Dhaka, Oct 7 – A student of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) was found dead at the institution’s Sher-E-Bangla residential hall on Monday morning.
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Jessye Norman, international opera star, dead at 74
New York, Oct 1 (AP/UNB) — Jessye Norman, the renowned international opera star whose passionate soprano voice won her four Grammy Awards, the National Medal of Arts and the Kennedy Center Honor, has died, according to family spokesperson Gwendolyn Quinn.…
Couple found dead in Kurigram
Kurigram, Sept 27 – A couple was found dead at a house at Baniakari in Nageshwari Upazilaof Kurigram on Friday. The deceased were identified as Nazrul Islam, 45 and Rumi Begum, 40 of the village.
4 members of a family found dead in Cox’s Bazar
Police recovered the throat-slit bodies of four members of a family, including two children, from a house at Purba Ratnapalong village in Ukhiya upazila on Thursday.
Death Official says 16 dead, 119 hurt in Kabul Taliban attack
An Afghan official says the death toll from a Taliban suicide attack in Kabul late Monday night has risen to 16 civilians, with another 119 people wounded. Interior Ministry spokesman Nasrat Rahimi on Tuesday says some 400 foreigners were rescued…
Alleged Rohingya robber chief dead in Cox’s Bazar ‘gunfight’
Cox’s Bazar, Sept 1 – The leader of an allegedly notorious robber gang was killed in an alleged gunfight with police at Jadimora No 27 camp in Teknaf on Sunday morning.
‘Drug peddler’ killed, alleged Sharbahara leader found dead
Barishal, Aug 8 – A suspected drug peddler was killed in a reported gunfight with Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) at Harinafulia in the city on early Thursday, reports UNB.
Jatiya Party Chairman Hussain Muhammad Ershad passes away
Dhaka – Opposition Leader of the Parliament and Jatiya Party Chairman Hussain Muhammad Ershad died at the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) here this morning.
Barguna youth hacked dead before his wife
Barguna, June 26 (UMNB) – A young man was hacked to death by miscreants in front of his wife in the district town on Wednesday morning. The deceased was identified as Rifat Sharif, 22, son of Dulal Sharif of Maitha…
Washington waterfront owners asked to take dead whales
Port Hadlock, Jun 16 (AP/UNB)— At least one Washington state waterfront landowner has said yes to a request to allow dead gray whales to decompose on their property. So many gray whale carcasses have washed up this year that the…
Tri-Nation Series: Bangladesh play Ireland in dead rubber Wednesday
Dhaka – Touring Bangladesh, who have already reached the final of the Tri-Nation Series with unbeaten record along with West Indies, will play hosts Ireland in a dead rubber in Dublin on Wednesday, having some opportunities to experiment in their…
Dead whale in Philippines had 40 kg of plastic in stomach
A starving whale with 40 kilos (88 pounds) of plastic trash in its stomach has died after being washed ashore in the Philippines. Activists said Monday, calling it one of the worst cases of poisoning they have seen. Environmental groups…
BGB firing in Thakurgaon ‘clash with cattle smugglers’; dead
Thakurgaon, Feb 12 (UNB) – Four people, including a Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examinee, were killed and at least 16 others injured after members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) opened fire during, what the paramilitary force claimed, a clash with…
Mrinal Sen dead at 95
Mrinal Sen, the legendary director of Indian cinema based in West Bengal, is no more.
It’s difficult to revive ‘dead democracy’, says Fakhrul
BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has voiced strong doubt about credible polls on Sunday and said it is not an easy to revive the “dead democracy as people have lost their confidence in the country’s election system”.
First James Bond girl Eunice Gayson dies at 90
Eunice Gayson – the actress who played the first “Bond girl” – has died at the age of 90. She played Sylvia Trench in 007’s 1962 debut, Dr No. During the filming Gayson helped calm Sean Connery’s nerves so he…
Playboy founder Hefner dies aged 91
Hugh Hefner, the founder of the international adult magazine Playboy, has died at the age of 91. Playboy Enterprises Inc said he passed away peacefully at home, from natural causes. Hefner began publishing Playboy in his kitchen at home in…
Feminist who popularised ‘Ms’, dies aged 78
Sheila Michaels, an American feminist who brought the honorific “Ms” into mainstream use, has died aged 78. Ms Michaels did not invent the term, but is credited with rescuing it from obscurity after she saw it used in an address,…
Vinod Khanna passes away at 70
Mumbai: Veteran actor Vinod Khanna, who was suffering from cancer, passed away on Thursday morning at Mumbai’s HN Reliance Hospital. “Vinod Khanna, who was admitted to the Sir HN Reliance Foundation Hospital, breathed his last at 11.20 am due to…
Electrician falls off pole, dies in Rajshahi
Dhaka -An electrician died after falling from an electric pole at Ujanpara in Godagari upazilain Rajshahi on Thursday.Locals said Shahin Alam,35, son of Jamshed Ali of Ramnagar area, used to work with the local power office on a casual basis,UNB News…
Imam found dead in Noakhali
Dhaka – An imam of a local mosque was found dead at his house at Krishnarampur village in Noakhali municipality area on Thursday night.Anwar Hossain, officer-in-charge of Sudharampur Model Police Station, said being informed by locals, police recovered the throat-slit…
Jubo Dal leader killed in Laxmipur
A local Jubo Dal leader was hacked to death by some miscreants at Siladi in Sadar upazila on Thursday night.
Sitar maestro Ravi Shankar dead
bdnews24.com/Reuters Los Angeles — Sitarist and composer Ravi Shankar, who helped introduce the sitar to the Western world through his collaborations with The Beatles, died near his home in Southern California on Tuesday, December 11 his family said. He was…