Following the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank this month, the Middle East is teetering on the edge of a major conflict, and the rest of the world continues to fracture along new economic and geopolitical lines. Rarely have the shortcomings of world leaders and existing institutional arrangements been so…
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Two specialist physicians from the United States arrived in Dhaka on Wednesday evening to assist in the treatment of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia. Dr Hamid Rabb and Dr James PA Hamilton from Johns Hopkins University’s School of Medicine reached Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport around 7:15pm, said BNP Chairperson’s media wing member Shamsuddin Didar. He said…
Summary – Israeli strikes killed at least 436 Palestinians in the last 24 hours More than 5,000 people have been killed in Israeli attacks in Palestine since the conflict broke out. Hamas says it released two elderly captives held in Gaza after Qatari and Egyptian mediation. Gaza’s Ministry of Health denounces “multiple massacres” by Israel. The Pentagon has sent military…
More than 15,273 others have been wounded during the Israeli strikes since 7 October, according to the Gaza health ministry. Gaza’s health ministry spokesman said on Sunday that since 7 October, Israeli strikes on Gaza have resulted in the death of 5,087 Palestinians, of which 2,055 were children. More than 15,273 others have been wounded…
“Witnessing all this…people who were mutilated in front of me. There was nothing I could do as a doctor” Photo: Eashfinul Haque Munim “It’s like what happens to a paper when you tear it into a thousand pieces. That’s what happened to the two coaches behind us when the freight train hit,” recounted Eashfinul Haque…