UNB A madrasah student drowned at Safaisri jetty on the Sitalakhya riverbank in Kapasia upazila of the district on Friday morning. The deceased was identified as Sadiqul Islam, 12, son of Main Uddin of Panbariad upazila. He was a student of Kapasia Arabia Saiyadai Madrasah.
UNB A tribunal here on Thursday convicted a man and sentenced him to life term imprisonment after killing a teenage girl in 2006. Rajshahi Speedy Trial Tribunal Judge Golam Ahmed Khalilur Rahman sentenced Ariful Islam of Ranisangkail upazila of Thakurgaon district to life term imprisonment and fined him Tk 50,000, in default, to suffer one…
UNB Members of Coast Guard seized 5,000 kilograms of jatka (hilsa fry less than 10 inches long) from a launch in the Dhaleshwari River on Friday. Coast Guard official Lieutenant Colonel Syed M Kased said a team of coastguards conducted a search in Dhaka-bound launch ‘MV Mahin Rifat’ in the morning and seized 5,000 kilograms…
UNB A college student reportedly committed suicide by hanging himself with the room ceiling at Madhyapara in the district town on Thursday night. Quoting relatives, Mainur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Sadar Model Police Station, said Golam Anwar Russel, 20, an accounting student of Brahmanbaria Government College and son of Gola Kibria, a resident of Medda area,…
UNB A sand trader was found dead in a guest house in Birishiri area of Durgapur upazila here on Friday afternoon. Rezaul Karim, officer in-charge of Dhurgapur Police Station, said Nurul Islam, 30, a resident of Shantinagar area of Dhaka, came here two days ago for business purpose and rented a room of ‘Bichitra Guest…
AP, Ccano The remains of 40 peasants killed more than two decades ago by Maoist-inspired rebels have been returned to their loved ones for burial, Peru’s government said Thursday. Justice Minister Aldo Vasquez asked for forgiveness on behalf of the Peruvian state for its role in the conflict at a ceremony held Wednesday with the…
AP, Johannesburg Opposition lawmakers are heaping criticism on South African President Jacob Zuma after a court said he violated the constitution, but the institution that can oust him — the ruling African National Congress party — has yet to turn on its leader. The main opposition party, the Democratic Alliance, said Friday that it will…
AP, Rio De Janeiro Brazil’s Supreme Court handed former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva a victory on Thursday, ruling against returning a corruption investigation involving the ex-leader back to a judge he accuses of unfairly targeting him. Brazil’s highest court voted 8-2 to take over the case, effectively removing the probe into Silva from…
AP, Seoul North Korea fired a short-range missile into the sea on Friday, Seoul officials said, hours after the U.S., South Korean and Japanese leaders pledged to work closer together to prevent North Korea from advancing its nuclear and missile programs. The surface-to-air missile fired from an eastern coastal area flew into waters off the…
AP, Cairo Nearly three years into a crackdown overseen by President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, allegations of human rights abuses including killings, torture and secret detentions are starting to bring an international backlash from the Egyptian leader’s allies. In the past month, Egypt was rebuked over its human rights record by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry,…