Mild heat wave likely continue for couple of days

    Kabir Humayun: Mild to moderate heat wave, which is sweeping over Rangpur, Rajshahi and Sylhet divisions and a part of Tangail, may continue at places for a couple of days. Light to moderate rain or thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at many places over Khulna, Barishal, Dhaka, Chittagong, Sylhet,…

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      Scientists figure out Salmonella bacteria infect plants

      BBC: Contamination of salad vegetables by E.coli and Salmonella bacteria are the most common causes of food poisoning. Although most Salmonella outbreaks are linked to contamination during handling and transportation of the vegetables, there are also cases where the infectious bacterium had entered the plant when it was still in the farmland. How does it…

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        Jamaat leader held with 10 crude bombs in Habiganj

        Desk Report Police arrested a Jamaat-e-Islami leader along with 10 crude bombs from Khorki village of Madhobpur upazila and recovered eight molotov bombs from Baniachong upazila early Saturday. The arrestee is Nazrul Islam, ameer of Jamaat Madhobpur upazila unit. On information about a secret meeting, police conducted a drive at the village and arrested Nazrul…

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          Twitter chief defends not booting Infowars

          Phys.Org: Twitter chief Jack Dorsey defended Tuesday his company’s decision to allow far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to use the platform to spread his message, saying he hasn’t broken user rules. Apple, Facebook, Spotify and YouTube have all banned Jones, who runs the website Infowars.In a series of tweets on the subject, Dorsey said Twitter…

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            Child malnutrition worsened in insurgency-hit Nigeria

            Anadolu Agency Apart from having the world’s largest mortality rate of under-fives, a UNICEF nutrition expert said Nigeria now has at least 35 million severely malnourished children. UNICEF nutrition experts say the crisis is most prevalent in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe — the three states in the country’s northeast worst hit by the Boko Haram…

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              One gets life term for killing wife in Tangail

              BSS A court here on Tuesday sentenced a man to suffer life imprisonment for killing his wife at Atpara village under Nagarpur upazila of the district in 2013. The court also fined him Taka 10,000 each, in default to suffer more three months of rigorous imprisonment. Judge of Children and Women Repression and Prevention Tribunal…

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