WHO chief deplores killing of Lebanese paramedics in Israeli strike
WHO chief deplores killing of Lebanese paramedics in Israeli strike

World Health Organizations (WHO) director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said that he deplores the killing of at least 12 paramedics, who were killed in an Israeli air strike on a Lebanese civil defence centre in Lebanons eastern Baalbek region, reports Al Jazeera. The centre has been...

WHO chief sounds alarm on famine warning in Gaza
WHO chief sounds alarm on famine warning in Gaza

World Health Organization(WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has added his voice to rising concerns that the monthlong Israeli military siege of northern Gaza where as many as 95,000 civilians could be trapped has caused famine conditions, reports Al Jazeera. Deeply alarming,...

Govt seeks direct communication with WHO, bypassing Putul
Govt seeks direct communication with WHO, bypassing Putul

The interim government has sent a letter to the World Health Organization (WHO), seeking a direct communication link with the UN health oranisation, bypassing its regional chief Saima Wazed Putul. Putul is the daughter of ousted autocratic premier Sheikh Hasina, and has been implicated in a...

The whole world condemns as Israel ban UNRWA
The whole world condemns as Israel ban UNRWA

Israeli parliament has approved on Monday a controversial bill to ban the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), which is considered as the lifeline in the Israel sieged Gaza, reports agencies. The banning will be applicable in Israeli territory and its occupied...

Dhaka’s air remains ‘unhealthy’ for second consecutive day
Dhaka’s air remains ‘unhealthy’ for second consecutive day

Dhaka, the overcrowded capital city of Bangladesh, has ranked the third on the list of cities having the worst air quality with an AQI score of 176 on Monday morning (9:00am), reports UNB. Mondays air was classified as unhealthy while Sundays air quality was also marked as unhealthy with an AQI...