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Dhaka, Sept 1 (UNI) The central bank of Bangladesh has set a new cash withdrawal limit of 500,000 taka (4,166 US dollars) via cheques per account per day for the current week starting from Sunday. As per the latest circular from the Bangladesh Bank on Saturday, commercial banks in the country are now required to…

Moscow, Sept 1 (UNI) Rescuers are following different routes to the supposed location of the missing Mi-8 helicopter in Kamchatka; in total, more than 40 people are participating in the ground search, the Russian Emergencies Ministry (EMERCOM) said on Sunday. On Saturday, the Mi-8 helicopter, which was flying from the landing site in the Vachkazhets…

Bagdad, Sept 1 (UNI) Two civilians were killed and a third was injured on Saturday when a bomb left by the Islamic State (IS) group exploded in Salahudin province, north of Baghdad, according to a provincial police officer. The explosion occurred near a civilian car traveling on a desert road connecting the city of Baiji…

Sydney, Sept 1 (UNI) Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) issued a severe weather warning for people in parts of the Australian state of Victoria on Sunday morning. The bureau said a vigorous west-to-northwesterly airstream will continue to bring the threat of damaging winds to parts of the state, although conditions have eased a little slightly…

Lisbon, Sept 1 (UNI) The body of a missing soldier involved in a helicopter crash in northern Portugal was recovered on Saturday afternoon, according to Portugal’s civil protection authorities. The helicopter, with a pilot and five soldiers on board, crashed Friday on the Douro River while returning from firefighting operations in northern Portugal. The crash…

Ramallah, Sept 1 (UNI) The Israeli army on Saturday killed two Palestinians in Jenin, northern West Bank, as Israel’s military operation in the city entered its fourth day, the Palestinian Health Ministry reported. The ministry identified the victims as Amjad Mustafa Ibrahim Saleh and Muhammad Amin Talal Abdullah, but did not provide further details. The…

Manila, Sept 1 (UNI) The Philippines has detected three additional monkeypox (mpox) cases, bringing the country’s total number of active mpox cases to eight, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Sunday. Philippine Health Secretary Teodoro Herbosa said the three new cases include men aged 29 and 34 from Metro Manila and a 29-year-old male…

Washington, Aug 31 (UNI) NASA has confirmed that it has stripped the Crew 9 replacement mission team to the International Space station (ISS) to include only a single American astronaut and one Russian cosmonaut so that the stranded Boeing Starliner personnel Barry Wilmore and Sunita Willaims can fill out the remaining places on the ISS…

Washington, Aug 31 (UNI) US entrepreneur Elon Musk, who owns the X social media platform, commenting on the decision of the Brazilian authorities to suspend X in that country, called it one of unprecedented attacks on freedom of speech in the 21st century. Brazilian Supreme Federal Court judge Alexandre de Moraes on Friday ordered the…

Washington, Aug 31 (UNI) Former US President Donald Trump’s campaign is facing legal challenges from artists who demand that their music not be used at campaign rallies and on social media platforms, Axios reported. Jack White, the lead singer of The White Stripes, threatened the Trump campaign with legal action for using the song “Seven…