600 students leave hostel in India over ghost panic
Around 600 students have left a government tribal residential hostel in Amravati district of Maharashtra, India, over rumours of a ghostly presence.
VB Desk, International
VB Desk, International
7 pilgrims killed in fire at hotel near Tarapith Temple in West Bengal
At least seven pilgrims were killed and several others injured after a fire tore through a hotel near the Tarapith temple in West Bengal’s Birbhum district early Monday (Augsut 17), trapping sleeping guests inside the building.
Two Bangladeshi-Canadian candidates face off in Ontario by-election
Two candidates of Bangladeshi origin are set to compete against each other in the September 3 by-election for Scarborough Southwest in Ontario, drawing growing attention from the local Bangladeshi community.
Thousands of migrants, including Bangladeshis, stranded in Spain’s Ceuta amid asylum uncertainty
Thousands of migrants, including Bangladeshis, remain stranded in Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta more than two weeks after a major influx from Morocco, leaving many facing precarious living conditions and uncertainty over their asylum claims and future.
5.9-magnitude quake hits Indonesia 12 hours after deadly 7.7 temblor
Indonesia’s Flores region was jolted by another strong earthquake early Monday (August 17), just 12 hours after a devastating 7.7-magnitude quake struck the same area, triggering fresh panic among residents and raising concerns over further aftershocks.
11 Bangladeshis die in Mediterranean, 18 hospitalised in Egypt
At least 11 Bangladeshi undocumented migrants have died in the Mediterranean Sea while attempting to travel to Greece from Libya by sea. According to survivors, their companions perished one after another before their eyes due to a severe lack of food and water over several consecutive days, forcing them to cast the decomposing bodies into the sea.
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