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Seminar on inter-religious harmony held

Seminar on inter-religious harmony held

FE Online Desk 2018-03-13 13:58:15

An international seminar on"Inter-Religious Harmony and Banglar Rumi Syed Ahmadul Huq" was held in Kolkata recently to discuss how the universal message of love and empathy considered vital for s...

HSBC calls to ‘press for progress’ towards gender parity

HSBC calls to ‘press for progress’ towards gender parity

FE Online Desk 2018-03-13 11:47:45

The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited in Bangladesh celebrated International Women’s Day 2018 by hosting an event titled ‘Celebrating Womanhood’, where a panel discus...

Photo exhibition by EBL employees begins

Photo exhibition by EBL employees begins

FE Online Desk 2018-03-12 11:43:06

A 3‑day exhibition featuring 41 photographs by Eastern Bank employees began at Drik Gallery of Dhanmondi Sunday. Zunaid Ahmed Palak, Minister of State for ICT Division inaugurated the photo exhibitio...

BAT Bangladesh wins Most Female-Friendly  Org Award

BAT Bangladesh wins Most Female-Friendly Org Award

-- 2018-03-12 00:21:41

British American Tobacco Bangladesh received the Most Female-Friendly Organisation Award under one of the Freedom Sanitary Napkin Inspiring Women Award categories at the Women Leadership Summit, an...

US nightclub loses license over horse stunt

US nightclub loses license over horse stunt

-- 2018-03-11 16:02:37

A nightclub in Miami in the south-eastern United States has lost its licence after a scantily clad woman rode a horse on the premises. Video from the Mokai Lounge in South Beach showed the white hors...

ONE Bank observes Women's Day

ONE Bank observes Women's Day

FE Online Desk 2018-03-11 13:59:12

ONE Bank celebrated the International Women's Day at the Bank's Corporate Head office recently. All female employees of CHQ along with different branches of Dhaka city were present in the programme....

Jamuna Bank Foundation provides free medical services

Jamuna Bank Foundation provides free medical services

FE Online Desk 2018-03-11 13:33:46

Jamuna Bank Foundation recently organised a medical service camp at Umme Kulsum Rowshon Jahan Hafizia Madrasha, Konabakhail, (Pechpara) Trishal, Mymensingh. Poor patients received treatment at free o...

China dominates self-made woman rich list

China dominates self-made woman rich list

-- 2018-03-10 13:30:03

China has once again dominated a list of global self-made woman billionaires. The top four women in the report by publisher Hurun - and five of the top 10 - come from the Asian superpower. Zhou Qunf...

Mercantile Bank observes Women's Day

Mercantile Bank observes Women's Day

FE Online Desk 2018-03-10 11:32:07

Mercantile Bank Limited has celebrated International Women’s Day. A gala event was organised to celebrate the day at a city hotel on Thursday evening. Female executives & officers of the b...

Burger-flipping robot takes break to get an upgrade

Burger-flipping robot takes break to get an upgrade

-- 2018-03-09 19:35:29

Flippy the burger-flipping robot that started work this week in a California restaurant has been forced to take a break because it was too slow. The robot was installed at a Cali Burger outlet in Pas...

MTB celebrates Women's Day

MTB celebrates Women's Day

FE Online Desk 2018-03-09 11:50:54

Like in the previous years, Mutual Trust Bank Limited (MTB) celebrated the International Women’s Day 2018 on Thursday at MTB Tower, 111 Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue, Dhaka, said a statement. With...

Canada's homeless piano player dies at 46

Canada's homeless piano player dies at 46

-- 2018-03-08 11:57:14

The death of a homeless man who played piano on the street has struck a chord with many in the Canadian city of Edmonton, Alberta. Ryan Arcand was used to the sounds of the city - cars honking, peopl...

McDonald's to offer burgers with fresh beef

McDonald's to offer burgers with fresh beef

-- 2018-03-07 12:33:48

Fast food chain McDonald's has started offering fresh beef in burgers sold at its US restaurants. McDonald's is looking to improve food quality and ward off competition from premium burger chains. B...

Standard Bank hails BB Deputy Governor

Standard Bank hails BB Deputy Governor

FE Online Desk 2018-03-07 12:31:28

Mr Mamun-Ur-Rashid, Managing Director & CEO of Standard Bank Limited congratulated Mr Ahmed Jamal at his office on being appointed as Deputy Governor of Bangladesh Bank. EVP & Head of Interna...

Perth family finds oldest message in bottle

Perth family finds oldest message in bottle

-- 2018-03-06 22:25:48

A Perth family has found the world's oldest known message in a bottle, almost 132 years after it was thrown into the sea, Australian experts say. Tonya Illman picked up the bottle while going for a w...

15 to be new legal age for consensual sex in France

15 to be new legal age for consensual sex in France

-- 2018-03-06 21:51:33

France plans to fix the legal age of sexual consent as 15, meaning sex with someone younger than that would be considered rape. Equality Minister Marlène Schiappa welcomed the move, which foll...

Explorers discover lost WWII aircraft carrier after 76 years

Explorers discover lost WWII aircraft carrier after 76 years

-- 2018-03-06 13:02:38

Billionaire explorer discovers sunken US WWII aircraft carrier The wreck of a US aircraft carrier that was sunk during World War Two has been found off the coast of Australia. The USS Lexington was...

China official injured as she goes to catch falling girl

China official injured as she goes to catch falling girl

-- 2018-03-05 14:19:00

A traffic official in China is recovering in hospital after suffering head injuries as she caught a child who fell from a fourth-floor window. Chen Zhongping hurried to help after she saw the three-y...

Asia Clean Energy Forum begins Tuesday in Tokyo

Asia Clean Energy Forum begins Tuesday in Tokyo

FE Online Desk 2018-03-05 13:41:13

A three-day Asia Clean Energy Forum (ACEF), arranged by ADBI begins in Tokyo Tuesday to help public officials keep up with developments in the energy sector, said a media release posted on ADBI webs...

Gandhi’s letter on Jesus up for sale

Gandhi’s letter on Jesus up for sale

-- 2018-03-04 11:54:15

A letter written by Mahatma Gandhi about Jesus Christ is being put up for sale in the US. The letter, signed by Gandhi and dated 6 April 1926, was written to Milton Newberry Frantz, a religious elder...

SBARRO announces discount on Pasta

SBARRO announces discount on Pasta

FE Online Desk 2018-03-03 21:39:49

American Pizza Franchise-SBARRO has announced Buy 1 Get 1 Free offer on its item, Pasta. The offer will give pasta lovers the opportunity to Buy one SBARRO’s Pasta BOLOGNESE and get another free...

Sled dog race in Alaska begins amid storm of troubles

Sled dog race in Alaska begins amid storm of troubles

-- 2018-03-03 15:07:30

The 46th running of Alaska’s famed Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race kicks off Saturday amid the most turbulent year ever for the annual long-distance contest that spans mountain ranges, the frozen Y...

Great Kabab Factory offers discount to EBL cardholders

Great Kabab Factory offers discount to EBL cardholders

FE Online Desk 2018-03-03 12:47:59

Eastern Bank Ltd (EBL) and SR Group inked an agreement in Dhaka recently. Under the agreement, EBL cardholders will enjoy 15 per cent discount at The Great Kabab Factory, owned by SR Group, said a st...

99-year-old swimmer  smashes world record

99-year-old swimmer smashes world record

-- 2018-03-03 00:24:29

A 99-year-old Australian swimmer appears to have smashed a world record for his age group in the 50m freestyle, according to BBC. George Corones clocked 56.12 seconds at an official event in Queensla...

'Oldest tattoo' on 5,000-year-old Egyptian mummies

'Oldest tattoo' on 5,000-year-old Egyptian mummies

-- 2018-03-01 11:57:16

Researchers have discovered the oldest figurative tattoos in the world on two 5,000-year-old mummies from Egypt. The illustrations are of a wild bull and a Barbary sheep on the upper-arm of a male mu...

Lion mauls woman to death in South African lodge

Lion mauls woman to death in South African lodge

-- 2018-02-28 14:46:35

A woman has been mauled to death by a lioness at a private game reserve north of South Africa's administrative capital, Pretoria, a local emergency service reports. Netcare 911 spokesman Nick Dollman...

Woman discovers venomous snake in child’s lunchbox

Woman discovers venomous snake in child’s lunchbox

-- 2018-02-27 13:25:39

A woman has discovered a highly venomous snake in her child's lunchbox in Australia. The juvenile snake was spotted in a lid as the woman packed school lunches in Adelaide, according to reptile handl...

Mexico seizes Chihuahua governor's buffaloes

Mexico seizes Chihuahua governor's buffaloes

-- 2018-02-27 12:58:52

Prosecutors have seized four ranches belonging to César Duarte, the fugitive former governor of the Mexican state of Chihuahua. Mr Duarte, who fled Mexico in March after being accused of embez...

Sloth bear strays into locality, injures 10

Sloth bear strays into locality, injures 10

-- 2018-02-26 14:59:13

A sloth bear strayed into a locality in Bhopal, the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, triggering panic and wounding some 10 people on Sunday morning. Forest officials said the bear entered the...

Indian groom dies unwrapping wedding gift!

Indian groom dies unwrapping wedding gift!

-- 2018-02-25 12:47:34

A newly married Indian man and his grandmother have been killed after a wedding gift they were unwrapping exploded. Police said, his wife suffered critical wounds in the blast occurred on Friday in t...