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Confident about election victory: Sheikh Hasina

Confident about election victory: Sheikh Hasina

30-12-2018  comments

Dhaka (IANS): Bangladesh Prime Minister and Awami League chief Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said she is confident about winning the 11th parliamentary election.

In her reactions after casting vote at the Dhaka City College centre on Sunday morning,…

7.1-magnitude quake jolts Philippines

7.1-magnitude quake jolts Philippines

29-12-2018  comments

Manila (IANS): A powerful 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck off the Davao Oriental province in the Philippine island of Mindanao on Saturday, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said.

No damage has been reported…

Oldest man in US dies aged 112

Oldest man in US dies aged 112

28-12-2018  comments

New York (IANS) America's oldest World War II veteran and the oldest man in the country, Richard Overton, has died. He was 112, his family said.

He died on Thursday, the CNN reported. 

He was hospitalized with…

Indonesia flights rerouted as volcano alert level raised

Indonesia flights rerouted as volcano alert level raised

27-12-2018  comments

Jakarta (IANS): All flights around Indonesia's Anak Krakatau volcano have been re-routed and the alert level has been raised to the second-highest possible after a series of eruptions spewed out lava.

A five-kilometre exclusion zone…

Indonesian tsunami rescue efforts continue as country marks 2004 disaster

Indonesian tsunami rescue efforts continue as country marks 2004 disaster

26-12-2018  comments

Jakarta (IANS) Indonesian authorities on Wednesday resumed the search for 154 people missing after a tsunami hit the Sunda Strait coasts as the country commemorates the anniversary of the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami that killed around 230,000…

5.8-magnitude quake hits Tibet

5.8-magnitude quake hits Tibet

24-12-2018  comments

Lhasa (IANS): A 5.8-magnitude quake hit Xigaze city in Tibet autonomous region early on Monday, according to the China Earthquake Networks Centre (CENC). No casualties have been reported.

The epicentre was Xaitongmoin county as the quake struck…

'Volcano tsunami' hits Indonesia after Krakatoa eruption, 43 reported killed

'Volcano tsunami' hits Indonesia after Krakatoa eruption, 43 reported killed

23-12-2018  comments

Jakarta (IANS): At least 43 people have been killed and 584 injured after a tsunami hit the coast around Indonesia's Sunda Strait, officials said.

The country's disaster management agency says two people are missing, and hundreds of…

168 dead in Indonesia tsunami

168 dead in Indonesia tsunami

23-12-2018  comments

Jakarta (IANS): At least 168 people have been killed and 745 injured after a tsunami hit the coast on Indonesia's Sunda Strait, government officials said on Sunday.

There was no warning of the advancing wave that struck on Saturday around…

US government partially shuts down

US government partially shuts down

22-12-2018  comments

Washington (IANS) With funding for roughly a quarter of the US government, including appropriations for the Departments of Homeland Security and Justice expiring at midnight, a partial shutdown of the federal administration began on Saturday…

China, Russia to boost military cooperation

China, Russia to boost military cooperation

21-12-2018  comments

Beijing (IANS) Chinese State Councillor and Minister of National Defence Wei Fenghe has met Deputy Defence Minister of Russia and Chief of Main Directorate for Political-Military Affairs of the Russian Armed Forces Andrey Kartapolov in Beijing.

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