Dhaka, Jul 7 – At least 125 cobras were found in the kitchen of a mud house and killed in Tanore municipality of Rajshahi district in northwestern Bangladesh on Thursday night.
Day: July 7, 2017
Unesco declares Hebron’s Old City, Ibrahimi Mosque World Heritage site
Unesco has designated Hebron’s Old City and the Tomb of the Patriarchs in the occupied West Bank a Palestinian World Heritage site despite Israeli protests. A resolution passed by a committee of the UN cultural agency also put them on…
Plan to export power from Nepal to Bangladesh
GMR Upper Karnali Hydropower, the developer of the 900 MW Upper Karnali Hydroelectric Project, is preparing to sign a power purchase agreement (PPA) with the Bangladeshi government to evacuate energy produced by the scheme to Bangladesh via India, GMR officials…
2 killed, 20 hurt in Magura road crash
Dhaka – At least two people were killed and 20 others sustained injuries in a head-on collision between two passebuses at Alamkhali on Magura-Jhenaidah road on Thursday night.One of the deceased was identified as Habibur Rahman, 32, son of Abdur…
80kg venison, 2 deer heads, skin seized in Bagerhat
Dhaka – Members of Coast Guard in a drive seized a trawler with 80 kgs of venison, two deer heads and a skin from Sundarbans at Katlar Canel in Sharankhola upazila in Bagerhat on Thursday night.
35 held in Dinajpur
Dhaka- Police in separate drives arrested 35 people from different places of the district from Thursday night to Friday morning on various charges.
Mother-daughter killed in Comilla road crash
Dhaka- A woman and her daughter were killed and three others were injured when a goods-laden lorry rammed a CNG run auto rickshaw on Dhaka- Chittagong highway in Sadar Dakkhin upazila headquarters in Comilla on Friday.The identities of the deceased…
Rail Bhaban catches fire
Dhaka – A fire broke out at Bangladesh Rail Bhaban in the city on Friday morning.Fire Services and Civil Defence sources said the fire originated at an electric board on the ground floor of the 15-storey building around 10:45 am.
Mother attempts suicide after ‘killing’ minor daughter
Dhaka – A woman allegedly attempted to commit suicide after strangulating her five-year-old daughter to death at Harirampur village in Parbatipur upazila in Dinajpur early Friday.
5 DU students among 26 held for taking drugs
Dhaka – Police arrested 26 people including five students of Dhaka University (DU) and a vice-president of Jagannath University unit of Bangladesh Chhatra League for taking drugs and staying in Suhrawardy Udyan on Thursday night defying restriction.
15 Jamaat leaders held in Gaibandha
Dhaka – Police arrested 15 leaders including district nayeb-e-ameer of Jamaat-e Islami from a mosque at Saharbhita village in Saghata upazila on Friday morning on charge of planning sabotage during holding a secret meeting.
Mother, son among 3 killed in Comilla road crash
Dhaka – Three people, including a woman and her son, were killed and two others injured when a goods-laden lorry rammed a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Lohipura area of Sadar Dakkhin upazila headquarters on Dhaka-Chittagong highway on Friday.M Nazrul Islam, officer-in-charge…
2 held with 16,608 Yaba tablets in Cox’s Bazar
Dhaka- Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in a drive arrested two men along with 16,608 pieces of Yaba tablets in front of Ershad Filling Station in Ramu upazila in Cox’s Bazar early Friday.
125 cobras found in Rajshahi kitchen
Dhaka – At least 125 cobras were found in the kitchen of a mud house and killed in Tanore municipality of the district on Thursday night.The house owner Akkas Ali, a local farmer of Bhadrakhana village of the municipality, said…
28,000 firecrackers, huge chews seized in Benapole
Dhaka – Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members recovered 28,000 Indian firecrackers and huge chews (Jarda) from a train at Navaran Railway Station here on Friday noon.
2 held with ‘26,000 Yaba tablets’ in Munshiganj
Dhaka – Police arrested two people allegedly along with 26,000 Yaba tablets from Birtara Chandartek of Sreenagar upazila tn Munshiganj on Friday.
Dakhina-CJKS Inter-University Football begins Monday
Dhaka – The Dakhina-CJKS Inter-University Football Tournament, organised by Chattagram Jila Krira Sangstha (CJKS), will begin on Monday (July 10) at the MA Aziz Stadium in Chittagong.Chittagong City Mayor AJM Nasiruddin will inaugurate the tournament on Monday afternoon.
BCB HP Team clinch five-match series in Australia
Dhaka- A brilliant century by Saifuddin enabled touring Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) High Performance (HP) Squad to clinch the five-match one day series 3-0 in Australia beating Northern Territory Invitational Eleven by 42 runs in the 3rd match at the…
May rejects claims UK is losing global influence
Theresa May has rejected claims the UK is losing global influence because of Brexit, insisting it will continue to be “bold” on the world stage. Speaking at the G20 summit in Hamburg, the prime minister said in areas like free…
China’s aircraft carrier Liaoning arrives in Hong Kong
China’s first operational aircraft carrier Liaoning has arrived in Hong Kong. Its first trip outside mainland China is part of the events marking the 20th anniversary of Hong Kong’s handover from Britain to China.
Samsung Electronics reports record quarterly profit
Samsung Electronics has reported a record quarterly profit thanks to surging global demand for memory chips. The South Korean tech giant reported an operating profit of 14 trillion won ($12bn; £9.3bn) in the three months to June, up 72 per…
Feminist who popularised ‘Ms’, dies aged 78
Sheila Michaels, an American feminist who brought the honorific “Ms” into mainstream use, has died aged 78. Ms Michaels did not invent the term, but is credited with rescuing it from obscurity after she saw it used in an address,…
Saima Wazed made WHO goodwill envoy for autism
Dhaka, July 7, – Saima Wazed Hossain, Chairperson of Bangladesh National Advisory Committee for Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders, has been made the Goodwill Ambassador of the World Health Organisation (WHO) for autism in South-East Asia Region.
US ethics chief, Walter Shaub, quits amid Trump tensions
The US government’s top ethics watchdog has announced his intention to resign, after repeatedly clashing with President Donald Trump.
4 JMB men held in Rajshahi
Dhaka – Police in a drive arrested four members of banned militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) from Durgapur and Puthia upazilas of the district early Friday.
Divorcee commits suicide in Rajshahi
Dhaka – A recently divorced woman is said to have committed suicide by hanging herself from the ceiling of her house over apparent marriage problems in the village of Arifpur in Bagha upazila on Thursday night.
Boy 6 drowns in Jessore
Dhaka – A minor boy drowned in a water body at Aghrail Lebutala village in Sadar upazila in Jessore on Thursday.Police said Arafat, 6, a Class I student of Tero Aulia Primary School and son of Abu Bakkar went to…
India eases to 8-wicket win, takes ODI series in West Indies
Kingston,(AP/UNB) – An unbeaten century from captain Virat Kohli and a half-century by Dinesh Karthik steered India to a comfortable eight-wicket win over West Indies in their fifth one-day in international on Thursday, sealing a 3-1 series victory.
FC Dallas re-signs midfielder Michael Barrios through 2019
Frisco, (AP/UNB) – FC Dallas has re-signed midfielder Michael Barrios through the 2019 season with options for 2020-21.Barrios’ deal was announced Thursday, about a month after the 26-year-old set a franchise record with three assists in a 6-2 win over…
Brilliant Root to the rescue for England vs. South Africa
London, (AP/UNB) – England needed a captain’s innings from Joe Root and he delivered on his first day in the job.Root hit a brilliant and tenacious 184 not out against South Africa on Thursday, leading his team out of deep…