MEDITERRANEAN BOAT CAPSIZE 27 Bangladeshi deceased identified
Five bodies of Bangladesh nationals drowned in the Mediterranean Sea were recovered and identities of 27 of the 37 Bangladeshis, feared dead in the boat capsize, were confirmed, Bangladesh Red Crescent Society said on Monday.
Khaleda to be tried inside Keraniganj jail
The government has shifted a makeshift court trying the jailed Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia from the old Dhaka Central Jail to newly built makeshift courtroom inside the Dhaka Central Jail at Keraniganj on the outskirts of the capital.
Mother, daughter, son found dead in city
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police found bodies of a widow, her son and daughter in their rented house at Uttarkhan in Dhaka Sunday evening.
37 migrants from Bangladesh feared dead in Mediterranean
Human traffickers are duping hundreds of people, mostly young males, into risky sea journey for migrating to Europe and countries, including Australia and the United States.
At least 6 of 37 missing Bangladeshis are from Sylhet
At least six youths among 37 Bangladeshis feared dead in Friday’s boat capsize in the Mediterranean Sea while attempting to reach Italy from Libya were from Sylhet.
KISHOREGANJ NURSE RAPE Driver confesses to his part
Driver Nuruzzaman Nuru reportedly confessed before a court here on Sunday to his involvement in the killing of nurse Shahinur Akhter Tania after gang-rape in his moving bus in Bajitpur upazila.
Farmers protest at low rice price
Low price of rice has left farmers in the country frustrated and with no immediate solution in sight a farmer in Tangail on Sunday set fire to his Boro paddy field.
Capital gets no respite from water crisis
Domestic water crisis became more acute at different parts of the capital amidst the heat wave continuing causing untold public sufferings in Ramadan.
Illegal structures, poor pedestrian facilities blamed
Illegal structures and parking as well as poor pedestrian facilities at highway crossings were causing accidents, officials and experts said on Saturday.
Bangladeshi farmer among migrants saved by Tunisian fishermen
A farmer from Bangladesh watched dozens drown beside him in the Mediterranean before ‘God sent us the fishermen’, who saved him from the cold waters and took him to Tunisia.
