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…
AP, Montevideo A powerful tornado swept over a small city in Uruguay on Friday, ripping up houses, hurling cars into the air and killing at least four people, authorities said. Seven others were seriously injured. Residents of Dolores, a city of 20,000 people about 165 miles (265 kilometers) west of Montevideo, shot images of their…
William Hague, Former British foreign secretary, and Angelina Jolie, top Hollywood actor, are co-founders of the Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative/Gulf News UN should recommit to the principle that there can be no long-term peace and security without accountability for crimes against humanity The United Nations General Assembly is viewed each year through the…
Reuters: Indonesia’s resort islands of Bali and Lombok were rocked by a magnitude 7 earthquake on Sunday, prompting a tsunami warning and panic among holidaymakers and residents. The quake, which struck at a depth of 15km off the north coast of Lombok, comes a week after a magnitude 6.4 quake killed 14 people on the…
BSS Three members of a family were killed and two others injured when a truck collided head on with a CNG run auto rickshaw in BKSP area under Sadar upazila in the district on Wednesday night. The deceased were identified as Salma Begum (70), her son Harunur Rashid (45) and his daughter Sayra Khatun (28)….
BSS Access to quality and reliable electricity is no more a dream as the country’s 92 percent people are now getting uninterrupted supply of power, which was only 47 percent before 2009.After assuming power in 2009, the government formulated a roadmap for the power and energy sector declaring it as a thrust sector with an…
Abrar Hussain Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) is planning to go all-out in order to ensure that the presence of its leaders and activists in the capital on February 8 is marked by all. The gathering comes at a time right before the announcement of the verdict in a graft case against Khaleda Zia, triggering fresh political…
Messi was banned during their qualifier match against Chile in March for misbehave with the assistant referee, on based of an incident. Messi has alrady missed a match with Bolivia and defeat with 2-0. He will also unable to play against Uruguay, Venezuela and Peru. This decision effect a lot to the whole…
UNB: A diversified approach and concentration on theme-based parks can give a big boost to domestic tourism, attracting more and more foreign tourists, say tour operators in the country. They said this is an area where both private and public sectors can work together to ensure greater contributions to the national economy from the tourism…
Sejuti Mourin: BNP yesterday alleged the government of trying to dispose BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia’s appeal in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case in order to keep her away from the national election.“Unprecedented incidents are happening under this government…there’s no instance of giving direction by the Supreme Court to settle any appeal by 3-4 months,” said…