At least 10 Cuban migrants were killed and 25 injured on Sunday when a cargo truck carrying them overturned in southern Mexico, local officials reported, the latest fatal crash involving US-bound migrants. The accident took place in southern Chiapas state, near the border with Guatemala, the report said. A source in the
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70pc power generation capacity to remain idle this winter
More than two-thirds of the total power generation capacity will remain idle this coming winter, as more power is added to the national grid from the private sector pushing up the capacity payment obligation of the government. It comes at a time when already the government's outstanding bills to the private
LPG price raised by Tk 113.61 per kg
UN and the multilateral system in crisis: what the Global South must do
The human cost of a green energy transition without safeguards
The world is moving away from fossil fuels towards so-called “green” energies as a solution to the climate crisis, which has increased the demand for strategic minerals such as cobalt, copper and lithium. As a human rights lawyer in the Democratic Republic of Congo – which has the world’s largest cobalt
Sura Krishna Chakma becomes Asia’s best boxer winning Intercontinental Championship title
: Bangladesh’s unbeaten professional boxing champion Sura Krishna Chakma wins the Asian Boxing Federation's Super Lightweight Intercontinental Championship belt for the first time. He claimed the title by defeating Nepal's Mahendra Bahadur Chand at the Pro-Boxing Championship 2.0 Fight Night held in Dhaka on Saturday. Sura Krishna Chakma has brought this
Supplementary charge-sheet filed over attack on ex-US Ambassador
The Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police has filed a supplementary charge sheet against nine people, including a Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leader, in connection with the attack on former US Ambassador Marcia Bernicat's convoy in Dhaka's Mohammadpur area. The charge sheet was submitted to the court on September 19.
Terrorist attack took place in Ankara: Turkey
A "terrorist attack" took place near Turkey's parliament in Ankara on Sunday leaving two police officers injured, the interior ministry said. The ministry said two attackers arrived in a commercial vehicle around 9:30 am (0630 GMT) "in front of the entrance gate of the General Directorate of Security of our Ministry
Winner in Maldives vows to unite archipelago
The president-elect of the Maldives, Mohamed Muizzu, said he wanted to unite the Indian Ocean archipelago after divisive polls that saw the pro-Beijing leader vow to rebalance relations with New Delhi. "No matter their political affiliation, they are all Maldivian citizens in front of me," Muizzu told supporters after his win
Slovak populists opposed to Ukraine aid win election
A populist party that wants to stop military aid to Ukraine and is critical of the EU and NATO has won Slovakia's election, results showed on Sunday. The Smer-SD party led by former prime minister Robert Fico scored 23.3 percent, beating the centrist Progressive Slovakia on 17 percent, with almost all