UN coordinator in Tonga: ‘Resources on the ground are not enough’
Jan 22, 2022, at 11:36 pm
New York: As news coverage of the eruption and tsunami that hit Tonga starts to fade away, the United Nations Coordination Specialist in the country has a message to the outside world: Tonga’s people are going to need sustained support responding to a disaster of this scale.
New Zealand to aid Tonga following volcanic eruption
Jan 16, 2022, at 06:33 pm
Wellington/UNI/Xinhua: New Zealand has pledged to provide support for Tonga following a volcanic eruption that sent tsunami waves crashing onto the Pacific Island.
Sep 10, 2016, at 11:16 pm
Dhaka, Sept 10 (IBNS): At least 24 people were killed as a massive fire broke out at a a garment packaging factory in Gazipur district of Bangladesh on Saturday, media reports said.
At least 18 die in B'desh garment packaging factory fire
Sep 10, 2016, at 06:13 pm
Dhaka, Sept 10 (IBNS): At least 18 people were reported dead after fire broke out in a garment packaging factory in Bangladesh's Tongi in Gazipur district, reports said.