Dhaka – A woman was killed as she fell from a battery-run auto-rickshaw in the city’ Mohammadpur area on Tuesday.The victim was identified as Sokhina Begum, 45, wife of late Babul.She had been residing in Keraniganj on the outskirts of…
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Woman falls from easybike, dies in Capital Dhaka
Dhaka – A woman was killed as she fell from a battery-run auto-rickshaw in the city’ Mohammadpur on Tuesday. The victim was identified as Sokhina Begum, 45, wife of late Babul. She had been residing at Keranigonj, in the outskirts…
Nurjahan Begum no more
Dhaka – Nurjahan Begum, editor of the country’s first illustrated women’s weekly ‘Begum’, passed away at a city hospital on Monday. She was 91. She breathed her last at Square Hospitals around 09:45am, said officials of the hospital.
Thailand school dormitory fire kills 17 schoolgirls
At least 17 girls have been killed by a fire which swept through their school dormitory in northern Thailand. The fire broke out on Sunday evening when many of the girls, aged between five and 13, were asleep, said police.
Smoke, cockpit woes signal chaotic end for EgyptAir plane
Leaked flight data showing trouble in the cockpit and smoke in a plane lavatory are bringing into focus the chaotic final moments of EgyptAir Flight 804, including a three-minute period before contact was lost as alarms on the Airbus 320…
Pak citizen among 3 killed in Narsingdi factory fire
Narsingdi – Three people, including a Pakistani citizen, were burnt to death and 10 others injured as a fire broke out at a dyeing factory of Pakiza Group at Shekher Char in Sadar upazila on Saturday morning.Station officer of Sadar…
Storms, landslides kill 5 in Ctg, Bhola, Patuakhali
Dhaka – Five people were killed and 50 others injured as landslides and storms, triggered by the cyclonic storm ‘Roanu’, hit Chittagong, Bhola and Patuakhali districts on Saturday.In Bhola, Akram, a class VI student and son of Mafiz, was killed…
Old man crushed under train in Rajshahi
Rajshahi – An elderly man was crushed under the wheels of a train at Asgram Rahir Dhal in Paba upazila on Friday.Witnesses said a Rajshahi-bound train from Rahanpur hit Abdus Sattar Gujon, 75, a resident of Shah Makhdum area of…
Egypt army says plane wreckage found near Alexandria
Egyptian air and naval forces have found some of the passengers’ “personal belongings” and debris of EgyptAir flight 804, which crashed while carrying 66 passengers and crew from Paris to Cairo, the army said Friday. The debris was found around…
Kaka again tops MLS salary list, followed by Giovinco
Dhaka – Kaka remains Major League Soccer’s highest-paid player at just over $7 million, and American goalkeeper Tim Howard will earn slightly more than $2.5 million in his return to the league.Kaka, the former AC Milan and Real Madrid star,…
Jessore road crash leaves 1 dead, 4 injured
Jessore – A man was killed and four people, including a cameraperson of Bangladesh Television, were injured in a collision between a bus and a private car on Jessore-Magura highway in Kismat Nowapara area of district town on Friday morning.
Man electrocuted in Jessore
Benapole -A man died and his wife was injured from electrocution at Barandi Mollapara in Jessore district town on Thursday night.Mizanur Rahman, uncle of the victim, said Ashraful Islam,33, received shock while picking clothes from a GI string that got…
2 housewives found dead in Chandpur, Shariatpur
Dhaka -Two housewives were found dead in separate incidents in Chandpur and Shariatpur on Thursday.In Chandpur, police recovered the body of Mobashera Begum, 50, wife of a homeopathic physician, Abul Kashem, from a water-body near her house on Chandpur-Comilla road…
Buddha Purnima Saturday
Buddha Purnima, the biggest religious festival of the Buddhist community, will be observed across the country on Saturday. Buddha Purnima marks Gautam Buddha’s birth, enlightenment and death. It falls on the day of the full moon in May. Dhaka, UNB…
‘Mossad plot’ a cooked up story: BNP
BNP senior leader Nazrul Islam Khan on Friday alleged that the government has invented a ‘Mossad plot’ to divert people’s attention to a different direction from its misdeeds and corruption. “As people are protesting the Bangladesh Bank reserve account heist…
Rajbari road crash leaves 3 dead
Rajbari – Three people were killed and 31 others injured as a bus plunged into a roadside ditch after hitting a motorcycle at Chandni on Rajbari-Kushtia regional highway in Sadar upazila on Thursday noon.
US B-52 bomber crashes at Guam air base, none injuried
Hagatna, (AP/UNB) — The U.S. Air Force said Thursday a B-52 crashed on Guam shortly after takeoff, with all seven crew members made it out safely. No injuries were reported. The plane aborted on takeoff and caught fire at about…
Jatiya Party embarrassed on Selim Osman
Dhaka-Jatiya Party keeps mum over the alleged involvement of its lawmaker AKM Salim Osman in publicly humiliating a school headmaster in Narayanganj.
2 killed as pickup hits truck in Habiganj
Habiganj -Two people were killed when a pickup van hit a stationary truck from behind at a filling station in Bahubal upazila on Wednesday.Molla Monir Hossain, officer-in-charge of Bahubal police station, said the accident took place at Akhanji Filling Station…
Lightning kills two in Sylhet, Sunamganj
SYLHET – Two teenagers were killed by thunderbolts in Zakiganj upazila of Sylhet district and Tahirpur upazila of Sunamganj district on Monday.The deceased were identified as Naim Ahmed, 16, a student of class ten of Isamati High School in Zakiganj…
DNA test finds rape evidence in Tonu’s body
Unlike the report of the first autopsy conducted on the body of Sohagi Jahan Tonu, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has found rape evidence on the body of the Comilla Victoria College student in its DNA test.
BD globally 5th with people having no net access: WB
With 148 million offline population, Bangladesh still has the world’s fifth largest number of people who are not connected to the internet, said a World Bank report. India has the largest number of 1.003 billion people who are not connected…
Journo Sadeque Khan passes away at 84
Veteran journalist Sadeque Khan passed away here on Monday. He was 84. Family sources said Sadeque Khan, an Ekushey Padak winning Language Movement hero, entered a bathroom of his Baridhara residence in the morning to have a shower. As he was…
BNP leaders meet William Todd at Bernicat’s residence
A group of BNP leaders on Monday held a meeting with US Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs William E. Todd at the residence of its Ambassador Marcia Bernicat. The BNP delegation, led by its standing…
AL to observe Hasina’s Homecoming Day Tuesday
Awami League will observe its President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s ‘Homecoming Day’ on Tuesday in a befitting manner. On May 17 in 1981, Sheikh Hasina returned home from India after nearly six years in exile following the assassination of…
AUST teacher sent to jail again
A court here on Monday sent Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology (AUST) teacher Mahfuzur Rashid Ferdous to jail after rejecting his bail petition in a case filed over sexual harassment of female students of the university. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate…
BNP joined hands with Mossad to unseat Hasina: Quader
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Monday alleged that BNP has joined hands with Jewish intelligence agency Mossad to oust Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. “BNP is trying to dislodge the government after their failure to wage a movement…
Transports off streets in 21 SW dists for 2nd day
Dhaka – A 48-hour transport strike, enforced by the transport owners and workers in 21 southwestern districts under Khulna and Barisal divisions and greater Faridpur demanding withdrawal of two compensation cases for road accidents, is underway peacefully for second day…
Rana Plaza, charge framing on June 13
Court Correspondent The District and Sessions Judge’s Court of Dhaka on Sunday deferred the hearing on charge framing against 42 accused in the murder case filed in connection with the collapse of Rana Plaza building to June 13.
French female ministers decry sexual harassment
Seventeen women who have served as ministers in France say they will no longer be silent about sexual harassment in politics. All 17 signatories to the declaration are current or former ministers. Among them is Christine Lagarde, the head of…