March2022
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UN weighs listing Great Barrier Reef as ‘in danger’
Mar 21, 2022On Monday, the United Nations launched a monitoring expedition to the Great Barrier Reef to see if the World Heritage property is being protected from climate change as it continues to bleach. Authorities reported last week... -
US declares Myanmar military oppression of Rohingya ‘genocide’
Mar 21, 2022US Secretary of State Antony Blinken formally declared Monday that the Myanmar military’s attacks on the Rohingya in 2016 and 2017 was “genocide”, saying there was “clear intent” to destroy the Muslim minority. “I have determined... -
World ‘sleepwalking’ to climate catastrophe: UN chief
Mar 21, 2022UN chief Antonio Guterres said Monday the world is “sleepwalking to climate catastrophe”, with major economies allowing carbon pollution to increase when drastic cuts are needed. The planet-saving goal of capping global warming at 1.5 degrees... -
Tunisia train collision injures 95
Mar 21, 2022On Monday morning in the Tunisian capital’s south, a head-on collision between two passenger trains injured 95 persons, according to rescue services. “The injured were brought to hospitals, and no deaths were reported,” Moez Triaa, a... -
A plane carrying 132 people crashes in China, killing everyone on board
Mar 21, 2022China Eastern reported that 132 passengers were killed when a plane carrying them crashed into a mountain in southern China on Monday, just three minutes after losing touch with air traffic control and plummeting thousands of... -
PMO distributes improved food items among street children
Mar 21, 2022In honor of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s 102nd birthday, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has sent food to three street children’s centers, reports BSS. According to PMO sources, the food was delivered...