Dhaka explosion toll raises to 18, Bangladesh govt sets up probe

Dhaka explosion toll raises to 18, Bangladesh govt sets up probe

[ad_1] Dhaka: Bangladesh’s Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan said Wednesday that the country has sufficient expertise to carry out an investigation into the powerful explosion that ripped through a multi-storey building in a crowded area here, killing 18 people. The “earthquake-like” explosion at the seven-storey building at Old Dhaka’s crowded Gulistan area on Tuesday also injured…

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Death toll in Turkey earthquake rises above 45000: UN

Death toll in Turkey earthquake rises above 45000: UN

[ad_1] Ankara: The latest statement of AFAD (Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency) said that 45,089 people lost their lives while 1,15,000 people were injured in the Turkey earthquake, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported. A devastating earthquake of 7.8 on the Richter scale hit Southern Turkiye in the early…

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Cyclone Gabrielle: fresh storm warnings for New Zealand’s worst-hit regions as death toll rises to five

Cyclone Gabrielle: fresh storm warnings for New Zealand’s worst-hit regions as death toll rises to five

[ad_1] At least five people have died and evacuations are continuing as fresh storm warnings are announced in regions of New Zealand already devastated by Cyclone Gabrielle and the prime minister warns of the likelihood of further fatalities. As of 2.30pm on Thursday, 3,455 people had been registered by police as “uncontactable”, with some likely…

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