Among the rubble, hundreds of thousands of homeless people face cold and hunger as authorities in Turkey and Syria tackle the dire humanitarian disaster caused by the earthquake that has left more than 37,000 dead. As hopes of finding people alive under the debris fade more than a week after the quake struck, the focus has switched to providing food ...

Boeing Co (BA.N) plans to invest about $24 million in India to set up a logistics centre for airplane parts, Salil Gupte, president of the local unit told Reuters on Monday, boosting its footprint in the country amid a large plane order. India’s former state-run carrier Air India, which is now owned by Tata Group, is expected to announce a ...

Mohamed Salah said Liverpool’s 2-0 win over Everton in the Merseyside derby on Monday is just the start of a revival for the Reds. Salah scored for the first time in the Premier League since Boxing Day as Jurgen Klopp’s men snapped a four-game winless streak. Cody Gakpo then grabbed his first goal for the club in the second half. ...

A man has been jailed for 20 years for accidentally shooting his friend with a submachine gun and dumping his body by a road in West London. Chiragh Chiragh, 39, shot Mohamed Muhyidin, 28, in the early hours of Halloween in 2021 as he sat in the front seat of a car parked outside a flat in High Street, Harlington. ...

A man who was arrested following protests outside the Tate Britain over a drag queen story-telling event for children is due to appear in court. Lance O’Connor, 53, of Plaistow, east London, is accused of assault on an emergency worker, obstruction of a police officer and two homophobic aggravated public order offences. The Tate, in Millbank, central London, had been ...

A new study has revealed that restricted access to abortions will cause tremendous stress and potential major psychiatric illnesses for mothers unwanted foetuses. The study was published in the journal, ‘JAMA Psychiatry’. This is especially dangerous because these individuals already are three times more likely to have a psychiatric disorder than the general population. The ramifications of the Supreme Court’s ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched a US $43 million appeal to support earthquake response in Syria and Türkiye, Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced on Sunday. The amount is set to increase as the magnitude of the disaster becomes clearer, he said, speaking during a press conference from the Syrian capital, Damascus. Latest reports put the death toll at ...

To support export and import-based businesses in coping with global uncertainties induced by the Covid-19 pandemic, International Finance Corporation (IFC) is providing $50 million to Prime Bank Limited in Bangladesh. This IFC funding will support working capital, trade finance, and foreign exchange liquidity needs of export and import based entities borrowing through Prime Bank’s Offshore Banking unit, UNB reports. The ...

Khulna Tigers Head Coach Khaled Mahmud Sujan, Rangpur Riders duo Shak Mahedi Hasan and Nicholas Pooran, and Comilla Victorians’ Musaddek Hossain have been fined for breaching the BCB Code of Conduct. Mahmud was fined 30 percent of his match fees for a Level 1 breach (Article 2.20. Conduct that is contrary to the spirit of the game) of the BCB ...

A case has been filed against 20 BNP men including its Executive Committee member Nitai Roy on charge of clash with police personnel during the party’s march programme in Magura district. Mohommodpur Police Sttation SI Jannatul Ferdous filed the case at an early hours of Sunday. Following the case, police have arrested Magura district Jubo Dal vice-president Amirul Islam and ...