Luxembourg has become the 1st country in the world to make available public transport free. The 7th smallest country in Europe has removed the fares for trains, trams and buses to have a better quality of mobility as well as keeping in mind the environmental issues. More than half of Luxembourg’s greenhouse gas emissions come from transport.
The World Bank declared 12 billion USD to help countries that are grappling with economic impacts of coronavirus. The World Bank is to give financial support for the countries to act upon the needs and develop a fast response towards the spread of the virus.
The presidency of United Nations Security Council for March 2020 has been taken over by China. China has taken over the presidency with a pledge of boosting solidarity and cooperation with all the parties.
Sri Lankan Government formally declared the United Nations that it will step back from the UNHRC (United Nations Human Rights Council) resolution for investigating alleged war crimes. The case was dealing with a decade-old clash with Tamil separatists.
Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has declared his resignation over political issues. He will act as an interim PM. It is not clear who will be the next prime minister.
South Sudan rebel leader Riek Machar has been sworn in as first vice president. He is formally joining again the government in the recent effort to bring peace to a nation ravaged by war.
Leo Varadkar resigns as Prime Minister of Ireland but chose to staying on as interim leader while the country’s three main parties battle out deadlocked coalition talks after an inconclusive election.
“Shaheed Dibash” which is also known as ‘Amar Ekushey’ was noticed on 21st of February in Bangladesh to commemorate and to pay tribute to the martyrs of language movement who lost their lives during Pakistani police firing on 21st of February 1952 in Dhaka.
The flight test of the air-launched cruise missile Ra’ad-II has been triumphantly tested by Pakistan. Ra’ad-II missile having a range of 600 km, is targeted to be attached with Mirage aircraft or F-16 fighter jets of the Pakistan Air Force.
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has finalized to keep Pakistan on the FATF Grey List till June 2020. The decision was taken during the group’s meeting and plenary in Paris.