“The President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ayatollah Ebrahim Raisi, met with an accident and was martyred while serving the people of Iran and performing his duty,” Iran's Mehr agency said. Other media outlets also reported this news. More to follow…
The accident comes at a time when discontent is growing within Iran over multiple political, social and economic crises. Iran's clerical rulers are facing international pressure over Tehran's controversial nuclear program and its deepening military ties with Russia during the war in Ukraine. Since Iran's ally Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, provoking Israel's attack […]
Iran was plunged into uncertainty on Sunday as search and rescue teams scoured fog-shrouded mountainous terrain after President Ibrahim Raisi's helicopter disappeared in what state media described as an “accident.” Fears grew for the 63-year-old ultra-conservative after the plane carrying him, along with Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdullahian and others, lost contact in East Azerbaijan province, […]
A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi's convoy was involved in an “accident” on Sunday, state media reported, without specifying whether the president was aboard. “Some unconfirmed reports say the helicopter carrying President Raisi has crashed in East Azerbaijan province,” state television said. He said that rescue efforts are going on. “Bad weather conditions and […]
Five people died after bus overturned in Cumilla
Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said BAF's YAK 130 training aircraft crashed in Patenga due to a technical fault. Chittagong Port Secretary Omar Farooq said an operation was being conducted in the Karnaphuli river to rescue the plane. He told Prothom Alo that Air Force and Navy personnel are carrying out rescue operations. Umar Farooq said […]
Air Force training aircraft crashes in Chattogram
It took railway authorities more than 31 hours to repair the tracks after a passenger train collided with a goods train at Joydebpur railway station on Friday, resulting in huge inconvenience to passengers. Many passengers also waited for a long time at the stations. A mistake by a signalman resulted in a collision between a […]
At least 42 people have died after a dam broke near a town in Kenya's Rift Valley, a local governor told AFP on Monday, as heavy rains and flooding lashed the country. A dam broke near Mai Mahiu in Nakuru County, washing away homes and cutting off roads, with rescue teams digging through debris to […]
Accidents happen due to unfit vehicles, unlicensed driving, potholes on the road, tired and sleepy drivers, illegal vehicles and common people have to pay the price. They bear the pain of losing their loved ones, they fall into financial crisis when the earning member of the family is lost. Housing and Public Works Ministry liftman […]
Earlier, Shanto Saha, a third-year student of the civil engineering department at CUET, and Taufiq Hussain, a second-year student of the same department, died after their motorcycle was crushed by a Shah Amanat Paribahan bus in Ziyanagar area of Rangunia on Monday. , The students have been protesting since then. The protesting students blocked the […]
The incident occurred when the new engine collided with a standing train while it was being assembled, injuring at least 50 passengers, he said. The injured were taken to Lalmonirhat Railway Hospital and two of them were sent to Rangpur Medical College Hospital, he said. After first aid, the injured passengers later went to Parbatipur […]
Meanwhile, Nazia along with her children went to have dinner in a restaurant on the third floor of the building. As soon as the building caught fire, Nazia called her husband and told him that they were in danger. Nazia's relative Rifat Hussain shared this information with Prothom Alo. At the time of the incident, […]
Ayesha Akhtar, cousin of Mubarak's wife Swapna Akhtar, said four bodies were at the Dhaka Medical Mortuary and one at Bern Hospital. All of them will be buried at their village home in Shahbazpur, Brahmanbaria. He owned a flat in Modhubagh, Dhaka. Ayesha Akhtar said, no one was alive in her family, all five had […]
Five people, including women and a child, were killed in a head-on collision between a truck and a battery-powered easybike in Khulna’s Dumuria upazila. The accident occurred around 3:45 pm on Saturday afternoon in the Angardoha culvert area of Kharnia Union on the Khulna-Satkhira highway. The deceased included 30-year-old Vishwajit Biswas of Jiyaltala village of […]