Nepali police and local volunteers found the bodies of about 100 trekkers and villagers buried in an avalanche set off by last month’s devastating earthquake and were digging through snow and ice for signs of dozens more missing, officials said on Monday. The bodies were recovered on Saturday and Sunday at the Langtang village, 60 kilometres(40 miles) north of Kathmandu, ...

A pilot said Sunday that he is anxious but excited about flying a solar plane solo from China to Hawaii on the longest leg of the first attempt to fly around the world without a drop of fuel.  André Borschberg, 62, is due to fly over the Pacific Ocean for five days and five nights in the plane that has ...

A driver was killed as his truck collided head-on with another truck in the district on Sunday morning. According to sources, a fish-laden truck collided head-on with a stone-laden truck around 7.30am on Dhaka-Sylhet highway in Deundi area of Shaistaganj. The deceased was identified as Ejajur Rahman alias Anarul (40), a man of Jessore district. Two people have also been ...

Family members have arrived at Kensington Palace to visit the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s new baby daughter. The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall are at the palace. Earlier, the Duchess of Cambridge’s mother, Carole Middleton, and her sister Pippa also arrived to meet their newest relative. The name of the duke and duchess’s second child – sister ...

Two people were killed and three others injured in a road accident on Dirai-Madonpur road at Dakkhin Sunamganj upazila of the district on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Wasiur Rahman, 55, and Nepur Mia, 30, hailed from Purannayahat village of Chhatok upazila. The accident took place in the area when the driver of the truck lost control over its ...

A world record second innings opening stand between Tamim Iqbal (206) and Imrul kayes (150) helped Bangladesh salvage a draw against Pakistan in the Khulna Test.  It was Bangladesh’s first draw against Pakistan in a Test match. Tamim smashed a majestic double century, only second Bangladesh batsman other than Mushfiqur Rahim to achieve the feat, after combining with Kayes for ...

The leaders of the UK’s main political parties are using the last weekend of the election campaign to try to win over wavering voters. David Cameron urged people to choose their “preferred PM” rather than vote tactically for the Lib Dems or UKIP. Labour leader Ed Miliband said the election was a clash of two visions “about how our country ...

Two people were killed by lightning in Dirai upazila on Saturday morning. The dead were identified as–Abdul Quader, 18, and Hari Bhakta Das, 45. Locals said, a thunderbolt struck Quader and Hari Bhakta at Bhatipara village and Mahtapur village when they went to the field to cut paddy, leaving them dead on the spot. Dirai Police Station OC Bayes Alam ...

Sylhet farmers are now worried as they could not harvest Boro paddy due to acute crisis of farm labourers. Traditionally, farm labourers harvest paddy in exchange of paddy, but this year they are not interested to harvest paddy because of lower price compared to previous years, said local sources. Farmers while talking to the Journalist said generally labourers from nearby ...

The historic May Day was observed with a call for establishing just rights, dignity, honour, socio-economic and human rights of the working people through daylong programmes in the Sylhet districts yesterday. The district administrations, directorate of labour, labour, trade, socio-cultural, political, professional and cultural organisations chalked out daylong programmes at the district and upazila levels in observing the day amid ...