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
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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
At least 310 Palestinians killed in Gaza Strip in 24 hrs
At least 30 people killed in bus crash in held Kashmir
At least 30 people were killed in Indian-administered Kashmir on Wednesday when a passenger bus skidded off a mountainous road and plunged into a deep gorge, police said. The accident took place on a remote road in the Doda area, about 200 kilometres (124 miles) southeast of the region's capital Srinagar. "Thirty
16 migrants killed, 29 injured in a bus crash in Mexico
At least 16 migrants from Venezuela and Haiti died early Friday in a bus crash in southern Mexico, authorities said. Mexico's National Immigration Institute originally reported 18 dead, but later lowered that figure. Prosecutors in the southern state of Oaxaca later said there had been an overcount due to some of
6 killed, 878 injured in political violence in August: HRSS
At least six people were killed and 878 injured in 74 incidents of "political violence" in August, according to a report published by Human Rights Support Society on Saturday (2 September). "Most of these casualties occurred in clashes centred around the ruling Awami League's infighting and BNP's rally. In addition, relating
7 children among 13 killed in Madagascar stadium crush
At least 13 people, including seven children, were killed Friday in a crowd stampede at a stadium in the Madagascar capital of Antananarivo, according to the Red Cross and a local member of parliament. "So far 13 people have been killed and 107 injured," said opposition MP Hanitra Razafimanantsoa on a