Arab News
16 May 2020
  Saudi Arabia

Cabinet spends extra €500m to cushion corona blows to education

Dutch News
16 May 2020
  Netherlands

$600M of foreign aid pledged for COVID-19

Tolo News
16 May 2020
  Afghanistan