A 32-year-old woman and her eight-year-old daughter were electrocuted to death in Khagrachhari's Manikchhari Saturday. Kulsum Begum and her daughter Ishrat Jahan Koli were from the Shah Nagar area of Manikchhari. The mishap occurred in the evening as Kulsum and her daughter came into contact with a live wire of an electric pole while going to a nearby field to bring their cow back home, Manikchhari Police Station Officer-in-Charge Mohammad Shahnoor Alam said. Both the mother and daughter were rushed to Manikchhari Upazila Health Complex where they were declared dead on arrival, he added. Read more: Sixth-grader electrocuted in Kurigram  

A couple and their daughter were killed as a bus hit their motorbike on Thakurgaon-Baliadanga road in Sadar upazila of the district Sunday morning. The deceased were identified as Masudur Rahman, 55, his wife Hasina Begum, 45 and their 14-year-old daughter Meger Negar Simi. They were residents of Mathurapur village in Sadar upazila. Police and witnesses said riding on the motorbike the couple was taking their daughter to a madrasha as her annual examination was going on. Read more: Road accident: 4 of a family killed in Brahmanbaria The Dhaka-bound bus of ‘Hanif Paribahan’ rammed into the motorbike in Hariharpur area around 9.30am, leaving Hasina dead on the spot and two others critically injured, they said. Masudur and his daughter succumbed to their injuries after they were admitted to Sadar Hospital, said Shihab Mahmud, a physician of the hospital. Kamal Hossain, Officer-in-charge of Sadar police station, said drive is on to arrest the bus driver. Read more: 4 of a family killed in Nawabganj road crash

A man allegedly killed his wife and minor daughter over a family feud in Domar upazila of the district on Wednesday afternoon. The accused also stabbed his mother-in-law and threw his 14-day-old baby boy identified as Yasin Islam in a pond during the incident, creating a scene in the area. Ziarul Islam, 30, also attempted to end his own life by stabbing himself following the incident. The ill-fated housewife identified as Ratna Begum, 26, and her two-year-old daughter Yasmin Ara, were residents of Pachhim Boragari village in the upazila. Local people said Ratna along with her husband and children had been staying at her father’s house at Nimojkhana Hartaktala village since before the delivery of son Yasin. Ziarul, a carpenter by profession, wanted to take his family members away to his house on Wednesday morning and was locked in a quarrel with his wife over the issue. At one point of the brawl, the unruly Ziarul stabbed his wife and daughter with a sharp knife, leaving them dead on the spot, they said. The accused also stabbed the mother-in-law while she was trying to save Ratna and Yasmin. Ziarul unbelievably threw his newborn baby in the pond. Yasin is now undergoing treatment at Upazila Health Complex. Read: BCL leader stabbed to death in Rangamati Aminul Islam Rimun, chairman of Boragari Union Parishad, said an argument between the couple was settled through arbitration around three months back. The argument led to the killing, he suspected. Md Mahmud un-Nabi, Officer-in-charge (OC) of Domar Police Station, said the bodies were sent to Rangpur Medical College Hospital (RMCH) morgue for autopsy. Ziarul is undergoing treatment at the RMCH while the two others at the Upazila Health Complex, he said adding that no case was yet filed in this connection.

A 30-year-old woman and her daughter were killed and her husband was injured when a covered van hit a motorbike at Nandalalpur in Kumarkhali upazila of Kushtia district in the  hours of Saturday, said police. The deceased were identified as Rina Khatun, wife of Ashraful Islam and  their daughter Joya, 11, of Kushita district town. The accident occurred on Kushtia-Rajbari regional highway when Ashraful was  returning home from Rajbari along with his wife and two daughters riding  his motorbike.  Rina died on the spot and Ashraful and Joya sustained injuries, said Idris Ali, in-charge of Chourhash Highway Police Station. READ: 2 killed in Dinajpur road crash Later, the inured were taken to a local hospital where Joya succumbed to her injuries. Ashraful’s condition is critical, said Dr Ashraful Islam, resident medical officer of Kushtia Sadar Hospital. Another daughter of the couple fortunately remained unhurt during the accident. The family met the tragic accident while returning to their Kushita residence from Rina’s parent’s house in Rajbari. Police seized the covered van but could not arrest its driver.

Indian authorities have launched a massive investigation into online rape threats to skipper Virat Kohli's nine-month-old daughter in the wake of the national cricket team's recent loss to rival Pakistan in the ICC T20 World Cup in Dubai. In fact, hateful comments against Virat's daughter surfaced on social media after Pakistan defeated India in a match on October 24. The hate campaign intensified after he stepped up his support for teammate Md Shami, who was targeted over his religion after the loss. READ: Virat Kohli to step down as India's T20 skipper "Attacking someone over their religion is the most pathetic thing one can do as a human. That is a very sacred and personal thing. People take out their frustration because they have no understanding of what we do,"  Virat said ahead of a match against New Zealand. Sources told UNB on Tuesday that Delhi Police's cyber sleuths "are probing the online rape threats against the daughter of Virat and Bollywood actor Anushka Sharma. "A special team has been constituted to track down the offenders and bring them to book," the sources said. Meanwhile, the Delhi Commission for Women sought an action-taken report from Delhi Police over the online rape threats. Commission's chairperson Swati Maliwal also tweeted to slam the rape threats as "very shameful". Last month, Virat announced that he would step down as the country's T20 international captain after this T20 World Cup. "I have decided to step down as the T20 captain after this T20 World Cup in Dubai in October," the 32-year-old wrote on social media. Virat has, of late, been facing questions over his batting and captaincy. He last scored a century in a Test match in November 2019. For 51 innings, he has not hit a hundred in any international format of the game. Virat, who took over as India's T20I captain in 2017 after Mahendra Singh Dhoni stepped down from his position, said he took head coach Ravi Shastri into confidence before spelling out his decision, which he attributed to "immense workload" in all formats of the game. READ: Superstar couple Anushka & Virat Kohli urge paparazzis 'to stay away from our baby' "... considering my immense workload over the last 8-9 years playing all 3 formats and captaining regularly for the last 5-6 years, I feel I need to give myself space to be fully ready to lead the Indian team in Test and ODI Cricket," he wrote. However, Virat had made it clear that he would continue to lead the team in Test cricket and ODIs. "I have given everything to the Team during my time as T20 captain and I will continue to do so for the T20 team as a batsman moving forward." A right-handed top-order batsman, Kohli is regarded as one of the best contemporary batsmen in the world. He has been the national cricket team's captain since 2013. Since October 2017, he has been the top-ranked ODI batsman in the world. In 2018, Time magazine named Kohli one of the 100 most influential people in the world. In 2020, he became the only cricketer in the world to feature in Forbes list of the top 100 highest-paid athletes in the world with an estimated earnings of USD 26 million.

Brazilian soccer great Pelé “took a little step back” in his recovery from surgery to remove a tumor from his colon but he is “recovering well” at a Sao Paulo hospital, his daughter Kely Nascimento said Friday. However, the Albert Einstein hospital said the 80-year-old Edson Arantes do Nascimento had returned to intensive care after “a brief breathing instability” Thursday night. Pelé was currently stable in “semi-intensive” care, the hospital said, and he “continues recovering.” It did not give further details. Kely Nascimento posted a picture Friday with her father on Instagram which she said she had just taken in his room at the Albert Einstein hospital. READ: Pele congratulates Messi for equalling goal record “He is recovering well and within normal range. Promise!” Kely Nascimento said. “The normal recovery scenario for a man of his age after an operation like this is sometimes two steps forward and one step back. Yesterday he was tired and took a little step back.” “Today he took two forwards!” she added, without giving more details. The hospital had not previously issued a new statement on Pelé’s health since Tuesday, when he was removed from intensive care. Later Pelé confirmed on social media that he is feeling well and that he had been visited by family members during the day. “I continue to smile every day. Thank you for all the love I get from you,” Pelé said. The tumor was found when Pelé went for routine exams at the end of August. His surgery took place on Sept. 4. READ: Bangabandhu Centenary: Pele’s visit now pushed to ‘late February’ Pelé won the 1958, 1962 and 1970 World Cups, and remains Brazil’s all-time leading scorer with 77 goals in 92 matches.

A Bhola court on Tuesday sentenced a man to death for killing his wife and minor daughter in Daulatkhan upazila in 2017.

A man and his minor daughter were killed and another one was injured when a covered van hit a motorbike on Dhaka-Aricha highway in front of Jagir High School in Sadar upazila on Tuesday.