Six tourists die in submarine sinking in Red Sea

Six tourists die in submarine sinking in Red Sea At least six people have died after a tourist submarine sank off the coast of Egypt in the Red Sea. All of them were Russian citizens. The accident occurred off the coast of the Egyptian tourist city of Hurghada on Thursday. Local government officials confirmed this information to Reuters. The Russian consulate in Hurghada said that the submarine was called the ‘Sindabad’. It was carrying 45 Russian tourists, excluding the crew. Four of them died in the accident. The Russian consulate…

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Youth dies of electrocution in Habiganj

A young man named Md. Palash Mia (28) died after being electrocuted in Chunarughat upazila of Habiganj. The accident occurred in Lalchan village of the upazila on Sunday morning. Palash is the son of Abdul Khalek of that village. According to local sources, Palash was delivering water with a motor in the morning. At that time, he suddenly came in contact with an exposed electric wire and was electrocuted. He was seriously injured and the locals rescued him and took him to Habiganj 250-bed Modern Sadar Hospital. The hospital’s doctor…

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Schoolgirl raped and videotaped in Sreepur, accused arrested

Schoolgirl raped and videotaped in Sreepur, accused youth arrested A young man raped a third-grade girl in Gazipur’s Sreepur upazila on Saturday and recorded the scene on his smartphone. Later, the local people caught the young man, Md. Arman Mia (27), red-handed and handed him over to the police. Accused Arman Mia is the son of Md. Shamsul Haque of Niguari Union of Gafargaon Upazila of Mymensingh. The victim of the torture (8) lives in Barmi Union of the upazila. According to some residents of the area and police sources,…

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Bangladeshi company to work jointly with Starlink

Bangladeshi company to work jointly with Starlink Several local companies will work together with Starlink, a US satellite-based internet service provider, to set up ground earth stations in Bangladesh. As part of this, a delegation of the company is currently visiting Bangladesh. In the meantime, several companies have also signed agreements with Starlink to work in joint partnerships. A press release sent by the press wing of the chief advisor on Saturday said that the partnership includes space allocation, construction assistance and ongoing infrastructure maintenance. As a result of the…

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College student dies after losing control of motorcycle in Demra

College student dies after losing control of motorcycle in Demra The tragic death of 17-year-old Md. Arafat Uddin, a college student, has cast a pall over the Demra area of Dhaka. Arafat lost his life in a motorcycle accident that occurred around 8:30 PM on Saturday in the staff quarter vicinity. The incident, stemming from a high-speed collision with a road divider, has left his family and friends in deep mourning. According to Demra Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Mahmudur Rahman, Arafat was riding his motorcycle on the Dhaka-Demra highway, accompanied…

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Worker dies after falling from under-construction metro rail station

Worker dies after falling from under-construction metro rail station in Kamalapur A worker named Md. Naeem Islam (20) died after slipping and falling while working at the under-construction metro rail station in Kamalapur, Dhaka, early Friday morning. Md. Naeem Islam lived in Kamalapur. His home is in Panial Pukur, Kishoreganj, Nilphamari district. Naeem’s colleague at Dhaka Medical College Hospital, Nazmul Islam, told Prothom Alo that Naeem slipped and fell from a height while measuring the beam of the under-construction metro rail station in Kamalapur at around 5 am. Later, Naeem was…

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