A young man died after receiving a snakebite at Panchbaria village in Sadar upazila of Jessore district on Wednesday night. The deceased, Rabiul Islam,30, son of Elias Hossain, a resident of Hashimpur Bazar area of the upazila, is a rickshaw-van puller of Hashimpur Liden Grammar School. Liza Akter, wife of the deceased, said Rabiul was…
A truck helper was crushed under the wheels of a speeding truck at Baishpukur in Dimla upazila on Wednesday noon. The deceased was identified as Belal Hossain, 35, son of Makbul Hossain, a resident of Baishpukur village. Quoting witnesses, Officer-in-charge of Dimla Police Station Abdul Hannan said Belal was crossing a road around 2:30pm. At…
AP, Jerusalem The Islamic militant group Hamas is praising a Palestinian as a “martyr” for carrying out a bus bombing that injured about 20 people in Jerusalem this week. In an announcement on one of its websites, Hamas names the bomber as Abdel Hameed Abu Srour. The statement says Srour was a member of Hamas,…
AP, Bucharest Ukraine’s president says sanctions against Russia must stay in place as long as hostilities in eastern Ukraine still continue. President Petro Poroshenko said he and Romanian President Klaus Iohannis agreed that “discussions related to cancelling sanctions imposed on Russia cannot take place until the aggression stops.” Security was the main focus of talks…
AFP, Kaduna Suspected Boko Haram gunmen on horseback killed at least 11 people in northeast Nigeria this week, two civilian vigilantes assisting the military told AFP on Thursday. The attack on Zango village, in the Gulani district some 150 kilometres (94 miles) south of the Yobo state capital, Damaturu, happened overnight on Tuesday to Wednesday,…
AP, London It’s springtime in London, but President Barack Obama might sense a chill in the air. The U.S. leader will be welcomed by British Prime Minister David Cameron and wined and dined by the royal family on a three-day visit to the U.K. that starts late Thursday. But Britain’s looming June 23 referendum about…
AP, The Hague German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been honored for her leadership in a series of crises that have hit Europe in recent years, from the financial meltdown to the massive migration influx. Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte lauded Merkel as she was presented with the International Four Freedoms Award at a ceremony Thursday…
UNB, Dhaka More than two billion people live in parts of the world where the Zika virus can spread, detailed maps published in the journal eLife show, reports BBC. The Zika virus, which is spread by Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, triggered a global health emergency this year. Last week the US Centers for Disease Control and…
It’s the voters’ loss when presidential debates become a media circus. The candidate-moderator feud that is prevailing the current political moment can be eliminated by an alternative debate format. John Donvan, co-author of ‘In a Different Key. The Story of Autism’ has spoken about it. The Prevailing Mess: The public because of their being politicized…
Myisha Nawar Dracula needs no introduction, but we’ll give him one anyway: Bram Stoker’s vampire, a Transylvanian count who turns into a bat, sleeps in coffins, and drinks the blood of the living, is the quintessential horror villain. And in true undead style, he holds up well—he’s as creepy today as he was when Stoker…