Desk report Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump stirred up controversy yet again when he said that women who have illegal abortions should be “punished.” His comments came during a heated interview on MSNBC on Wednesday, and he later backpedalled after his controversial comments garnered a lot of criticism said reports from AFP. Democratic frontrunner Hillary…
UNB A fire broke out at a sugarcane farm of Rangpur Sugar Mills Ltd in Sahebganj area of Gobindaganj upazila on Sunday afternoon, burning down huge tropical plant. The fire originated at Bagda Sugarcane Farm around 3pm, said Managing Director of the mill Anwar Hossain. The fire gutted sugarcane on 40 hectares of land, he…
E. M. Rhino poaching has become a serious issue in South Africa for past decade. By statistics of the Save the Rhino Organization, 5,940 rhinos have been killed since 2008. After several years of awareness raising and campaign, safari parks of Australia finally decided to relocate total of 80 rhinos from South Africa. This will…
Desk Report Rail links to Mymensingh and Bhairab snapped off on Friday after a freight train derailed at Baghmara crossing. Four carriages of the Mymensingh-bound freight train from Chattogram skidded off the tracks at the rail crossing around 10am, said Zahirul Islam, railway station superintendent in Mymensingh. The train communications remained suspended between Mymensingh and…
Wion News: As North Korea celebrates a major anniversary this weekend, the presence or absence of Chinese President Xi Jinping could highlight just how much vitality has been restored to ties between Pyongyang and its most powerful backer after a prolonged chill. A visit by Xi to North Korea for the 70th anniversary of the…
Kabir Humayun: Two passengers of a bus were killed and 20 more injured as a train rammed a bus at Bariyarhat Rail Crossing in Chittagong’s Mirsharai upazila early yesterday. Inspector of Mirsharai fire station Rabiul Azam said one of the deceased was identified as Sunirmal Chakma, 55, hailing from Khagrachhari district, reports UNB. A Chittagong-bound…
DOT Desk: Farmers on the border belt of Jhenidah, especially those from Moheshpur upazila, have shown keen interest in peanut farming as the cultivation has paid dividends, reports The Independent. A number of groundnut farmers said they had started cultivating groundnut as a hobby a few years ago, but now a huge number of farmers…
The times of India Indian Railways is working to revive the old Siliguri-Sealda route via Bangladesh by 2021. If that does happen, it will cut travel time to Siliguri from to 11to seven hours. Trains from Siliguri will pass through Chilahati, Domar, Toronbari, Nilfamari, Sayeedpur, Darshana, Parbatipur after crossing Haldibari and then reach Sealdah via…
Sky news Jase Hyndman and his sister lost their father four years ago and always mark his birthday at this time of year. This year the seven-year-old from West Lothian decided to send a birthday card, with a special request to the postman. He wrote on the envelope: “Mr postman, can you take this to…
Russia Today Macron’s concessions to the Yellow Vests has failed to appease protesters and opposition politicians, such as Jean-Luc Mélenchon, who called for “citizen’s revolution” to continue until a fair distribution of wealth is achieved. Immediately after French President Macron declared a “social and economic state of emergency” in response to large-scale protests by members…