Dhaka | Dhaka City | Bangladeshi News
Dhaka | Dhaka City | Bangladeshi News
The deceased have been identified as Rafiqul (35) of Sonapatti area of Charbagdanga union, Jahangir (35) of Narendrapur area of Shahjahanpur union and Isrul (42) of Namohar area of Devinagar union. Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Chapainwabganj Sadar police station Sajjad Hussain said that Rafiqul died after being struck by lightning while harvesting paddy in the field […]
According to the USGS, the 4.3 magnitude earthquake had its epicenter at Dohar, 14 km east-southeast of Dhaka. In addition, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center (EMSC) said the quake was at a depth of 10 km (6.21 mi), said a Reuters report. The EMSC had earlier measured the magnitude of the quake at 5.2, located 14 […]
After months of heavy rains, the government last week declared a two-month state of emergency in 13 of the country’s 24 provinces to redistribute economic resources to hard-hit areas. President Guillermo Lasso has vowed to continue the rescue effort “as long as necessary,” but he was jeered by locals visiting the site on Monday night. […]
“(It) can contain many different chemicals like lead or microplastics or asbestos,” said Sedat Gundogdu, a plastic pollution expert at Cukurova University in Adana. The researcher estimates that the 200 million tons of debris produced by the earthquake is “seven times the amount of waste generated annually by Turkey”. “We don’t have the capacity to […]
According to the Ministry of External Affairs, Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen told the Turkish Foreign Minister that Bangladesh is sending an additional 10,000 tents, along with the initial 2000 to Turkey, for earthquake victims. In a phone call to his Turkish counterpart on 15 February, he also requested that he let Bangladesh know if […]
Earthquakes are frequent in the Philippines, which sits along the Pacific “Ring of Fire”, an arc of intense seismic as well as volcanic activity that extends from Japan into Southeast Asia and the Pacific Basin. Most are too weak to be felt by humans, but also come in strong and devastating, with no technology available […]
Fears have grown for survivors on both sides of the border, with the United Nations saying that more than seven million children have been negatively affected between Syria and Turkey, and fears that “many thousands” more were killed. . “It is sadly clear that the numbers will continue to rise,” said James Elder, spokesman for […]
More rain and high winds were expected on Tuesday, further hampering rescue efforts. “Emergency services are working night and day, but unstable ground, floodwaters and closed roads are making things difficult,” said Emergency Management Minister Kieran McAnulty. New Zealand Fire and Emergency Services said one firefighter is missing and another is in critical condition after […]
The UN has warned that at least 870,000 people across Turkey and Syria are in urgent need of hot food. Up to 5.3 million people may be homeless in Syria alone. Some 26 million people have been affected by the quake, the World Health Organization (WHO) said, as it launched a flash appeal on Saturday […]
“I hear their voices. I know they are alive, but there is no one to save them,” added the 60-year-old. The Syrian health ministry reported damage in the provinces of Aleppo, Latakia, Hama and Tartus, where Russia is leasing a naval facility. Even before the tragedy, buildings in Aleppo – Syria’s pre-war commercial center – […]
