UNB A labourer was killed and another injured as a timber-laden truck plunged into a roadside ditch at Banshbaria on the Chingra-Trimohoni road in Keshabpur upazila on Wednesday noon. The deceased was identified as Abdul Moral, 42, son of late Mosaddi Moral, a resident of Maddhakul village in Keshabpur upazila.
AP, New Delhi Tiny bone fragments carry a world of significance and perhaps closure for at least one American family who lost a loved one over the mountains of India in World War II. During a solemn ceremony Wednesday, U.S. military members paid final respects to what they believe may be the remains of one…
AP, Multan A head-on collision between a passenger bus and truck killed at least 19 passengers, including women and children, in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province on Wednesday, a rescue official said. Several people were also injured in the accident near the city of Faisalabad in Punjab province, said the official, Mohammad Naseem. “We have transported…
AP, Damascus Syrians in government-controlled areas headed to polling stations Wednesday to elect a new 250-member parliament that is expected to serve as a rubber stamp for President Bashar Assad. Voters began turning up shortly after the stations opened at 7 a.m. (0400 GMT). Around 3,500 government-approved candidates are competing after more than 7,000 others…
AP, Panama City Organized crime prosecutors raided the offices of the Mossack Fonseca law firm Tuesday looking for evidence of money laundering and financing terrorism following a leak of documents about tax havens it set up for wealthy international clients. Soon after news reports based on a trove of documents from the firm began emerging…
UNB A tribunal here on Monday convicted a man and sentenced him to life term imprisonment for violating a minor girl at Durgasram village in Sadar upazila in 2009. The lifer, Rubel Miah,32, son of Abdul Miah of the village, was also fined Tk20,000, in default, to suffer one year more imprisonment. According to the…
UNB Three people, including two women, were killed and three others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a CNG-run auto-rickshaw at Natherpetua on the Comilla-Noakhali regional highway in Monohorganj upazila on Tuesday morning. Sub-inspector Lutfar Rahman, in-charge of Lalmai highway police camp, said the accident took place at about 7:00am when the…
UNB Police recovered hanging body of a schoolgirl from her house at Hotatia village in Ramganj upazila on Monday night. Officer-in-charge of Ramganj Police Station Tota Miah said family members found the body of Fatema Akter Jannat, a class VII student of Hotatia High School and daughter of Idris Ali Patwari of the village, hanging…
UNB A mobile court here on Tuesday sentenced a sales representative of a pharmaceutical company to one year’s imprisonment for assaulting a girl in Banghjal area of the town. The convict is Golam Kabir, a sales representative of Incepta Pharmaceuticals in Natore. Quoting locals, police said locals caught Kabir as he assaulted the class IX…
UNB A court here on Tuesday convicted a man and sentenced him to death for killing his wife in Rampal upazila on Bagerhat in 2014. The convict was Habi Sarder, son of Jahir Sarder, a resident of Gona Balay village of the upazila. According to the prosecution, Hasina Begum, 32, daughter of Torab Ali Mollah,…