AP: The plight of Gaza’s medics lies at the heart of a debate over Israel’s use of force in the protests. European and U.N. officials, along with international rights groups, accuse Israel of using excessive force, citing the large numbers of civilian casualties, including medical workers. The U.N. and World Health Organization have both said…
Al Jazeera: The cost to rebuild Kerala following the severe flooding that hit the southern Indian state will exceed $3.7bn, authorities said. Almost 500 people were killed and a million left homeless after the worst floods in a century hit the coastal state in May. The torrential rains destroyed tens of thousands of homes, ruined…
Desk Report: A private car of FH Priok, one of the victims of the tragic plane crash at Tribhuvan International Airport in Nepal’s Kathmandu, was gutted as it burst into flame on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway at Masterbari in Gazipur city yesterday morning, reports The Daily Star. Priok’s cousin Mehedi Hasan Masum, who survived the plane crash,…
Memo: The UN has urged Greece to tackle the issue of overcrowding in refugee reception centres as reports emerge of spate of suicide attempts by minors. Overcrowding means “thousands of asylum-seekers and migrants, including many children, live in squalid, inadequate and rapidly deteriorating conditions”, UN spokesperson Charlie Yaxley said at a press conference at the…
AP: The California Legislature voted Friday to allow power companies to raise electric bills to cover the cost of lawsuits from last year’s deadly wildfires amid fears that Pacific Gas & Electric Co., would otherwise face financial ruin. The measure is part of a wide-ranging plan to reduce the threat of wildfires, which have killed…
Professor Abu Ahmed, Economist: The corruption at the banks will reduce upto 50 percent if the Chairmen and the Managing Directors practice honesty. The country’s economy is now faring well. However, it is not as much as the government is thinking. The country’s banking sector is not faring well. The plunderers have plundered Farmers Bank…
NDTV: A fire erupted Saturday at a refinery in southern Germany following an explosion, injuring at least eight people and forcing authorities to evacuate almost 2,000 local residents, police said. The explosion took place at around 5:30 am (0330 GMT) in a site run by the Bayernoil group near the Bavarian city of Ingolstadt. Three…
BSS: President M Abdul Hamid yesterday lauded the contribution of artists and cultural activists to all achievements of the nation as he inaugurated the month-long Asian art exhibition at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA) here. “The art-culture too has a huge contribution to our nation building . . . The cultural activists always play a brave…
Sky News: Human-sized cages are being installed in a zoo’s tiger and bear enclosures to catch people who fall into them. Delhi Zoo is introducing the cages after a visitor fell into its white tigers’ moat in 2014 and was mauled to death. The student was leaning against the moat separating the enclosure from the…
Hossen Sohel: Former U.S. presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush led the mourners yesterday in a service for the late John McCain, the longtime Arizona senator and Vietnam war hero whose bids for the White House were dashed by the two men, reports Reuters. On the way to Washington’s National Cathedral, the cortege of…