Dhaka | Dhaka City | Bangladeshi News
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No details were given about the nationality or status of those rescued. In June, an overcrowded fishing trawler carrying 750 people evacuated from Libya sank near Greece. According to Greek figures, about 100 of them were saved, but it is believed that about 600 people drowned. In recent years thousands of migrants, mostly from Syria, […]
At least 17 Rohingya were killed and 30 are missing after a boat capsized in bad weather in the Bay of Bengal earlier this week, aid workers in Myanmar said. Volunteers said eight people were rescued from the boat, which was headed to Malaysia, a coveted destination for thousands of Rohingya Muslims fleeing persecution and […]
Migrant deaths have risen in recent years as thousands try to cross the Mediterranean in the hope of finding a better life in war-torn or poverty-stricken Europe. The central Mediterranean migrant route from North Africa to Europe is the world’s deadliest route with more than 20,000 deaths since 2014, according to the International Organization for […]
The missing were identified as Rabbi Havaldar, 20, of Guli Auliyapur, his mother Selina Begum, 40, Khadija, 5, daughter of Dhalu Havaldar of Uttar Rangopaldi area, and Maria Begum, 4, a relative of the groom. According to police and locals, the trawler carrying 15 people capsized in the middle of the Bura Gouranga river on […]
According to the UNB report, the bodies of two people who went missing after two speedboats collided in the Padma river on February 5 were recovered from the river about 55 hours after the incident. With the bodies, the death toll in the collision has risen to three while 3 others are still missing. The […]
At least 10 children were killed when a boat carrying students of a religious school capsized at Tanda Dam in northwest Pakistan on Sunday. Six others were injured and taken to hospital, according to Furqan Khan, deputy commissioner of Kohat district in northern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, where the accident took place. The victims were young […]
Authorities have rescued eight crew members of a cargo ship carrying 500 tonnes of fertilizer that capsized at Mongla port. The ship capsized after a collision with a foreign commercial vessel at anchorage number 9 in Harbaria around 11.30 pm on Tuesday. But the incident has not affected navigation through the channel, said Captain Shaheen […]
The Lebanese army said two migrants were killed and 232 others were rescued after a boat capsized off the Lebanese coast on Saturday. The army said three naval ships and a boat operated by the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) took part in a rescue operation off Selta, north of Lebanon’s capital Beirut.
KM Shafiul Kinjol, a spokesman for the force, said the Coast Guard was working to identify the sand-laden vessel that collided with the tanker. Meanwhile, oil is spilling from the ship into the Meghna. People living on the banks of the river in the area are now unable to use the water for bathing and […]
‘Tragic loss’ Ambulances and emergency workers gathered along the quay in Dover. Sky News said some people had been transferred to a hospital in Ashford, Kent, but it was not known whether they were survivors or had a fatality. Speaking in Parliament, Sunak expressed grief over the accident. Sunak said, “I am sure the whole […]
