Day: March 23, 2017

    One of the victims of the Westminster terror attack has been named as 43-year-old mum of two Aysha Frade, according to reports in Spanish newspapers. The mum is believed to have been killed as she went to pick up her children aged eight and 11 from school. She is said to have taught Spanish at a a college near the scene of the massacre, named in Spain as DLD College London. Part of the mum's family come from Betanzos, near the Galician city of La Coruna. Tributes pour in for brave police officer killed in Westminster terror attack Her family started receiving calls from London informing them firstly that her documentation had been found on Westminster Bridge, El Confidencial reports. Hours later, her death was reportedly confirmed. Three arrested after armed police raid Bi...

    A police Land Rover pulls a car transporter alongside the scene where a grey vehicle crashed into the railings of the Houses of Parliament in Westminster, central London on March 22, 2017, in the aftermath of a terror incident. The terrorist attack on Parliament could have been prevented if police on duty at a well-known security “weak spot” had simply kept it bolted, MPs have said. The killer managed to get in through a vehicle gate in New Palace Yard – used by the Prime Minister and other members of the Government – because it was not locked. Known as Carriage Gates, it is always manned by two police officers, who usually leave it slightly ajar because it is in frequent use. But if the iron double gate had simply been bolted shut, it would have been impossible for the te...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday urged the guardians and professionals to look into their children activities so that they cannot take the path of militancy, violence and drug abuse. The Prime Minister said the government will take every measure for those, who want to return from the destructive path. The Premier said this while addressing a mammoth public meeting at Freedom Fighter Asaduzzaman Stadium in Magura. Listing her government's development activities, the Prime Minister said every person would get electricity facilities. Earlier, the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday inaugurated and laid the foundation stones of 28 development projects involving over Tk 327 crore in Magura. The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) yesterday approved Tk 1.15 lakh...