Survivors of the 2013-15 firebombing unleashed by the BNP-Jamaat recounted their terrifying experiences and trauma, and called on Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina to take action against the perpetrators.
9 killed in road crashes
6 of a family with newborn die as bus, autorickshaw collide Star Report Star Report
Six members of a family, including a newborn, were killed in a road accident in Mymensingh yesterday. The crash also claimed the life of the driver of the CNG-run auto-rickshaw the family was on.
In another road accident in Pabna s Ishwardi upazila yesterday morning, two workers of Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant lost their lives and three others were injured.
According to a Road Safety Foundation report released yesterday, at least 464 people were killed and 513 injured in 402 road accidents throughout the country in December last year.
A strange scheme to steal NID info
Sandwip fishermen, others fall victim to a local racket
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Krishnapad, 45, has spent his whole life in the coastal area of Swandip s Sontoshpur union and earned for his family and himself as a fisherman.
He would have to struggle for his little income due to the government ban on fishing and depend on aid from different sources.
In late 2018, a local came to their neighbourhood and told the fishermen that they would receive government aid if they provide a copy of their National ID and their biometric fingerprints.
Like Krishnapad, thousands of fishermen and poor people of Sontoshpur area have been providing their fingerprints and NID cards to the syndicate for two kgs of flour and two kgs of potatoes.
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