Speakers at the event address the event commemorating Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah’s death anniversary in Dhaka on Wednesday. — Bangla Tribune Urdu songs and poetry was played and recited at event. “Dhaka must now maintain its relationship with Pakistan.” Speaker says Jinnah ended “political incompetence and strife”. For the first time in Bangladesh’s history, Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali … Read more
Rescue workers help a stranded woman from a flooded area at the border town of Mae Sai, following the impact of Typhoon Yagi, in the northern province of Chiang Rai, Thailand on September 12, 2024. — Reuters HANOI: Millions of people across Southeast Asia struggled Thursday with flooded homes, power cuts and wrecked infrastructure after … Read more
Military court sentences plotters after foiled May attack on presidential palace and political ally’s home KINSHASA: Thirty-seven individuals, including three Americans, a Briton, a Belgian, and a Canadian national, have been sentenced to death in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) over an alleged coup attempt aimed at overthrowing President Félix Tshisekedi. The men were … Read more
HANOI: The death toll in Vietnam from Typhoon Yagi and the landslides and flash floods it triggered rose to 226 on Thursday, the government’s disaster agency said, as flood pressure eased in the capital Hanoi. The Southeast Asian country is reeling from the impact of Typhoon Yagi, the strongest storm to hit Asia this year, … Read more
Anil Kuldip Mehta’s Final Call to Daughters Revealed Before His Tragic Death Just moments before his tragic death, Anil Kuldip Mehta, step-father to Bollywood actresses Malaika Arora and Amrita Arora, made a heartbreaking final phone call to his daughters, telling them, “I’m sick and tired,” according to sources. Hours after his passing, Malaika took to … Read more
Rescue workers help stranded people from a flooded area at the border town of Mae Sai, Chiang Rai, on September 11. —Reuters HANOI: Millions of people across Southeast Asia struggled Thursday with flooded homes, power cuts and wrecked infrastructure after Typhoon Yagi swept through the region, as the death toll passed 200. In worst-hit Vietnam … Read more
In a significant revision to the pension system, the federal government has introduced new criteria for pensions based on recommendations from the Pay and Pension Commission 2020. The finance ministry issued three office memoranda, detailing the new regulations aimed at easing the financial strain caused by the rising pensions bill. As per the finance ministry’s … Read more
A general view of a factory collapsed following the impact of Typhoon Yagi in Trang Due Industrial Zone, Hai Phong city, Vietnam, September 9, 2024. — Reuters HANOI: Typhoon Yagi, landslides and floods it triggered have killed at least 127 people, and 54 others are missing in northern Vietnam, the disaster management agency said on … Read more
Carlos Marqués-Marcet brings life to a grave situation in “They Will Be Dust,” realizing that when so many tiptoe around the subject of death, it might not be such a stretch to put an elderly couple in ballet shoes if they’re thinking it’s time to choose for themselves to shuffle off their mortal coil. The unconventional … Read more
Uganda’s Rebecca Cheptegei in action during the women’s marathon final. — Reuters/File NAIROBI: Ugandan Olympic marathon runner Rebecca Cheptegei died on Thursday, four days after she was doused in petrol and set on fire by her boyfriend in Kenya, in the latest attack on a female athlete in the country. Cheptegei, 33, who competed in … Read more