Moulvibazar, June 17 – Many areas of the Moulvibazar district town nearby villages, on Northeastern Bangladesh, went under water on Sunday due to a breach in the town protection dam along the Manu River.
Day: June 17, 2018
Mount Everest,the high-altitude rubbish dump
KATHMANDU, (BSS/AFP) – Decades of commercial mountaineering have turned Mount Everest into the world’s highest rubbish dump as an increasing number of big-spending climbers pay little attention to the ugly footprint they leave behind.
Bulgarian cow escapes death sentence after outcry
Bulgaria agreed on Monday to spare the life of Penka the cow after plans to kill her for crossing European Union borders without paperwork triggered an international outcry.Penka wandered away from her herd near the Bulgarian village of Mazarachevo last…
11 killed in road crashes in 5 Bangladesh districts
Dhaka – At least 11 people, including two siblings, were killed in road accidents in Cox’s Bazar, Noakhali, Cumilla, Tangail and Thakurgaon districts on Sunday.
35 drug addicts jailed in Cumilla
Dhaka – A mobile court here in Cumilla on Sunday sentenced each of 35 drug addicts to 20 days imprisonment for consuming drugs.
Moudud detached from people in own constituency: Quader
Road, Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today said BNP standing committee member Moudud Ahmed has become detached from the people in his own constituency.
Female ‘drug trader’ found dead in M’singh
Police recovered the bullet-hit body of a listed woman ‘drug trader’ from Gandhropa area in the sadar upazila on Sunday morning.
BNP’s Moudud failed to leave Noakhali home on Eid day
BNP standing committee member Modud Ahmed alleged that policemen barred him from leaving his house in Manikpur village of Companyganj upazila to exchange greeting with supporters on the Eid day Saturday.
Govt minister Tofail claims, Khaleda Zia not ill at all
Claiming that BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is completely well, Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed on Sunday said the party is hatching a conspiracy to send her abroad in the name of treatment.
Two children drown in Joypurhat
Dhaka – Two children drowned in separate incidents in Akkelpur in the sadar upazila in Joypurhat on Sunday.
11 killed in road crashes in 5 districts
Dhaka – At least 11 people, including two siblings, were killed in road accidents in Cox’s Bazar, Noakhali, Cumilla, Tangail and Thakurgaon districts on Sunday.
2 held with 38,000 Yaba tablets in Chattogram
Dhaka – Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) members arrested two people reportedly along with 38,000 Yaba tablets in a covered van from Shaheednagar in Chattogram on Sunday.
PCJS activist shot dead in Rangamati
Dhaka- An activist of Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti (PCJS, MN Larma) was shot to death by miscreants at his residence at Milonpur in Baghaichhari upazila in Rangamati on Sunday evening.
Birthday news: Salah fit for Egypt’s next World Cup match
St. Petersburg,(AP/UNB) – Mohamed Salah celebrated his 26th birthday with a Chechen cake and the news that he will play in Egypt’s next World Cup match.
Schmeichel, Poulsen lead Denmark past Peru 1-0 at World Cup
Saransk,(AP/UNB) – Whether Kasper Schmeichel was making an acrobatic save or just getting lucky, it was his night.
Sri Lanka captain Chandimal charged with changing ball
Dubai,(AP/UNB) – The International Cricket Council charged Sri Lanka captain Dinesh Chandimal with changing the condition of the ball on Sunday after the close of play on the third day of the second test against West Indies.
জার্মানিতে ঘাতক শুঁয়োপোকা: বন্ধ স্কুল ও পার্ক
ওক গাছে বাস করা ঘাতক শুঁয়োপোকায় ছেয়ে গেছে জার্মানি৷ এদের লোমগুলো শরীরে .ব্যাশ ও শ্বাসকষ্টের কারণ হতে পারে৷ জলবায়ু পরিবর্তনে কারণেই এই উপদ্রব বলে ধারণা করা হচ্ছে৷
আফগানিস্তানে আত্মঘাতি বোমা হামলায় ২৫ জন নিহত
ঈদুল ফিতর উৎসবের মাঝেই পূর্ব আফগানিস্তানে আত্মঘাতি বোমা হামলায় ২৫ জন নিহত হয়েছে।
বাংলাদেশের উপকূলের কাছে রাসায়নিক বহনকারী জাহাজে আগুন
ভারতের নৌবাহিনী বঙ্গোপসাগরে বাংলাদেশের উপকূলের দিকে ভেসে যাওয়া একটি জ্বলন্ত মালবাহী জাহাজকে আটকে দিয়েছে। খবর দিয়েছে- বিবিসি বাংলা। ভারতীয় নৌবাহিনীর কম্যান্ডোরা আকাশপথে দু’দিন ধরে জ্বলতে থাকা জাহাজটির ওপর রশি বেয়ে নেমে আসে এবং জাহাজটিকে নোঙর করতে সমর্থ হয়।
17 killed in stampede after brawl at crowded Venezuela club
Caracas, Jun 17 (AP/UNB) — Seventeen people were killed at a crowded nightclub in Venezuela’s capital Saturday after a tear gas device exploded during a brawl and triggered a desperate stampede among hundreds gathered for a graduation celebration, government officials…
Dinajpur Gor-e-Shaheed hosts Bangladesh’s largest Eid mass
Dinajpur, June 16 – Although Sholakia in Kishoreganj district used to host the country’s largest Eid congregation so long, Gor-e-Shaheed Baro Maidan (large ground) in Dinajpur overtook it in terms of the number of devotees this year.
7-meter-long python swallows Indonesian woman
Jakarta, June 16 (AP/UNB) — A 7-meter-long (23-foot-long) python has swallowed a woman in central Indonesia.
Iceland holds Argentina to 1-1 draw: Messi misses penalty
Moscow, June 16 (AP/UNB) — Lionel Messi had a penalty kick saved and Iceland held on for a 1-1 draw against Argentina at the World Cup on Saturday.
B Chy wants caretaker or national govt in BD by const change
Dhaka, June 16 – President of Bikolpo Dhara Bangladesh (BDB) Dr AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury on Saturday urged the government to amend the Constitution for paving the way for the formation of either a caretaker or a national government to hold…
You are more powerful than you think!
By Monique Barbut Bonn, Jun 14, 2018 (IPS) – Are you overwhelmed by the depressing news coming at you daily? Conflict, forced migrants, famine, floods, hurricanes, extinction of species, climate change, threats of war … a seemingly endless list. It…
Relatives went, party leaders barred to see Khaleda on Eid
Dhaka, June 16 – Though her party leaders were barred from meeting her, 20 relatives of the BNP chief with some cooked food, new clothes and flowers entered the Old Dhaka Central Jail on the Eid day.