SSC examinee among four dead in Cumilla road crashes
An SSC candidate is among four people who have died in two separate road accidents in the Chandina and Chauddagram upazilas of Cumilla. Two autorickshaw passengers died in Chandina after a soil-laden tractor crashed into the vehicle around 7:30 pm on Tuesday. The autorickshaw passengers killed in the Chandina accident were identified as Md Hasan, 16, and Tawhid, 20. A tractor crashed into the autorickshaw in the Deokamta area of Madhaiya-Rahima Nagar road, according to local police station Sub-Inspector Sujan Datta. The two women killed in the Chauddagram accident were identified as Renu Begum, 45, and Sakina Begum, 60.
Source:bd News24
February 07, 2024 13:12 UTC
Domestic worker’s death: police seek 5-day remand for journalist Ashfaqul, wife Tania
The Daily Star’s Executive Editor Syed Ashfaqul Haque and his wife Tania Khondoker have been charged in a case over the death of a teenage domestic worker who fell from their eighth floor flat in Dhaka’s Mohammadpur. Police asked for permission to take the couple into remand for five days on Wednesday following their arrest in the case filed by Lokesh Urang, father of the 15-year-old victim Preeti Urang. The charges against the couple involve negligence resulting in death, according to Mahfuzul Haque Bhuiyan, the OC of Mohammadpur Police Station. Later, Ashfaqul, Tania, and four other members of the family were taken to the police station for questioning. Her mother accused Ashfaqul, Tania, and another woman of torturing the child in a case over the incident.
Source:bd News24
February 07, 2024 12:49 UTC
Villages folk group giving a ‘Hoot’ and audience kazoos
Bill Davis, left, plays the guitar and Bill McGaughey plays the mandolin during a Villages Pops Chorus Folksingers’ rehearsal at Jack Strite’s home in the Village of Bonnybrook. The group will present “Give a Hoot 9” Monday at North Lake Presbyterian Church.
Source:Daily Sun
February 07, 2024 11:25 UTC
Villages Astronomy Club brings the stars closer
Jeffrey Morse, of the Village of Citrus Grove, a member of The Villages Astronomy Club, adjusts his telescope during the clubs Starry Starry Night at Truman Recreation. The event helps residents get more familiar with the galaxy.
Source:Daily Sun
February 07, 2024 11:25 UTC
Hasina stresses need to preserve traditional sports in Bangladesh
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has emphasised the importance of preserving traditional sports in Bangladesh to instil the virtues they espouse in future generations. “Our boys and girls must ensure that our traditional games do not fade into oblivion. We must excel in all kinds of games,” she said while virtually inaugurating the final round of the 52nd National Winter Games in Rajshahi on Wednesday. Hasina highlighted the need to revive traditional games like ‘Hadudu’ and ‘Danguli’ on a wider scale, noting that the country’s founding father, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was a patron of sports. Although football is the most popular sport in Bangladesh, efforts should be made to attract people to traditional games, she said.
Source:bd News24
February 07, 2024 11:21 UTC
Tax season doesn’t have to be taxing
Volunteers with the AARP Foundation Tax-Aide program at La Hacienda Regional Recreation Center, Jackie Schibline, left, of the Village of Osceola Hills, and Rich Leclaire, right of the Village of Pennecamp, look over the program to help people with their taxes as seen on January 4, 2022.
Source:Daily Sun
February 07, 2024 11:10 UTC
Gazipur man commits suicide on camera after restraining wife
A man has died by suicide on camera after gagging his wife and restraining her hands and feet to the bed in Gazipur’s Sreepur. The dead man was identified as 22-year-old Hridoy, who owned a clothing store in Sreepur. After leaving his first wife, Hridoy eloped with Arjina around four months ago and the couple had since been living in a rented room on the ground floor of a multi-storey building in the Masjid Mor area. On Tuesday, while casually conversing with Arjina, Hridoy restrained her hands and feet to the bed while gagging her. The 22-year-old then proceeded to tie a noose, securing it to the ceiling fan while recording the entire incident on camera.
Source:bd News24
February 07, 2024 10:08 UTC
Another 63 Myanmar border guards flee into Bangladesh despite fighting lull
Another 63 members of Myanmar's Border Guard Police have crossed into Bangladesh seeking refuge amid an ongoing conflict between military forces and armed insurgents. The new arrivals entered Bangladesh through the Ulubonia border point in Teknaf Upazila around on Wednesday. The Border Guard Bangladesh subsequently disarmed the troopers and took them into their custody. So far, a total of 327 people from Myanmar, mostly security personnel, have fled across the border in the space of four days, according to Shariful Islam, a spokesman for the BGB.
Source:bd News24
February 07, 2024 10:03 UTC
PM asks education authorities to stage sport events at grassroots
DHAKA, Jan 7, 2024 (BSS) - Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today asked the country’s education authorities and others concerned to stage sport events and competitions at grassroots to explore talents and infuse sportsmanship into youths. Rajshahi Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board oversees the competition at Rajshahi town for school, madrasah and technical educational institution students. She stressed the need for enhancing efficiency of the local children in sports that included football, cricket, volleyball, basketball, baseball, weight-lifting, tennis, and long tennis. The prime minister said Bangladeshi children are highly skilled in sports and they are now showing their talents on global stage. The prime minister said her government had already made Bangladesh digital as per their electoral pledge of 2008.
Source:Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha
February 07, 2024 07:18 UTC
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February 07, 2024 05:22 UTC
Planning your Abroad Experience: What No One Tells You - The Cornell Daily Sun
While most of it fades into blurry memory, one part stands out: When the Cornell admissions team advised all of us that any person, enrolled in any study, could study abroad. However, I would say that the process of studying abroad, particularly as someone on the pre-medical track, is far more difficult than advertised. For this reason, studying abroad needs to be carefully planned from day one, or at least semester one. As I continue my experience abroad, my column will explore various facets of studying abroad as a Cornell student. The Cornell Daily Sun is interested in publishing a broad and diverse set of content from the Cornell and greater Ithaca community.
Source:Daily Sun
February 07, 2024 05:20 UTC
Girl, 7, murdered, her 12-year-old sister flees killers in Feni
A 7-year-old girl has been killed while her 12-year-old sister fled the murderers in Feni’s Parshuram Upazila. Police believe the attack on the rented house of their father Noor Nabi at West Bashpodua on Tuesday was the result of a family dispute. The body of the girl, Umme Salma Lamia, was found with her hands, legs and mouth tied with tapes. Her elder sister Fatema Akter Niha was admitted to a local hospital.
Source:bd News24
February 07, 2024 01:43 UTC
Scientists study levels of toxic mercury in Antarctic seals, whales
LIVINGSTON ISLAND, Antarctica, Feb 6, 2024 (BSS/AFP) - A gunshot interruptsthe peaceful sleep of a leopard seal, lying nonchalantly on a small piece ofice floating in the shadow of an Antarctic glacier. Mojica, a Colombian marine biologist, descends from his boat alongsideLivingston Island, in the South Shetland archipelago, to retrieve his sample. Mojica is studying the impact of mercury, used in activities such as miningthousands of kilometers away, on Antarctica's large mammals. Later on his voyage -- a Colombian scientific expedition to Antarctica --Mojica finds himself surrounded by humpback whales. Mojica will study the samples to determine if "mercury has been transmittedfrom one link to the next in the food chain."
Source:Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha
February 06, 2024 22:21 UTC
2 motorcyclists die in Sirajganj road accident
SIRAJGANJ, Feb 6, 2024 (BSS) - Two motorcyclists were killed in a collision between a truck and their motorcycle in Sadar Upazila here today. The deceased were identified as Shuvo, 20, and Shapon, 20. They were the residents of Ramgati village in Upazila. Inspector Sumon Kumar Das from Sirajganj Sadar Thana said the accident occurred at around 3 pm in Pikepara area of Sadar Upazila. Shuvo and Shapon were declared dead at Sheikh Fazilatunnessa Mujib General Hospital later.
Source:Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha
February 06, 2024 19:46 UTC
Bangladesh records 22 hospitalisations from dengue, no deaths in a day
Bangladesh has registered 22 new hospitalisations with dengue infections, but no new deaths from the disease in a 24-hour tally to Tuesday morning. Of the patients newly hospitalised, five cases were in Dhaka, while 17 were outside the capital. Currently, 96 patients are hospitalised with dengue. Of them, 41 are in Dhaka and 55 are outside the capital. The dengue outbreak in 2023 was the worst on record in Bangladesh, with 321,179 patients contracting the disease and 1,705 dying from it.
Source:bd News24
February 06, 2024 15:37 UTC