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Elon Musk replaces Jeff Bezos as the richest man on earth

Elon Musk replaces Jeff Bezos as the richest man on earth

Reuters 2021-01-08 11:20:41

Tesla chief and billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk surpassed Amazon.com’s top boss Jeff Bezos to become the world’s richest man, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday. Including Thursday's...

Mia Saheb's maidan  Khanqueh Sarif to hold religious discussion

Mia Saheb's maidan  Khanqueh Sarif to hold religious discussion

-- 2021-01-07 18:30:30

Khanqueh-e-shaheed (RA) Mia Saheb's maidan  Khanqueh Sarif , situated at luxmibazar , the old city will hold religious discussion, Fateha khwani, zikir asker ,milad and doa mahfil marking the hol...

Rare dinosaur fossils found in east China

Rare dinosaur fossils found in east China

Xinhua 2021-01-07 17:56:42

A group of rare incubating dinosaur fossils has been unearthed in east China's Jiangxi Province, shedding light on reproductive research related to theropod dinosaurs. The fossils, dating back about...

Tuna goes for $200,000 at Tokyo market auction

Tuna goes for $200,000 at Tokyo market auction

-- 2021-01-06 14:14:14

A bluefin tuna sold for 20.8 million yen ($202,197) in the first auction of the new year at Tokyo’s Toyosu fish market on Tuesday when it reopened after the holiday break. This was sharply down...

Climate activist Greta Thunberg turns 18

Climate activist Greta Thunberg turns 18

Reuters 2021-01-04 12:28:29

Sweden’s Greta Thunberg, who pioneered a global climate change campaign as a 15-year-old, turned 18 on Sunday and promised to celebrate by exposing “dark secrets” at her local pub....

Woolly rhino remains found in Siberia

Woolly rhino remains found in Siberia

-- 2020-12-31 10:29:22

Russian scientists are poring over the well-preserved remains of a woolly rhinoceros that likely roamed the Siberian hinterland more than 12,000 years ago after it was found in the diamond-producing r...

What to do before and after working out

What to do before and after working out

ISHRAK WASIF UDOY 2020-12-26 10:04:56

Arnob is neither a fitness guru nor a health nut. He is simply someone who wants to lose weight and gain some lean muscles. Hitting the gym for months, he says, he is getting no visible results. The r...

Thai baby elephant hit by motorcycle survives

Thai baby elephant hit by motorcycle survives

Reuters 2020-12-22 10:29:31

Thailand’s Mana Srivate has performed dozens of resuscitation attempts in his 26 years as a rescue worker, but never before on an elephant. Mana was called into action while off duty on a road...

Lights! Models! Garbage! Taiwanese designer turns waste into fashion

Lights! Models! Garbage! Taiwanese designer turns waste into fashion

REUTERS 2020-12-21 14:29:43

Inspiration for high fashion can come from strange places. For one Taiwanese designer, it’s upcycling old wires and bolts from the power industry. Wang Li-ling, 36, scours dumps, picking up old...

Old Dhaka’s loveletter

Old Dhaka’s loveletter

ZUBAYER WASIT 2020-12-20 14:28:43

It can be called old-fashioned but he still thinks that there’s nothing as beautiful and romantic as a love letter. Even after passing almost 20 years of his life, he is yet to relish its exquis...

How to put the green in greenback

How to put the green in greenback

REUTERS 2020-12-19 12:32:47

Five years ago, many investors and executives would have politely told Jill Atkins to buzz off. Now they listen keenly when the British academic presents her work, known as “extinction accounti...

Mia Saheb's maidan  Khanqueh Sarif to hold religious discussion on Saturday

Mia Saheb's maidan  Khanqueh Sarif to hold religious discussion on Saturday

-- 2020-12-18 20:14:57

Khanqueh-e-shaheed (RA) Mia Saheb's maidan  Khanqueh Sarif , located at luxmibazar, will hold religious discussion, Fateha khwani, zikir asker ,milad and doa mahfil marking the holy annual urs af...

Climate heat on ad industry

Climate heat on ad industry

-- 2020-12-18 11:37:33

The avuncular man in the TV ad has an urgent-sounding message from his employer, the oil giant Chevron Corp. “I think renewable energy is vital to our planet,” says the man, identified on...

'World's ugliest orchid' discovered in Madagascar in 2020

'World's ugliest orchid' discovered in Madagascar in 2020

Reuters 2020-12-18 11:27:46

Orchids are not often called ugly, but that is how the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew, London, described a new species of the normally vibrant and delicate flower discovered in the forests of Madagascar...

Kangaroos can learn how to communicate with humans: Researchers

Kangaroos can learn how to communicate with humans: Researchers

Reuters 2020-12-17 10:23:07

Kangaroos can learn to communicate with humans similar to how domesticated dogs do, by using their gaze to “point” and ask for help, researchers said in a study published on Wednesday. Th...

Kangaroos can learn to communicate with humans, researchers say

Kangaroos can learn to communicate with humans, researchers say

-- 2020-12-16 17:19:04

Kangaroos can learn to communicate with humans similar to how domesticated dogs do, by using their gaze to "point" and ask for help, researchers said in a study published on Wednesday. The study invo...

British espionage writer John le Carré dies

British espionage writer John le Carré dies

-- 2020-12-14 12:29:38

British espionage writer John le Carré has died aged 89, following a short illness, his literary agent has said. The Spy Who Came In From The Cold, and Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy author died...

Carbon dioxide emissions drops by 7pc this year, green group says

Carbon dioxide emissions drops by 7pc this year, green group says

-- 2020-12-11 16:58:18

A locked-down pandemic-struck world cut its carbon dioxide emissions this year by 7 per cent, the biggest drop ever, new preliminary figures show. The Global Carbon Project, an authoritative group of...

92-year-old man finds college jacket with social media help

92-year-old man finds college jacket with social media help

-- 2020-12-10 14:40:54

More than 60 years after Mal Osborn earned a varsity letter jacket from the University of Maine as a track runner, he still wore it. That is, until the 92-year-old lost it in October. Osborn, who has...

US limits category of service animals on planes to just dogs

US limits category of service animals on planes to just dogs

-- 2020-12-03 12:05:25

Under a new regulation issued Wednesday by the US Department of Transportation, airlines will no longer consider emotional support animals as service animals, limiting dogs as the only type that can f...

Indian forest officials build bridge to help reptiles, small animals cross road

Indian forest officials build bridge to help reptiles, small animals cross road

-- 2020-12-01 14:36:39

Forest officials have built a unique bridge for reptiles and other small animals to cross a busy highway in India's mountainous Uttarakhand state. The 90-foot (27-metre) "Eco Bridge", made from bambo...

'Pandemic' Merriam-Webster's 2020 word of the year

'Pandemic' Merriam-Webster's 2020 word of the year

AP 2020-11-30 12:14:34

If you were to choose a word that rose above most in 2020, which word would it be? Ding, ding, ding: Merriam-Webster on Monday announced "pandemic" as its 2020 word of the year. "That probably isn't...

Maradona's 'Hand Of God' shirt expected to sell for $2 million

Maradona's 'Hand Of God' shirt expected to sell for $2 million

REUTERS 2020-11-28 09:25:44

The shirt worn by Diego Maradona when he scored his famous 'Hand Of God' goal against England at the 1986 World Cup in Mexico could be available for $2 million following the Argentine’s death on...

Mia Saheb Maidan Khanqah Sharif to observe Fateha-e-Yazdaham Thursday

Mia Saheb Maidan Khanqah Sharif to observe Fateha-e-Yazdaham Thursday

-- 2020-11-25 17:37:09

The annual Urs marking the  Holy 881th Fateha-e-Yazdaham  (death anniversary) of Bara Pir Hazrat Gawsul Azam Shaikh Syed Abdul Kader Zilani (RA)  will be observed on the premises Of Mia...

Nearly 100 whales dead in New Zealand stranding

Nearly 100 whales dead in New Zealand stranding

REUTERS 2020-11-25 15:04:07

About 100 pilot whales and bottlenose dolphins have died in a mass stranding on the remote Chatham Islands, about 800 km (497 miles) off New Zealand’s east coast, officials said on Wednesday. M...

Darwin’s notebooks worth millions ‘stolen’ from Cambridge University

Darwin’s notebooks worth millions ‘stolen’ from Cambridge University

BBC 2020-11-24 20:59:55

Cambridge University Library has announced that two notebooks written by Charles Darwin, worth many millions of pounds, have been missing for 20 years. One of them contains the 19th Century scientist...

Spicy cuppa that may keep you warm during winter

Spicy cuppa that may keep you warm during winter

SIRAJUM MUNIRA TULI 2020-11-22 11:29:52

Staying stuck at home for months amid the countrywide lockdown, many people, including those having a nine-to-five job schedule, have lost the rhythm of life, especially getting up early in the mornin...

Abul Kasem’s fifth death anniversary today

Abul Kasem’s fifth death anniversary today

-- 2020-11-10 00:04:05

Today (November 10) is the fifth death anniversary of Md Abul Kasem, a former high official of Defence Finance (Army). Abul Kasem, DAFC (Retd), died on November 10, 2015 at his residence in Sreerampu...

Ten youth changemakers share stories to inspire youth amid tough economy

Ten youth changemakers share stories to inspire youth amid tough economy

FE ONLINE DESK 2020-11-03 14:33:55

Ten youth changemakers at a webinar marking the Bangabandhu National Youth Day on Sunday shared their personal experiences, struggles, and achievements to inspire youth toward definite action. They a...

A cafe in Yemen is run by women, only for women

A cafe in Yemen is run by women, only for women

Reuters 2020-11-02 11:56:48

When Um Feras realised there were no leisure spaces for women in her city in Yemen, she founded her own cafe and hopes to change attitudes about women-led businesses. “There were no places for...