An earthquake described by Mexico’s president as the country’s strongest in a century has struck off the southern coast, killing at least six people. One person also died in neighbouring Guatemala, its president has said. The quake, which Mexico’s leader…
Dhaka- A 30-year-old woman was killed and 13 others were injured as two buses collided head-on at Kashem intersection in the west side of Bangabandhu bridge approach road in Kamarkhand upazila in Sirajganj on Friday.The deceased was identified as Laiju…
Dhaka- A man was killed as a fish-laden pickup van hit a stationed truck at Shahbari on Bagerhat-Pirojpur road in Morelganj upazila in Bagerhat on Friday.
Dhaka- A police constable was killed and four other people were injured in a road accident in Charbakar area on Comilla-Sylhet regional highway in Debidwar upazila in Comilla on Thursday night.Police said constable Hossian Sarker, 32, son of Nazrul Islam…
Dhaka – A young man was stabbed to death allegedly by his rival at Dighirpar area of Boxnagar union of the upazila in Nawabganj on Wednesday night.The deceased was identified as Afzal Hossain Babu, 25, son of Md Mazid of…
Dhaka- Two people were killed and 10 others injured in a clash between two factions of Awami League at Bakhoil village in Sadar upazila in Kushtia on Thursday afternoon.The deceased were identified as Billal and Enamul, 35, both are AL…
Dhaka- At least nine people were killed and two others injured in two road accidents in Basail and Madhupur upazilas in Tangail on Thursday.In Basail, a Dhaka-bound microbus collided head-on with a truck at Basail Link road intersection around 3pm,…
Georgia police shot and killed a Bengal tiger on Wednesday after it escaped from a truck and wandered along a major interstate near Atlanta, frightening residents of a nearby subdivision. Feld Entertainment spokesman Stephen Payne said Suzy, a 6-year-old Bengal…
Cox’s Bazar, Sept 6 – Five bodies were recovered from the Naf River here on Wednesday afternoon. Sources said they suspect they are Rohingyas who are crowding the banks of the Naf to reach Bangladesh. Some boats carying Rohingyas have…
Dhaka- Six workers of a motor garage died of electrocution near a filling station at Gakulnagar in Raipura upazila in Narsingdi on Wednesday afternoon.The deceased were identified as Barkat Hossain, 18, Hakim Miah, 50, Awal Miah, 20, Kawsar, 30, Miah,…
Dhaka – Five bodies were recovered from the Naf River here in Cox’s Bazar on Wednesday afternoon.
Dhaka, Sep 6 -Six people, including two of a family, were killed and 20 others injured in a collision between a passenger bus and a covered van at Kandail on Dhaka-Sylhet highway in Madhabdi upazila of Narsingdi on Wednesday morning.
A prominent Indian journalist critical of Hindu nationalist politics has been shot dead in the south-western state of Karnataka, police say. Gauri Lankesh, 55, was found lying in a pool of blood outside her home in the city of Bangalore.…
Dhaka, Sept 3 -Two motorcyclists were killed and three others injured in a head-on collision between two motorcycles at Par House on Kushtia-Pabna highway in Bheramara Upazila on Sunday afternoon.
Dhaka, Sept 3 -Three members of a family died from electrocution and two others sustained injuries while travelling by boat in Chalan Beel in Chatmohar Upazila of Pabna on Sunday afternoon.
Dhaka, Sept 2 – Senior journalist and columnist Saleh Chowdhury passed away at a city hospital on Friday evening. He was 81.
Bangkok, Sept 1 (AP/UNB)- Myanmar’s military says almost 400 people have died in recent violence in the western state of Rakhine triggered by attacks on security forces by insurgents from the Rohingya ethnic minority.
Journalist-columnist Kazi Siraj has died from cardiac failure. He was 70. He breathed his last at his home in Banasree in the city at 10pm on Thursday, according to his family. He is survived by his wife Bulu Akhter, a…
The body of Jakia Sultana Rupa, who was killed after being gang raped in a running bus, was exhumed and handed over to her family for burial in proper manner on Thursday. The body was exhumed at about 4 pm…
Dhaka, Aug 31 – Seventeen more bodies were recovered on Thursday morning from Naf River in Shah Porir Dwip area in Teknaf Upazila of Cox’s Bazar where a boat capsized in the river on Wednesday night.
Cox’s Bazar, Aug 30 – A boat, carrying around 25 Rohingyas, capsized in the Naf River adjacent to Shahparir Dwip in Teknaf upazila while intruding into Bangladesh territory early Wednesday.
Dhaka, Aug 30 – Eminent singer Abdul Jabbar passed away at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) on Wednesday morning. He was 80.
Dhaka – A member of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) was killed in a road accident on Jessore-Benapole Highway in Hajirali area of Jhikargachha upazila in Jessore on Tuesday.The deceased was identified as Mafizul Islam, 30, a member of BGB Battalion-51…
Dhaka – Two farmers were killed by lightning strike at Ataurkhali village in Bhandaria upazila in Pirojpur on Tuesday morning.The deceased were identified as Jahangir Hossain, 30, son of Moyenuddin Khan and Nasiruddin Hawlader, 32, son of Abdus Sattar of…
Dhaka, Aug 28 – Two people were killed and another was injured as a fire broke out following the blast of a sewerage line at Golapbagh in the city on Monday night.
A male nurse who was convicted of killing patients in Germany with overdoses of heart medication is now believed to have killed at least 84 people — and the true scale of the killings could be even larger, investigators said…
Dhaka- At least four workers were killed and 10 others injured as the roof of an under-construction refueling station collapsed on them at Bahadurpur in Ashuganj upazila in Brahmanbaria on Monday.The deceased were identified Dulal Miah, 50, Sayeed, 40, Najmul…
Dhaka – A housewife was hacked to death allegedly by her husband at Faridpur Noyapara village in Singha Bangla union of Sadar upazila on Sunday evening.The deceased was identified as Ruma Akhter, 28, wife of Saiful Islam.
Dhaka – A man was killed in a road accident in Chachra area on Khulna-Benapole road in the district town in Jessore on Saturday night.
Dhaka – A minor boy was crushed under a human hauler in Taragunia Mandalpara area of Daulatpur upazila in Kushtia on Saturday morning. The deceased was identified as Ariyan, 3, son of Oman expatriate Sharif Uddin.