Essay competition deadline extended

January 17, 2019

THE deadline for the Pangsura essay competition has been extended to March 30, the Language and Literature Bureau (DBP) informed yesterday.

The earlier closing date was December 31, 2018.

Country/Region	New Cases	Total Cases	Recovered	Deaths
India	332,503	16,257,309	13,641,606	186,928
Turkey	54,791	4,501,382	3,909,935	37,329
Iran	24,092	2,335,905	1,837,590	68,366
Philippines	8,739	971,021	846,600	16,370
Iraq	8,450	1,010,304	884,181	15,128
Indonesia	6,243	1,626,812	1,481,449	44,172
Pakistan	5,857	778,238	676,605	16,698
Japan	5,299	546,433	491,661	9,764
Bangladesh	4,014	736,074	642,449	10,781
Kazakhstan	2,893	297,839	254,971	3,483
Malaysia	2,875	384,688	361,267	1,407
Nepal	2,365	292,152	276,345	3,117
Jordan	2,097	697,487	658,287	8,474
UAE	2,081	504,872	486,920	1,565
Azerbaijan	2,047	307,980	272,575	4,274
Palestine	1,652	287,680	256,559	3,115
Lebanon	1,512	516,600	437,808	7,057
Oman	1,508	185,278	165,051	1,942
Thailand	1,470	48,113	29,848	117
Kuwait	1,459	262,766	245,824	1,493
Mongolia	1,328	26,692	13,772	61
Georgia	1,226	300,264	283,557	3,981
Saudi Arabia	1,055	409,093	392,448	6,869
Bahrain	1,036	168,201	156,981	614
Cyprus	927	59,792	39,061	296
Armenia	881	211,399	191,158	3,969
Qatar	800	199,980	177,164	407
S. Korea	735	116,661	106,459	1,808
Sri Lanka	672	98,722	93,884	634
Cambodia	446	8,193	2,924	59
Uzbekistan	384	87,935	85,007	640
Kyrgyzstan	380	93,006	87,554	1,566
Israel	315	837,807	829,424	6,346
Afghanistan	196	58,542	52,348	2,565
Maldives	164	27,084	24,065	71
Timor-Leste	148	1,657	795	3
Syrian Arab Republic	141	21,725	15,376	1,496
Yemen	60	6,020	2,393	1,157
Singapore	24	60,904	60,603	30
Hong Kong	14	11,719	11,316	209
Myanmar	13	142,674	131,914	3,206
Vietnam	10	2,816	2,490	35
Bhutan	6	992	906	1
China	6	90,547	85,608	4,636
Lao People's Democratic Republic	6	94	49	0
Taiwan	4	1,086	1,041	11
Brunei	0	223	210	3
Macao	0	49	48	0
Tajikistan	0	13,308	13,218	90