2 killed, 6 injured in Dinajpur boiler blast

Dhaka: Opposition chief whip Joynal Abdin Farroque, severely beaten by police during hartal hours on Wednesday, being taken for medical treatment by his party colleagues. -Photo: Zahiduddin Ahmed Saimon See details

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5 killed, 6 injured in Narsingdi road crash

NARSINGDI, June 24: Five people were killed and six others injured as a truck hit another stationary truck from behind near Sristigarh in Shibpur Upazila on Dhaka-Sylhet highway early Friday. The deceased were identified as Idris(35), Alauddin (40), Hamid (30) and Shaheen (19). Witnesses said when labourers were loading vegetables in a truck on the sideway another Bhairab bound truck from Dhaka rammed the stationary truck from behind at about 1:00 am. Three of the labourers were crushed under the wheels while another died on the way to hospital. ? UNB

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Injured Fernando ruled out

London, June 22 (bdnews24.com) ? Dilhara Fernando, the Sri Lanka fast bowler, has been ruled out of the limited-overs series against England due to an injury he sustained during the third Test at the Rose Bowl. Fernando.

The right-arm pacer, who played two Tests on the tour and will be returning to Sri Lanka, has been replaced by seamer Dhammika Prasad.

Prasad, 28, last played an international game in November last year and hasn't played an ODI since August 2009.

He's been on the fringes of the national side since he made his debut in February 2006, but will now be part of a pace attack that also includes Lasith Malinga, Nuwan Kulasekara, Suranga Lakmal, Angelo Matthews and Thissara Perera.

The limited-overs' games include a Twenty20 international, starting on June 25, followed by five ODIs.

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