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Bangladesh chief justice, central bank chief quit amid protests

Views: 6 Days earlier, four deputy bank governors were forced out after internal revolt. Bangladesh’s chief justice and central bank governor have resigned, officials said on Saturday, as student protests that forced Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to flee have widened to target more officials appointed during her time in office. Chief Justice Obaidul Hassan resigned, […]

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MTN Uganda Hosts 2024 Supplier Forum: A Showcase of Innovation, Collaboration, and Growth

Views: 80     The MTN Supplier Forum was an interactive session between MTN and its vendors exploring strategies for supply chain optimization and the latest industry trends.   MTN Uganda unveiled Strategic partnerships with financial institutions to offer quick and affordable financial solutions, including supplier invoice financing and loans.   The Forum featured recognition

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Iraq’s Parliament takes the first step to lower the legal age of marriage for girls from 15 to 9.

Views: 8 The proposed bill would allow Iraqi Shiites to follow the Ja’afari school of jurisprudence, which permits marriage for girls as young as nine and boys at fifteen. If passed, the changes, pushed by mostly Islamist Shiite parliamentarians, could legalise child marriages and allow for personal status matters to be ruled on the basis

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Flooding in Yemen has left atleast 30 people dead and hundreds displaced, official says

Views: 7 AP NEWS SANAA, Yemen (AP) — A Yemeni official said Wednesday that 30 people have been killed and hundreds displaced in flooding in the southern city of Hodeidah following several days of heavy rains. Hodeidah Gov. Mugammad Qahim told Houthi rebel-controlled Masirah TV that the floods displaced people from 500 homes. Five people

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Thai court dissolves reformist party that won election

Views: 6 BBC A Thai court has ordered the dissolution of the reformist party which won the most seats and votes in last year’s election – but was blocked from forming a government. The ruling also banned Move Forward’s charismatic, young former leader Pita Limjaroenrat and 10 other senior figures from politics for 10 years.

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Russia reportedly begins transferring advanced air defense and radar equipment to Iran.

Views: 107 Times of Israel Iranian officials quoted by The New York Times say Russia has begun delivering advanced air defense and radar equipment to Iran, after officials in Tehran asked the Kremlin for the arms. The report comes as Iranian state media report that the country’s new President Masoud Pezeshkian told a visiting senior ally of

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The United Kingdom suspends arms export licenses to Israel.

Views: 6 THE JC The British government has already begun to suspend arms export licences to Israel while ministers carry out a policy review, evidence seen by the JC confirms. While Foreign Secretary David Lammy is yet to make a final decision on whether to halt weapons sales to the Jewish state, civil servants have already stopped

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Mali officially ends all diplomatic relations with Ukraine.

Views: 8 ALJAZEERA Mali has announced it is severing diplomatic ties with Ukraine, accusing a senior official of having admitted Kyiv’s role in a heavy defeat in July that killed dozens of mercenaries from Russia’s Wagner group as well as Malian soldiers. The northern Tuareg rebels say they killed at least 84 mercenaries and 47

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North Korea’s Kim Jong Un unveils 250 new tactical ballistic missile launchers

Views: 4 MOREE CHAMPION North Korean leader Kim Jong-un oversaw the delivery of 250 new tactical ballistic missile launchers to frontier troops, which Seoul says he will use to threaten South Korea. The launchers have been described by state media as a modern tactical attack weapon personally designed by Kim and ready to be transferred

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At least 91 killed as clashes rock Bangladesh, curfew imposed

Views: 6 DHAKA – At least 91 people were killed and hundreds injured in clashes in Bangladesh on Aug 4 as police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse tens of thousands of protesters calling for Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to resign. The death toll, which includes at least 13 policemen, was the highest

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