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August 21, 2022

Somali forces end hotel attack in which 20 were killed

Somali authorities on Sunday ended a deadly attack in which at least 20 people were killed and many others wounded when gunmen stormed a hotel in the capital.It took Somali forces more than 30 hours to contain the fighters who had stormed Mogadishu’s H…

Turkey: Crashes at emergency sites kill at least 35 people

Turkish authorities on Sunday investigated a pair of secondary crashes at emergency sites that killed at least 35 people the previous day. In both cases, first responders tending to earlier collisions were among the dead.Saturday’s tragedies happened j…

Bangladesh sees zero Covid death, 173 cases

Bangladesh reported zero Covid death and173 new cases in the 24 hours to Sunday morning.While the country’s total fatalities remained unchanged at 29,315, the new cases took its caseload to 2,009,970, according to the Directorate General of Health Serv…

Official: Flooding in eastern Afghanistan kills at least 9

Heavy flooding from seasonal rains in eastern Afghanistan overnight left at least nine people dead, swept away homes and destroyed livestock and agricultural land, a provincial official and a villager elder said Sunday.Associated Press video showed vil…

Dengue death toll rises to 19 with one more fatality

One more person died from dengue, and 135 people were hospitalised with the viral infection in the 24 hours to Sunday morning as cases have continued to increase in Bangladesh.So far, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has reported 19 de…

Indian Coast Guard rescues 10 Bangladeshi fishermen from Bay

The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) rescued 10 Bangladeshi fishermen, who got caught in the cyclonic weather, from the Bay of Bengal Saturday.Amid rough weather and cyclonic winds, ICG ship Anmol rescued the fishermen 12 nautical miles from India’s internatio…

Over 182 Barguna fishermen go missing in stormy Bay: Coast Guard

More than 182 fishermen from the southern coastal district of Barguna and 41 fishing boats, locally called trawlers, carrying them have gone missing in the stormy Bay of Bengal, according to Bangladesh Coast Guard (BCG).Amid rough sea and strong winds,…

Russia’s war at 6 months: A global economy in growing danger

Martin Kopf needs natural gas to run his family’s company, Zinkpower GmbH, which rustproofs steel components in western Germany.Zinkpower’s facility outside Bonn uses gas to keep 600 tons of zinc worth 2.5 million euros ($2.5 million) in a molten state…

Economy has unease, but no crisis: Shamsul Alam

State minister for planning Shamsul Alam on Sunday said Bangladesh’s economy has discomfort, but there is no crisis yet.Denying a section of economists’ assumptions, he said the economy is on the right track; growth, production, and supply lines are w…

Cox’s Bazar trawler capsize: 3 more bodies retrieved

A team of Coast Guard on Sunday fished out the bodies of three more fishermen from the Bay of Bengal two days after a fishing trawler carrying 19 fishermen capsized amid inclement weather.The deceased were identified as Hossain Ahmad, Azizul Haque and…

6 Bhola trawlers sink in Bay: 59 missing fishermen rescued

Fifty-nine of the 60 missing fishermen from six trawlers from Bhola that sunk in the deep sea amid stormy weather have been rescued.One of the fishermen named Abul kalam from Chatla village in Lalmohan upazila in Bhola still remains missing, said Palla…

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