BBC: Trevor, once dubbed the world’s loneliest duck, has died after being attacked by dogs on the remote Pacific island he called home. Trevor was something of a local celebrity in the tiny nation of Niue for being the only bird of his kind living on the island. He had arrived in 2018, but it’s…
DOT Desk: Magura farmers are expecting a bumper production of mustard this season, reports The Financial Express. Mustard growers informed that they are waiting for harvesting mustard. As high yielding seeds were used for cultivation of mustard and congenial weather is prevailing in this district, growers are optimistic to get a plenteous production. Department of…
PTI: Eight people, including five members of a family, died due to suffocation in two incidents in northwest Pakistan, police said. The incidents happened at Abbotabad district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday. Five members, including three children, of a family died at Bandi Dhondian village in Abbotabad after…
By Syed Nasir Ershad Last evening was a pleasant time for me. Because when I was walking in the streets of the city yesterday afternoon, suddenly it started to rain. Well it was not that sudden. Sunlight was gradually going off as the sun was getting covered by clouds well before the sunset. There was…
Hossen Sohel of DOT A Dhaka court yesterday granted bail to the two suspended teachers of Viqarunnisa Noon School and College in a case filed on charge of provoking the suicide of a ninth grader in December last year, reports The Daily Star. Metropolitan Magistrate Rashed Chowdhury passed the order considering the age of the…
Tanzim Taqrim Powered by Dhaka Bank, supported by Microsoft, presented by Meril, in association with GP Music, Maasranga Television as the broadcasting partner, with The Westin Dhaka as hospitality partner and Square Hospital as medical partner, Dhaka International Folk Festival is organized by Sun Event this year. This event is held for 3 days (November…
The Guardian, UK: A seven-year-old girl has died after being strangled by her own hooded top when it got caught on a door handle at her home. An inquest heard that Kimora Zondo, from Cardiff, was found after her mother, Vonnie Dube, woke up from a nap. Dube’s nine-year-old son told her his sister was…
BSS: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said her government is working relentlessly for further strengthening democracy and speeding up development in the country as Commonwealth Secretary General Patricia Scotland QC paid a courtesy call on her. “We’re working tirelessly for further consolidating democracy and accelerating development in the country,” Premier’s Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim quoted…
Japan Times: Traditional local festivals are having a more difficult time securing finances to cover event costs. In the western city of Tokushima, the “Awa Odori” traditional local folk dance festival saw record-low visitor numbers this year, partly due to the fallout from confusion which resulted from financing difficulties. “We’ve managed to generate profits,” said…