BSS Police recovered the slaughtered body of a sand trader from a residential hotel at Durgapur upazila town of the district on Friday. The victim was Nurul Alam, 30, a sand trader who rented a room at the “Bichitra Guest House” where he was murdered. Two persons were arrested in this connection, officer-in-charge of the…
BSS A woman was killed and his husband injured as a truck hit their motorcycle at Gunali Bazaar under Tala upazila of the district on Saturday morning. The victim was Saleha Begum, 35, wife of Masud. Police said the accident took place on the Khulna-Pikegachha road at about 10 am when a truck hit the…
UNB A security guard was injured by robbers as he attempted to resist a robbery bid at Shashibhushon branch of Krishi Bank in Charfashion upazila early Saturday. A gang of robbers entered the Sashibhuson branch of Krishi Bank, breaking the window grill around 4 am, said Abul Bashar, officer-in-charge of Shashibhuson Police Station. Later, Billal…
UNB Police recovered the body of a man from a pond at Panchbaria village in Sadar upazila of Jessore district on Friday night. Sub-inspector of Jessore Kotwali Police Station Biplob Hossain said locals spotted the body of Sahidur Rahman,50, son of Abdul Gani Molla, a resident of the village, floating in the pond, of one…
UNB A student of Rajshahi Medical College Hospital allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself at Shaheed Pinku Hostel of the medical college on Saturday noon. The deceased, Hasan Habib Milton, son of Humayun Kabir of Sabuj Noyapara village in Chilmari upazila, was a student of 27th no batch of the RMCH. Hasan hanged himself with…
Nazrul Islam Mukul, Kushtia “Autism and the 2030 Agenda: Inclusion and Neurodiversity”- with this view, World Autism Awareness Day was observed in Kushtia. A colorific procession set out from Kushtia city fire service on this occasion on Saturday at 10:30. The procession led by additional district commissioner Md. Mujib-Ul Ferdous, district police super Pralay Chisim…
AP, Johannesburg South African President Jacob Zuma on Friday apologized for a scandal over millions of dollars in state spending on his private residence and said he would abide by a Constitutional Court ruling that he should pay back some funds. In a nationally televised address, Zuma said he acted “in good faith” in the…
AP, Mexico City Experts have found evidence of a large fire in which at least 17 bodies were burned at a dump in southern Mexico, a member of the investigating team said Friday, in the latest twist in the case of 43 missing teachers’ college students. Ricardo Damian Torres, speaking from the offices of Mexico’s…
AP, Baghdad The United Nations says violence killed at least 1,119 Iraqis in March, a sharp increase from the previous month, as the Islamic State group stepped up attacks on civilians while suffering defeats on the battlefield. The U.N. mission to Iraq, known as UNAMI, said in a statement Friday that 1,561 Iraqis were wounded…
AP, Hanoi Vietnam’s police chief was elected Saturday by the National Assembly to become president — the second-highest post — and promised to “resolutely” protect the country’s sovereignty amid an ongoing territorial dispute with longtime rival China. Public Security Minister and police general Tran Dai Quang, 59, received 436 votes from 465 assembly members who…