Bangladesh: 60 injured as Sonar Bangla Express hits freight train in Cumilla

DHAKA, April 17 (NNN-BSS) — Seven carriages and a locomotive of Dhaka-bound passenger train Sonar Bangla Express were derailed when it hit a freight train at Hasanpur station of Nangalkot in Cumilla. “Dhaka-bound Sonar Bangla Express from Chattogram hit a freight train at Hasanpur station at 6.45pm caused its locomotive and…

UN chief condemns killing of 3 World Food Programme employees in Sudan

UNITED NATIONS, April 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres strongly condemned the killing of three World Food Programme (WFP) employees amid clashes between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and called for swift justice for those involved. “The ongoing clashes in Sudan have resulted…

Qatar expects more than five million visitors in 2023

 DOHA, April 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Qatar expects more than five million people to visit the Gulf state in 2023 despite a post-World Cup lull, its tourism chief said. Akbar Al-Baker, head of Qatar Airways and Qatar Tourism, admitted that hotels had fallen quiet after the World Cup final on Dec…

US gun violence: Louisville shooter fires into park crowd killing 2, wounding 4; as 3 police officers wounded in separate shooting in Minnesota

Calls came in around 9 p.m. on reports of a shooting at Chickasaw Park, Louisville LOUISVILLE (Kentucky)/CYRUS (Minnesota), April 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — An unidentified suspect fired a gun into a crowd of hundreds in a Kentucky park, leaving two people dead and four wounded Saturday night, police said. Police were…

US gun violence: Two people shot dead at cockfight in Honolulu, Hawaii

HONOLULU (Hawaii, US), April 16 (NNN-XINHUA) — Two spectators were killed and three injured after they were shot during a late-night ‘cockfight’ Friday in Honolulu, Hawaii, local media reported, citing the police. “At the end of the fight a group of males started arguing and then it escalated to a…

Brazil’s Pres Lula raises Russia war mediation with China, UAE

ABU DHABI, April 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Brazil’s president on Sunday said he had discussed joint mediation for Russia’s war in Ukraine with China and the United Arab Emirates, accusing the United States and Europe of prolonging the conflict. President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who was wrapping up an official…

UK’s Royal Mail, union leaders come to agreement over pay

A Royal Mail worker holds a toy depicting Postman Pat as members strike over pay and conditions, outside of the Houses of Parliament in London LONDON, April 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Britain’s Royal Mail and union leaders have come to an agreement after a bitter dispute over pay, jobs and conditions.…

Nicaragua and China boost bilateral cooperation

MANAGUA, April 16 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) — The signing of projects between Chinese and Nicaraguan authorities on thermal energy and housing construction boosts bilateral cooperation between China and Nicaragua.     The Nicaraguan Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Óscar Mojica highlighted the housing program developed by the Sandinista government, in association with the…

Ecuador is suffering from intense violence and insecurity

QUITO, April 16 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) — “Ecuador is bleeding to death”, this has been the most used headline in local media this week in the Andean country in the midst of a wave of violence and insecurity. Shootings, bombings, massacres, dead inmates, prison riots and police murders have kept the…

Climate change: Kenyan government to constitute a committee to save Lake Ol Bolossat, DP Gachagua says

Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua NAIROBI, April 16 (NNN-KBC) — The Kenyan government will establish a committee to lead in restoration efforts of Lake Ol Bolossat in Nyandarua County, Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua said. Speaking when he led the planting of 10,000 trees in Shamata Ward, the Deputy President said the…