Bangladesh
8 more lives lost on roads
Dhaka, Mar 23 (UNB) – At least eight people were killed and three others injured in separate road accidents in Moulvibazar, Joypurhat, Tangail, Munshiganj, Gazipur, Tangail and Nilphamari districts on Saturday.
Bike crashes into tree in Tangail; 2 dead
Tangail, Mar 23 (UNB) – Two young men were killed when their motorcycle crashed into a roadside palm tree at Taltola in Basail upazila on Saturday night.
Boy killed as towel fastens around neck
Dhaka, Mar 23 (UNB) – An eight-year-old girl was killed as a towel fastened around his neck in the city’s Demra area on Saturday while playing.
Two shot during mugging in city
Dhaka, Mar 23 (UNB) - A suspected mugger and an official of a private company sustained bullet injuries when the official was being mugged by a group in the city’s Gulistan area in broad daylight on Saturday.
Ten women get Anannya Shirshodosh awards
Dhaka, Mar 23 (UNB) – Anannya, a fortnightly feminist magazine of Bangladesh, on Saturday awarded 10 women of the country for their outstanding contributions to their respective areas.
Paper warehouse fire under control
Dhaka, Mar 23 (UNB) – A paper warehouse caught fire in Lalbagh area of Old Dhaka on Saturday night.
Hilsa production rose by 78 pc in last decade: Dipu Moni
Chandpur, Mar 23 (UNB)— The production of Hilsa increased by 78 percent in the last decade thanks to the government’s conservation efforts, Education Minister Dipu Moni said Saturday.
Now, university student ‘pushed off’ to death from bus in Moulvibazar
Sylhet, Mar 23 (UNB) – Amid the outcry over the death of a private university student in the capital, another university student was crushed to death by a bus after its helper reportedly pushed him off the vehicle at Sherpur in Sadar upazila of Moulvibazar district on Saturday afternoon.
‘14.5 lakh Bangladeshis visited India in 2018’
Chattogram, Mar 23 (UNB) – Assistant High Commissioner of India in Chattogram Anindya Banerjee on Saturday said around 14.5 lakh Bangladeshi nationals visited India in 2018 on tourism, medical and business purposes.
Elderly woman found dead in Jashore
Jashore, Mar 23 (UNB) – An elderly woman was found dead at her residence in Abhaynagar upazila on Saturday afternoon.