Kenyan police who raided a national park guesthouse earlier this month aimed not to bust elephant tusk or rhino horn poachers but a more esoteric ring trading a much smaller, more lucrative item by weight - queen ants. Two Belgian teenagers were arrested for wildlife trafficking at Jane Guesthouse
Four smugglers caught trying to transport thousands of live ants out of Kenya for sale on exotic pet markets in Europe and Asia will be sentenced for trafficking wildlife in a case being hailed as a milestone by the Kenya Wildlife Service. The KWS said authorities had intercepted live queen ants,
Rachel Dancyg never thought she would see her dog again after it disappeared in the Hamas attack that sparked the ongoing war with Israel. Her ex-husband and brother were abducted from Kibbutz Nir Oz in southern Israel and killed. She thought her beloved pet had suffered the same fate. So when a s
The UK Supreme Court is poised to rule Wednesday in a legal challenge focusing on the definition of a woman in a long-running dispute between a women’s rights group and the Scottish government. Five judges at Britain's highest court are scheduled to rule whether a transgender person with a c
Dressed in black pants and a white coat over a white shirt, a ticket inspector asked for my ticket at the entrance to the platform area, gesturing for me to hurry up. He glanced at the digital ticket when I showed it on my phone and waved me through. Behind me were swarms of travellers, all eagerly
The socio-cultural organization “Paruli” once again brought together children, parents, and locals for its annual “Children’s Eid-Ananda” celebration, held Wednesday at the scenic Kahur Chala field in Pabriya Chala, Sreepur Upazila. With the motto “If I am beaut
Fossils unearthed during construction of a water pipeline in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia have revealed one of the oddest members of a rather strange group of dinosaurs, a creature whose two-fingered hands sport a pair of menacing curved claws. The dinosaur, named Duonychus tsogtbaatari, measured a
Sock ball was long considered a poor man's game for Egyptian football lovers, but more recently it's become a show of celebration during Islam's holy month of Ramadan that takes over the streets. Originally played with some old socks or scraps crammed inside of each other to form a ball, sock ball
Mountaineer Ikramul Hasan Shakil has started his ‘Sea to Summit’ expedition, which involves traversing from the shores of Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh to ascend Mount Everest, the highest peak in the Himalayas. His journey began at 11:00 am on Tuesday from Inani Beach, Cox’s Ba
Author, poet, translator, and academic scholar Shahnaz Shithy’s travelogue titled “Lebanon: Shomriddho Itihash O Oitijjer Ek Boichitromoy Upakkhan” (Lebanon: A Diverse Tale of History and Culture) was launched at Ekushey Book Fair in Dhaka on Monday (17 February 2025). This book
