Dhaka – An unidentified woman was crushed under the wheels of a train in Chandra area of Kaliakoir upazila in Gazipur on Saturday morning. The deceased couldn’t be identified immediately.S M Rakibul Islam, in-charge of Joydevpur Railway Police Outpost, said…
Dhaka – Two motorcyclists were killed and another was injured in a road accident at Chhataipaiya on Sonaimuri-Kankirhat road in Senbagh upazila in Noakhali on Saturday afternoon.Police said three young men – Parvez, 28, Sujan, 26, and Rasel, 30 –…
Dhaka – Twin brothers were killed as a bus hit a van they were travelling on in Jogsin Bazar area of Sadar upazila on Friday afternoon. The deceased were identified as Hasan and Hossain, 14, sons of Khurshed Alam of…
An attack believed to have been sparked by a succession feud has left three people dead at a well-known Shinto shrine in Tokyo. The chief priestess was stabbed to death, reportedly by her brother. A bloodied Samurai sword was found…
Dhaka – A couple was killed in a road accident on Tongi-Ashulia-EPZ road in Jamgora area of Ashulia early Thursday.The deceased were identified as Solaiman and his wife Nurjahan, garment workers of Setara Group in Jamgora area and resided at…
Bhopal, Chernobyl, and Minamata – these environmental disasters shocked the world. Yet, pollution results not only from catastrophic accidents but also from years of silent exposure. Children’s developing bodies are particularly vulnerable. According to the World Health Organization, some 1.7…
Dhaka- Two people were killed and another one was injured in separate road accidents at Shantola near Jessore Cantonment on Jessore-Jhenidah road here on Sunday.The deceased were identified as- Mongol Gazi, 85 and Abdur Rahim, 55, son of Shukur Ali…
The High Court on Sunday ordered payment of Tk 4.62 as compensation to the family of renowned filmmaker Tareque Masud in a case filed over his death in a road accident.
Narsingdi, Dec 2 – A suspected robber was killed in a lynch-mob attack at Dari Hairmara village in Raipura Upazila early Saturday.
Dhaka, Dec 2 – Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Annisul Huq, who passed away at a London hospital on Thursday while undergoing treatment, was laid to eternal rest here on Saturday afternoon. He was buried at Banani Graveyard at…
Dhaka – A young man has been stabbed to death over a previous enmity at Jhaldi in Banshkhali upazila.The deceased was identified as Didarul Alam, 28, son of Najir Ahmed of the village.
Pabna – Two people, including a woman, were killed and four others injured when a truck hit a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Nurpur area on Pabna-Gachhpara road in Sadar upazila on Saturday.
Dhaka – The Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCCC) mayor Anisul Haque will be buried next to his mother’s grave. ASM Mamun, DNCC Public Relations Officer said that he will be buried next to his mother, mother-in-law and younger son Sharaful…
Dhaka – A housewife allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself at Dulalpara village in Mohadevpur upazila on Friday morning. Police said family members found Sohra Khatun Bristi, 25, wife of Nahid, hanging from the ceiling of her room in the…
Ministers, diplomats, politicians, different socio-cultural organisations and people from all walks of life have expressed deep shock at the death of Dhaka North City Corporation(DNCC) Mayor Annisul Huq. Annisul, also a successful businessmen and popular television programme host, breathed his…
By Olusoji O. Adeyi and Julia Bucknall Heavy smog compelled New Delhi to declare a pollution emergency last week. As air pollution soared to hazardous levels and residents donned masks, India’s capital took a series of measures, such as banning…
Robert J. Burrowes Several years ago in Cameroon, a country in West Africa, a Western Black Rhinoceros was killed. It was the last of its kind on Earth. Hence, the Western Black Rhinoceros, the largest subspecies of rhinoceros which had…
Dhaka – Police recovered the body of a schoolboy on Wednesday, five days after he went missing, from a ditch at Monairkandi village in Homna upazila after five days of his abduction.The deceased was identified as Riad, 12, a sixth…
Six men died while in sleep apparently due to suffocation inside a huge container in Indian capital city of New Delhi, police said Wednesday. “The men working with a caterer slept in a huge container, which also had a coal…
Three presumed militants were killed today as elite anti-crime force Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) wrapped up their overnight crackdown at a militant den in Sadar upazila of the district, officials said. “We have wrapped up the operation . . .…
A Norwegian reindeer herder says that freight trains have killed more than 100 of the animals on the tracks in three days. Torstein Appfjell, a distraught reindeer herder in Helgeland county, said Sunday that the worst incident happened Saturday when…
Ismailia, Nov 25 (AP/UNB) — Egypt on Saturday said an attack on a mosque by militants in the country’s troubled region of northern Sinai has killed 305 worshippers, including 27 children, a dramatic increase in the death toll previously announced,…
Savar, Nov 25 – A female sub-inspector of police of Savar Model Police Station was found hanging at her staff quarters on Saturday night.
Egyptian state news agency MENA reports that 85 people have been killed in a bombing and shooting attack on a mosque in the volatile northern Sinai Peninsula, in what appeared to be the latest attack by the area’s local Islamic…
Hopes that the 44 crew of a missing Argentine submarine might still be alive have been dashed after the navy said an event consistent with an explosion had been detected.
Dhaka, Nov 24 – A man was killed in police firing in the city’s Khilgaon area early Friday.
Dhaka- An assistant train driver was killed and 50 passengers were injured as a train hit a truck at Bokterpur level-crossing on Dhaka-Rajshahi route in Kaliakoir upazila early Friday.The deceased was identified as Nur Alam Sharif, son of Momin Sharif…
Dhaka – Suspected killer of Madrasa student Zidan yesterday made confessional before a Dhaka court admitting his involvement in the murder.
Dhaka – Judge Abdullah Al Mamun, in-charge of Second Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court of Dhaka on Wednesday once again deferred the cross-examination of Dipak Kumar Das, the Investigation Officer of the case to November 29.
Dhaka – The agitated locals torched a bus in Solosahar area of Panchlaish in the port city on Tuesday as it hit a motorcycle rider, leaving him seriously injured.