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April 17, 2024 9:42 AM
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Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has ordered the closure of his country’s embassy and consulates in Ecuador in solidarity with Mexico in its protest over a raid by Ecuadorian authorities on the Mexican Embassy in Quito. Maduro and other presidents participating in a virtual meeting of the Communi...
April 17, 2024 9:03 AM
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In Denmark, a fire raged through one of Copenhagen’s oldest buildings destroying about half of the 17th-century Old Stock Exchange and collapsing its iconic dragon-tail spire. The blaze broke out on the building’s roof during renovations, but police said it was too early to pinpoint the cause. The r...
April 16, 2024 9:30 PM
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The United Arab Emirates is in the grip of a severe weather crisis as heavy rains batter the region, resulting in widespread flooding and travel chaos. Meanwhile, neighboring Oman mourns the loss of several lives following devastating flash floods. In the early hours today, torrential rain an...
April 16, 2024 1:57 PM
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International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, a United Nations nuclear watchdog, has expressed concern over the possibility of Israeli attack on Iranian nuclear facilities. IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi has appealed for extreme restraint. He informed that Iran has temporarily closed its nuclear fa...
April 16, 2024 12:44 PM
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu summoned his war cabinet for the second time in less than 24 hours yesterday to decide on the course of response to Iran's attack. The government has made no announcements on any decisions so far. While Iran has signalled it considers the matter clo...
April 16, 2024 12:35 PM
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Bangladesh's gross domestic product (GDP) growth in the second quarter of the current fiscal year, 2023-24 slowed to 3.78 percent. The Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) on Monday revealed that Bangladesh's GDP growth nearly halved in the second quarter compared to the previous quarter of this fi...
April 16, 2024 12:06 PM
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In Bangladesh, at least 13 people were killed and several others were injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a pick-up van on Dhaka-Khulna highway in Faridpur district this morning. All the deceased were the passengers of the pickup van. Confirming the incident, superintendent of police in...
April 16, 2024 10:44 AM
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The Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre (IGCC), High Commission of India in Dhaka organised a colossal Music, Dance and poetry recital on "Tagore and Victoria Ocampo- Vijaya the victorious 100 years" on Monday. Renowned Tagore scholar and singer from the United Kingdom Dr Anand Gupta and artists and music...
April 16, 2024 1:14 PM
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Kuwait's Emir has appointed Sheikh Ahmad Abdullah al-Ahmad al-Sabah as the new prime minister of Kuwait. This decision follows the resignation of former Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah on April 7. Sheikh Mohammad submitted his cabinet's resignation on April 6, following the el...
April 15, 2024 9:56 PM
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In Greece, a new report has stated that the population decline in the country has reached alarming levels, and it could become the world's first country to suffer "population collapse". The report claims that heart failure, stroke, blood clots and cancer among otherwise healthy young people have cau...
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