VICE · 16hShanty Towns Ten Thousand Homeless After Massive Fire Rages Through a Bangladeshi SlumVICEAt least 10,000 people have been rendered homeless after a massive fire raged through a slum in the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka. Thousands of shanties were destroyed in the blaze, which started late evening
Shanty Towns'We couldn't save anything, everything burned': Thousands left homeless after Bangladesh blaze destroys shantytown - ITVitv.com - www.itv.com "We cried for our children to get out of the room, by the time we escaped, our house was on fire. Tearful mother Anju Begum speaks of her family's …
News18.comadded this to News18 Latest News · 2hJaishankar Foreign Minister Jaishankar Arrives in Bangladesh to Strenghten 'Special' Bilateral Tiesnews18.com - PTI Foreign Minister S Jaishankar, who is on a two-day tour, will start his visit by paying respect to Bangladesh's founding father Bangabandhu Sheikh …
West BengalGreen Tara Dispensing Boons to Ecstatic Devotees: Folio from a Manuscript of the Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita (Perfectionmetmuseum.org - www.metmuseum.org New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Early Buddhist Manuscript Painting: The Palm-Leaf Tradition," July 29, 2008–March 22, 2009. Zurich. Museum …
UCANEWS.COMadded this to UCA News · 3hShanty Towns Dhaka slum fire leaves thousands homelessucanews.com - ucanews.com- Stephan Uttom, Dhaka Caritas is assessing how it can help those affected by the blaze that gutted shanties made of bamboo and plasticsContinue reading...
Los Angeles Timesadded this to Nation · 4hMyanmar Panic in the world's largest refugee settlement: 'I will kill ... my entire family if I am forced to leave'Los Angeles Times - Vidya KrishnanPlans for a second attempt at repatriating Rohingya Muslim refugees to Myanmar have spread panic in the world’s largest refugee settlement, home to 1.2 million people, prompting humanitarian officials
The Hindu Groupadded this to The Hindu · 3hAssam NRC may be tackled via legislative routethehindu.com - Special Correspondent Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal indicated on Monday that any decision to challenge the final National Register of Citizens (NRC) through the …
MMike Pickupadded this to Coffee and AGROCWATER · 4hAlgae Algae-derived paper filters pathogens out of waternewatlas.com - Ben Coxworth Throughout the densely-populated country of Bangladesh, a lack of access to clean drinking water is responsible for a variety of debilitating and …
Outlook Magazineadded this to Outlook India · 11hTripura Northeast: New digital system hits India-Bangladesh tradeoutlookindia.com Agartala, Aug 19 Due to introduction of a new online trade management system -- Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) - the India-Bangladesh trade …
Scrolladded this to The Field · 12hNavdeep Saini Indian pacer Navdeep Saini to stay back in West Indies as net bowler for Test seriesscroll.in - Press Trust of India Impressed with his skill-set, the Indian team management has decided to keep speedster Navdeep Saini as a net bowler for the two-Test series against …
Fossil Fuels The Danger of Climate Doomsayers | by Bjørn Lomborgproject-syndicate.org - Bjørn Lomborg PALO ALTO – Most people on the planet wake up each day thinking that things are getting worse. It is little wonder, given what they routinely read in …
Hindustan Timesadded this to India News · 17hJaishankar Jaishankar begins 4-day visit to Bangladesh, Nepal to review bilateral ties | india news | Hindustan Timeshindustantimes.com - HT Correspondent External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Monday began a four-day visit to Nepal and Bangladesh aimed at reviewing bilateral relations and charting …
Memphis, TN Fire in Bangladesh leaves 10,000 homelesswmcactionnews5.com - August 18, 2019 at 10:03 PM CDT - Updated August 18 at 10:03 PM DHAKA, Bangladesh (CNN) - In the capital of Bangladesh, a large fire roared through a Dhaka slum Friday night. It left around 10,000 people homeless, …
Portland Police Bureau Good Morning, News: Portland Protests, Bangladesh Burns, and Shooter Stoppedportlandmercury.com - Alex Zielinski Stay up to date on Portland news and politics. Looking for fun? Here are the best Things to Do in Portland today. Good morning, Portland! Let's get up …
South China Morning Post added this to Belt and Road Initiative · 12hBelt and Road Initiative Sinopec Engineering, tasked to deliver on Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative, thinks it can win Bangladesh projectSouth China Morning Post - Eric Ng Sinopec Engineering (Group), a key implementer of China’s Belt and Road Initiative, is confident it can win a bid to expand an oil refinery in …
Conservative View Desert survival courses in Egypt? Trump administration eyes wasteful foreign aid programs for budget cutsconservativereview.com - Nate Madden The following is an excerpt from Blaze Media’s daily Capitol Hill Brief email newsletter: What will be in the Trump administration’s upcoming list of …
Ravi Shastri The challenges for Ravi Shastri in his second term as India’s head coachcricketcountry.com - Rishav Narang The challenges for Ravi Shastri in his second term as India’s head coach Over the next two years, India play two T20 World Cups and the World Test …
Futurity Newsadded this to Health · 3hHealth Fewer sick kids when water pump gets chlorine dispenserfuturity.org - Rob Jordan-Stanford Installing an automatic chlorine dispenser at shared community water points reduces rates of diarrhea in children, a new study in Bangladesh …
Russia 17 Countries Owe Russia $27Bln – Reportsthemoscowtimes.com - The Moscow Times Belarus remains the runaway leader among Russia’s debtors with $7.5 billion in unpaid loans, according to RBC’s calculations published Monday. Russia …
ESPN UK Editionadded this to Cricket · 3hEnglish Cricket Seven points to ponder - what Russell Domingo must remember in Bangladeshespn.co.uk - Mohammad Isam The equivalent of Russian roulette? Not long from now, the Bangladesh head coach's job might come to be deemed as such, or perhaps something even …
Indian Expressadded this to Indian Express · 22hBiryani Two Bangla nationals killed in car crash: Biryani chain owner’s son gets 12-day police remandindianexpress.com - Express News Service A day after his arrest in connection with a car crash, in which two Bangladeshi nationals were killed in the small hours of Saturday, Arsalan Parwez, …
GDP India’s Mangled Economycounterpunch.org - Arshad Khan Photograph Source: Prime Minister’s Office, Government of India – GODL-IndiaMid-August is when the subcontinent celebrates independence from Britain. …
IMANIMANadded this to Advertizing · 4hSocial Commerce Social commerce could be Pathao’s path out of cash crunchtechinasia.com - Jack Ellis Ride-hailing companies are fast embracing the super app concept. Grab and Gojek are battling over ride-hailing, food delivery, logistics, and …
The Economic Timesadded this to Politics & Nation · 17hAmit Shah Criminalising instant talaq to help Muslims: Amit Shahindiatimes.com - Aanchal Bansal Union home minister Amit Shah on Sunday said criminalisation of triple talaq was meant for the benefit of Muslims. “Hindus, Christians and Jains are …
Liberia The Australian women staying behind in humanitarian crises across the worldsbs.com.au - Matt Connellan Monday 19 August is World Humanitarian Day, with this year's theme honouring the work of women aid workers who are often the first to respond and the …
Turkey Turkey's disaster agency wins hearts with aid to 58 countriesdailysabah.com - DAILY SABAH WITH AGENCIES AFAD crews deliver humanitarian aid in Afrin, Syria, March 2018. The Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD) marks its 10th year as …
Vox · 1dPlay buttonLaw This country gave all its rivers their own legal rightsVox - Sigal SamuelBangladesh is sometimes known as the “land of the rivers.” It’s got hundreds of them — and over the years, they’ve been getting more and more polluted. But as of early July, every single one of them has
Texas Public Radioadded this to Texas Public Radio · 1dShanty Towns Thousands Left Homeless In Bangladeshi Capital After Fire Burns Hundreds Of Shantiestpr.org - Wynne Davis Approximately 10,000 people were left homeless in Bangladesh's capital city, Dhaka, after a fire burned through hundreds of shanties in a slum on …
Reuters Indiaadded this to World · 1dShanty Towns About 3,000 homeless as fire consumes Bangladesh slumReuters India - by Serajul QuadirDHAKA (Reuters) - About 3,000 people in Bangladesh were left homeless after a massive fire consumed several hundred shanties in a slum on the northern outskirts of the capital city of Dhaka, government
Euronews · 1dEid al-Adha Fire in Bangladesh capital leaves thousands homelessEuronews - By Mark Armstrong with ReutersHundreds of homes have been destroyed in a fire in the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka. The blaze ripped through the Chalantika slum on Friday night. Although no deaths have so far been reported, there were
