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WWII ‘kissing sailor’ dies aged 95

WWII ‘kissing sailor’ dies aged 95

-- 2019-02-19 13:08:11

The US sailor famously photographed kissing a stranger in New York's Times Square to celebrate the end of World War Two has died aged 95. The picture of George Mendonsa bending over and kissing 21-ye...

Firefighters ‘rescue’ lion from tree

Firefighters ‘rescue’ lion from tree

-- 2019-02-18 14:48:16

A very large cat has been rescued from a tree near a property in California in US after the homeowner saw it while working in the garden, officials say. Firefighters arrived at the property in San Be...

Miscreants vandalise Karl Marx’s monument again

Miscreants vandalise Karl Marx’s monument again

-- 2019-02-17 17:15:19

Karl Marx's memorial in north London has been vandalised for the second time in two weeks. The words "Doctrine of Hate" and "Architect of Genocide" are scrawled in red on the Grade I-listed grave in...

New electric shocks inquiry in Australia

New electric shocks inquiry in Australia

-- 2019-02-15 17:00:09

Australian trainer Ben Currie has been charged with several "serious welfare breaches" including giving electric shocks to horses. It follows compatriot Darren Weir being banned for four years for po...

Rare black leopard caught on camera for first time in 100 years

Rare black leopard caught on camera for first time in 100 years

-- 2019-02-14 18:59:21

A photographer has captured high-quality images of a rare black leopard at a wilderness camp in Africa. Wildlife photographer Will Burrard-Lucas wrote in a blog post published Wednesday that he has b...

300 cars go missing after global summit

300 cars go missing after global summit

-- 2019-02-13 12:44:13

Police in Papua New Guinea are seeking the return of almost 300 cars, which were loaned to officials during last year's Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit. The luxury fleet was imported...

Choosing honesty over Tk 500,000

Choosing honesty over Tk 500,000

-- 2019-02-12 12:17:33

A bank official found a bag containing almost a million taka on Monday evening in a CNG auto-rickshaw and turned it over to the police so that they could return it to its original owner. Sarwar Jahan...

Indonesia police apologise for using snake in interrogation

Indonesia police apologise for using snake in interrogation

-- 2019-02-11 12:45:35

Indonesian police have apologised and pledged disciplinary action after officers draped a live snake around the neck of a suspect to persuade him to confess during an interrogation session in the east...

Prince Philip, 97, surrenders driving licence

Prince Philip, 97, surrenders driving licence

-- 2019-02-10 13:33:19

The Duke of Edinburgh is to voluntarily give up his driving licence, Buckingham Palace has said. It comes after the 97-year-old duke apologised over a car crash near the Sandringham estate in Norfolk...

Tiger killed in fight with new mate at London Zoo

Tiger killed in fight with new mate at London Zoo

-- 2019-02-09 15:52:07

An endangered Sumatran tiger has been killed by another tiger at London Zoo. Male tiger Asim was brought to the zoo from a Danish safari park 10 days ago in the hope he would be the "perfect mate" fo...

2018 fourth warmest year since 1880: NASA

2018 fourth warmest year since 1880: NASA

-- 2019-02-08 15:01:22

The global surface temperature in 2018 was the fourth warmest in the modern record, showed annual analyses released on Wednesday. Global temperatures in 2018 rank behind those of 2016, 2017, and 2015...

Dead newborn found under Shahbagh footbridge

Dead newborn found under Shahbagh footbridge

-- 2019-02-07 12:02:48

The dead body of a newborn baby has been found at Dhaka’s Shahbagh. The body covered in a cloth and dumped under a footbridge adjacent to the Bangladesh National Museum was recovered by police...

Best-selling author admits to lying about having cancer

Best-selling author admits to lying about having cancer

-- 2019-02-07 11:21:50

Dan Mallory, author of the best-selling The Woman in the Window, has admitted to lying about having brain cancer. Mallory, who wrote the thriller under the pseudonym AJ Finn, said he claimed to have...

Police arrest five boys over bizarre ritual in city

Police arrest five boys over bizarre ritual in city

-- 2019-02-06 17:49:28

Police have arrested five teenaged boys who were conducting a bizarre ritual with the severed head of a dead baby in Dhaka’s Postogola. The boys said they went to the Shyampur Crematorium at ar...

Police detain couple for baby swinging act

Police detain couple for baby swinging act

-- 2019-02-05 14:40:07

Two Russians have been detained in Malaysia over a street act which involved swinging their baby by the legs and throwing it up into the air. They are being questioned over alleged abuse of the four-...

Customs detain air passenger carrying leopard cub

Customs detain air passenger carrying leopard cub

-- 2019-02-03 13:56:43

An air passenger who arrived in India from Thailand has been detained at the airport after customs officers found a month-old leopard cub in his luggage. Suspicions were raised when officials heard n...

Kushtia student sits for SSC exam at night

Kushtia student sits for SSC exam at night

-- 2019-02-03 12:11:35

Ricky Halder, a Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examinee from the Perfect English Version School & College in Kumarkhali upazila in Kushtia under Jashore Education Board, sat for his exam at ni...

Thailand shuts more than 400 schools

Thailand shuts more than 400 schools

-- 2019-01-31 12:44:54

Toxic smog in Bangkok has forced more than 400 schools to close for the rest of the week, to protect children from its harmful effects. Thailand's capital city is experiencing some of its worst-ever...

Mia Saheb Maidan  Khanqah Sharif  to observe  Urs

Mia Saheb Maidan Khanqah Sharif to observe Urs

-- 2019-01-29 17:21:23

Mia Saheb Maidan Khanqueh Sharif, situated at Mia Shaheb Maidan in Luxmibazar of  Dhaka  south, will hold religious discussions, Hamd and Nat-e-Rasul (sm), milad and doa mahfil marking the&n...

Trevor, the ‘world’s loneliest duck’, dies

Trevor, the ‘world’s loneliest duck’, dies

-- 2019-01-28 12:48:25

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...

Banksy art stolen from Bataclan in Paris

Banksy art stolen from Bataclan in Paris

-- 2019-01-27 13:39:22

A mural by British street artist Banksy on a fire-exit door at Paris’ Bataclan theater, where Islamist militants killed 90 people three years ago, has been stolen, the venue said on Saturday. T...

Challenger Umrah fair-2019 ends today

Challenger Umrah fair-2019 ends today

FE Online Desk 2019-01-26 12:58:31

The three-day `Challenger Umrah Fair-2019’ ends today (January 26) at Westin Dhaka. Challenger Travels and Tours Limited arranged the fair for the 5th time. Dr. Abu Reza Mohammed Nezamuddin N...

Snake bites Australian woman in toilet

Snake bites Australian woman in toilet

-- 2019-01-25 14:41:15

An Australian woman "jumped off her seat" after being bitten by a snake on the toilet, a reptile handler says. Helen Richards, 59, received the non-venomous strike in the dark at a relative's house i...

Australia heatwave causes mass death of horses

Australia heatwave causes mass death of horses

-- 2019-01-24 13:39:23

An extreme heatwave in Australia has led to the deaths of more than 90 wild horses in the outback, authorities say. Rangers found dead and dying animals in a dried-up waterhole near Alice Springs, in...

Drunken travellers on rise in Delhi

Drunken travellers on rise in Delhi

-- 2019-01-24 12:26:40

The number of tipsy travellers in Delhi's metro rail run by the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) went up by over three times in 2018 as compared to the previous year, according to the statistics of...

Locals rescue endangered Nilgai in Naogaon

Locals rescue endangered Nilgai in Naogaon

-- 2019-01-23 16:33:05

An endangered Nilgai - the largest antelope in Asia - was rescued from Jotbazar in Naogaon on Tuesday. Observing the Nilgai roaming in the area, local people of Manda upazila caught it after a chase...

Salman Khan look-alike video goes viral

Salman Khan look-alike video goes viral

-- 2019-01-23 13:11:20

A look-alike of Bollywood superstar Salman Khan was spotted in Pakistan, and his video has created quite a buzz on social media. According to Gulf News, the video of the doppelganger was recorded in a...

Pakistan exports over 100,000 kg human hair to China

Pakistan exports over 100,000 kg human hair to China

-- 2019-01-20 16:33:27

Pakistan has exported to China over 100,000 kg of human hair valued at USD 132,000 over the last five years. The Ministry of Commerce and Textile told the National Assembly that 105,461 kg of human h...

Pet crocodile mauls Indonesian woman to death

Pet crocodile mauls Indonesian woman to death

-- 2019-01-17 16:04:01

An Indonesian woman has been mauled to death by a pet crocodile in Sulawesi after she fell into its enclosure. Deasy Tuwo, 44, had reportedly been feeding the crocodile at the pearl farm where she wo...

Bangladeshi gets accolades for heroism in UAE

Bangladeshi gets accolades for heroism in UAE

-- 2019-01-17 12:18:44

Ajman Civil Defence honoured Farouk Islam Nour Al Haq, 57, a Bangladeshi national, for his exemplary bravery and heroism when he rose to the challenge and saved the life of a three-year-old boy. Faro...