Probashbangla24 online Desk : Hurricane Michael has landed on a Florida beach town like the “mother of all bombs”, almost wiping it off the map, officials say. The storm smashed into the state’s north-west coast near Mexico Beach on Wednesday with 155mph (250km/h) winds. The hurricane, one of the most powerful in US history, has killed…
Probashbangla24 online Desk : US First Lady Melania Trump has dismissed speculation about the state of her marriage, saying her husband’s alleged extra-marital affairs are not her “concern or focus” because she has better things to do. In an interview with ABC News, she said media speculation about her marriage was not “pleasant”. Asked if she…
Probashbangla24 online Desk : Earl Robert Miller is going to be the next US ambassador to Bangladesh as the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations has approved his nomination. The US Embassy in Dhaka disclosed the matter through a Facebook post published on its official page. Earlier in July, US President Donald Trump had nominated Miller to…
Probashbangla24 online Desk : The devastation inflicted by Hurricane Michael came into focus Thursday with rows upon rows of homes found smashed to pieces, and rescue crews struggling to enter stricken areas in hopes of accounting for hundreds of people who may have stayed behind. At least three deaths were blamed on Michael, the most powerful…
Probashbangla24 online Desk : One of the most comprehensive studies of the state of banking and markets since the financial crisis warns that “dangerous undercurrents” are a rising threat to the world economy. The International Monetary Fund’s Financial Stability Report says that although banks are far safer than they were in 2008 there are new risks.…
Probashbangla24 online Desk : Hurricane Michael has strengthened to a category three storm, with winds near 120mph (193km/h) as it churns towards the Florida coast, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) says. The storm is expected to make landfall on Wednesday. Florida Governor Rick Scott has warned residents to evacuate. Alabama, Florida and Georgia have declared states…
Probashbangla24 online Desk : The far-right candidate, Jair Bolsonaro, has won the first round of Brazil’s presidential election. He will face the left-wing Workers’ Party candidate, Fernando Haddad, in the second round on 28 October after he failed to win the 50% of valid votes needed to win outright. With almost all the votes counted, Mr…
Probashbangla24 online Desk : North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has agreed to hold a second summit with US President Donald Trump as soon as possible, Seoul said Sunday. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said “he agreed with Chairman Kim to hold the second US-North Korea summit at the earliest date possible,” South Korea’s presidential…
Probashbangla24 online Desk : At least 20 people were killed in an accident in upstate New York, authorities said Sunday. The two-car crash happened shortly before 2 pm Saturday in Schoharie, town supervisor Alan Tavenner said in a statement. One of the vehicles involved was a limo, the National Transportation Safety Board said. The NTSB tweeted…
Probashbangla24 online Desk : Americans William Nordhaus and Paul Romer won the 2018 Nobel Economics Prize for work in integrating climate change and technological innovation into economic analysis, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said on Monday. Nordhaus, of Yale University, was the first person to create a quantitative model that described the interplay between the…