BSS Detective branch of police rescued a businessman and arrested his three alleged abductors including a woman, from Char Adhpakhia under Muktagacha upazila of the district on Wednesday. The arrested persons are Ripon Miah, 28, his wife Fahima Khatun, 22 and their accomplice Rijon Miah, 25. Officer-in-Charge of DB police, Mymensingh, Imarat Hossain Gazi said…
BSS One person was electrocuted in Sonapata village under Debiganj upazila of the district this morning. The victim was identified as Mohiruddin, 50. Local people said Mohiruddin came in contact with an electric line when he was plucking nut plant from the field. Live electric line fell on the nut plant field in the morning.
BSS At least 34 dwelling houses were gutted in a devastating fire at Moriumnagar area under Rangunia upazila of the district on Tuesday night. Fire brigade and police sources said the fire originated from an electric short circuit from a dwelling house at 12-10 last night and it quickly engulfed the adjacent areas. Four fire…
BSS Members of the Chittagong Metropolitan police in a raid arrested two men for their alleged involvement in peddling drugs from city’s Eidgah area in Halishahor thana on Tuesday night. They also seized 850 pieces of yaba tablets from their possession. The arrestees were identified as Nur Hossain, 28 and Nazrul Islam, 29, hailed from…
BSS Two labourers were killed and five others injured as a boiler blasted at a rice mill at Rameshwargati village in Raiganj upazila on Wednesday morning. The deceased were identified as Nasiruddin, 25, son of Altaf Ali, and Idris Ali, 24, son of Nasim Sheikh, residents of the village. Officer-in-charge of Raiganj Police Station Rashedul…
AP, Brussels The NATO-Russia Council is meeting for the first time in nearly two years, with the U.S.-led alliance planning to object to what it deems provocative and dangerous actions by Moscow’s military. NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Wednesday’s meeting at alliance headquarters is being held to exchange views on Ukraine and other issues, but…
AP Online A fresh tremor rattled Ecuador before dawn Wednesday morning, a 6.1 magnitude jolt that was the strongest aftershock since a lethal earthquake killed hundreds of people. There was no immediate report of further damage. The U.S. Geological Survey said the tremor was centered offshore, 25 kilometers (15 miles) west of the devastated beach…
AP, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned Tuesday that Morocco’s expulsion of most of the U.N. peacekeeping mission’s civilian staff in the disputed Western Sahara will likely be exploited by “terrorist and radical elements” and could lead to full-scale war. In a rebuke to Morocco’s unilateral action, the U.N. chief urged the Security Council to…
UNB, Dhaka More than 160 countries have so far confirmed that they will sign the Paris Agreement on climate change on April 22, the first day that the agreement will be open for signature. “Next Friday will truly be a historic moment. It’ll be a great moment for multilateral efforts and this (UN) organisation,” said…