State Minister for Information Dr. Murad Hasan, among others, at a ceremony organised on the occasion of ‘Youth Friendly Services Reporting and Video Competition-2019’ by SERAC Bangladesh at the Jatiya Press Club on Tuesday.

4 Dec 2019, 12:00 am0

State Minister for Information Dr. Murad Hasan, among others, at a ceremony organised on the occasion of 'Youth Friendly Services Reporting and Video Competition-2019' by SERAC Bangladesh at the Jatiya Press Club on Tuesday.

A tragedy that could be averted

LOCAL newspapers reported that at least 10 Hindu devotees, including seven women, were killed and many others injured in a stampede triggered by rumours of a bridge collapse when thousands crowded the bank of Old Brahmaputra river at Langalbandh in Sonargaon for a holy dip this Friday.Sources from the police said that 10 people were declared dead on the spot by the doctors in medical camps set up for the ritual and eventually the bodies of the deceased (aged between...

29 Mar 2015, 12:00 am