The 70th National Democracy Day was celebrated on 19th February by the government of Nepal. The day is being celebrated every year on Falgun 7 to commemorate the attainment of democracy from the 104-year long autocratic Rana Regime.
The “Bezos Earth Fund” has been raised by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. The fund of $10 billion will aim to to help preserve and protect the natural world against the climate change.
Bangladesh will sign Free Trade Agreement with Nepal for better the trade between the two countries. Bangladesh has also allowed Nepal to use its Saidpur airport located in its northernmost district of Nilphamari close to Nepal.
The independent Election Commission of Afghanistan has declared Ashraf Ghani as the winner of the Presidential elections of Afghanistan. He has won the Presidential elections of Afghanistan for the 2nd time.
Indian-origin Alok Sharma was named as the new UK Minister in charge of the crunch UN climate talks to be hosted by Britain.
The UK-based OneWeb company has launched 34 satellites into orbit on a single Soyuz rocket, from Baikonur port, Kazakhstan. The targets are to have the full network in operation by the end of 2021.
The Mobile World Congress, the annual telecoms industry gathering that draws more than one lakh visitors to Barcelona, was dismssed over coronavirus fears.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has officially titled the disease caused by the new coronavirus as “Covid-2019”. The new name “Covid-2019” has been derived from the words “corona”, “virus” and “disease”, with 2019, the year in which it came up.
The fifth edition of the Dhaka Art Summit, Bangladesh was launched by State Minister for Cultural Affairs of Bangladesh K M Khalid.
Iran launched a satellite but failed to place it into orbit in a blow to its space programme. The attempted launch of the Zafar comes before 41st anniversary of the Islamic Revolution and vital parliamentary elections in Iran on February 21.