The 75-year-old, who has held the office four times before, won 165 votes – exceeding the 136 required – with 83 votes against him, parliament speaker Agni Sapkota said. He faces the immediate task of procuring vaccines and controlling the spread of COVID-19, which the government says has infected 667,109 people and killed 9,550. Public… Read More »
The crisis is likely to last for six days in Dhaka, Narsingdi, Narayanganj, Manikganj, Gazipur and Tangail, the government’s gas distribution company Titas said on Monday. It said the compressor at Ashuganj was undergoing maintenance and repairs from Monday morning to the night of May 5 as part of efforts to increase the capacity of… Read More »
Popular venues in Sydney’s inner city and inner west have been added to the list of sites on NSW Health’s warning list as authorities track COVID-19’s spread from the northern beaches cluster. The Strawberry Hills Hotel and restaurants Nomad and Cuckoo Callay in Surry Hills, Erskineville’s The Rose of Australia and the Sydney Trapeze School… Read More »
Christine Lagarde, the president of the European Central Bank, believes the world may be past the worst of the coronavirus crisis but said a return to the status quo is unlikely. Speaking during the online Northern Light Summit on Friday, she said: “We probably have passed the lowest point and I say that with some… Read More »
(Photo: Adobe Stock) Although Dr. Eden Wells, Michigan’s chief medical executive, will face a jury trial on charges of involuntary manslaughter, obstruction of justice and lying to a special police agent – all stemming from her handling of Flint’s 2014-15 water crisis – state officials just hired her as an “advisory physician” in the Michigan… Read More »