Three food shops were fined Taka 13,000 on charges of selling unhygienic and substandard foods to the customers in the city on Thursday. A team of Department of National Consumer Rights Protection (DNCRP) conducted the raid in Haragram Bazar area and found Mika Sweets and Departmental Store, New Olympia Sweets and Joy Maa Mistanno Bhandar…
A minor boy was crushed under the wheels of a speeding truck at Chamgram in sadar upazila on Wednesday evening. The deceased was identified as Mizan, 3, son of Abdul Jakkar, a resident of Chamgram. Witnesses said Mizan was crossing a road around 6pm when a stone-laden truck crashed him. -UNB
A college student allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself in a huff with parents at Nawhata Paikpara in Poba upazila on Wednesday noon. The deceased was identified as Hasan Ali, 17, son of Mozam, a resident of Paikpara. Hasan was a 1st year student of Nawhata Degree College. Family members said Hasan’s parents chided him…
A young man died after receiving a snakebite at Panchbaria village in Sadar upazila of Jessore district on Wednesday night. The deceased, Rabiul Islam,30, son of Elias Hossain, a resident of Hashimpur Bazar area of the upazila, is a rickshaw-van puller of Hashimpur Liden Grammar School. Liza Akter, wife of the deceased, said Rabiul was…
A truck helper was crushed under the wheels of a speeding truck at Baishpukur in Dimla upazila on Wednesday noon. The deceased was identified as Belal Hossain, 35, son of Makbul Hossain, a resident of Baishpukur village. Quoting witnesses, Officer-in-charge of Dimla Police Station Abdul Hannan said Belal was crossing a road around 2:30pm. At…
AP, Jerusalem The Islamic militant group Hamas is praising a Palestinian as a “martyr” for carrying out a bus bombing that injured about 20 people in Jerusalem this week. In an announcement on one of its websites, Hamas names the bomber as Abdel Hameed Abu Srour. The statement says Srour was a member of Hamas,…
AP, Bucharest Ukraine’s president says sanctions against Russia must stay in place as long as hostilities in eastern Ukraine still continue. President Petro Poroshenko said he and Romanian President Klaus Iohannis agreed that “discussions related to cancelling sanctions imposed on Russia cannot take place until the aggression stops.” Security was the main focus of talks…
AFP, Kaduna Suspected Boko Haram gunmen on horseback killed at least 11 people in northeast Nigeria this week, two civilian vigilantes assisting the military told AFP on Thursday. The attack on Zango village, in the Gulani district some 150 kilometres (94 miles) south of the Yobo state capital, Damaturu, happened overnight on Tuesday to Wednesday,…
AP, London It’s springtime in London, but President Barack Obama might sense a chill in the air. The U.S. leader will be welcomed by British Prime Minister David Cameron and wined and dined by the royal family on a three-day visit to the U.K. that starts late Thursday. But Britain’s looming June 23 referendum about…
AP, The Hague German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been honored for her leadership in a series of crises that have hit Europe in recent years, from the financial meltdown to the massive migration influx. Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte lauded Merkel as she was presented with the International Four Freedoms Award at a ceremony Thursday…