Major Fire in Bangladesh garment factory kills eight
Dhaka: A major fire engulfed several floors of a garment factory in Bangladesh killing eight persons, including its managing director, a top police official and a ruling party politician, two weeks after the worst industrial disaster in the country claimed over 900 lives.
Dead Boston bombing suspect buried outside city, say cops
Boston: Police in Worcester Worcester Massachusetts, say the body of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev has been buried outside of the city. Police said in a statement on Thursday that “a courageous and compassionate individual came forward” to properly bury the remains, which had been at a Worcester funeral home for about a week. Sgt. Kerry Hazelhurst says the body is no longer in Worcester and is now entombed. Meanwhile, Tsarnaev’s widow as hired a criminal lawyer with experience defending terrorism cases.
Bangladeshbuilding collapse toll nears 1,000
Savar: The death toll in Bangladesh’s worst industrial disaster on Thursday rose to 953 as rescuers overnight pulled out over 100 more decomposed bodies from the debris of the ill-fated eight-storey building that collapsed last month. Over hundred more bodies were retrieved since last night.
USman makes court appearance over rape, kidnap charges
Cleveland: A man suspected of raping and kidnapping three women who had been missing for about a decade and were found alive at his home made his first court appearance Thursday and was ordered held on $8 million bond. Ariel Castro appeared in court on Thursday morning.
Two Pakistanis jailed in Dubai for causing Indian’s death
Dubai: Two Pakistani men, who clubbed an Indian national to death following quarrel over buying liquor, have been sentenced to five years in jail by a Dubai court. The two Pakistani nationals, identified by their initials AS And MA, denied beating the Indian bootlegger with a wooden stick but admitted beating him with their hands.
New Zealandcourt jails two Indian-origin men for rape
Melbourne: Two Indian-origin men have been sentenced up to 17 years in jail in New Zealand for abducting two teen-aged girls and repeatedly raping one of them. Benjamin Nilesh Goundar and Ashumendra Rohit Prasad abducted a 15-year-old girl and her 17-year-old cousin and rapped the younger one for five hours in December 2011 in Hamilton, the High Court in Hamilton was told.
IN a first, Two Indians appointed to Malaysian state panel
Kuala lumpur: For the first time, two Indians have been appointed to the state executive committee of the Malaysian state of Penang, local media reported on Thursday. Jagdeep Singh Deo, son of Democratic Action Party chairman Karpal Singh, and P Ramasamy of the same party, were among 10 committee members sworn-in in Penang’s capital Georgetown, The Star reported.
OlIGARCH Boris Beresovsky buried in low-key funeral
london: Russian oligarch Boris Beresovsky, who was mysteriously found dead on the bathroom floor of his ex-wife’s home in England, has been buried in a low-key ceremony in Surrey.