Tuesday, 08 Jul, 2025

International

60 freed as Odessa police HQ attacked

DHAKA: More than 60 people arrested over Friday's violence in the Ukrainian port city of Odessa have been freed by police after protesters attacked the main police station. Several hundred pro-Russian protesters besieged the police headquarters, breaking through windows and doors. The

S Korea ferry death toll climbs to 259

DHAKA: The death toll in the South Korean ferry disaster has jumped to 259, with 43 people still missing, the government reported Monday. The higher death toll comes after bodies were retrieved from the fourth deck of the Sewol ferry, according to South Korea's Government Rescue

UK Tory quits over anti-Islamic tweets

DHAKA: A Tory council candidate has resigned from the party with immediate effect after posting anti-Islamic and homophobic comments on Twitter.David Bishop, a candidate in Brentwood South, Essex, apologised after retweeting messages, including one that claimed Islam was the religion of

Belgium bans ‘anti-Semitic’ congress

DHAKA: A Belgian mayor has banned a congress that had attracted several figures from the French far right, including controversial comedian Dieudonne.Opponents have condemned the meeting as ‘anti-Semitic’, and Anderlecht Mayor Eric Tomas said he was banning it to ensure public

19 killed as train derail in India

DHAKA: Nineteen people were killed and at least 30 were injured when four compartments of the Diva-Sawantwadi Passenger, along with the engine, were derailed between Nagothane and Roha stations in Maharashtra’s Raigad district in India on Sunday morning. Police said the incident

19 killed as train derail in India

DHAKA: Nineteen people were killed and at least 30 were injured when four compartments of the Diva-Sawantwadi Passenger, along with the engine, were derailed between Nagothane and Roha stations in Maharashtra’s Raigad district in India on Sunday morning. Police said the incident

Syria rebel infighting forces over 60,000 to flee homes

DHAKA: Fighting between Al-Qaeda’s Syria branch and a splinter group in eastern Syria has forced more than 60,000 people to flee their homes, emptied villages and killed scores of fighters. A monitoring group said, reports The Straits Times. Infighting among rebels opposed to

China bridge collapse kills 11

DHAKA: A bridge has collapsed in southern China, killing 11 people, state media and officials say. The stone arch bridge was being constructed illegally at a village in Gaozhou City, Guangdong province, the officials said, reports the BBC. It collapsed on Saturday, killing five people

Aid rushed to survivors after Afghan landslide

DHAKA: Aid groups on Sunday rushed to reach survivors of a landslide in northern Afghanistan that entombed a village, killing hundreds of people and leaving 700 families homeless in the mountains. Much of Aab Bareek village in Badakhshan province was swallowed on Friday by a fast-moving

Ukraine expands operation against pro-Russians

DHAKA: Ukraine vowed on Sunday to broaden its ‘anti-terrorist’ operation against pro-Russian rebels, as the crisis-hit country marked its second day of mourning after violence that left more than 50 dead. National Security and Defence Council chief Andriy Parubiy said the armed

Assam families refuse to bury the dead till CM visits them

DHAKA: Demanding that chief minister Tarun Gogoi visit their area, people of Salbari in Assam’s violence-hit Baksa district on Sunday refused to bury their kin killed in attacks by NDFB-S militants. Angry protesters in Nankekhadrabari area on Sunday said they will not perform the last

‘Congress won’t support third front to form govt’

DHAKA: Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi ruled out the possibility of his party supporting the Third Front to form the government. ‘We will not support any front,’ Gandhi, who was campaigning in his constituency, told reporters on Saturday, says NDTV. He was asked whether

8 killed as train derail in India

DHAKA: Eight people were killed when four compartments of the Diva-Sawantwadi Passenger, along with the engine, were derailed between Nagothane and Roha stations in India’s Maharashtra state’s Raigad district on Sunday morning. Police said the incident occurred in a tunnel near Nidi

‘Will never, ever have an alliance with BJP’

DHAKA: A day after BJP president Rajnath Singh held out the olive branch to her, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee ruled out any alliance with the right wing party. ‘Some parties want to incite riots in Bengal and divide people, based on religion and language. People of Uttar

S. Korea ferry death toll rises to 242

DHAKA:The grim reality begun to set in for the relatives of those aboard the South Korean Sewol ferry, as officials confirmed yet more deaths.   The search-and-rescue operation has long since turned into a grueling recovery of corpses. No one has been found alive since the day the ship

East Ukraine braced for more unrest

DHAKA: East Ukraine is braced for more unrest, as troops from Kiev prepare to continue "anti-terror" operations and pro-Russian gunmen reinforce barricades. Ukrainian soldiers advanced on several cities on Saturday to regain control of buildings seized by the gunmen, reports the BBC.

East Ukraine braced for more unrest

DHAKA: East Ukraine is braced for more unrest, as troops from Kiev prepare to continue "anti-terror" operations and pro-Russian gunmen reinforce barricades. Ukrainian soldiers advanced on several cities on Saturday to regain control of buildings seized by the gunmen, reports the BBC.

Haiti road crash kills 23, hurts 17

DHAKA: At least 23 people were killed and injured 17 in a bus crash in southwest Haiti on Saturday, authorities said. The accident occurred near the coastal town of Roseau, east of Jeremie, according to media reports. Most of the dead were from the town of d'Anse d'Hainault on the far

Afghan landslide kills 2,500

DHAKA: Rescuers in Afghanistan have given up hope of finding any more survivors in a double landslide that is feared to have killed more than 2,500 people. They have stopped digging through the earth and mud that swamped a whole village in the remote north-east province of Badakhshan on

Mers death toll in Saudi climbs to 111

DHAKA: Saudi health authorities announced on Saturday two new deaths from the Mers coronavirus, raising to 111 the number of fatalities since the disease appeared in the kingdom in September 2012.   A 25-year-old man has died in the Red Sea port city of Jeddah and a woman of 69, who