Lightning strikes kill 33 in eastern India
Lightning strikes during monsoon storms in eastern India this week killed at least 33 people and injured dozens, officials said Friday.
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Lightning strikes kill 2 in Satkhira, Bogura
Two persons were killed on Tuesday after being struck by lightning Satkhira and Bogura districts...
Transport owners to stage 24-hr strike in Chattogram on July 20聽
The Greater Chattogram Public and Goods Transport Owners Federation has announced a 24-hour suspension of all services in Chattogram and five surrounding districts for July 20, pressing for amendment to the Road Transport Act 2018, among other demands...
India rebel group says army killed leaders in Myanmar strikes
Separatist militants in northeastern India said the Indian army carried out cross-border drone strikes on the group鈥檚 camps in neighbouring Myanmar on Sunday, killing three of its leaders...
Israeli strikes kill 43 in Gaza as truce talks deadlocked
Gaza鈥檚 civil defence agency said Israeli air strikes on Sunday killed more than 40 Palestinians, including at a market and a water distribution point, as talks for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas stalled...
Israeli strike on south Lebanon kills one
Lebanon鈥檚 health ministry said an Israeli strike on south Lebanon on Saturday killed one person, the latest attack despite a ceasefire between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah...
22 civilians killed in Myanmar monastery air strike
More than 20 civilians, including children, were killed after a recent air strike on a monastery in central Myanmar, an anti-junta fighter and a resident told AFP Saturday...
Sylhet transport strike called off
Leaders of the Sylhet district unity association of road transport owners and workers on Tuesday postponed their indefinite strike, nearly seven hours after its beginning...
Two dead in Red Sea attack as Huthis resume strikes
An ongoing attack on a cargo vessel in the Red Sea has killed two people, an official and maritime monitor said Tuesday, after Yemen鈥檚 Huthi rebels resumed their campaign against shipping in the vital waterway...
Sylhet transport strike begins today
Sylhet Zila Sarak Paribahan Malik-Sramik Oikya Parishad, a combined platform of the district road transport owners and workers, on Monday announced that they would go on a transport strike for indefinite period in the district from today...
Israel strikes Huthi sites on Yemen coast
Israel said Monday it carried out a wave of strikes on the Yemeni port city of Hodeida and nearby areas held by the Huthi rebels, who retaliated with missile attacks...
Travel chaos as French air traffic controllers strike
A two-day strike by French air traffic controllers on Thursday and Friday prompted the cancellation of flights affecting hundreds of thousands of people, not just to-and-from France but also overflying the country as summer holidays kick off.
Sylhet stone traders, workers announce strike from July 5
Sylhet District Stone Traders and Workers Unity Council on Wednesday threatened to go for a indefinite transport strike from Saturday if their five-point demand, including opening stone quarries for extracting stones in manual process and withdrawal of the deputy commissioner, were not met by Friday...
Israeli forces kill 23 in Gaza
Gaza鈥檚 civil defence agency said Israeli air strikes and gunfire killed 23 people in the war-ravaged Palestinian territory on Sunday, including at least three children...
NBR strike paralyses trade, revenue collection
Export and import activities through ports and revenue collection across the country came to a halt on Sunday due to the 鈥榗omplete shutdown鈥� and 鈥楳arch to the NBR鈥� programmes enforced by National Board of Revenue staff for the second consecutive day, demanding the removal of the NBR chairman...
Russian strikes wound 12 in Ukraine
Russian strikes targeting Ukraine overnight Saturday to Sunday wounded at least 12 people, according to local authorities, prompting Kyiv to renew calls for new air defence systems...
Govt should step up forecasting, warning of lightning strikes
BANGLADESH has, as Regional Integrated Multi-Hazard Early Warning System data suggest, the highest rate of death by lightning strike in South Asia. Whilst more than 3.3 million lightning strikes happen in Bangladesh every year, the rate of death by strikes remains at 1.21 per 1,000 square kilometres, with India trailing by 0.86 and Nepal by 0.62. Records show that 270 people...
Russian strike kills 2 in Ukraine鈥檚 Odesa
A Russian drone strike on Ukraine鈥檚 southern port city of Odesa killed two people and wounded 14, including children, local authorities said on Saturday...
Bangladesh worst hit by lightning strikes in South Asia
Being hit by over 3.3 million lightning strikes every year, Bangladesh has the highest rate of death from the natural disaster in South Asia, according to a regional institution dealing with disaster forecasting...
NBR staff go on strike
Protesting officials and employees of the National Board of Revenue on Saturday began a 鈥榗omplete shutdown鈥� programme, demanding the removal of NBR chairman Abdur Rahman Khan...
Israeli strike kills 1 in South Lebanon
An Israeli strike on southern Lebanon killed one person on Saturday, the Lebanese health ministry said, the latest attack despite a ceasefire between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah...
US intel says strikes did not destroy Iran nuclear programme
A classified preliminary US intelligence report has concluded that American strikes on Iran set back Tehran鈥檚 nuclear programme by just a few months 鈥� rather than destroying it as聽claimed by president Donald Trump...
Russian strikes kill 11 in Ukraine
Russian missiles on Tuesday crashed into schools, hospitals and kindergartens in central Ukraine, killing at least 11 and wounding dozens more in a region coming under mounting pressure...
Oil prices wobble
Oil prices wobbled and stock markets wavered Monday as traders awaited Tehran鈥檚 response to US strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities over the weekend...
Asian countries most vulnerable to Strait of Hormuz blockade
Around 84 per cent of oil passing through the Strait of Hormuz is destined for Asia, leaving the economies of China, India, South Korea and others vulnerable should Iran blockade the crucial trading route over US strikes on its nuclear sites...
Ukraine vows to expand strikes on Russia
Ukraine鈥檚 top military commander vowed to increase the 鈥榮cale and depth鈥� of strikes on Russia in remarks made public Sunday, saying Kyiv would not sit idly by while Moscow prolonged its three-year invasion...
Russian strikes kill 16 in Kyiv
Russia launched dozens of drones and missiles at Kyiv in the early hours of Tuesday, killing at least 16 people and wounding dozens of others, as negotiations between Kyiv and Moscow break down...
Oil prices fall even as Israel-Iran strikes extend into 4th day
Stocks rose and oil prices pulled back on Monday as fears of a wider Middle East conflict eased even as Israel and Iran pounded each other with missiles for a fourth day...
Oil prices soar, stocks slide after Israel strikes Iran
Oil prices soared and stocks sank Friday after Israel launched strikes on Iran, prompting retaliation from Tehran and stoking fears of a full-blown war...
Russia launches deadly strike in east Ukraine
Fresh Russian strikes on Ukraine鈥檚 northeastern city of Kharkiv killed three people and wounded 60 others, including children, on Wednesday, authorities said, as Moscow pushed ahead with attacks after rejecting an unconditional ceasefire...