Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Tuesday, March 9, 2021 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to chair central executive board of his Justice and Development (AK) Party.

ANKARA - Parliament Speaker Mustafa Sentop to hold talks with Anwar-ul Haq Ahady, Afghan minister of agriculture, irrigation and livestock.

UZBEKISTAN

TASHKENT - Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to participate in Joint Strategic Planning Group meeting along with his Uzbek counterpart Abdulaziz Kamilov. Cavusoglu also due to hold news conference, hold talks with Uzbekistan’s President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, Investments and Foreign Trade Minister Serdar Umurzakov.

ROMANIA

BUCHAREST - Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar to meet with his Romanian counterpart Nicolae-Ionel Ciuca, they are to chair delegation-level talks.

MYANMAR

YANGON - Monitoring developments in Myanmar after Feb. 1 military coup that triggered violent protests.

LIBYA

SIRTE - House of Representatives to hold session on vote of confidence for Cabinet of Prime Minister Abdel Hamid Dbeibeh.

SENEGAL

DAKAR - Monitoring protests following detention of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko.

US

WASHINGTON - House of Representatives to vote on Senate-amended $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package.

THE ECONOMY

ISTANBUL - Following 11th Bosphorus Summit, international economic event, on its final day.

LUXEMBUG - European statistical department Eurostat to reveal GDP and employment figures for Q4 2020.

SPORTS

ITALY/GERMANY

TURIN/DORTMUND - UEFA Champions League last 16 second leg starts as Juventus-Porto and Borussia Dortmund-Sevilla games to be followed.

SPECIAL REPORT

Fatah to run in Palestinian polls on unified list: Rajoub

By Qais Abu Samra

RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) - Palestinian group Fatah will run in this year’s legislative elections on a “unified list” despite anger among some group members, the Secretary-General of the movement’s Central Committee said Monday.

SPECIAL REPORT

Turkey: Sales boom for electrical household appliances

By Tuba Sahin

ANKARA (AA) - The sales of electrical household appliances boomed in Turkey last year amid the coronavirus pandemic as people followed stay-at-home orders with lockdown and social distancing measures.

SPECIAL REPORT

Indian 'no crime, no killing' policy across border irks Bangladesh

By Md. Kamruzzaman

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) - A recent statement from Indian foreign minister during his visit in Dhaka that 'no crime, no killing' has sparked harsh criticism from rights defenders in Bangladesh.