News Watch- (29-11-2018)

Four die as train smashes into bus in Feni

FENI, Nov 28: At least four people, including a child, were killed and four others injured as a train smashed into a bus at an unmanned level-crossing at Sharishadi in Sadar Upazila on Wednesday evening. The deceased could not be identified immediately. Towfique Ahmed, station officer of Feni Fire Service, said the Mymensingh-bound train from Chattogram 'Nasirabad Express' hit the local bus at the level-crossing at around 06:15pm, leaving four bus passengers dead on the spot and four others injured. — UNB

Russia ditching dollar in sanctions response

MOSCOW, Nov 28: President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that Russia had no choice but to cut its dependency on dollars to conduct trade, after becoming the target of increasingly severe US sanctions. "It isn't our goal to desert the dollar," Putin told an investment forum in comments broadcast on national television. "The dollar is deserting us." The dollar is the preeminent currency in international trade. — AFP