Danielle Nierenberg A new report from the American National Young Farmers Coalition (NYFC) discusses the results of the 2017 National Young Farmer Survey. The number of American farmers is decreasing and their average age is increasing, as reported by the…
Dhaka – Police recovered the body of a schoolboy on Wednesday, five days after he went missing, from a ditch at Monairkandi village in Homna upazila after five days of his abduction.The deceased was identified as Riad, 12, a sixth…
Dhaka – A young man reportedly committed suicide by hanging himself at Bhayna village in Sadar upazila in Jessore on Wednesday morning. Family sources said Abdul Jabbar, 35, son of Golam Sarwar, had long been suffering from stomachache.
By Chandra Muzaffar The barbaric attack that killed 305 worshippers including 27 children during Friday prayers ( 24 November 2017) at the Rawda mosque in North Sinai, Egypt is a tragic reminder to the entire human family that the threat…
Dhaka – Shahidul Islam alias Shahid, the convicted killer of Scholastica student Shazneen Tasnim Rahman,was hanged at Kashimpur High Security Central Jail hereon Wednesday night.The verdict was executed around 9:45pm, said Senior Jail Super Mizanur Rahman.
Wellington,(AP/UNB) – New Zealand fast bowler Tim Southee will not play in the first test against the West Indies from Friday because of the impending birth of his second child.
Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda on Wednesday said arrangement of snap election depends on the government decision. “It is government who decides over snap election. We’ll find 90 days to complete the election. If the government decides, we’ll be…
Dhaka – Bangladesh Under-19 side left-arm pace bowler Qazi Onik dazzled with four-for on his T20 debut for Rajshahi Kings for a 33 runs victory against Chittagong Vikings in the 33rd match of the league at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Cricket…
Six men died while in sleep apparently due to suffocation inside a huge container in Indian capital city of New Delhi, police said Wednesday. “The men working with a caterer slept in a huge container, which also had a coal…
Legend-slaying scientists on Wednesday dismantled the myth of the abominable snowman, the towering yet furtive half-human rumoured for centuries to inhabit inaccessible reaches of the Himalayas. It turns out, they report in the Royal Society journal Proceedings B, that the…
Dhaka – Hosts BKSP players reached the finals of both the boys’ singles and boys doubles of the 11th BKSP Asian Under-14 Tennis Tournament eliminating their rivals in the semifinals at BKSP Tennis Court in Savar on Wednesday.Romman Hossain moved…
Dhaka- Titas Club and Power Development Board (PDB) were declared joint champions on completion of the Crony Group Dhaka Metropolis Premier Division Volleyball League at Dhaka Volleyball Stadium on Wednesday.In the day’s last league match, Titas Club beat PDB by…
Pope Francis urged Myanmar’s long-suffering ethnic minorities to resist the temptation to exact revenge for the hurt they have endured, preaching a message of forgiveness Wednesday to a huge crowd in his first public Mass in the predominantly Buddhist nation.…
BNP on Wednesday extended its full support to the eight-hour hartal to be enforced by left-leaning parties on Thursday protesting the fresh power tariff hike. BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi came up with the announcement while speaking…
The Bangladesh government should agree to new trials meeting international standards for members of the former Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) accused of mutiny and murder including 139, whose death sentences were upheld by the High Court, said the Human Rights Watch…
Amnesty International, a human right organisation on Wednesday urged the government to abandon all plans to relocate over one lakh Rohingya refugees to an ‘uninhabitable’ island. In a statement Amnesty said the government on Tuesday approved a $280 million plan…
Farmers have been adopting a high yielding variety in mash-kalai (black gram) farming on their fallow lands in vast char (riverbed) areas of Rajshahi and Chapinawabganj districts for the last couple of years. Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) officials here…
Entertainment Desk Seasoned actor Aly Zaker received Naren Biswas Padak this year for his contributions to the theater arena in the country. The award was handed over at a program — in memory of the late Bakshilpacharya (elocutionist) of Kanthoshilon…
Actress Shraddha Kapoor, who has sung songs like Sab tera and Phir bhi tumko chaahungi, is happy that besides acting, she gets to pursue a music career too. Shraddha feels grateful with the positive reviews she has received for her…
Bali’s international airport will re-open Wednesday afternoon after a nearly three-day shutdown, Indonesian airport authorities said, as ash from a rumbling volcano that looms over the island paradise shifted direction. The eagerly awaited decision opens up a window of hope…
Mumbai cafe owner Boman Kohinoor, arguably India’s biggest fan of the British royal family, wants Prince Harry and Meghan Markle to honeymoon in India and have lots of children. The 95-year-old, who met Harry’s older brother William and wife Catherine…
Saudi Prince Miteb bin Abdullah has been released more than three weeks after he was detained on allegations of corruption, officials say. Prince Miteb, once seen as a contender to the throne, was freed after agreeing an “acceptable settlement” with…
North Korea says it has successfully tested a new type of intercontinental ballistic missile that can reach the whole of the continental United States. State television claimed that Pyongyang had now achieved its mission of becoming a nuclear state. The…
ADELAIDE, Australia, (BSS/AFP) – Australian coach Darren Lehmann says he can’t envisage ever slapping a curfew on his players, who were “grown men”, after England opted to ban their team being out after midnight. The England decision followed Jonny Bairstow’s headbutt…
Dhaka- Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) detained a Bangladeshi national along with $ 32,000 from passenger terminal area of the Benapole Check post on Wednesday.
Dhaka – Ferry services on Paturia-Daulatdia route in the Padma River resumed after two hours of disruption caused by dense fog on Wednesday Morning.