Assistant Director of Health and former caretaker of Jessore sadar Hospital Dr.Hasan al Mamoon was killed in a road accident in front of BCMC College in the town on Saturday. He was seriously injured as an easy bike dashed him from behind while he was crossing the road in front of the College. He was…
Two people were killed when a private car overturned at Sonapahar in Mirsarai upazila on Saturday morning. Farid Uddin, in-charge of Joralganj police camp, said the accident occurred when a Dhaka-bound private car from Chittagong skidded off the road as its driver lost control over the steering in the morning, leaving two people dead on…
AP, Canoa Ecuadoreans slept outside and struggled to find food and water Friday in the wake of aftershocks that are still rocking coastal towns flattened by last weekend’s powerful earthquake. South America’s deadliest earthquake in more than a decade destroyed virtually all of the simple one- and two-story buildings making up the beach town of…
AP, Bangkok Banharn Silpa-archa, a provincial political powerbroker who served a scandal-ridden 16 months as Thailand’s prime minister in 1995-96, has died at age 83. His death early Saturday morning was announced by Bangkok’s Siriraj Hospital, where he was admitted Thursday after an asthma attack. Banharn was considered a master of pork barrel politics, making…
AP, Harrington Top aides spent the week gingerly courting Republican insiders at a seaside resort in Florida, but front-runner Donald Trump was busy railing against them. While it may seem counterproductive, Trump’s foot-stomping has served as a rallying cry to boost voter turnout and allowed him to continue to appeal to voters who feel disenfranchised….
UNB A housewife was found slaughtered at Dakkhin Char Clerk Adarsha village of Subarnchar upazila on Friday morning. The deceased was identified Kulsuma Begum, 35, 2nd wife of Firoj Alam of the village. Nizam Uddin, officer-in-charge of Char Jabbar Police Station, said Kulsuma used to live alone in a house built on a disputed land…
BSS Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in an overnight raid arrested a drug peddler with 23,800 pieces of Yaba tables worth about Taka 95.20 lakh from a pickup van in front of Abdul karim Market of bus stand area of Cox’s Bazar. A statement of RAB said the arrestee was identified as Mohammad Kamal Uddin, 30,…
BSS The law enforcement agencies seized 25 kilograms of smuggled ganja and arrested five persons from different places in Nilphamari and Lalmonirhat districts on Thursday afternoon, police sources said. The arrested persons are: driver of the ambulance Mozaffar Hossain, 40, assistant driver Shafikul Islam, 29, and Sadekul Islam, 20, of different areas under Rangpur Kotwali…
BSS A student of Chittagong University (CU) drowned in Halda River in Hathazari upazila of the district on Friday. The deceased was identified as Mohammad Noman, 25, a second year student of International Relations Department of CU. Noman hailed from Rangunia upazila of the district.On information, divers of the Fire Service and Civil Defense rushed…
BSS One person was killed in a road crash in Bhanga upazilla headquarter when his motor cycle he was riding was hit by a unidentified passenger coach on Friday morning. He met the accident on Bhanga-Mawa road in front of Bhanga Fire Service station when he was going to Dhaka from Nalchiti of Jhalakathi district…