23 dead, 500,000 flee as cyclone hits Bangladesh | kuwaittimes

COX BAZAR: Bangladeshi villagers make their way to shelter in Cox’s Bazar yesterday as Cyclone Roanu approached. — AFP

23 dead, 500,000 flee as cyclone hits Bangladesh

May 21, 2016 | 11:24 p.m EDT

KUWAIT: HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Dr Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah chaired on Wednesday a meeting of the ministerial economic affairs committee with the attendance of several ministers and senior officials of the ministry of finance, Public Institution for Social Security, Civil Service Commission and Public Authority of Manpower.

Deputy Prime Minister Sheikh Fahad Al-Yousef Al-Sabah submits his financial disclosure statement at Nazaha

Meanwhile, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defense and Acting Minister of Interior Sheikh Fahad Al-Yousef Al-Sabah submitted his financial disclosure statement to the Anti-Corruption Authority (Nazaha) at the authority’s headquarters on Wednesday. The ministry of defense said in a press statement that this came in accordance with law no. 2 of 2016 regarding the establishment of the Anti-Corruption Authority. — KUNA

May 21, 2016 11:24 PM

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