The Financial Express: Bangladesh will import around 6.5 million tonnes of wheat in the next marketing year, the USDA’s local branch in the country estimated, according to a report published on www.agricensus.com Wednesday. A 10 per cent increase from the branch’s estimate last year, the USDA expects around 260,000tonnes of wheat to be sourced from…
M Humayun Kabir: Golam Sarwar, veteran journalist of the country and editor of the daily Samakal, was laid to eternal rest at the Mirpur Martyred Intellectuals’ Graveyard yesterday amid state honour and homage from people from all walks of life. Before the burial around 4:40pm, a guard of honour was given to Golam Sarwar for…
The Independent, UK: A 40-year-old hiker endured six days and nights alone in the mountains of the Pacific Northwest by killing and eating bees. Washington state rescue workers found Matthew Matheny conscious but badly dehydrated in Ant Canyon after he went missing in the Mount St. Helens area almost a week ago. His parents Carney…
Hindustantimes: A state of emergency has been declared in Florida as the worst red tide in a decade blackens the ocean water, killing dolphins, sea turtles and fish at a relentless pace. More than 100 tons of dead sea creatures have been shoveled up from smelly, deserted beaches in tourist areas along Florida’s southwest coast…
The Independent, UK: Eight years’ worth of undelivered letters and packages are finally arriving through Palestinian letterboxes after being held up by Israel on security grounds. Postal service workers at a sorting centre in Jericho in the occupied West Bank have been working around the clock to sift through the backlog since around 10 tonnes…
UNB: A local Awami League leader was hacked to death at Bangla Bazar in Maheshkhali upazila on Wednesday. The victim was identified as Ziabul Haque, a leader of Matarbari union unit of Awami League and resident of Madhyampara. He was also the former president of union Jubo League. Victim’s brother Sarwar Kamal, also a member…
The Financial Express: Commercial red spinach cultivation has brought smile on the faces of poor farmers in the district. The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) office sources said an elaborate programme has been taken to make the cultivation programme a success. The department provided all necessary support to the cultivators in this connection. “I have…
The Financial Express: Bangladesh’s apparel exports to the United States grew by 4.81 per cent during the first half of 2018 compared to that of last year. The country fetched $2.70 billion from apparel exports to the US market during January to June period of 2018 against $2.57 billion earnings of the corresponding period of…
BBC: Examination of a mummy has revealed the original ancient Egyptian embalming recipe – first used to preserve bodies. A battery of forensic chemical tests carried out on a mummy that dated from 3,700-3,500 BC revealed the recipe and confirmed that it was developed far earlier and used more widely than previously thought.The Egyptian Museum…
Russia Today: A Yazidi teenager enslaved by Islamic State who sought asylum in Germany has moved back to Iraq after being confronted by her former ISIS captor, who had registered as a refugee in Stuttgart. Ashwaq Ta’lo said that she was stopped by Abu Humam – a Syrian ISIS guard who had purchased her for…