Families receive bodies of 8 Bangladesh migrants drowned in Mediterranean
The bodies of eight Bangladeshi migrants who drowned in the Mediterranean Sea while trying to reach Europe from Libya have been handed over to their families. They received the bodies from police in the presence of Executive Magistrate Sayem Imran at Dhaka Medical College Hospital’s morgue on Friday. The dead are Mamun Sheikh, Sajal Boiragi, Nayan Biswas, Rifat Sheikh, Sajeeb Kazi, Imrul Kayes Apon, Md Kaiser and Rasel Sheikh – five from Madaripur and three from Gopalganj. Still, the investigator, a magistrate and a forensic doctor examined the bodies and reports from the Tunisian authorities. The eight victims and others who were kept in the boat’s hold could not get out when the boat started to sink, he said.
Source:bd News24
May 03, 2024 13:45 UTC
Raffle tickets available for car show
As part of the Nostalgia of Cars show on May 19, JCH&L Gardenside and Heritage are offering a fundraising drawing. Buy a ticket for $10 and have a chance to win the prize package valued at $500. it includes: 22-inch Blackstone Griddle, griddle cover, 18-piece grill accessory kit, 2 zero gravity lawn chairs, Camp Zero 12.6-quart cooler. Drawing to be held on May 19 during the car show. Tickets available at JCH&L and Heritage Care Center.
Source:Daily Sun
May 03, 2024 12:35 UTC
UK's Labour claim big early win over PM Sunak's Conservatives
REUTERSLabour Parliamentary Candidate for Blackpool South Chris Webb reacts after Labour won a Parliamentary by-election in Blackpool, Britain May 3, 2024. Blackpool South was the only parliamentary seat up for grabs after the incumbent, elected in 2019 as a Conservative candidate, quit over a lobbying scandal. Labour candidate Chris Webb won the Blackpool election with 10,825 votes. The Conservative candidate came in second with 3,218. "This seismic win in Blackpool South is the most important result today," Starmer said.
Source:bd News24
May 03, 2024 12:11 UTC
Four killed in Cumilla lightning strikes
CUMILLA, May 3, 2024 (BSS) - Four people were killed by lightning strikes in four upazilas of the district yesterday. They died in the upazilas of Chandina, Burichang, Debidwar and Sadar South. This incidents of lightning happened from 4:30 pm to mid night on Thursday. According to the district police sources, Mokhlesur Rahman and Alam Hossain died in lightning while they were harvesting their paddy. Delwar Hossain and Atiqul Islam died on the spot when lightning struck them amid rain.
Source:Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha
May 03, 2024 11:49 UTC
Trains collide head-on in Gazipur
A Tangail commuter train collided head-on with a freight train near the Joydebpur Railway Junction early on Friday in Gazipur. At least five train carriages derailed and several people were injured in the accident that occurred around 10:50 am, according to a bdnews24.com report. Joydebpur Station Master Hanif Mia confirmed the accident, but he was not able to state the cause. Measures were being taken to remove the derailed compartments from the rail tracks, he said.
Source:bd News24
May 03, 2024 06:54 UTC
'Cargo ship causes Tk 5 million damage to Kalurghat Bridge with a collision'
Bangladesh Railway has said the recent collision of a cargo ship with the Kalurghat Bridge in Chattogram has caused Tk 5 million worth of damages to the bridge. The railway authority reported the extent of the damage in a case filed at Government Railway Police’s Chattogram Station, bdnews24.com report said. The estimated loss is Tk 5 million.”On Tuesday, the cargo vessel MV Samuda-1 rammed the Kalurghat Bridge in Chattogram before getting stuck. The arrestees are MV Samuda-1 quartermaster Ferdous Rahman, steersman Yamin Molla, and greaser Shahadat Hossain. Kalurghat Bridge is one of the main points of connectivity between Chattogram city and parts of the Boalkhali and Patia Upazilas.
Source:bd News24
May 03, 2024 06:53 UTC
Several injured, ten carriages derailed as trains collide head-on in Gazipur
A Tangail commuter train and a freight train crashed in the Joydebpur areaSeveral people have been injured as a Tangail commuter train collided head-on with a freight train near the Joydebpur Railway Junction in Gazipur. The accident occurred in the Kazi Bari area of Choto Dewra, said Joydebpur Station Master Hanif Mia. The station master said that the Tangail commuter train had left Tangail in the morning and was heading to Dhaka after a stop at the Joydebpur Station. The train was crossing a line at the outer signal when the freight train crashed into it from the opposite direction. Locals say the Tangail commuter train was largely empty as it headed to Dhaka, which limited the casualties.
Source:bd News24
May 03, 2024 06:14 UTC
The Power to Evict - The Cornell Daily Sun
The Power to EvictI write today at around 2:30 a.m. from an air mattress in the home of a trusted friend. Leaderboard 2Up at the Liberated Zone, we’re watching a very important development in Cornell history occurring in real time. Cornell would not be harassing students like me and escalating suspensions of perceived movement leaders if they were not deeply threatened by the strength of our movement. Nick Wilson is a second-year undergraduate student in the New York State School of Industrial & Labor Relations at Cornell University. He is an organizer with the Young Democratic Socialists of America’s Cornell chapter and Cornell’s Coalition for Mutual Liberation.
Source:Daily Sun
May 03, 2024 05:01 UTC
Daily Horoscope for May 03, 2024
General Daily Insight for May 03, 2024 Our problems are no match for our tenacity and courage today. Once assertive Mars sextiles deep-rooted Pluto at 5:06 am EDT, we’re equipped to take serious and decisive action. Aries March 21 – April 19 Taking a stand in your community might benefit your reputation with peers. Even if the small steps you’ve consistently been taking don’t seem like much, remember that they add up over time! Cancer June 21 – July 22 Forming an alliance with someone else could further your progress toward your present goals.
Source:Daily Sun
May 03, 2024 04:25 UTC
Over 1.20 lakh people held, 97,241 cases filed on drug smuggling in 2023: Asaduzzaman
SANGSAD BHABAN, May 2, 2024 (BSS) - Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan today said different law enforcing agencies have arrested over 1.20 lakh people and filed 97,241 cases under anti-drug operation in last year. "The Department of Narcotics Control and other law enforcing agencies have filed 97,241 cases and arrested 1,20,287 persons for their alleged involvement in drug smuggling in the country in 2023", he said. The home minster told responding to a query of treasury bench lawmaker Mostaque Ahmed Ruhi of Netrokona-1 during the question-answer session tabled at the Jatiya Sangsad here with Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury in the chair. During this period, members of the law enforcing agencies recovered 31 thousand 622 bottles of phesidyls, 72.828 kilograms of heroin, 186.632 kilograms of Ice and 2 lakh 75 thousand 571 pieces of tapentadole tablets.
Source:Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha
May 03, 2024 03:40 UTC
Martinrea International Inc. Reports Strong First Quarter Results and Declares Dividend
Corsicana, TX (75110)TodayRain showers this evening with mostly cloudy conditions overnight. Winds SE at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 40%..TonightRain showers this evening with mostly cloudy conditions overnight. Winds SE at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 40%.
Source:Daily Sun
May 03, 2024 03:14 UTC
Bangladesh brings back bodies of 8 migrants drowned in Mediterranean
Bodies of 8 drowned migrants brought back They were trying to reach Europe via Libya with the help of people smugglersThe bodies of eight migrants who drowned in the Mediterranean Sea while attempting to reach Europe via Libya have been repatriated to Bangladesh. Nine people, including eight Bangladeshis seeking a better life through people smugglers, died when the boat sank off Tunisia's coast. A Saudi Airlines flight carrying the bodies landed at Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on Thursday afternoon, where grieving relatives awaited. The dead were identified as Mamun Sheikh, Sajal Bairagi, Nayan Biswas, Rifat Sheikh, Sajib Kazi, Imrul Kayes Apon, Md Abdus Salam, Kaiser, and Rasel Sheikh. Accordingly, Sajal handed Tk 250,000 and his passport to Juboraj at his Gopalganj home on Nov 17 last year.
Source:bd News24
May 03, 2024 02:41 UTC
Faculty Show Support for Encampment, Denounce University Response
Across the country and at Cornell, many faculty members are now coming to the defense of students and standing in solidarity with the protesters. Since Thursday, faculty members have become involved with the protest, with some delivering speeches and canceling their lectures. Professors have also played a role in providing more active support for protestors, engaging in discussions with the administration, giving demonstrators supplies and participating in the encampment. But Newman emphasized that, to her, the pedagogical aspect of the protest, including teach-ins and office hours arranged by faculty, are the most valuable support they can offer students. Leaderboard 2Melas said she was impressed with how organized the encampment was, referring to an intake form protest participants have to sign in order to enter the encampment.
Source:Daily Sun
May 03, 2024 02:22 UTC
PM against MPs’ family members in upazila polls
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has again discouraged Awami League ministers and members of parliament from pushing their family members as candidates for the Upazila council elections, reports bdnews24.com. "The families of many Awami League activists have been involved in politics for extended periods," she said. "They would stand in elections, some for the post of union chairman, others for the post of Upazila chairman. Elections will be held to 485 out of 495 Upazilas in four phases this year. At a press conference on Thursday regarding her recent trip to Thailand, the prime minister reiterated her instructions.
Source:bd News24
May 03, 2024 00:01 UTC
5 killed as truck rams into a car in Habiganj
Staff Reporter :In a tragic incident on Thursday morning, at least five people, including a woman, lost their lives in a collision between a private car and a truck in the Haritala area along the Dhaka-Sylhet highway, under Madhabpur upazila in Habiganj district. Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Shaistaganj Highway Police, Badrul Karim, confirmed the incident to the media. Badrul Karim said, “Jamal Mia’s family had rented a private car from Savar Hemayetpur in Dhaka on Wednesday morning to visit Sylhet Hazrat (RA) Shahjalal’s shrine. They recovered the bodies and transported them to the morgue at Habiganj Sadar Hospital. OC Badrul Karim also stated that necessary legal proceedings were underway in connection with the incident.
Source:bd News24
May 02, 2024 21:07 UTC