Mexico City, Sep 20 (AP/UNB) — Rescuers and volunteers frantically dug through the rubble of collapsed schools, homes and apartment buildings long into the night, looking for survivors of Mexico’s deadliest earthquake since 1985 as the number of confirmed fatalities…
A strong earthquake has struck central Mexico, killing more than 226 people and toppling dozens of buildings in the capital, Mexico City.
Dhaka – Former member of a union parishad was hacked to death by miscreants at Shibpur village in Atgharia upazila in Pabna on Tuesday night.The deceased was identified as Abu Daud, 45, son of late Latif Munshi and former member…
Dhaka – A woman was killed and 30 others were injured on Tuesday as two buses collided head-on on Dhaka- Aricha Highway in Baniajuri area of Ghior upazila in Manikganj .The deceased is identified as Ambia Khatun, 40, a resident…
Dhaka – A man was killed and his younger brother injured in an attack allegedly by his rivals over previous enmity at Chandradwip in Kashiani upazila on Tuesday.The deceased was identified as Zihad Mollah, 42, son of Lokman Mollah while…
Dhaka, Sept 17 – A couple died from electrocution at Bogachhari in Naniarchar Upazila of the hill district of Rangamati early Sunday.
Dhaka- At least three people were killed and eight others injured in a road accident at Dholagachha on Dinajpur-Rangpur Highway in Saidpur upazila early Monday.The deceased were identified as Aslam 32, Sohag, 30, Mamun, 32, driver of a truck.
Dhaka – A couple died from electrocution at Bogachhari in Naniarchar upazila in Rangamati early Sunday.The deceased were identified as Khorshed Miah and his wife Rasheda Begum.
Dhaka – An unidentified youth was killed as a covered van rammed his bicycle on Jessore-Jhenidah road in Sadar upazila in Jessore on Saturday.
Dhaka – A Bangladeshi cattle trader has been killed and another injured by the members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) at Bamaldal border point in Patgram upazila in Lalmonirhat .Lt Col Golam Morshed, commanding officer of Border Guard Bangaldesh…
Dhaka -The driver of a covered van was killed and three other people sustained injuries in a road accident at Sehratoil in Kalihati upazila in Tangail on Friday morning.
Azizul Haque wanted to scream but could not muster the energy as he fought for his life, his body torn apart by the landmine he stepped on as he and his Rohingya Muslim family fled Myanmar. Instead the 15-year-old is…
Dhaka-A woman was hacked to death allegedly by her son at Tutkhali village of Benapole in Sharsha upazila over family dispute in Benapole on Thursday morning.Locals said Bappi Rahman, 19, son of Masudur Rahman, hacked his mother Ayra Kahun, 40,…
Dhaka – Three people were killed and 18 others injured in a head-on collision between two buses at Tinpukuria in Shenbagh upazila on Thursday.The identities of the deceased are yet to be known.
Dhaka, Sep 14 -A young woman allegedly committed suicide by jumping off the rooftop of a four-storey building at Khan Road in the Chandpur district town on Wednesday night.
Dhaka – A court here on Wednesday convicted a man and sentenced him to death for killing his wife in 2009.Koyes Mia, 34, son of Abdul Khalik of Sadar upazila in Moulvibazar district in Sylhet, was tried in absentia.
Dhaka – A trader died from snakebite at Chhataki Bazar in Matlab (South) upazila in Chanpur early Wednesday.Family sources said a venomous snake bit Tipu Sultan Bepari, 28, son of Siraj Bepari, a resident of Sugandhi village, when he was…
Dhaka, Sep 13 (UNB)- Bodies of six Rohingyas, including four children, who tried to enter Bangladesh amid fresh violence in the Rakhine state of Myanmar were recovered after a boat capsized in the Naf River in Cox’s Bazar on Tuesday…
Munshiganj, Sep 13 (UNB) – Two women, including a khadem (caretaker) of a Mazar (shrine), were found dead at a Mazar (shrine) in Sadar Upazila here on Wednesday. The deceased were identified as Taijul Begum, 48 and Amena Begum,60, a…
Dhaka -Two men were killed by different lightning strike incidents at Tuardanga and Kadakati villages in Ashasuni upazila on Tuesday morning.The deceased were identified as Bhajhari Mandol, 50, son of late Mangal Mandol of Tuardanga village and Jahangir Hossain, 34,…
Dhaka, Sept 12 – A staff member, who along with 14 others went missing after three launches anchored at WAPDA Launch Ghat in Naria under Shariatpur capsized on Monday in the Padma River due to strong current, was found dead…
The BBC has spoken to Rohingya Muslims who suffered crippling injuries after apparently stepping on army landmines as they fled violence in Myanmar. One of them, a 15-year-old boy being treated in Bangladesh, lost both legs.
Dhaka- A man was killed in a road accident at Shah Alibagh of Mirpur in the city on Monday.The deceased was Md Abdul Kalam, 40, son of Abdul Khalek.
Dhaka- A snake charmer, who used to rear snakes at his house at Tupi Para village in Sreepur upazila, died from cobra bite in Magura on Sunday evening.
Dhaka – About three thousand Rohingyas have so far been killed in Rakhine state in the hands of Myanmar security forces since August 25, foreign minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali said while holding two back-to-back briefings for foreign diplomats stationed…
The death toll from boat capsize in Khwai River at Lambabagh in the district rose to five as the floating body of another passenger was recovered on Saturday.The locals spotted the body in the river near to the spot where…
Dhaka – A student of 7th standard was found dead in a farmland at Gulisha village of Balia union in Sadar upazila in Chandpur on Friday night, a day after going missing.The deceased was identified as Fahim, 13, son of…
The number of people killed by a powerful earthquake off the southern coast of Mexico has risen to at least 61, officials say. A huge rescue operation is under way in the worst-hit states of Tabasco, Oaxaca and Chiapas where…
By Manipadma Jena Bhubaneswar, India, Sep 7 (IPS) – Dauntlessly crusading against curbs on freedom of speech, fifty-five-year-old Indian journalist Gauri Lankesh was gunned down at her very doorstep in Bengaluru city on the evening of Sep. 5, taking three…
Dhaka- Two motorcyclists were killed as a bus hit them on Akhtaruzzaman flyover at GEC area here in Chittagong on Friday noon.The identities of the deceased could not be known yet.