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Mia Saheb's Maidan Khanqah Sharif  observes Fateha-e-Yazdaham   

Mia Saheb's Maidan Khanqah Sharif observes Fateha-e-Yazdaham  

-- 2018-12-18 19:27:51

Khanqah-e-Shaheed (Quddesa Sirrahul Aziz) Mia Saheb's Maidan Khanqueh Sharif at Luxmibazar in the old city of Dhaka observed the 878th holy Fateha-e-Yazdaham of Bara pir Hazrat Gawsul Azam Shaikh Syed...

Poacher to watch Disney film in prison

Poacher to watch Disney film in prison

-- 2018-12-18 12:32:47

A poacher in US has been ordered to watch the Disney film Bambi repeatedly after he was convicted of illegally killing "hundreds" of deer. Missouri hunter David Berry Jr must view the film at least o...

Cyclone ‘Phethai’ weakens

Cyclone ‘Phethai’ weakens

-- 2018-12-17 17:09:08

The severe Cyclonic storm 'Phethai' over westcentral Bay and adjoining southwest Bay moved northwards and weakened, said a special bulletin of Met office. It is likely to move further Northwards and...

Mother calls cops to wake son up for school

Mother calls cops to wake son up for school

-- 2018-12-17 14:12:01

A Michigan mother employed an out-of-the-box solution when she was having trouble getting her son out of bed to go to school in the morning. “I woke him up. He thought he was just going to not...

Egypt reveals ‘one of a kind’ tomb find

Egypt reveals ‘one of a kind’ tomb find

-- 2018-12-16 15:53:18

Archaeologists in Egypt have made an exciting tomb discovery - the final resting place of a high priest, untouched for 4,400 years. Mostafa Waziri, secretary-general of the Supreme Council of Antiqui...

Flight U-turns after human heart discovery on board

Flight U-turns after human heart discovery on board

-- 2018-12-14 15:28:14

A US passenger plane travelling from Seattle to Dallas was forced to turn back hours into its flight because a human heart had been left on board. Southwest Airlines says the organ was flown to Seatt...

Leopard kills meditating monk in forest

Leopard kills meditating monk in forest

-- 2018-12-13 16:24:39

A monk meditating in a forest in the Indian state of Maharashtra has died in a leopard attack, officials say. Rahul Walke had been "meditating under a tree" in the Tadoba forest, which is a protected...

Jailed Iran activist dies on hunger strike

Jailed Iran activist dies on hunger strike

-- 2018-12-13 15:08:00

Vahid Sayadi Nasiri, an Iranian political activist jailed for his messages on social media has died after spending 60 days on hunger strike, his family says. Nasiri had been accused of insulting Supr...

Delivery driver loses job for eating customer’s takeaway

Delivery driver loses job for eating customer’s takeaway

-- 2018-12-12 16:18:08

Takeaway delivery firm Zomato has apologised after one of its drivers was filmed eating a client's food and resealing the containers in India. The video, which was filmed in Madurai in southern India...

Roger, the bucket crushing kangaroo, dies at 12

Roger, the bucket crushing kangaroo, dies at 12

-- 2018-12-10 11:34:15

Roger, a kangaroo who won global fame for his enormous size and impressive physique, has died at the age of 12. The roo was rescued as a joey after his mother was killed in a car accident, and grew u...

India police detain TV actress following diamond trader murder

India police detain TV actress following diamond trader murder

-- 2018-12-09 15:58:02

A former aide of a Maharashtra minister and a policeman were among those arrested in connection with the murder of a diamond trader, who was found dead in a forest in Maharashtra's Raigad district on...

Senegal unveils Museum of Black Civilisations

Senegal unveils Museum of Black Civilisations

-- 2018-12-07 15:41:24

President Macky Sall has inaugurated Senegal's new Museum of Black Civilisations in the capital, Dakar. It follows calls from Senegal and other African nations for France to return art it looted duri...

Aging Japan: As one suburb grays, another grows

Aging Japan: As one suburb grays, another grows

Reuters 2018-12-06 13:13:05

Katsuya Kodama’s wife died two years ago, and the 77-year-old keeps her ashes on a Buddhist altar in their suburban Tokyo home. “I talk to her morning and night, tell her everything,&rdqu...

$500 DNA tests to catch $2 yoghurt thief

$500 DNA tests to catch $2 yoghurt thief

-- 2018-12-05 15:43:37

A woman has been charged with theft in Taiwan for stealing a yoghurt drink from her roommate after being identified by a DNA test, it's reported. According to the broadcaster TVBS, the unnamed suspec...

Rare white reindeer calf appears in Norway

Rare white reindeer calf appears in Norway

-- 2018-12-05 12:50:09

A Norwegian photographer has shared images of a rare white reindeer calf he encountered while hiking with friends. Mads Nordsveen, 24, from Oslo, said he spotted the animal in the snow on a walk in n...

US embassy to remain closed Wednesday

US embassy to remain closed Wednesday

-- 2018-12-04 17:12:48

The US Embassy in Dhaka, including the Consular Section, will remain closed tomorrow (Wednesday) in observance of National Day of Mourning for the loss of President George HW Bush, forty-first preside...

China calls for end to expensive wedding gifts

China calls for end to expensive wedding gifts

-- 2018-12-04 14:14:14

The Chinese government has taken aim at the wedding industrial complex, calling for a “comprehensive reform” of the country’s increasingly expensive weddings. The ministry of civil...

Woman loses racial discrimination case over ‘Kiwi’ nickname

Woman loses racial discrimination case over ‘Kiwi’ nickname

-- 2018-12-03 13:00:02

A New Zealand woman has unsuccessfully argued that she was a victim of racial discrimination after being labelled a ‘Kiwi’ by her colleagues in Australia. Julie Savage said she was disres...

Police arrest woman for marrying ‘17-year-old’

Police arrest woman for marrying ‘17-year-old’

-- 2018-12-02 15:24:09

Police in the Indian city of Mumbai have arrested a 20-year-old woman for marrying a 17-year-old boy. The woman and the couple's five-month-old daughter have been in prison for the past fortnight. S...

Thief steals laptop, writes apologetic email to owner

Thief steals laptop, writes apologetic email to owner

-- 2018-12-01 15:54:01

A thief has become an unlikely social media star after stealing a laptop and writing an apology note to the student he stole it from. A Twitter user who goes by the name Stevie Valentine shared a pi...

Free food to families who surrender smartphones

Free food to families who surrender smartphones

-- 2018-11-30 15:37:39

Family restaurant chain Frankie and Benny’s is to implement a No Phone Zone, where diners will be urged to hand over their digital devices for the duration of the meal. Parents who agree to sur...

Israel unveils 9,000-year-old mask

Israel unveils 9,000-year-old mask

-- 2018-11-29 16:50:43

A 9,000-year-old stone mask has been revealed by the Israeli Antiquities Authority (IAA), one of only 15 in the world. The artefact has been traced back to the area around Hebron in the south of the...

Coca-Cola cleans up St Martin’s Island’s Coastline

Coca-Cola cleans up St Martin’s Island’s Coastline

FE Online Desk 2018-11-29 14:37:26

Coca-Cola Bangladesh, along with Kewkradong Bangladesh, has cleaned up the beach of St Martin’s Island as part of their global commitment to create a “World Without Waste” by 2030...

Slovenia gets first female army chief

Slovenia gets first female army chief

-- 2018-11-28 15:09:45

Slovenia appointed Major General Alenka Ermenc as chief of the army, the government said on Tuesday, making her the only woman in charge of a NATO country’s military. Ermenc is the first woman...

‘Asleep’ pilot overshoots Australian island

‘Asleep’ pilot overshoots Australian island

-- 2018-11-27 14:30:53

A small plane overshot its destination in Australia by almost 50km (30 miles) after its pilot fell asleep in the cockpit, air safety officials say. The pilot was the only person on board the freight...

Dictionary.com chooses 'misinformation' as word of the year

Dictionary.com chooses 'misinformation' as word of the year

-- 2018-11-27 11:16:57

Misinformation, as opposed to disinformation, was chosen Monday as Dictionary.com's word of the year on the tattered coattails of "toxic," picked earlier this month for the same honour by Oxford Dicti...

Egypt unveils previously unopened ancient female sarcophagus

Egypt unveils previously unopened ancient female sarcophagus

Reuters 2018-11-26 13:54:06

Egyptian authorities on Saturday unveiled a well-preserved mummy of a woman inside a previously unopened coffin in Luxor in southern Egypt dating back to more than 3,000 years. The sarcophagus, an an...

145 whales die in mass stranding on New Zealand beach

145 whales die in mass stranding on New Zealand beach

-- 2018-11-26 12:05:13

A group of up to 145 pilot whales have died after becoming stranded on a beach on Stewart Island in New Zealand. The animals were discovered by walkers late on Saturday, strewn along the beach of Mas...

Fashion show for underprivileged children

Fashion show for underprivileged children

-- 2018-11-23 18:36:10

A fashion show will be held at hotel Le Meridien Dhaka on Saturday to raise funds for the underprivileged children in the country and promote new designers. Brazilian Embassy in Dhaka, Spouses of Hea...

Forest school in Brazil wins best building award

Forest school in Brazil wins best building award

-- 2018-11-23 15:36:30

A boarding school for disadvantaged children in a remote forest area of Brazil has won this year's award for the world's best new building. The Children Village dormitory complex, which provides acco...