COLOMBO, 28 March, 2021, (TON): Two persons have died after being trapped in a gem mine in the Weralupitiya area in Avissawella, police spokesman DIG Ajith Rohana said.

He said that the power supply to the mine had been cut off due to heavy rains and the two individuals who had entered the mine at that time could not get out and were trapped inside.

The deceased has been identified as 41 and 45 year old residents of Avissawella.

He further said that the bodies of the two who were trapped in the mine have been placed at the Avissawella Hospital.

An inquiry is underway to determine the cause of death of the two victims and the postmortem of the two bodies will be conducted today.

FARAH, Afghanistan, 28 March, 2021, (TON): Farah (BNA) Armed Taliban shot dead Abdul Khaliq Farahi, Commander of 7th Battalion of the 2nd ANA Brigade in Farah yesterday morning.

Farah police spokesman said, that the Taliban shot dead Abdul Khaliq Farahi in front of his family as he was on his way to work in the Shapel Kuh area of central Farah.

According to the source, the perpetrators managed to escape.

Another report says, a civilian was martyred when a roadside bomb exploded in the Lash Joven district of Farah province.

DHAKA, 24 March, 2021, (TON): A man was shot dead without trying to hide in Dhaka's Dakshinkhan zone earlier today. The expired was basically recognized as Abdur Rashid. The occurrence occurred around 11:30 am at Ainushbagh territory.

Azizul Haque, inspector (investigation) of Dakshinkhan Police Station said, "We initially came to know that one Hannan, known as "Japan Hannan" in the locality, shot two rounds of bullets at the victim. The first bullet missed the target while another hit the victim in the head,”

He was raced to a nearby clinic where specialists proclaimed him dead. On data, police hurried to the spot. In the interim, irritated by the episode, local people burnt a vehicle close to the spot of the occurrence.

Two firefighting units from Uttara surged there and were attempting to soak the blast, said Ershad Hossain, obligation official of Fire Service and Civil Defense Headquarters.

DHAKA, 17 March, 2021, (TON): The dead body of the politician and lawyer Barrister Moudud Ahmed will be brought back home on Thursday evening (today).  He will be buried in the family graveyard at Manikpur village in Noakhali’s Companiganj on Friday. 

Moudud Ahmed, a standing committee member of the BNP, he also former prime minister and vice-president of the country. He had been suffering from lung congestion and heart and kidney complications for a long time.

He passed away while undergoing treatment of heart, lung, and kidney diseases in Singapore at the age of 81. He left Dhaka for Singapore for better treatment on February 1. He was accompanied by his wife Hasna Jasimuddin Moudud.