Probashbangla24 Desk : A 47-year-old man and 54-year-old woman from Crawley are being questioned over multiple drone sightings that brought Gatwick Airport to a standstill. Flights were grounded for more than 36 hours when drones were first spotted close to the runway on Wednesday night. The airport has since reopened and flights were operating on schedule,…
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Migrant boat capsize leaves 8 dead, 25 missing off Turkey
Probashbangla24 online Desk : Eight people died and 25 were missing after a boat carrying illegal migrants capsized off Turkey’s western shores, the coastguard said on Wednesday. The discovery came after an Iraqi woman in wet clothes and wearing a life jacket sought help in Karaburun district, Izmir province, late on Tuesday. She told the coastguard…
I’m not affected by criticisms or insults: Mahathir
Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad (pic) said he is not affected by criticisms or insults, saying this is the “price” one has to pay for being in politics. “A politician must accept being criticised, being called names. I have been called all kinds of names. “I have never taken any action, even when I…
Landmines new scourge in war-torn Yemen
Probashbangla24 online Desk : For Imad and his sister Alia, life will never be the same after their father was killed by a landmine and they had to leave their endangered home in Yemen’s western Hodeida province. With their house surrounded by the deadly munitions, the two children and their mother, left Al-Dunain village and headed…
Catalan protests: Separatists clash with police in Barcelona
Probashbangla24 online Desk : Protesters have clashed with police in Barcelona as thousands took to the streets there and in cities across Catalonia to mark the first anniversary of the contested referendum on independence from Spain. More than 180,000 demonstrators marched in Barcelona. Police wielding batons broke up a demonstration in front of the Catalan regional…
Wife of ex-Guatemalan dictator Rios Montt dies at 89
Probashbangla24 online Desk : Teresa Sosa de Rios, the wife of former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt, died Monday of natural causes, a lawyer for her family said. She was 89. Attorney Jaime Hernandez said by telephone that Sosa “was sick, she had diabetes and she was already very old.” Her death comes exactly six months…
4 remain in hospital after Pacific lagoon plane crash
Probashbangla24 online Desk : An airline says four passengers remain hospitalized after one of its planes crashed into a Pacific lagoon in Micronesia last week. Air Niugini said in a statement Monday that the four are in stable condition at a Chuuk island hospital and would soon be taken to Guam for further treatment. The Papua…