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‘Very much alive’: Heath Streak quashes death rumours
Following worldwide speculation regarding his sudden passing, Zimbabwean cricket legend Heath Streak has quashed the reports, asserting that he is indeed "very much alive." Streak conveyed this confirmation in a text exchange with his former teammate, Henry Olonga.
In May of this year, it was revealed that the former allrounder had been diagnosed with cancer.
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Olonga, who played alongside Streak as a fast bowler for Zimbabwe, was among the initial sources to disseminate the news of Streak's purported demise from his social media account. Olonga, later, emerged as the bearer of the truth, clarifying that Streak is, in fact, alive.
The message Olonga conveyed, accompanied by a screenshot from a messaging application on his X (formerly Twitter) handle was both poignant and symbolic: "The third umpire has called him back."
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Elaborating further, Olonga added, "I can confirm that rumours of the demise of Heath Streak have been greatly exaggerated. I just heard from him. He is very much alive folks."
Sources from Zimbabwe Cricket have also confirmed that the former captain is alive, though he continues to battle the cancer he has been striving to recover from.
Streak had served as a bowling coach for the Bangladesh team, playing a pivotal role in shaping Bangladesh's current formidable pace attack.
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A former captain of Zimbabwe's cricket team, Streak boasts an impressive record of 254 international matches. His contribution to the sport is underscored by amassing over 15,000 runs in competitive cricket, in addition to clinching more than 13,00 wickets. He was one of the best allrounders of his time.
Man gets 5-yr jail for spreading ‘human head’ rumour about Padma Bridge construction
A Rajshahi court on Tuesday sentenced man to five-year imprisonment in a case over spreading rumour about using human head to construct Padma Bridge in 2011 through Facebook.
Rajshahi divisional Cyber Crime Tribunal Judge Ziaur Rahman pronounced the judgment.
The convict is Razib Hossain,30, son of Abdur Razzaq of Durgapur upazila in Rajshahi.
In October, 2011, Razib posted a status from his Facebook profile that said, ”The Padma Bridge construction in Bangladesh has been obstructed as it will need more than 1 lakh human heads. As per the directive of the Prime Minister, 41 teams are out on the streets, playgrounds, markets with sharp weapons and gas spray to collect those heads,” said Public Prosecutor Ismat Ara.
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He also said the main target of these teams are women and children and they are doing this heinous crime even entering people’s houses so he posted it to create awareness, she said.
Razib was sentenced to two years rigorous imprisonment under section 25(2) of the Digital Security Act, 2018, with fine of Tk two lakh. In case of failure to pay the fine, he will have to serve another six months’ imprisonment.
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Under section 31(2) of the same act, he was sentenced to three years imprisonment with Tk 3 lakh in fine. In case of failure to pay the fine he will have to serve six months more imprisonment.
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