Dhaka – A drug-addicted mother has allegedly sold her 33-day-old daughter for Tk 5,000 at Alamnagar Churipatti slum in Bangladesh’s noathern city of Rangpur to collect drugs.
Category: The unusual
Police: 2-year-old shot in chest by 4-year-old cousin
Philadelphia – Authorities say a 2-year-old boy has been shot in the chest by his 4-year-old cousin. Police say the shooting happened around 4:30 p.m. Thursday when the two boys were playing with a gun in a home in north…
16,000 turkeys killed in Germany to stop spread of bird flu
Berlin – Authorities in northern Germany have killed 16,000 turkeys and ordered 92,000 chickens slaughtered after detecting an outbreak of bird flu. The dpa news agency reported Thursday that the outbreak of the H5N8 strain of the virus affected three…
Transport owners and workers block Dhaka-Ctg highway
Chittagong – Transport owners and workers blocked Dhaka-Chittagong highway in Colonelhat area of city on Thursday protesting the assault of a bus driver by a police constable. Several hundred workers blocked the highway and staged demonstration around 12pm. UNB news…
Basirun 65 proves it’s never too late for education!
Meherpur –When gray-haired Basirun Khatun walks through a muddy village path with books in hands along with two class V students, it seems a grandmother is going to school to drop her grandchildren there. But the real story is completely…
Thick fog divers plane to Dhaka airport from Ctg
Chittagong – A Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight from Dubai with 91 passengers on board had to make an unscheduled landing at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport instead of Shah Amanat International Airport in the capital on Monday morning due to dense…
New Zealand earthquake leaves 3 cows stranded
Wellington (AP/UNB) — Three New Zealand cows looked like they could use a little help Monday after an earthquake triggered landslides all around them and left them stranded on a small island of grass.
Rickshaw-puller punched to death over loan repayment
Dhaka – A rickshaw puller was killed after a man jabbed him over the repayment of a loan in Mominbagh area of Kamrangirchar on the outskirts of the capital early Monday.
An extra-super supermoon rose Sunday evening
Sunday night’s full moon appeared bigger and brighter in the night sky than it has in nearly 70 years. “Supermoon” is a non-technical term for a moon that turns full at the same time it hits perigee — the point…
108-year-old heads to White House for Veterans Day breakfast
Hatboro (AP/UNB) — A 108-year-old World War II veteran who lives in the Pennsylvania home he built in 1948 has left for Washington D.C. to attend the yearly Veterans Day breakfast at the White House.
Ansar killed, 4 including 2 armed police, hurt in airport knife attack
Dhaka – An Ansar member was killed and four people, including two members of Airport Armed Police (AAP) and two of Ansar, were injured as a cleaner of a private firm stabbed them at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Sunday…
Kidnapping threat in Philippine tourist spots: US
Terrorist groups are planning kidnappings on central Philippine islands that are popular with tourists, the US embassy has warned, fuelling concerns Islamic militants infamous for hostage taking are roaming wider. A travel advisory from the US embassy in Manila on…
Arab lawmakers stage walk out of Israeli parliament session
Jerusalem: Arab lawmakers have walked out on the Israeli prime minister’s speech to parliament as a pre-emptive protest to a planned boycott of them by members of the governing coalition. Lawmakers from the Joint Arab List say they are protesting…
Father gets 1,503 years in prison for raping daughter
Fresno (AP/UNB) — A Fresno man was sentenced to 1,503 years in prison for raping his teenage daughter over a four-year period. The 41-year-old was sentenced Friday to the longest-known prison sentence in Fresno Superior Court history, the Fresno Bee…
A snake catcher releases over 200 snakes
Snake charmers and catchers are famous for their bravery of securing the crawling reptile or taming them, but do you know what they do with these snakes later? Well, as for the snake charmers they entertain masses and are often…
Modi tweets in Bangla to welcome Hasina at Brics-Bimstec Summit
Dhaka: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday welcomed Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to the Brics-Bimstec Outreach Summit with a tweet in Bangla. UNB News Agency Reported.
US Doctors successfully separate twin boys joined at the head
New York — Forty medical experts at a New York hospital Friday successfully separated conjoined twins attached at the head after a 20-hour procedure. Officials at Brooklyn’s Montefiore Medical Center said the 13-month-old boys, Jadon and Anias McDonald, were recovering…
Minister remained stuck in secretariat lift for 30 minutes
Dhaka – Health Minister Mohammad Nasim got stuck in a lift for almost 30 minutes at his ministry building at the Secretariat on Monday, UNB news agfency reported. Julfiker Ali, assistant superintendent of police at the Secretariat, said the Health…
Don’t fret if husband isn’t smart. Kids will inherit your brains
Looks like intelligence may soon drop out of the list of qualities that women look for in their prospective life partner. According to a new study, it’s just the mother’s genes that determine how clever her children will be. The…
Duterte tells Obama to ‘go to hell’
Philippine president suggests he may eventually “break up with America” after US criticises his bloody anti-drug war. Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte has told President Barack Obama to “go to hell” in response to the US leader’s criticism of his deadly…
Rare “black moon” rises over the Western Hemisphere
A rare “black moon” rises Friday night over the Western Hemisphere, but don’t expect to see it.
Buckingham Palace official jailed over bribes for contracts
London (AP/UNB) – A former British royal official has been sentenced to five years in prison for taking more than 100,000 pounds ($130,000) in bribes to award contracts for work at Buckingham Palace and other royal residences.
Patuakhali School boy Shirshendu receives PM’s letter
Shirshendu Biswas, a class IV student of Government Jubilee High School in Sadar upazila who wrote a letter to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina seeking a bridge over the Payra River in his neighbourhood, received the PM’s letter on Monday which…
Newborn miracle baby taken on Dhaka for better treatment
The newborn miracle baby, who was found alive while being buried at Alipur graveyard of the district town on Thursday morning, was taken to Dhaka on Saturday by a helicopter for better treatment.
‘Dead newborn’ cries out at burial in Faridpur
Dhaka – Six hours after a physician declared it dead, a newborn baby was found alive while being buried at Alipur graveyard of Faridpur district town on Thursday morning, UNB news agency reported.
Rickshaw-puller hit in cop’s shotgun involuntary fire
Dhaka – A rickshaw-puller sustained bullet injuries as a bullet accidentally coming out of a police constable’s shotgun hit him in the city’s Paltan crossing on Tuesday.
If you are in New York try 18-karat gold toilet!
New York (AP/UNB) — A New York City museum is offering visitors a chance to sit on a golden throne, but only in private.
China’s record-breaking glass bridge closes
Visitors hoping to walk on the world’s highest and longest glass-bottomed bridge will have to hold their breath. The record-breaking structure hanging over China’s Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon has closed Friday, just 13 days after it opened to the public on…
Obama scraps meeting with Dutrte: White House
Washington – US President Barack Obama has cancelled a planned meeting with Philippines leader Rodrigo Duterte, the White House said Monday, after his Asian ally launched a foul-mouthed tirade against him. Duterte called Obama a “son of a whore” hours…
Deer interrupts surfing tryouts in California
Santa Ana (AP/UNB) — Surfing team tryouts in California were interrupted by a four-legged friend who apparently wanted to get in on the fun.