At least 24 people were killed when a bus carrying 60 passengers plunged off a cliff in northern Peru early Saturday, police told local media. Peru’s transport supervisory agency (Sutran) confirmed the accident in a statement, without any deaths or injuries. The accident occurred in the El Alto district in Peru’s far north on a […]
Roads from Dhaka airport to Ghazipur were packed with thousands of pilgrims as they headed back home at the end of the first leg of the Biswa Ijtema, the second-largest gathering of Muslims after Hajj. The pilgrims boarded buses, mini-trucks, push carts and other modes of transport available near the Ijtema Maidan to return home. […]
The office of the daily Desh Rupantor is opposite the scene of the fire. Sarwar Alam, a senior journalist with the daily, said he saw firefighters trying to douse the fire. The fire spread to a portion of the first floor of Mamtaj Bhavan. Sarwar said that the firemen brought the fire under control after […]
Wheat stocks in India’s government warehouses will fall by about 13% from current levels early next month but will be sufficient for the country’s welfare schemes, the consumer affairs and food ministry said on Thursday. Wheat stocks in government warehouses for December fell to the lowest in six years as rising demand and falling inventories […]
The deceased have been identified as Mohammad Shamim Miya, 45, his wife Shimu Sarkar, 40, and Shakeel Miya, 35, all residents of Durgapur village in Gaibandha Sadar. Eyewitnesses said the bus sped off after hitting a CNG-run autorickshaw going from Gaibandha towards Palashbari. “The autorickshaw was shattered by the collision and three passengers died on […]
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