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A Bangladeshi woman has given birth to twins almost one month after delivering a premature baby boy, her doctor told the BBC. Arifa Sultana, 20, gave birth to a baby in late February, but 26 days later was rushed again to another hospital after feeling pain in her stomach. Doctors found she was still pregnant with twins in a second uterus, and performed an emergency Caesarean. Her twins were found to be healthy and were discharged with no complications. ‘We were shocked’ Ms Sultana, who is from a rural village, delivered her first baby at the Khulna Medical College Hospital…

A Bangladeshi woman has given birth to twins almost one month after delivering a premature baby boy, her doctor told the BBC. Arifa Sultana, 20, gave birth to a baby in late February, but 26 days later was rushed again to another hospital after feeling pain in her stomach. Doctors found she was still pregnant with twins in a second uterus, and performed an emergency Caesarean. Her twins were found to be healthy and were discharged with no complications. ‘We were shocked’ Ms Sultana, who is from a rural village, delivered her first baby at the Khulna Medical College Hospital…

Right to Information Bill passed by Parliament

The Electoral Commission has announced it will compile a new voters’ register ahead of the 2020 presidential and parliamentary election. The decision was reached Wednesday at an Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) meeting, four years after the Commission rejected the idea for a new voters’ register to be compiled. Calls for a new voters’ register intensified in 2015 but were rejected by the EC,  triggering series of protests from pro-New Patriotic Party groups which argued the then register for the 2016 general elections was bloated. However, a panel chaired by the late Justice V.C.R.A.C. Crabbe was subsequently constituted by the EC…

A circuit court has ordered pregnancy test to be conducted on the 42-year-old woman arrested for stealing a one-year-old baby in Takoradi last Friday. Rose Mawusi Fiaku on Wednesday pleaded guilty to child stealing when was put before court but before she could be convicted and sentenced, she told the judge she was sick and has been vomiting. When asked by the presiding judge if she was pregnant, she responded in the affirmative, but said she may have had miscarriage due to alleged assault on her Tuesday during her arrest by the police. According to her, she was kicked in…

Energy analyst Kwadwo Poku has announced a 1,000 dollar reward for anyone who could provide credible information that will lead to the arrest of the person or persons responsible for hacking down a high voltage transmission pylon in Tema. The hack down of the GRICo pylon Monday morning by some suspected thieves caused power outages in parts of Dansoman, Kasoa, Swan Lake, and other parts of Accra. A corrosive chemical was said to have been used to weaken the base of the tower after which the bolts and nuts supporting it were removed. The thieves then hacksaw blade to cut…

Two people have been arrested by the police for allegedly kidnapping a 14-year-old boy at KNUST Junction in Kumasi. A passerby who saw the victim struggling in an abandoned two-storey building notified the police, leading to his rescue and subsequent arrest of the suspects. Thirty-eight year-old Charles Appiah and Manasseh Fumeh 29, both unemployed, were arrested at their hideout at Apatrapa in Kumasi on Tuesday, March 26, 2019. One other, whose name was given as only as Felix, is on the run. Police say the suspects who live in the same vicinity with the victim, demanded 3,000-dollar ransom from the…

Theresa May has promised Tory MPs she will stand down if they back her EU withdrawal deal. She told backbench Tories: “I am prepared to leave this job earlier than I intended in order to do what is right for our country and our party.” The PM said she knew that Tory MPs did not want her to lead the next phase of Brexit negotiations “and I won’t stand in the way of that”. She did not name a departure date at a packed meeting of the 1922 committee. It comes as MPs seize control of the Commons agenda to…

The McDan Group has received licence to operate and manage the executive lounge for private jets at the terminal 1 (T1) of the Kotoka International Airport (KIA). As Ghana’s first fixed-base operator (FBO), McDan will be offering business aircraft operators a secure and private alternative to the airport’s main terminal. The private jet terminal at KIA has been set apart from the main terminal 3 building, offering a range of services for private jet customers, aircraft and crew. This is part of efforts by the government to change the face of aviation in the country. The FBO is expected to…

The McDan Group has received licence to operate and manage the executive lounge for private jets at the terminal 1 (T1) of the Kotoka International Airport (KIA). As Ghana’s first fixed-base operator (FBO), McDan will be offering business aircraft operators a secure and private alternative to the airport’s main terminal. The private jet terminal at KIA has been set apart from the main terminal 3 building, offering a range of services for private jet customers, aircraft and crew. This is part of efforts by the government to change the face of aviation in the country. The FBO is expected to…