US aid cuts a death sentence for millions: UN
The United States has ended emergency food aid for 14 countries, endangering the lives of millions of hungry or starving people, a United Nations agency said on Monday...
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Advanced emergency dept crucial to save injured patient lives
Vice-chancellor of Bangladesh Medical University Professor Dr Md Shahinul Alam at a seminar at the BMU in Dhaka on Monday said that an advanced emergency room or department or emergency medicine was very important to save lives by providing emergency medical services to injured patients...
999 launches English-language services for foreigners
The national emergency helpline 999 have launched English-language services for the first time, aiming to assist English-speaking people, particularly foreigners working in or visiting the country.
16 Pakistanis killed in shipwreck off Libya
Emergency workers have recovered the bodies of 16 Pakistanis after a boat capsized off the coast of Libya, with 10 others believed to be missing, Pakistan鈥檚 foreign ministry said on Tuesday...
Myanmar junta extends state of emergency
Myanmar鈥檚 junta extended a state of emergency by six months on Friday, four years after it seized power triggering a civil war that has claimed thousands of lives.
Police request people not to share MFS, bank PIN numbers
The Police Headquarters on Thursday called upon all not to share PIN numbers of the mobile financial service (MFS) that include bKash, Nagad, Rocket and the bank cards as the phone calls are being made from the national emergency service number 999 through cloning.
Loan facility to crisis-hit business groups, banks continues
The interim government has continued to provide crisis-hit commercial banks and large business groups with emergency loan assistances with the offering of Tk 180 crore to the Beximco Group in the past week, said officials...
Institutionalising emergency medical care
SHEIKH Hasina鈥檚 resignation and fleeing to India on August 15 marked the end of her 15-year autocratic rule and the beginning of a new era in politics. Over these years of authoritarian and oppressive rule, Bangladesh has experienced significant issues, including an extreme violation of rights and a systematic destruction of...
Cut response time of 999 services: IGP聽
Inspector general of police Md Mainul Islam on Monday asked all concerned to lessen response time to reach quickly out to the people who would dial 999 for emergency services...
Chinese doctors visit聽injured protesters
The members of the Chinese National Emergency Medical Team on Monday visited the patients who suffered severe injuries during the student-led mass uprising and assured them...
Chinese medical team arrives in Bangladesh at invitation of CA Yunus
Chinese national emergency medical team arrived at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka, Bangladesh on Sunday.
Chinese medical team to arrive Sunday
A Chinese national emergency medical team will arrive in Dhaka on Sunday to provide advanced medical treatment to individuals severely injured during the July-August protests in Bangladesh...
Metro rail services resumed after over a month
Road transport and bridges ministry adviser to the interim government, Muhammad Fouzul Kabir Khan, said on Sunday that the government had taken initiative to announce metro rail as an emergency service...
Emergency services collapse
People across the country have been suffering due to the ongoing internet blackout since July 18 amid the countrywide protests and demonstrations against the killing of students...
Did she slip up with emergency?
JUNE 25 marked the anniversary of Indira Gandhi鈥檚 21-month 1975鈥�77 emergency. The 50-year-old event came up for censure in the Lok Sabha speaker and president Draupadi Murmu鈥檚 address to the joint sitting of the two houses of the poarliament in the past week. The fuss over the emergency looks clearly designed to frame the resurgent Congress...
State of emergency set for France鈥檚 New Caledonia after deadly riots
President Emmanuel Macron moved on Wednesday to declare a state of emergency in France鈥檚 Pacific territory of New Caledonia after a second night of rioting that left three dead and hundreds wounded, his office said...
Air Arabia flight makes emergency landing following hydraulic glitch at Ctg airport
An Air Arabia flight with 168 passengers and seven crew members made an emergency landing at Chattogram Shah Amanat International Airport Friday morning following a hydraulic glitch at brakes, airport officials said....