Boliya police station in-charge Suhravardi Hussain told that the student had come from home a few days back. “On information, we went to the spot and recovered the body and brought it to the hospital. Right now post mortem is going on at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital. The cause of death will be known after […]
Nine people were killed in a stampede on Saturday at an El Salvador stadium where soccer fans had gathered to watch a local tournament. “The death toll after the stampede at the Cuscatlán stadium rises to nine,” the National Civil Police posted on Twitter. The security agency also noted that “several” injured people, including at […]
Media reports that 400 Rohingya had been killed were “not true”, with the junta statement saying action would be taken against outlets that published the figures. Since a military coup that overthrew an elected government more than two years ago, the junta has arrested journalists and shut down outlets deemed critical of its regime. Junta-backed […]
“It is difficult to obtain accurate or up-to-date information, which makes it even more difficult to adequately respond to the crisis,” said Manny Maung of Human Rights Watch. “We are scaling up our response effort to provide critical relief supplies such as rice and tarpaulins to Rohingya communities affected by Cyclone Mocha,” non-governmental relief organization […]
Millions of Bangladeshi citizens have been affected by frequent power cuts in recent months, as erratic weather patterns and high global energy prices have made fuel supplies to power plants unreliable. The outage has angered residents, leading to protests across the country in recent months. “We are facing power cuts every other hour and there […]
He said many more people are feared missing from low-lying areas of Rohingya villages and IDP camps. AFP footage from the area showed wooden fishing boats being splashed and piling up near the shore. At least five people were killed and “some residents” were injured in Myanmar, the military junta said in an earlier statement […]
Farooq was born on August 18, 1948 in Dhaka. He first appeared in ‘Jolchobi’ opposite Kabori in 1971. Later, he rose to fame by working as a supporting actor in ‘Abar Tora Manush Ho’ directed by Ataur Rahman in 1973 and ‘Alor Michil’ directed by Narayan Ghosh Mita in 1974. Both the films were inspired […]
A 38-year-old rickshaw puller, who was electrocuted by a live electric wire struck by heavy winds caused by cyclonic storm Mocha, died at the Chattogram Medical College and Hospital on Sunday. The deceased Mohd Zahid is a resident of Lalmonirhat district. Mohammad Akteruzzaman, senior station officer of Bayazid Fire Service and Civil Defence, cited witnesses […]
The fighting continued from Friday evening to Saturday morning and “complex evacuation operation included hostage rescue operation”, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a statement. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, but ethnic Baloch separatist groups have been waging an insurgency against the state in the South-Western Provinces for decades, often targeting […]
Israel has occupied the West Bank since the 1967 Six-Day War and its forces regularly operate in Palestinian cities. The Arab League on Wednesday condemned the “aggressive (and) barbaric Israeli raids on the Gaza Strip that targeted civilians, children and women in residential neighborhoods”. Germany meanwhile “strongly” condemned the “indiscriminate” Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel, […]
Girl child murdered at home in Ghazipur, mother injured in ICU
Renowned economist Professor Nurul Islam has passed away. Former Deputy Chairman of the first Planning Commission, he breathed his last at 12:00 noon local time in Washington DC, United States. Adnan Morshed, a professor at the Catholic University of America in Washington, confirmed the news of his death to Prothom Alo at 6:30 pm on […]
In this file photo taken on March 29, 2010, US mezzo-soprano Grace Bumbry plays mother during African-American ragtime composer Scott Joplin’s opera “Treemonisha” directed by Spanish dancer and choreographer Blanca Lee on March 29. , 2010 at the Châtelet Theater in Paris. American Grace Bumbry, the first black singer to perform at the 1961 Bayreuth […]
According to the UNB report, the body of the missing pharmacist has been recovered from Dhanmandi lake in the capital since Sunday night. The deceased has been identified as MD Imtiaz. Imtiaz lived in a rented house on Dhanmandi Road 3. On receiving the information, the team of Dhanmandi police station reached the spot and […]
Explosion in Roopganj Steel Mill: Three more laborers killed