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1st death anniversary  of Behrouze  Ispahani today

1st death anniversary of Behrouze Ispahani today

FE Report 2018-01-23 12:04:35

Today (Tuesday) is the first death anniversary of Mirza Ali Behrouze Ispahani, the late Chairman of Ispahani Group. He passed away on January 23 last year. The Ispahani family and different establ...

Venice eatery charges €1,100 for steak meal!

Venice eatery charges €1,100 for steak meal!

-- 2018-01-23 01:40:59

The mayor of Venice has pledged action after a group of Japanese tourists claimed a restaurant handed them a bill of €1,100 (£970; $1,347) for four steaks, a plate of fried fish and water....

MTB hands over blankets to Cadet College Club

MTB hands over blankets to Cadet College Club

FE Online Desk 2018-01-22 12:41:53

Mutual Trust Bank Limited (MTB), as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives, has recently donated blankets for distribution amongst the cold-affected people of different regions...

Panda couple finds new home in Finland

Panda couple finds new home in Finland

FE Online Desk 2018-01-22 12:00:00

A panda couple has been flown to Finland from China through climate neutral transportation. DHL Global Forwarding, the air and ocean freight specialist of Deutsche Post DHL Group, made the transport...

83-year-old remarries wife with Alzheimer

83-year-old remarries wife with Alzheimer

-- 2018-01-22 03:46:25

For the last seven days Pabitra Nandi has been micro-managing every detail of their wedding, exactly how he did five decades ago. From finalising the menu to ordering the garland for the bride, every...

British Airways hauls 'drunk' pilot off plane

British Airways hauls 'drunk' pilot off plane

BBC 2018-01-21 12:30:17

A pilot was taken off a flight from Gatwick Airport after fears were raised he was drunk. The British Airways flight to Mauritius on Thursday was delayed and the pilot replaced, BA said. An airline...

Man suffers injury after 95 kg boy jumps on him

Man suffers injury after 95 kg boy jumps on him

FE Online Desk 2018-01-21 06:35:45

A British man suffered neck injury after a boy weighing over 95 kg jumped on as he came down a water slide while on holiday in Spain. Graham Hyde, 44, was emerging from a water chute in a swimming po...

Couple ‘tired of living’ wishes to die together

Couple ‘tired of living’ wishes to die together

-- 2018-01-21 02:48:22

An elderly Indian couple has written to the President’s office, seeking permission for “active euthanasia”, where a person is killed, usually by administering an overdose of pain-kil...

Macau police go after casino dealer over $6m theft

Macau police go after casino dealer over $6m theft

BBC 2018-01-20 12:00:00

Police in Macau have said they are looking for a casino dealer who allegedly stole more than 47m Hong Kong dollars (£4m; $6m) worth of chips. Police have not named the casino, but Reuters news...

9-day Pitha Festival at Shilpakala from Tuesday

9-day Pitha Festival at Shilpakala from Tuesday

-- 2018-01-20 06:22:14

A nine-day National Pitha Festival 2018 will begin on Tuesday on the premises of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy here with a view to upholding different traditional pithas (cakes or patty). Shilpakala...

Heroic pigeon Mary to get reward for bravery

Heroic pigeon Mary to get reward for bravery

-- 2018-01-20 02:48:02

A carrier pigeon that successfully collected top secret messages from France during World War Two is getting a blue plaque. Mary was part of the National Pigeon Service and was seriously injured thre...

India mother fatally sets son ablaze

India mother fatally sets son ablaze

FE Online Desk 2018-01-19 05:56:59

The Chathannur police of India on Thursday arrested Jayamol on charges of murdering her 14-year-old son Jithu Job on the night of January 15. The body with limbs dismembered was found in a charred st...

Man sues travel agency over pool injury

Man sues travel agency over pool injury

BBC 2018-01-18 12:31:06

A holidaymaker is suing Jet2holidays after a boy jumped on to him in a pool. Graham Hyde, 44, says he was put in a neck brace during his Barcelona holiday in June 2017 after the boy jumped on to him...

Man stops wife’s night out making bomb hoax calls

Man stops wife’s night out making bomb hoax calls

BBC 2018-01-18 12:00:00

A jealous husband phoned false bomb alerts into a pub to try and stop his wife having a night out, a court has heard. The Duke of Wellington hotel in Minehead, Somerset in England, was forced to clos...

Study denies ‘mythical’ cause of quake

Study denies ‘mythical’ cause of quake

-- 2018-01-17 12:44:32

A new analysis denies the popular beliefs that large earthquakes tend to happen during certain phases of the moon or at certain times during the year. The study, published in Seismological Research L...

UK appoints minister for loneliness

UK appoints minister for loneliness

-- 2018-01-17 12:14:00

A new minister has been appointed in the UK to help tackle the loneliness endured by an estimated nine million adults. Tracey Crouch, the minister for sport and civil society, will head a government-...

Mother, son drown while taking selfie

Mother, son drown while taking selfie

FE Online Desk 2018-01-17 05:54:25

A 30-year-old woman and her five-year-old son drowned in a river in Odisha's Rayagada district of India during a selfie session. The incident happened on Tuesday evening at Nagabali river on the outs...

Man talks with police 9 years after death!

Man talks with police 9 years after death!

-- 2018-01-16 12:00:00

The members of the special police establishment Lokayukta in central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh seem to have paranormal powers. A Lokayukta official who was investigating a land scam not only 're...

Singer, BRAC launch jt drive to train  5000 underprivileged women

Singer, BRAC launch jt drive to train 5000 underprivileged women

FE Online Desk 2018-01-16 01:45:23

SINGER Bangladesh Limited and BRAC signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for launching a joint project – ‘Abolombon’. A total of 5000 underprivileged women across the country...

Indian tea seller couple globetrotting

Indian tea seller couple globetrotting

FE Online Desk 2018-01-15 12:00:00

While a million of people around the world quit their passions every day, an elderly couple from Indian state of Kerala has set a new example. Rather than losing in the hands of circumstances, they s...

Milkshake duck: Macquarie Dictionary's word of the year

Milkshake duck: Macquarie Dictionary's word of the year

BBC 2018-01-15 02:58:29

Defeated by "youthquake" to be Oxford Dictionaries' word of the year, "milkshake duck" has - perhaps fittingly - won some redemption. The term denotes someone who gains widespread positive attention,...

Inner Wheel BD holds District conference

Inner Wheel BD holds District conference

FE Online Desk 2018-01-14 02:57:20

Inner Wheel Bangladesh, a women's voluntary service organisation, arranged its 4th Annual District Conference at Radisson Blu Dhaka Water Garden recently. Over 200 members of 33 IW clubs from across...

UK millionaire’s dream to be Bollywood singer

UK millionaire’s dream to be Bollywood singer

BBC 2018-01-14 01:50:18

Jasbir Wouhra, a millionaire businessman in the United Kingdom, dreams of a different sort of success - he wants to be a Bollywood singer. "I enjoy music very much," says 66-year-old Mr Wouhra. "I al...

Florida man claims $451m jackpot

Florida man claims $451m jackpot

AP 2018-01-13 12:30:12

A 20-year-old Florida man claimed the $451 million Mega Millions jackpot on Friday, choosing to get $282 million at once instead of more in annual installments. A Florida Lottery news release said Fr...

Researchers catch monster black hole unleashes 'double burp'

Researchers catch monster black hole unleashes 'double burp'

-- 2018-01-12 01:14:35

Astronomers have caught a massive black hole letting out a "double burp" after binging on hot gas. When cosmic gas comes near one of these sinkholes, it gets sucked it in - but some of the energy is...

Butterfly on earth for 200m years!

Butterfly on earth for 200m years!

BBC 2018-01-11 11:43:07

Newly discovered fossils show that moths and butterflies have been on the planet for at least 200 million years. Scientists found fossilised butterfly scales the size of a speck of dust inside ancien...

Across the Borders: The grieves of refuge

Across the Borders: The grieves of refuge

-- 2018-01-11 03:44:04

India is home to nearly 3 lakh refugees from 30 countries including our neighbouring countries like Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Pakistan and Bangladesh. According to the latest available data which was prese...

Snow falls in Sahara desert

Snow falls in Sahara desert

FE Online Desk 2018-01-11 02:49:26

Snow has fallen in the Sahara, covering desert dunes in a layer up to 40cm deep. Snow started falling on the Algerian town of Ain Sefra in the early hours of Sunday morning, giving children an...

Festival of artistes with disabilities in S’pore Mar 22-25

Festival of artistes with disabilities in S’pore Mar 22-25

-- 2018-01-11 02:42:14

Singapore will host True Colours Festival, an Asia Pacific celebration of artistes with disabilities, from March 22-25. Some 20 exceptionally talented artistes/troupes will arrive in Singapore to perf...

Green turtle may become extinct, scientists fear

Green turtle may become extinct, scientists fear

Xinhua 2018-01-10 12:53:15

A new report on Tuesday claimed that green sea turtles in Australia's Great Barrier Reef could be in danger of going extinct due to warmer ocean temperatures. Conducted by the National Oceanic and At...