Probashbangla24 Desk : At least 168 people have been killed and 745 injured after a tsunami hit the coast on Indonesia’s Sunda Strait, government officials say. The country’s disaster management agency says hundreds of buildings were damaged by Saturday’s tsunami. It says the possible cause of the tsunami was undersea landslides after the Krakatoa volcano erupted.…
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Myanmar pledges to continue peace process in accordance with military announcement
Probashbangla24 Desk : Myanmar’s National Reconciliation and Peace Center (NRPC) has pledged to continue to strive towards the participation of eight remaining non-ceasefire signatory ethnic armed organizations in political dialogue, while strengthening the ceasefire already achieved with 10 armed organizations. The NRPC made the pledge in a press release issued late on Friday in response to…
US envoy Brett McGurk quits over Trump Syria pullout
Probashbangla24 Desk : A top US official in the fight against so-called Islamic State group has quit over President Donald Trump’s decision to pull troops from Syria. Brett McGurk, the US special presidential envoy for the Global Coalition to Defeat IS, brought his departure forward from February. Before Mr Trump’s announcement he had insisted that the…
Turkey reinforcing Syrian border: DHA
Probashbangla24 Desk : Turkey is sending reinforcements to its border with Syria, Demiroren News Agency (DHA) reported on Sunday, adding that some 100 vehicles including mounted pickup trucks and weaponry had made their way to the area. The heightened military activity comes days after President Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey would postpone a planned military operation on…
Jamal Khashoggi’s killing took seven minutes, Turkish source tells MEE
Probashbangla24 online Desk : It took seven minutes for Jamal Khashoggi to die, a Turkish source who has listened in full to an audio recording of the Saudi journalist’s last moments told Middle East Eye. Khashoggi was dragged from the consul-general’s office at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul and onto the table of his study next…
Royal tour: Prince Harry gets his beard rubbed
Probashbangla24 online Desk : Protocol was well and truly flouted on the latest leg of the royal tour when a five-year-old boy touched Prince Harry’s beard. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are touring Australia and New Zealand after announcing they’re expecting a baby. Five-year-old Luke Vincent was apparently mesmerised by the duke’s facial hair because…
‘Perfect storm heading your way’: UN on growing hunger, climate change threat
Probashbangla24 online Desk : A potent combination of hunger, climate change and man-made conflicts are creating a “perfect storm”, the head of the UN’s food arm warned Tuesday in a call to action on World Food Day. “You’ve got a nightmare, the perfect storm heading your way,” David Beasley, World Food Programme (WFP) chief, said in…
Brexit: ‘Expectations low’ as PM heads to Brussels
Probashbangla24 online Desk : Theresa May is heading to Brussels to speak to EU leaders as she battles to keep hopes of a Brexit deal alive. Expectations of a breakthrough are low, with talks deadlocked over the Irish border issue. EU leaders say it is up to the UK prime minister to come up with fresh…
Kohinoor was surrendered, not forcibly taken by British
Probashbangla24 online Desk : One of the largest cut diamonds in the world, the Kohinoor weighing 21.12 grams, was not forcibly taken by the British but was instead surrendered by the erstwhile Maharaja of Lahore to the Queen of England. The Archeological Survey of India (ASI) said the Kohinoor was gifted to the East India Company…
Royal baby: Did announcement upstage Princess Eugenie’s wedding?
Probashbangla24 online Desk : When news broke that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex were expecting a baby, many were quick to send their congratulations. But others focused on the timing of the announcement. Although Harry and Meghan waited until Monday to go public with the pregnancy news, they did tell senior royals on Friday –…