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Rare Tintin art sells for $500,000

Rare Tintin art sells for $500,000

-- 2017-11-19 10:01:18

A rare India ink drawing of young reporter Tintin and his faithful dog Snowy has been sold for almost $500,000 at auction in Paris. The picture from the 1939 comic album King Ottokar's Sceptre was am...

Australia's oldest human remains return home

Australia's oldest human remains return home

BBC 2017-11-18 12:00:00

For decades, Australia's oldest human remains - an Aboriginal man who died about 42,000 years ago - have been stored at a university in Canberra. But on Friday, the skeleton known as Mungo Man was re...

Dhaka Lit Fest ends

Dhaka Lit Fest ends

-- 2017-11-18 11:07:49

The seventh edition of Dhaka Lit Fest, an international literature festival, ended on Saturday. Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith was present in the closing ceremony in the afternoon followed b...

The breakdown of strategy in business

The breakdown of strategy in business

-- 2017-11-16 12:00:00

Strategy is a fundamental part of the success and sustainability of an organisation. It helps to understand core capabilities and identify and address weakness.Strategy also helps organisations to des...

Da Vinci portrait of Christ fetches $450m

Da Vinci portrait of Christ fetches $450m

-- 2017-11-16 10:19:06

A 500-year-old painting of Christ believed to have been painted by Leonardo da Vinci sold for a record-smashing $450 million on Wednesday in New York. The painting is known as Salvator Mundi (Saviour...

Long queue in Tokyo for Trump’s cheeseburger

Long queue in Tokyo for Trump’s cheeseburger

-- 2017-11-16 07:44:48

Haruyuki Sano travelled 1 ½ hours for a taste of the same cheeseburger US President Donald Trump ate with Japan’s Prime Minister during his visit last week, says an Associated Press repor...

First time a Barbie doll is in hijab

First time a Barbie doll is in hijab

-- 2017-11-15 12:00:00

Barbie, decades ago was created by the toy company Mattel Inc. It has been inspiring thousands of young girls to dream for ages. However, their dreams have been restricted to follow normal gender norm...

Vinci’s masterpiece goes up for auction

Vinci’s masterpiece goes up for auction

-- 2017-11-15 02:26:42

A painting thought by scholars to be one of only a few by Leonardo da Vinci to have survived the half-millennia since the artist’s death is set to be auctioned Wednesday in New York, where it is...

Doctor ‘punches shark’ to escape attack

Doctor ‘punches shark’ to escape attack

-- 2017-11-14 10:47:42

A 25-year-old British doctor says he escaped from a shark by punching it in the face after the animal injured him in Australia. The surfer, Charlie Fry was at a beach north of Sydney on Monday when t...

Chubb to establish SME division

Chubb to establish SME division

FE Online Desk 2017-11-14 01:01:21

  Chubb, world's largest publicly traded property and casualty insurance company announced Tuesday the establishment of a division in Asia Pacific dedicated to the risk management needs of Small...

EBL, Confidence Group ink payroll banking agreement

EBL, Confidence Group ink payroll banking agreement

FE Online Desk 2017-11-13 12:54:41

Eastern Bank Ltd (EBL) and Confidence Group signed a Payroll Banking agreement in Dhaka recently. Nazeem A. Choudhury, Head of Consumer Banking of Eastern Bank Ltd (EBL) and Salman Karim, Additional M...

Dylan's Concert for Bangladesh guitar sells for $400,000

Dylan's Concert for Bangladesh guitar sells for $400,000

FE Online Desk 2017-11-13 12:00:00

The guitar Bob Dylan played at the Concert for Bangladesh and during his Rolling Thunder Revue sold at auction Saturday for nearly $400,000, exceeding pre-auction estimations. Heritage Auctions in Da...

Geldof returns award in Suu Kyi Protest

Geldof returns award in Suu Kyi Protest

-- 2017-11-13 12:00:00

Bob Geldof has said he will return his Freedom of the City of Dublin in protest against the Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who also holds the award. Geldof said "her association with our city shame...

Museum removes ‘selfie’ Hitler after protests

Museum removes ‘selfie’ Hitler after protests

-- 2017-11-12 12:00:00

An Indonesian visual effects museum that encouraged visitors to take selfies with a waxwork of Hitler against a giant image of the Auschwitz extermination camp has removed the exhibit after protests.&...

Rare leopard captured on camera in Malaysia

Rare leopard captured on camera in Malaysia

-- 2017-11-12 09:37:35

A Bornean clouded leopard and her two cubs were captured on camera strolling through a Malaysian forest reserve last week, a rare daytime sighting of the elusive animals in the wild. Found only on th...

Legless US Marine completing Month of Marathons

Legless US Marine completing Month of Marathons

-- 2017-11-11 12:33:49

A former US Marine who lost both his legs in an explosion in Afghanistan plans to complete his 31st marathon in as many days on Saturday. Rob Jones has invited the public to accompany him as he runs...

Cyclist gets two-year ban for punching rivals

Cyclist gets two-year ban for punching rivals

-- 2017-11-10 04:06:21

A rider who violently attacked a rival team has been banned for two years from professional cycling. Wang Xin was expelled from the Chinese island of Hainan after video footage showed him punching an...

Jockey punches horse, gets suspended

Jockey punches horse, gets suspended

BBC 2017-11-09 12:00:00

A jockey has been suspended for punching his horse before a race in South Australia. Video of the incident shows Dylan Caboche, 22, mounted on the horse, She's Reneldasgirl, and struggling to guide i...

Sheep can recognise Obama’s face: study

Sheep can recognise Obama’s face: study

-- 2017-11-09 08:30:52

A new study shows that sheep have the ability to recognise human faces from photographs on computer screens. The Cambridge University study published Wednesday also shows that sheep can recognise the...

Finland may allow ‘digital wedding’

Finland may allow ‘digital wedding’

-- 2017-11-09 01:41:45

People in Finland could in the future get married on the internet, without having to go to meet a civil servant at a Magistrates Office. The vista came on Wednesday from the Finnish Innovation Fund, S...

Holy Crab restaurant offers discount to EBL cardholders

Holy Crab restaurant offers discount to EBL cardholders

FE Online Desk 2017-11-08 12:00:00

M. Nazeem A. Choudhury, Head of Consumer Banking of Eastern Bank Limited (EBL)  and  Tareq Ibrahim, Managing Director, Savvy Foods Ltd  as well as Director, Sajeeb Group  signed a...

Boy claims to have lived on Mars!

Boy claims to have lived on Mars!

-- 2017-11-08 07:35:44

A 20-year-old Russian boy, Boriska Mipriyanovich, claiming to have lived on Mars before being reborn on Earth has baffled scientists with his immense knowledge of outer space. The boy shocked his par...

ICAB past president off to KL

ICAB past president off to KL

FE Online Desk 2017-11-07 12:00:00

Anwaruddin Chowdhury, Council Member & Past President-ICAB and Director, CAPA Board left Dhaka Monday to participate in CAPA 60th anniversary and Public Sector Financial Management (PSFM) Committe...

HSBC to provide $100b in sustainable financing, investment

HSBC to provide $100b in sustainable financing, investment

FE Online Desk 2017-11-07 12:00:00

    HSBC will provide $100 billion in sustainable financing and investment by 2025 to help tackle climate change and support sustainable growth in the communities it serves.   The b...

Dhaka Bank, Flight King ink deal

Dhaka Bank, Flight King ink deal

FE Online Desk 2017-11-07 11:49:11

Dhaka Bank Limited and Flight King Limited have signed an agreement on Payroll and Payment Solution Services at Banani Office of Flight King Ltd. Under this agreement, Dhaka Bank will provide autom...

Call for modernisation of Waqf-related laws, regulations

Call for modernisation of Waqf-related laws, regulations

FE Online Desk 2017-11-07 11:13:07

A two-day long international workshop on `Revival of Waqf for Socio Economic Development’ ended at the Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel Dhaka, said a statement. The experts in the workshop recomme...

Bestselling author apologises over use of 'mongolism'

Bestselling author apologises over use of 'mongolism'

-- 2017-11-06 12:00:00

A bestselling author has recalled 20,000 copies of her new book, which used the term "mongolism" to describe Down's syndrome. Celebrity nutritionist Libby Weaver apologised and said she was "mortifie...

2017 second hottest year on record: WMO

2017 second hottest year on record: WMO

-- 2017-11-06 09:28:00

This year is set to be the second hottest year on record and one of the three hottest years till date, with many high-impact events, including catastrophic hurricanes and floods, debilitating heat-wav...

Traffic jam affects job satisfaction: Study

Traffic jam affects job satisfaction: Study

FE Online Report 2017-11-06 03:24:32

A recent study by the University of West England Bristol has found that a 20-minute increase in commute time affects job satisfaction in a way that would make a 19 per cent pay cut. The study shows...

Three receive Sheltech Awards

Three receive Sheltech Awards

FE Online Desk 2017-11-05 12:00:00

Professor Emeritus Serajul Islam Choudhury Saturday received “Sheltech Award 2017”. Renowned artist Professor Rafiqun Nabi (Ranabi) also received the award for 2015 and Professor Emerit...