Staff Reporter At least seven people died and 50 others were injured in different districts of the country in lightning on Monday (September 5). In Kishoreganj, at least three people, including a woman, died in three upazilas of Kishoreganj due to lightning strikes. These three tragic incidents occurred on Monday afternoon. The deceased are identified as Noor Nahar (45), wife of one Rafiqul Islam in Char Hajipur under Jinari union of Hossionpur upazila, Babul Mia (35), son of one Shukur...
Day: September 5, 2022
News Desk : To find the authority to cancel billions of dollars in student loans, President Biden turned to two words in a 2003 law: “national emergency.” President George W. Bush had troops in Afghanistan and Iraq when Congress passed the Higher Education Relief Opportunities for Students Act of 2003. The bill gives the Secretary of Education authority to change student financial assistance programs during a war, military operation, or “national emergency.” Nineteen years later, the Biden Administration cited that...
Staff Reporter : The High Court on Monday granted anticipatory bail for eight weeks to suspended Mayor of the Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) Mohammad Zahangir Alam in a defamation case filed in Faridpur. The High Court bench of Justice Md Rezaul Hasan and Justice Md Atabullah passed the order after hearing a bail petition filed by Zahangir. Lawyer MK Rahman who appeared in the court hearing on behalf of the ex-GCC Mayor said the High Court has granted eight weeks...
Staff Reporter : All the major rivers except Jamuna are in spate following heavy rains for three consecutive days in the region and beyond the border, creating a sense of fear for another round of floods in the country. As a result, the major rivers of Sylhet, Sunamganj and Netrokona districts in the north-eastern region have been rising rapidly in the late monsoon, forecasting a negative impact of climate change. According to the Flood Forecasting Warning Centre (FFWC), rivers water...
UNB : Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday called on Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at ITC Maurya Sheraton Hotel in New Delhi. The broad parameters of bilateral relations came up for discussion between Hasina and Jaishankar, MEA sources said. Emerging from the meeting with Hasina, Jaishankar took to Twitter saying “Delighted to call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of Bangladesh this evening.” In a separate post, he said “The warmth and frequency of our leadership level contacts...
Abdur Rahman Mintu : Nine people were killed and at least 57 injured in a head-on collision between two buses...
Abdur Rahman Mintu : Nine people were killed and at least 57 injured in a head-on collision between two buses in Rangpur’s Taraganj. The collision took place at the western end of Kharubhaj Bridge of Ikarchali Union of Rangpur-Dinajpur highway at around 12:15 on Sunday night. Five people were killed on the spot and four more died after being taken to the hospital, Taraganj Highway Police said. According to Taraganj Highway police sources on Monday, after crossing the Kharuvaj Bridge...
Abdur Rahman Mintu : Nine people were killed and at least 57 injured in a head-on collision between two buses in Rangpur’s Taraganj. The collision took place at the western end of Kharubhaj Bridge of Ikarchali Union of Rangpur-Dinajpur highway at around 12:15 on Sunday night. Five people were killed on the spot and four more died after being taken to the hospital, Taraganj Highway Police said. According to Taraganj Highway police sources on Monday, after crossing the Kharuvaj Bridge...
Abdur Rahman Mintu : Nine people were killed and at least 57 injured in a head-on collision between two buses in Rangpur’s Taraganj. The collision took place at the western end of Kharubhaj Bridge of Ikarchali Union of Rangpur-Dinajpur highway at around 12:15 on Sunday night. Five people were killed on the spot and four more died after being taken to the hospital, Taraganj Highway Police said. According to Taraganj Highway police sources on Monday, after crossing the Kharuvaj Bridge...
Reuters : Canadian police hunted for two suspects in a stabbing spree that killed 10 people and wounded at least 15 others mostly in a sparsely populated indigenous community early Sunday. The stabbings across 13 crime scenes were among the deadliest mass killings in modern Canadian history and certain to reverberate throughout the country, which is unaccustomed to bouts of mass violence more commonly seen in the United States. “The attacks in Saskatchewan today are horrific and heartbreaking. I’m thinking...
BBC Online : Liz Truss has promised to take action to deal with surging energy costs after winning the Tory...
