Fossils unearthed during construction of a water pipeline in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia have revealed one of the oddest members of a rather strange group of dinosaurs, a creature whose two-fingered hands sport a pair of menacing curved claws. The dinosaur, named Duonychus tsogtbaatari, measured a
Sock ball was long considered a poor man's game for Egyptian football lovers, but more recently it's become a show of celebration during Islam's holy month of Ramadan that takes over the streets. Originally played with some old socks or scraps crammed inside of each other to form a ball, sock ball
Mountaineer Ikramul Hasan Shakil has started his ‘Sea to Summit’ expedition, which involves traversing from the shores of Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh to ascend Mount Everest, the highest peak in the Himalayas. His journey began at 11:00 am on Tuesday from Inani Beach, Cox’s Ba
Author, poet, translator, and academic scholar Shahnaz Shithy’s travelogue titled “Lebanon: Shomriddho Itihash O Oitijjer Ek Boichitromoy Upakkhan” (Lebanon: A Diverse Tale of History and Culture) was launched at Ekushey Book Fair in Dhaka on Monday (17 February 2025). This book
A major outage of Sony’s PlayStation Network (PSN) on Saturday has left tens of thousands of gamers unable to access online services, stores and multimedia apps. “We are aware some users might be currently experiencing issues with PSN,” PlayStation said on its social media platfo
A mountain in New Zealand considered an ancestor by Indigenous people was recognized as a legal person on Thursday after a new law granted it all the rights and responsibilities of a human being. Mount Taranaki — now known as Taranaki Maunga, its Māori name — is the latest natural feat
Yakult enthusiastically took a bite of the plated, shredded chicken and lettuce in front of him before licking his lips. The black and white collie, named after a Japanese yoghurt drink, was one of eleven dogs gathered with their owners at the Kongshan Yunnan eatery in Shanghai to tuck into a meal
Five elephants at a Colorado zoo may be "majestic" but, since they're not human, they do not have the legal right to pursue their release, Colorado's highest court said Tuesday. The ruling from the Colorado Supreme Court follows a similar court defeat in New York in 2022 for an elephant named Happ
Two months away from what she says is her 120th birthday, Deolira Gliceria Pedro da Silva, a great-grandmother from the state of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil is rushing to be recognised as the world’s oldest living person by the Guinness World Records. The institution currently features anot
Archaeologists have uncovered intact portions of the foundation wall of pharaonic Queen Hatshepsut's valley temple in Luxor and the nearby tomb of Queen Teti Sheri, grandmother of Ahmose I, the first pharaoh of Egypt's golden New Kingdom era. The discovery of more than 1,000 decorated stone blocks
