Cyclone Sitrang gathered pace over Bay of Bengal on Sunday evening and will likely to intensify into a severe cyclonic storm, making landfall between Tinkona Island and Sandwip in Bangladesh …
Effective monitoring must for DAP implementation
PLANNING alone will not resolve the crisis-ridden urban development of the capital Dhaka. The government needs to address the governance failure in the city development, say urban planners, architects …
Bureaucracy stymies building permits and developers start before they’re issued
Planning permission and building permission are not the same thing, but both should be in place before construction starts A letter received by the Cyprus Mail (also sent to Interior minister Nicos …
Israel’s Supreme Court throws out legal challenges to maritime deal with Lebanon
ISRAEL’S Supreme Court today threw out four legal challenges to a maritime agreement with Lebanon controversial in both countries, paving the way to its ratification this week. Critics said the …
Lebanon now confirms seven deaths and 227 cases of cholera in the country
The Lebanese Ministry of Health has already confirmed seven deaths and 227 cases of cholera in the country while the World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed the presence of the […] …
$19bn of Dubai real estate deals in Q3: report
Dubai real estate strong in Q3 2022 after sluggish summer $19bn of Dubai real estate deals in Q3: report Real Estate …
Why is Iran designating UK-based TV channels as ‘terrorists’?
Tehran blames the channels and their hosts and backers for what it considers ‘inciting terrorist acts’ on Iranian soil.
Japanese knotweed warning to anyone who lives near a railway station
It could knock up to 10 per cent off the value of a property and costs thousands of pounds to remedy. A legal expert says the new figures show Network Rail is “not dealing with the issue”. The new …
Earned Tk 52 lakh legally, bought flat worth Tk 3.09cr
As a government servant, the suspended Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Prisons, Bazlur Rashid, had earned only Tk 52 lakh legally during his service between 1993 and 2018.
Row over property claims three lives, as many die in car-trailer collision
Three people were killed and two others injured over a property dispute in Kohat of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa while three persons died and five others injured in a collision between car …