Reuters: Australia on Sunday announced a A$190 million ($140.56 million) aid package for drought-afflicted farmers as much of east coast suffers the worst dry spell in living memory. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announced the funding from a farm in the state of New South Wales which will give farmers in need lump sum payments and…
Desk Report: The prices of onions and chicken increased in the city’s kitchen markets over the week ending Friday ahead of Eid-ul-Azha, one of the biggest Muslim religious festivals, to be celebrated across the country on August 22, reports New Age. Traders said that the prices of onions and chicken went up in the city…
Wionews: Two US F-22 fighter jets escorted Tu-95MC Russian strategic bombers over the Arctic Ocean, the Interfax news agency cited the Russian Defence Ministry as saying on Friday. Russian warplanes carried out planned flights over neutral waters in the Arctic Ocean, and the Bering and Okhotsk seas, and were escorted by US jets on parts…
UNB The Bangladesh’s multinational electronics brand ‘Walton’ reduced the prices of its big screen Android Smart and LED televisions marking the victory month of December. According to Walton authorities, they reduced the prices of 32-inch Smart and LED televisions by Tk 1,100. Now, customers can buy Walton brand 32-inch Smart TV at tk 23,800 and…
VOA: Queen Elizabeth II’s 97-year-old husband was recovering Friday at the royal Sandringham estate after the Land Rover he was driving rolled on a nearby highway in a collision with another vehicle. Witness Roy Warne told the BBC he was driving home from work when the accident involving Prince Philip’s black Land Rover and a…
AP Skip the costly electronic games and flashy digital gizmos. Pediatricians say the best toys for tots are old-fashioned hands-on playthings that young children can enjoy with parents — things like blocks, puzzles — even throwaway cardboard boxes — that spark imagination and creativity. “A cardboard box can be used to draw on, or made…
O-Japanoma A special report on the 2016 World Cosplay Summit (WCS) at South Korea had been published yesterday. WCS had 52 cosplayers from 26 countries, including four new participating countries (Philippines, Vietnam, Portugal, and Kuwait). From Japan, the team “Ryu-en” by Mahio and Mariko entered the competition. Mahio has 10 years of experience being a…
Written by: Eshan Maitra Brahmaputra River engulfing away the lands by its banks, in the north. Kamarjani Union’s map is changing in the daily basis. People from 10 villages are losing their houses and hopes in the authorities. From schools to mosques, washed away into the river with the ground beneath. Even times of panicking…
Al Jazeera: Turkey’s presidential spokesperson has said a major offensive targeting Syria’s northwestern province of Idlib could cause a new refugee crisis from Turkey to Europe. “Everyone’s common point is that the solution must be political rather than military,” Ibrahim Kalin said in the capital Ankara, after a preparatory meeting with representatives of France, Germany…
AFP: Scientists said Monday they had succeeded for the first time in wiping out an entire population of malaria-carrying mosquitos in the lab using a gene editing tool to programme their extinction. So-called gene drive technology works by forcing evolution’s hand, ensuring that an engineered trait is passed down to a higher proportion of offspring…