A man died after a banyan tree fell on him at Ambaria village under Melandah upazila of the district last night during a storm.The victim was identified as Md Sujan Miah, 38, son of Suja Miah, resident of the same area.Police said a banyan tree fell o…
At least seven people were killed and five others injured, some of them critically, yesterday, from a firecracker factory blast, in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal, police said.The blast took place in Egra area of East Medinipur district, abou…
The High Court (HC) today upheld the death of one and acquitted another in a case lodged over the murder of child Abdullah in suburban Keraniganj area in 2016.The court also ordered to hold trial of another convict afresh.A High Court division bench o…
Seven candidates including outgoing Mayor Talukder Abdul Khaleque have submitted their nomination papers to contest for the mayoral post in Khulna City Corporation (KCC) election to be held on June 12.Md Alauddin, returning officer of the KCC election…
Three policemen have been honoured for helping prevent the loss of property by notifying the house owner and neighbors about an incident of fire.Police Constables Prakash Tamang, Durga Prasad Niraula and Leela Bahadur Thapa, based at the District Poli…
The people’s daily life has been severely hit in Mahottari district due to rising in temperature for the past few days. The temperature has reached as high as 42 degree centigrade.As a result, the number of people coming for treatment of various heat-…
Nearly 400 Rohingya living in camps for the displaced in Myanmar’s Rakhine state were probably killed by Cyclone Mocha, the country’s parallel National Unity Government and local aid workers told RFA Tuesday.The NUG said the figure was based on estimat…
The worst of Cyclone Mocha narrowly avoided the world’s largest refugee camp at Cox’s Bazar, in south-west BangladeshRohingya refugees at the camp still dealt with devastation after winds destroyed large numbers of shelters.Whilst the storm did not ma…
In the biggest storm to hit the Bay of Bengal in over a decade, cyclone Mocha ripped through Myanmar and south-eastern Bangladesh yesterday, leaving a trail of destruction.The cyclone, packing winds of up to 200 mph, brought destructive winds and a de…
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