Aslihan Cavasoglu has spent the past six days grieving for lost relatives by camping in a small building in a park in the Turkish city of Antakya with his family. All she wants to do now is leave her earthquake-ravaged hometown. “I lost my two sisters, brother and mother in the earthquake. Most of my […]
In Syria, a child survives but loses his family
Stealing or Survival? In the opencast mines in Jharkhand’s Jharia Coalfield, men, women and children go into the mines as early as 3 a.m., where they collect coal until noon, before it is burnt into soft coke and loaded into sacks is done. They sell it to middlemen who pay around 100 rupees ($1.20) per […]
The head of Syria’s opposition-run civil defense service said on Tuesday that time was running out to rescue hundreds of families trapped under the rubble of destroyed buildings after this week’s devastating earthquake. Raed al-Saleh told Reuters that urgent help from international groups was needed for a rescue effort by an organization called the White […]
“Covid-19 and the global pandemic have created a health crisis. Now it has become an economic one and that will be the focus of my government,” Hipkins said. He also announced that the country would have Pacific Island native Carmel Sepuloni as its first deputy prime minister. Sepuloni, 46, entered parliament in 2008 and has […]
The government has increased natural gas prices for industrial units and power producers for the second time in only six months. The government on Wednesday said the price of gas has been fixed at a flat rate of Tk 30 per cubic meter for industrial units of all sizes. Earlier, large industrial units had to […]
At least five members of a family were killed when a stove caught fire in the kitchen of their house in Chattogram’s Rangunia upazila. According to the Fire Service and Civil Defence, the incident took place at around 2:15 am on Friday at Uttar Paruya village in Rangunia. The deceased have been identified as Khokon […]
One of the four members of a family survived a 200-feet fall down the Bandarban hill.
The most worrying fact revealed in the report is that Bangladesh tops the South Asian countries in terms of families spending money in the field of education. It was also found that private educational institutions charge nine times more fees than government institutions. Private tuition was less popular earlier. This practice was completely absent in […]
Sharing selfies too much on social media can lead to decreased intimacy with your near and dear ones, a study has found. According to British researchers, people who post too many photos of themselves on social media run the risk of damaging real-life relationships. “People, other than very close friends and relatives, do not seem […]
The Jackson family was in attendance at the courthouse, including father Joseph, mother Katherine, sisters LaToya and Janet, and brothers Jermaine, Randy and Tito. The family also believes Murray was responsible for the singer’s death. “All Michael wanted to do was sleep. He didn’t want to die,” said his older brother, Jermaine Jackson. The case […]
