A Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) activist died after falling from a building in Muradnagar when he was allegedly being chased by police on early Sunday.
Category: Death
Film director Amjad Hossain passes away
Renowned film director Amjad Hossain passed away at a Bangkok hospital on Friday afternoon. He was 76.
4 Bd train roof-top passengers hit Pakshi bridge girder, die
Pabna, Dec 14 – At least four people were killed and five others injured after being hit by an overhead girder of Hardinge bridge while travelling on a train roof at Pakshi in Ishwardi Upazila early Friday.
3 killed as covered van runs over pedestrians in Mymensingh
Mymensingh, Dec 13 – At least three people were killed and another injured when a covered van ran over them on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway at Shikarikanda in the city on Thursday.
Youth dies in Dhaka City falling off ‘flyover’
Dhaka, Dec 12 – A young man was killed reportedly after falling from the Mayor Hanif Flyover in the city’s Swamibagh area on Wednesday night.
Two children die falling in water tank in Dhaka city
Dhaka, Dec 12 – Two children died after falling into a water tank while playing beside it in Dhaka city’s Mohammadpur area on Tuesday.
6 dead, 35 injured in nightclub stampede on Italy’s coast
Six people, all but one of them minors, were killed and about 35 others injured in a stampede of panicked concertgoers early Saturday at a disco in a small town on Italy’s central Adriatic coast, authorities said.
Ruling Awami League Party’s Dhaka city student leader killed
Dhaka, Dec 7 – A leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) was stabbed to death by miscreants over the previous enmity in Dhaka city’s Karail area on Thursday night.
Two suspected criminals found dead in Chuadanga
Chuadanga, Dec 7 – Police recovered the bodies of two suspected criminals, including a drug trader, from Gobindahuda village in Damurhuda Upazila on Thursday night.
Genocide committed against Rohingyas: Holocaust Museum
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum has said there is compelling evidence that the Myanmar military committed ethnic cleansing, crimes against humanity, and genocide against the Rohingya, the Muslim minority population of Myanmar.
11-month girl fatally hit by neighbour on back dies: 2 held
An 11-month-old baby girl, who was slapped allegedly by a neighbour at Khalishapur village in Sadar upazila on Friday, died early Saturday.
One killed, 200 injured in Tabligh’Jamaat factional clash
One person was killed and over 200 people were injured in a series of clashes between two factions of Tabligh Jamaat for establishing control over Ijtema Maidan on the bank of the Turag River in Tongi on Saturday.
Celebrated photographer Anwar found dead at hotel
Police recovered the body of eminent photographer Anwar Hossain from a residential hotel in the city’s Panthapath area on Saturday morning.
Listed Bd ‘drug trader’ killed in Cox’s Bazar ‘gunfight’
Cox’s Bazar, Dec 1 – A-listed drug trader was killed in a reported gunfight with police in Shaplapur Puranpara area of Teknaf upazila earlu Saturday.
Why I became a disaster expert
By Armen Grigoryan Nov 26 2018 (IPS) – Thirty years ago, a powerful earthquake ripped through my home country of Armenia, leaving 25,000 dead, 500,000 homeless and annihilating an estimated 40 percent of the national economy.
3 Bd students killed in Chittagong at truck hits motorbike
Chattogram, Nov 25 – Three madrasa students on a motorcycle were killed in a head-on collision with an oil-laden truck on Chattogram-Khagrachhari highway in Fatikchhari Upazila on Sunday night. The deceased were identified as Md Arif, 16, Masud, 15, and…
Two suspects killed in Kushtia, Cox’ Bazar ‘gunfights’
Dhaka, Nov 25 – A suspected robber and an alleged top drug trader were killed in different reported gunfights in Kushtia and Cox’s Bazar districts early Sunday.
Indian security forces kill 4 suspected rebels in Kashmir
Indian security forces killed four suspected insurgents in the Indian portion of disputed Kashmir on Sunday, police said.
At least 25 dead as bus falls into canal in southern India
An official says at least 25 people were killed when a speeding bus fell into a canal in southern India. The victims reportedly included many schoolchildren.
Oldest US military survivor of Pearl Harbor dies at age 106
Ray Chavez, the oldest U.S. military survivor of the Dec. 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor that plunged the United States into World War II, died Wednesday. He was 106.
Head of Russian Skripal-linked GRU spy agency dies
The head of Russia’s GRU military intelligence agency, General Igor Korobov, has died aged 63, Russia’s defence ministry says. Gen Korobov, who took up the post in 2016, is said to have died after “a serious and long illness” on…
Aid group: 85,000 children may have died of hunger in Yemen
An estimated 85,000 children under age 5 may have died of hunger and disease since the outbreak of Yemen’s civil war in 2015, an international aid group said Wednesday.
437 Bd extrajudicial killings in 10 months: ASK
Some 437 people fell victims to extrajudicial killings across the country in 10 months from January this year, according to Ain O Salish Kendra (ASK).
Bd Industry Boiler blast kills worker in Thakurgaon
A worker was killed and another injured in a boiler explosion at a rice mill at Kushaldangi village in Baliadangi upazila on Monday evening.
Two suspected Bd drug traders killed in Cox’s Bazar gunfight
Cox’s Bazar, Nov 20 – Two suspected drug traders were killed in a reported gunfight with members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in Keruntoli area of Teknaf Upazila of Cox’s Bazar district early Tuesday.
Khashoggi versus 50,000 Slaughtered Yemeni Children
By Peter Koenig The European Parliament has asked yesterday (25 October) for an immediate embargo on the sale of weapons to Saudi Arabia, hence sanctioning the Kingdom of rogue Saudi Arabia which is joining the United States and Israel as…
PM mourns journalist Shahriar Shahid’s death
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday expressed deep shock and sorrow at the death of managing editor of Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) Shahriar Shahid.
BSS Managing Editor Shahriar Shahid dies
Shahriar Shahid, Managing Editor of the official news agency Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) and a permanent member of the Jatiya Press Club, passed away at a city hospital on Saturday. He was 56.
Bd robber killed in Munshiganj ‘gunfight’
A convicted robber was killed in a reported gunfight with police at Paschim Baroikhali in Sreenagar upazila early Saturday.
US intel says prince ordered Khashoggi killing: US officials
U.S. intelligence officials have concluded that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a U.S. official said Friday. The Saudi government has denied the claim.