A total of 105 children were killed during the recent student-led uprising in July and August, said Social Welfare and Women and Children Affairs Adviser Sharmin S. Murshid. During a press conference at the Secretariat on Sunday, she announced that each affected family would receive Tk 50,000 as compensation. The list was
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15 Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrikes in Gaza
At least 15 Palestinians were killed in Israeli airstrikes targeting two gatherings in Gaza City and the southern city of Khan Yunis. Palestinian security sources said that on Monday (August 19), Israel launched an airstrike on a Palestinian rally in al-Shati refugee camp west of Gaza City. 9 people were killed and
At least 32 children killed in Bangladesh violence: UNICEF
Hamas says leader killed in Israel strike in Iran
Hamas said Wednesday its political leader Ismail Haniyeh was killed in an Israeli strike in Iran, where he was attending the swearing-in of the new president, and vowed the act "will not go unanswered". Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei too threatened "harsh punishment" for Haniyeh's killing, saying: "We consider it
42 people killed in Pakistan in tribal feud
At least 42 people have been killed in a land feud between tribes in northwestern Pakistan, officials said on Monday, during days of fighting with machine guns and mortars. Inter-family feuds are common in Pakistan but they can be particularly protracted and violent in the mountainous northwestern region of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,
Southeast Brazil battered by downpours, at least a dozen killed
A powerful storm has claimed at least a dozen lives in southeastern Brazil, mostly in the mountainous parts of Rio de Janeiro state, where authorities on Saturday deployed rescue teams to deal with a "critical" situation. The deluge came as Brazil, South America's largest country, suffers through a recent string of
Nearly 500 rhinos killed as poaching increases in S.Africa
2 killed in road crash
Two people were killed and five others injured as a microbus ploughed into a roadside fish market at Gobindaganj upazila on Friday night. The deceased are Haren Chandra Das, 45, and his cousin Pratab Chandra Das, 26, residents of Uttar Dharmapur village of the upazila. Police said the accident took place around
One killed in road crash
A pedestrian was killed after being hit by a tractor at Islampur upazila of the district here Saturday noon. The victim was identified as Sheikh Kamal, 32, son of Sheikh Suruj Miah at west Boliadaha village under Islampur Upazila. According to the police, Sheikh Kamal was returning home from Kachaipara Bazar by
JnU student killed in bike crash
A student of Jagannath University (JnU) was killed and another injured in a bike accident at Shrinagar area under Louhajang upazila in Munshiganj district on Friday afternoon. The deceased was Abhijeet Halder Avi, a student of the university's Department of Biochemistry and Anthropology and also a general secretary of Pirojpur District