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Titanic victim's final letter sold at $166,000

Reuters 2017-10-22 12:00:00

A personal letter found on the body of a man killed in the sinking of the Titanic sold at auction on Saturday for 126,000 pounds ($166,000), a record price for correspondence from the doomed liner. T...

DU publishes 'Gha' unit admission test result

-- 2017-10-22 12:00:00

The Dhaka University (DU) result of 'Gha' unit (combined unit for science, business studies and humanities group students) admission test under 2017-2018 academic session has been published as 14.35 p...

'Neruda did not die of cancer'

BBC 2017-10-21 12:00:00

Chilean poet Pablo Neruda did not die of prostate cancer, forensic experts have said. The Nobel Laureate was said to have died of cancer in 1973, less than two weeks after a military coup led by Gene...

Trump drawing of Empire State Building sells for $16,000

AP 2017-10-21 12:00:00

A sketch of the Empire State Building drawn by President Donald Trump has sold at auction for $16,000. Julien’s Auctions says the 12-inch-by-9-inch black marker depiction of the iconic New York...

Apple hit with trademark lawsuit

Reuters 2017-10-21 10:36:59

A Japanese software company is suing Apple Inc in a U.S. court over the trademark for the term “animoji”, alleging the U.S. technology company stole the name to use on a feature of its iPh...

Harry Potter exhibit marks 20th anniv

Reuters 2017-10-19 12:00:00

A new exhibition celebrating the 20th anniversary of the first Harry Potter book’s publication is offering ‘muggles’ with an interest in magic the chance to view rare memorabilia, co...

Labour newcomer to head NZ government

BBC 2017-10-19 12:00:00

New Zealand is set for a centre-left coalition government led by Labour head Jacinda Ardern. Ms Ardern has been opposition leader for the last three months. At 37, she is set to be the country's youn...

Airline sued for not serving champagne

BBC 2017-10-19 11:51:38

A Canadian man has filed a lawsuit against Sunwing Airlines for promising a champagne service and instead serving sparkling wine. Daniel Macduff booked a holiday to Cuba through Sunwing that advertis...

Breathing 'restored' after spinal injury

BBC 2017-10-18 11:28:32

A drug-based therapy appears to restore breathing in rats paralysed from the neck down by a spinal injury, according to scientists. They hope their "exciting but early" findings could ultimately help...

Comedian Sean Hughes dies aged 51

BBC 2017-10-17 12:00:00

Irish stand-up star and BBC quiz show panellist Sean Hughes has died aged 51. Richard Bucknall, his former agent and promoter, said the "formidable" comic died in hospital on Monday and would be reme...

Chi-Med, AstraZeneca lung cancer drug shrinks resistant tumors

Reuters 2017-10-17 02:42:12

An experimental cancer drug discovered by Hutchison China MediTech has demonstrated promising activity in shrinking tumors in lung cancer patients whose disease had worsened following treatment with a...

UK scientists edit DNA of human embryos

BBC 2017-09-21 11:14:57

The blueprint for life - DNA - has been altered in human embryos for the first time in the UK.   The team at the Francis Crick Institute are unravelling the mysteries of the earliest moments of...

Kaspersky Lab to withdraw Microsoft antitrust complaints

Reuters

Russia-based cyber security firm Kaspersky Lab said on Wednesday it would withdraw antitrust complaints made in Europe against Microsoft after the US technology giant agreed to change how it delivers...

Scientists discover two potentially habitable ‘super-Earth’ planets

FE Online Report

Scientists discover two potentially habitable ‘super-Earth’ planets   Two potentially habitable “super-Earths” orbit a star just 12 light years away that is our nearest...

Now, your smartphone will spot fake products

FE Report

Indian-origin researchers have developed a new system that uses Artificial Intelligence algorithms and a smartphone app to instantly distinguish between genuine and fake versions of the same product,...

Marmite could prevent miscarriages, birth defects

FE Online Report

Marmite could help prevent millions of miscarriages and birth defects around the world. A landmark study in Australia has found Vitamin B3, a lot of which is found in the divisive yeast extract spread...

'Impressive' Perseid meteor shower seen over UK

Reuters

The Perseid meteor shower has been seen over parts of the UK, giving stargazers the opportunity to spot scores of shooting stars in the sky. The shower was due to peak in the UK on Saturday night, in...

Nasa to wake up New Horizons spacecraft next month

FE Report

Nasa is to wake up its New Horizons spacecraft next month following a five month hibernation, ahead of a journey deeper into one of the most mysterious regions of the Solar System, according to a glob...

Laughter is indeed the best medicine

Mohammad Sohel Hara

LAUGHTER is the best medicine, as we used to read in the Readers Digest. But in our country, we perceive that we should not laugh aloud as it creates a bad impression about our personality. So people...

EY ties up with IBA to impart IT training

FE Report

The UK-based Ernst and Young (EY) through its Indian subsidiary has tied up with the Institute of Business Administration (IBA) under the  University of Dhaka (DU) to start an `Advanced Certifica...

Many children in BD suffer from eyesight problems

FE Report

Many children in the country are suffering from different eyesight problems mainly due to malnutrition, overuse of electronic-display devices and long stay in artificial light, experts have said. Due...

Study of e-cigarettes in UK teenagers gives mixed signals

Reuters

A British study into smoking and e-cigarette use among UK teenagers has produced mixed results, prompting scientists to caution against altering policy decisions or public health advice until evidence...