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Daily Star office vandalised by attackers (Source: Prothom Alo) Bangladesh’s leading newspapers, Prothom Alo and The Daily Star, were plunged into chaos as their offices were vandalised and set ablaze during violent unrest sparked by an anti-India protest. The violence erupted due to the death of 32-year-old youth leader Sharif Osman Hadi, turning the city’s…
Bangladesh witnessed widespread unrest overnight on Thursday after the death of Sharif Osman Hadi, a prominent youth leader and vocal critic of ousted former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, triggering violent protests in parts of Dhaka and attacks on major media houses.Hadi, 32, died at a hospital in Singapore on Thursday, where he had been undergoing…
NEW DELHI: An encounter is under way in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district after security forces established contact with terrorists in the Majalta area, officials said on Tuesday.According to the IGP Jammu Zone, contact was established with terrorists at village Soan following specific input from the Jammu and Kashmir Police. In a post on X,…
PATNA: A woman travelling alone on a train witnessed a terrifying situation at Katihar Junction in Bihar when a sudden rush of 30–40 men forced their way into her reserved sleeper coach, leaving her too scared to step out of the toilet where she had locked herself for safety. The incident occurred on Wednesday aboard…
Shubman Gill and Sanju Samson NEW DELHI: In Cuttack on Tuesday, Sanju Samson’s name did not appear on the playing XI list for India against South Africa in the first T20I. For the fourth time in India’s last six T20Is, the wicketkeeper-batter watched from the sidelines as Jitesh Sharma took his place. The selection call…
Newly built NH 66 embankment collapses in Kerala KOLLAM: A newly built section of National Highway 66 at Mylakkadu in Adichanalloor panchayat, near Kottiyam, Kollam, suffered a major embankment failure on Friday, raising serious concerns over the safety and stability of the ongoing highway construction in the state. The collapse occurred around 3.30pm along the…
4 tourists among 25 killed in the tragic night club fire in Goa NEW DELHI: 4 tourists are among those killed in the Goa nightclub fire. Goa police have confirmed 25 deaths and six injuries due to the mishap. At least 100 people were on the dance floor of a nightclub in North Goa when…
Fire at a nightclub in Goa claimed at least twenty-five lives, primarily staff members trapped in the basement CALANGUTE: At least twenty-five people died and several injured after a fire broke out around midnight on Sunday at the nightclub Birch by Romeo Lane in Sankwadi, Arpora.The blaze, one of the worst recorded in Goa, trapped…
GOA: At least 23 people have died after a fire tore through a popular nightclub in North Goa’s Arpora village late on Saturday night, officials said. Most of the victims were staff members working at the venue. Goa’s police chief Alok Kumar told news agency PTI that the blaze was triggered by a cylinder blast…
Joy for 1 family, agony for another: Sunali back, cousin Sweety still trapped in B’desh KOLKATA: Tears of relief flowed in one mud-walled home in Bengal’s Birbhum district. A kilometre away, another house filled with the same prayers stayed silent.On Saturday, Sunali Khatun returned to Paikar village with her son Shabir, 8, after months of…
