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Reuters won Pulitzer Prizes on Monday for international reporting and photography while the New York Times and Washington Post shared...
A surfer mauled by a shark Monday off southwest Australia managed to swim to shore despite serious injuries to both...
ActionAid Bangladesh (AAB) arranged a multilogue titled ‘Advancing Decent Work Agenda: Departure from Rana Plaza’ on Tuesday at the BRAC...
How do you like your coffee in the morning? From an Italian espresso to the Vietnamese ca phe trung, made...
A Marc Chagall painting stolen from a New York couple’s home in 1988 will be returned to the family’s estate...
Mentioning that celebration of Pahela Baishakh has increased over the years, Prominent Journalist Abdul Momen on Saturday said the use...
Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely to occur at a few places over Rangpur,...
A minaret and dome at the royal gate of Taj Mahal were blown away in a strong storm at Agra,...
A book titled ‘Socio-Economics of Bangladesh through the Decades’, written by Palli Karma Sahayak Foundation (PKSF) Chairman and also an...
An Australian woman who faked having terminal cancer before scamming money from friends of her family has been jailed for...
Some British historians believe the UK’s Queen Elizabeth II is a descendant of Prophet Muhammad (SM), the founder of Islam....
What are the most common myths and stereotypes about what Indians eat? The biggest myth, of course, is that India...
A young Indian woman named Rupali Meshram was lucky to survive, doctors say, after she fought off a tiger with...
A Chinese father has been reunited with his daughter after looking for her for 24 years. Wang Mingqing's tireless search...
A British passenger ship that sank after it was bombed in a Japanese air strike in World War Two has...
The unmanned submersible 'Hailong 11000' completed its first sea test in the western Pacific Ocean Friday. The submersible entered the...
Female cabin crew at Cathay Pacific have won a battle to scrap a rule forcing them to wear skirts. The...
Earthquake early warning detection is more effective for minor quakes than major ones. This is according to a new study...
A video of a wild elephant in India blowing out ash from a fire has baffled wildlife experts around the...
As the first transgender news anchor in Pakistan, Marvia Malik is proud to be at the forefront of changing attitudes...
According to a study, having the flat-rounded bread at work can boost your productivity levels. In a study led by...
Citibank, N.A. Bangladesh announced the winners of ‘Citi- Anondo Alo Shahitto Puroshkar’ 2018 in a ceremony recently. Citibank, N.A. Bangladesh...
One on the most powerful men in luxury retailing has said it is time to stop seeing smartwatch makers Apple...
Only six whales have survived a mass stranding of pilot whales on the coast of Western Australia. About 150 of...
The government in South Korea's capital is introducing a new initiative to force its employees to leave work on time...
The cover of poet Parvez Babul’s book ‘Tumi Chhara Shunno Ami’ was unveiled on Wednesday. Information Minister Hasanul Huq Inu,...
The mayor of Paris wants to make all public transport free in an effort to reduce air pollution, but faces...
Bangladesh Brand Forum will hold the 5th edition of its flagship initiative Leadership Summit on April 7, said a statement....
The world's last surviving male northern white rhino has died after suffering months from illness, his carers said. Sudan, who...
A one-page job application filled out by Steve Jobs more than four decades ago that reflected the Apple founder’s technology...
Runner Group will pay tributes today (Monday) at 5.00 pm to three officials of the company, killed in the recent...
A clean-up campaign has begun at Mount Everest, aiming to airlift 100 tonnes of rubbish left behind by tourists and...
The world’s most expensive chocolate went on display at a chocolate fair in Obidos in Portugal on Friday. Priced at...
A 'haor conference' will be held on Sunday in Sunamgonj aiming to frame policy guidelines for involving the people of...
Mr. Monzur Hossain was re-appointed as chairman of Rupali Bank Ltd for three years. The ministry of finance issued an...
Asia's second-richest person, Hong Kong's Li Ka-Shing, a Hong Kong business magnate, investor, and philanthropist is retiring from leading his...
A Malaysian man who became famous for his snake-handling skills has died after being bitten by a cobra. Abu Zarin...
A US woman has been sentenced to six months in jail for shooting dead her boyfriend in a botched stunt...
Priyo.com has created a new platform for all the creative Bengali writers by launching an initiative titled ‘Write and Earn’,...
The first monument to the blockchain technology that underpins crypto-currencies took centre stage on Tuesday on a roundabout in Slovenia,...
bKash Limited, the leading Mobile Financial Service provider in the country will provide around 38,000 books to Bishwo Shahitto Kendro...
A tooth that belonged to an ancient giant shark has been stolen from a World Heritage Site in Australia, authorities...
An international seminar on"Inter-Religious Harmony and Banglar Rumi Syed Ahmadul Huq" was held in Kolkata recently to discuss how the universal...
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited in Bangladesh celebrated International Women’s Day 2018 by hosting an event titled ‘Celebrating...
A 3‑day exhibition featuring 41 photographs by Eastern Bank employees began at Drik Gallery of Dhanmondi Sunday. Zunaid Ahmed Palak,...
British American Tobacco Bangladesh received the Most Female-Friendly Organisation Award under one of the Freedom Sanitary Napkin Inspiring Women Award...
A nightclub in Miami in the south-eastern United States has lost its licence after a scantily clad woman rode a...
ONE Bank celebrated the International Women's Day at the Bank's Corporate Head office recently. All female employees of CHQ along...
Jamuna Bank Foundation recently organised a medical service camp at Umme Kulsum Rowshon Jahan Hafizia Madrasha, Konabakhail, (Pechpara) Trishal, Mymensingh....
China has once again dominated a list of global self-made woman billionaires. The top four women in the report by...
Mercantile Bank Limited has celebrated International Women’s Day. A gala event was organised to celebrate the day at a city...
Flippy the burger-flipping robot that started work this week in a California restaurant has been forced to take a break...
Like in the previous years, Mutual Trust Bank Limited (MTB) celebrated the International Women’s Day 2018 on Thursday at MTB...
The death of a homeless man who played piano on the street has struck a chord with many in the...
Fast food chain McDonald's has started offering fresh beef in burgers sold at its US restaurants. McDonald's is looking to...
Mr Mamun-Ur-Rashid, Managing Director & CEO of Standard Bank Limited congratulated Mr Ahmed Jamal at his office on being appointed...
A Perth family has found the world's oldest known message in a bottle, almost 132 years after it was thrown...
France plans to fix the legal age of sexual consent as 15, meaning sex with someone younger than that would...
Billionaire explorer discovers sunken US WWII aircraft carrier The wreck of a US aircraft carrier that was sunk during World...
A traffic official in China is recovering in hospital after suffering head injuries as she caught a child who fell...
A three-day Asia Clean Energy Forum (ACEF), arranged by ADBI begins in Tokyo Tuesday to help public officials keep up...
A letter written by Mahatma Gandhi about Jesus Christ is being put up for sale in the US. The letter,...
American Pizza Franchise-SBARRO has announced Buy 1 Get 1 Free offer on its item, Pasta. The offer will give pasta...
The 46th running of Alaska’s famed Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race kicks off Saturday amid the most turbulent year ever...
Eastern Bank Ltd (EBL) and SR Group inked an agreement in Dhaka recently. Under the agreement, EBL cardholders will enjoy...
A 99-year-old Australian swimmer appears to have smashed a world record for his age group in the 50m freestyle, according...
Researchers have discovered the oldest figurative tattoos in the world on two 5,000-year-old mummies from Egypt. The illustrations are of...
A woman has been mauled to death by a lioness at a private game reserve north of South Africa's administrative...
A woman has discovered a highly venomous snake in her child's lunchbox in Australia. The juvenile snake was spotted in...
Prosecutors have seized four ranches belonging to César Duarte, the fugitive former governor of the Mexican state of Chihuahua. Mr...
A sloth bear strayed into a locality in Bhopal, the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, triggering panic and wounding...
A newly married Indian man and his grandmother have been killed after a wedding gift they were unwrapping exploded. Police...
French customs officers have found an impressionist painting by Edgar Degas stowed on a bus, more than eight years after...
A US morning radio show presenter has given birth on air during her show. Cassiday Proctor, a weekday morning presenter...
Sea levels will rise between 0.7 and 1.2 metres (27-47 inches) in the next two centuries even if governments end...
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth made a surprise appearance in the front row at a fashion catwalk on Tuesday where she watched...
Saudi Arabia is going to host its first-ever fashion week in Riyadh next month, from March 26 to 31. Designers...
A Bangkok court has awarded paternity rights to a Japanese man over 13 babies he fathered through Thai surrogate mothers....
A Japanese company is planning to build the world's tallest wooden skyscraper, to mark its 350th anniversary in 2041. Sumitomo...
Chinese authorities have demanded "severe punishment" for a man who allegedly stole the thumb of a terracotta warrior statue on...
Pakistan’s flamboyant cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan has married Bushra Maneka, a respected Pir [faith healer] in Pakpattan, in "a simple ceremony"...
United Commercial Bank Limited (UCB) recently arranged a certification ceremony for the newly- joined Probationary Officers. A total of 52...
Cara Lucy O'Connor has a concern. Pluto used to be one of the nine planets in the solar system, and...
The fourth edition of a graphic novel series on Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was launched at the Amar Ekushey Book...
Researchers in the US have used a new scanning technique to discover a painting underneath one of Pablo Picasso's great...
A man has driven a sports car across 21 countries, starting at the most northerly pub in the world and...
At least twenty-one dolphins were killed and washed up on a beach in northern Mexico after attack by another species...
Indian fashion designer Sabyasachi Mukherjee has apologised after facing backlash over his comment on Indian women who do not know...
About two years ago, the heartwarming story of a remote train station in Japan keeping its doors open for a...
A mother has spoken of her relief after a private clinic in Gabon finally released her baby, who was held...
Thousands of people flocked to the Ekushey Book Fair on the first day of Spring, on Tuesday, to siege the...
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said radio can unite and empower communities and give voice to the marginalised. "Radio reaches...
An Ohio woman had given up hope of seeing her wedding dress again after a dry cleaner mix-up three decades...
It was 1960 when she left her motherland and travelled to Bangladesh (then East Pakistan) to pursue humanitarian work as...
One of the most elusive dating tactics since the beginning of time has to be 'playing hard to get'. Prior...
The sun might be unusually cool by 2050, according to a new study. Based on the cooling spiral of recent...
The High Commission of Pakistan, Dhaka Saturday organised a musical night at its chancery in the city in memory of...
A public elementary school in Tokyo’s upscale shopping district of Ginza has raised parents’ eyebrows with a plan to adopt...
A Maine man says he punched and kicked a 150-pound bear, scaring it away after it attacked his puppy in...
Police say an extremely simple sketch helped investigators identify a suspect in a theft from a Pennsylvania farmers market. Lancaster...
A woman has been killed while taking a selfie with a friend on a train track in Thailand. A friend...
An asteroid, estimated to be between 15 and 30 metres in size, will safely pass by Earth on Friday, NASA...
Suicide rates in the United States spiked almost 10 percent following the death in 2014 of actor Robin Williams, and...
An Indian woman has accused her husband of stealing one of her kidneys as her family failed to meet the...
Employees of a German company donated almost 3,300 hours in overtime so a colleague could look after his son with...
A nursery in the north-western US state of Washington is under investigation after two mothers claimed their children's eyebrows were...
Japan’s Princess Mako will postpone her wedding to commoner Kei Komuro to 2020 until after her grandfather Emperor Akihito abdicates...
Bournemouth Borough Council of England has said it will remove "anti-homeless" bars from benches after receiving "extensive feedback". Protestors including...
Construction of a tunnel past Stonehenge could destroy an Ice Age archaeological site, experts have warned. Blick Mead, close to...
A 500-year-old secret code used in letters between one of Spain's most famous monarchs and a military commander has been...
A dead goose that fell out of sky, knocked a hunter unconscious at Easton in the state of Maryland, a...
An anonymous benefactor has donated $5 million in bitcoin to the California-based Open Medicine Foundation, the non-profit research organisation said...
Japan has a new cafe where customers can enjoy coffee brewed and served by a robot barista. The robot named...
Police in India have lodged a complaint against a school principal after she allegedly forced 13 pupils to hold their...
Nigel "no mates", a lonely New Zealand gannet who lived his life on the edge of the cliffs of an...
A New Jersey couple exchanged vows between toilet stalls and hand towels in a bizarre wedding ceremony. Brian Schulz, 26,...
Female beauticians and cosmetologists are no more a new concept in Bangladesh. An increasing section of middle-class women in the...
NASA confirmed an incredible discovery Tuesday - that an amateur radio astronomer, on the hunt for a classified government satellite,...
A rare Anglo-Saxon cross buried with the body of a teenage girl is to go on display near to where...
Fashion famously comes in cycles and things once considered past it can make a surprise appearance on the runway. Now,...
A female traveller was recently banned from taking a large "emotional-support peacock" on board a United Airlines flight, it has...
The moon is providing a rare triple treat this week. On Wednesday, much of the world will get to see...
An apparently unsolvable exam question on a Chinese maths paper has left both students and social media stumped. Primary school...
A pub worker has been paid at least £10,000 for his "job" at Nottingham Prison - despite never working there....
British journalist Becky Horsbrugh became the first British citizen to cross the 16-kilometre Bangla Channel – from Teknaf to St...
Vila, one of the world's oldest gorillas has died at San Diego Zoo Safari Park in California in the United...
A self-filmed video of a man who was hit by a Multi-Modal Transport System (MMTS) train in Hyderabad, India, has...
Recurrent cyclonic storms in the Bay of Bengal inflict massive losses on the coastal regions of Bangladesh and India. Information...
The last time anyone looked on Dawn’s face was 9,000 years ago. Now the teenager can be seen again, after...
Incredible images show a 'smiling' deceased Buddhist monk being exhumed by his dedicated followers- two months after he died. Revered...
A New Zealander has kicked off a knitting movement inspired by the news that Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is pregnant....
India's aviation regulator has barred two pilots who fought inside the cockpit from flying for five years. The pilots involved...
The mayor of Venice has pledged action after a group of Japanese tourists claimed a restaurant handed them a bill...
Today (Tuesday) is the first death anniversary of Mirza Ali Behrouze Ispahani, the late Chairman of Ispahani Group. He passed...
For the last seven days Pabitra Nandi has been micro-managing every detail of their wedding, exactly how he did five...
Mutual Trust Bank Limited (MTB), as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives, has recently donated blankets for distribution...
A panda couple has been flown to Finland from China through climate neutral transportation. DHL Global Forwarding, the air and...
A British man suffered neck injury after a boy weighing over 95 kg jumped on as he came down a...
An elderly Indian couple has written to the President’s office, seeking permission for “active euthanasia”, where a person is killed,...
A pilot was taken off a flight from Gatwick Airport after fears were raised he was drunk. The British Airways...
A nine-day National Pitha Festival 2018 will begin on Tuesday on the premises of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy here with a...
A carrier pigeon that successfully collected top secret messages from France during World War Two is getting a blue plaque....
Police in Macau have said they are looking for a casino dealer who allegedly stole more than 47m Hong Kong...
The Chathannur police of India on Thursday arrested Jayamol on charges of murdering her 14-year-old son Jithu Job on the...
A jealous husband phoned false bomb alerts into a pub to try and stop his wife having a night out,...
A holidaymaker is suing Jet2holidays after a boy jumped on to him in a pool. Graham Hyde, 44, says he...
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...
A new analysis denies the popular beliefs that large earthquakes tend to happen during certain phases of the moon or...
A new minister has been appointed in the UK to help tackle the loneliness endured by an estimated nine million...
SINGER Bangladesh Limited and BRAC signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for launching a joint project – ‘Abolombon’. A total...
The members of the special police establishment Lokayukta in central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh seem to have paranormal powers....
Defeated by "youthquake" to be Oxford Dictionaries' word of the year, "milkshake duck" has - perhaps fittingly - won some...
While a million of people around the world quit their passions every day, an elderly couple from Indian state of...
Inner Wheel Bangladesh, a women's voluntary service organisation, arranged its 4th Annual District Conference at Radisson Blu Dhaka Water Garden...
Jasbir Wouhra, a millionaire businessman in the United Kingdom, dreams of a different sort of success - he wants to...
A 20-year-old Florida man claimed the $451 million Mega Millions jackpot on Friday, choosing to get $282 million at once...
Astronomers have caught a massive black hole letting out a "double burp" after binging on hot gas. When cosmic gas...
India is home to nearly 3 lakh refugees from 30 countries including our neighbouring countries like Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Pakistan...
Snow has fallen in the Sahara, covering desert dunes in a layer up to 40cm deep. Snow started falling on...
Singapore will host True Colours Festival, an Asia Pacific celebration of artistes with disabilities, from March 22-25. Some 20 exceptionally...
Newly discovered fossils show that moths and butterflies have been on the planet for at least 200 million years. Scientists...
A new report on Tuesday claimed that green sea turtles in Australia's Great Barrier Reef could be in danger of...
Sweden's Yevo Labs has unveiled a set of wireless headphones that incorporate metal made from seized illegal guns. The charging...
The Epiphany celebrations in the Portuguese village of Vale de Salgueiro feature a tradition that each year causes an outcry...
Sydney residents sweltered through the city’s second hottest night on record and its hottest December night in 148 years, with...
Restrictions on the sale of alcohol at UK airports could be introduced in an effort to reduce the number of...
Just before Christmas, former UFC bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt relayed the wonderful story of Jean-Claude Van Damme’s visit to Team...
A restaurant has been fined £50,000 by magistrates for serving food on wooden boards. Birmingham City Council says the wooden...
A Jet Airways flight with 324 passengers on board suddenly found itself in a bizarre situation as the captain and...
A Japanese TV programme has sparked accusations of racism and cultural insensitivity after a comedian painted his face to impersonate...
A zookeeper has been flown to Canberra Hospital for treatment after being attacked by a rhino at a Zoo in...
A 27-year-old software engineer committed suicide in Madurai on Sunday as he was frustrated over a hair fall problem, police...
Researchers in London have developed scanning techniques that show what is written on the papyrus that mummy cases are made...
Extreme cold didn’t get in the way of a heartwarming proposal on an icy mountainside. Josh Darnell, 31, of Londonderry,...
A Thai court has sentenced a fraudster to more than 13,000 years in prison. Pudit Kittithradilok, 34, admitted running a...
Two foreign journalists, an interpreter and a driver jailed for flying a drone near Myanmar's parliament have been released, the...
For the third year in a row, Donald Trump tops the list of world's most dangerous online person. In just...
A 98-year-old Indian citizen, Raj Kumar Vaishya, has passed the MA (economics) examination from Patna's Nalanda Open University (NOU) with...
A US police officer has told how he broke through the ice on a frozen pond and jumped in to...
Australian police are looking for the owner of a small crocodile found wandering the streets of Melbourne on Christmas Day....
An electricity bill for more than $284 billion left a woman in the US state of Pennsylvania stunned... until she...
Each year as winter descends lakes on the Jahangirnagar University (JU) campus play host to hundreds of migratory birds, who...
Cultural authorities at UNESCO have recognised the artisans of Panama for their distinctive woven hats. No, not those hats; the...
Indian Union Minister Prakash Javadekar was captured in camera using a landline-receiver in order to avoid the harmful radiation released...
Abheesh P Dominic, a man of India's Kerala, broke open over a hundred coconuts with his bare hand to set...
A new industry has emerged in China, helping husbands and wives to separate their unfaithful spouses from their lovers. It...
A baby girl has been attacked in her room by a raccoon in the US city of Philadelphia, her family...
A potentially deadly fungal disease poses a significant threat to snakes all over the world, new research suggests. The pathogen,...
Archaeologists recently discovered ruins of an 8,000-year old village in Huade County, northern China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The Simagou...
A study by Chinese scientists in East Antarctica has shown that penguins existed in the region 14,600 years ago, 6,000...
The wreck of Australia's first naval submarine has been found after a 103-year search. The HMAS AE-1 was the first...
China's giant pandas are a top tourist draw, a tool for soft diplomacy - and now, a source of tissue...
Police in rural Virginia, southeastern US state, have released disturbing details about a woman who they say was brutally mauled...
Hundreds of dead sharks have been found washed up on the shores of Iran's Shif island. Some fishermen catch the...
Sixty-five journalists workers were killed around the world in 2017, according to the Reporters Sans Frontières (RSF). The RSF revealed...
Thousands of people crowded to a sports stadium in southern China to watch 10 people being sentenced to death – moments before they...
An estimated 258 million people have left their birth countries and are now living in other nations — an increase...
A Chinese artist who was arrested after posting videos about Beijing's controversial mass evictions has been released on bail, according...
Egypt has reopened an ancient library recently that's filled with a treasure trove of centuries-old religious and historical manuscripts at...
A baby panda has made a special appearance before Tokyo's governor, a group of local schoolchildren and the media one...
Smokers look less attractive than non smokers, a new study has found. This theory was put to on the test...
An ancient skeleton of a woolly mammoth has sold for €548,000 ($640,000) at auction in the French city of Lyon....
A Chinese man has been jailed for a year for stamping on a portrait of Mongol ruler Genghis Khan, after...
A Nigerian law graduate has been denied her call to the bar after insisting on wearing a hijab during the...
Two photos of Bangladeshi photographers have secured top ten places in Wikipedia’s ‘Wiki Loves Monuments’ competition. The two photos are...
Archeologists have uncovered four intact burial sites for children dating back to the 18th Pharaonic Dynasty, some 3,500 years ago,...
A British Columbia man made an unusual discovery while walking his dog along the coastline- the remains of a human...
A Japanese businessman diagnosed with terminal cancer has thrown a huge party to say thank you and goodbye. Satoru Anzaki...
Plans to celebrate the 150th anniversary of an Australian town have hit a hurdle, after local authorities found they were...
A special prayer was offered Monday at ZH Sikder University of Science & Technology ground at Kartikpur in the district...
2017 Prudential Relationship Index (PRI) reveals continued high levels of fulfilment in personal relationships across Asia. In order to gain...
Residents of Sher-e-Punjab Colony in Mumbai’s Andheri (East) had an unexpected visitor on Sunday. A female sub-adult leopard moved around,...
Britain has a new tallest mountain. Mt Hope, which is sited in the part of the Antarctic claimed by the...
More than 1.1 million people took the National Public Servant Exam in China Sunday, a leap from last year's 984,000,...
Egypt minister on Saturday announced the discovery of two small ancient tombs in the southern city Luxor dating back some...
A 29-year-old man has been charged after a snowman holding a rocket launcher was painted on the window of a...
Italian police have arrested a man who allegedly used a rat poison ingredient to kill members of his family because...
A memoir by former Japanese Emperor Hirohito about how his country entered World War Two has fetched $220,000 (£164,000) at...
Chinese authorities have shut down an institute that was teaching women to be obedient and subordinate to men. The education...
A rainbow may be a wondrous sight but for most people it’s also a fairly fleeting one. But last week,...
A giant 709-carat diamond unearthed in Sierra Leone has sold at auction in New York for $6.5m (£4.8m). Laurence Graff,...
A hospital in the Indian capital Delhi has fired two doctors for mistakenly declaring a newborn dead. The doctors at...
Jamuna Bank Foundation has recently organised a voluntary blood donation programme at IDEB Bhaban, located at Kakrail area in the...
Bank Asia organised a day-long blood donation programme on its office premises at Purana Paltan in the capital Dhaka recently...
Skywatchers could catch a glimpse of a so-called "supermoon" - when the Moon appears larger and brighter in the sky...
A 50-year-old tribal from India's Maharashtra has been successfully operated upon by doctors to remove 72 coins that the man...
Weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country in next 24 hours till 6:00pm tomorrow (Sunday)....
Jeddah’s new waterfront is now open for visitors. The colossal project was officially inaugurated on Wednesday during a grand opening...
Police in India say they have arrested a man whose smelly socks caused a dispute between him and fellow passengers...
Anuradha starts her day washing dishes, cups and cutlery in Sarita Vihar, one of New Delhi’s more affluent neighbourhoods. It...
For fans of the yeti, newly published genetic research on purported specimens of the legendary apelike beast said to dwell...
Archaeologists believe they may have revealed the first evidence of Julius Caesar's invasion of Britain in 54BC. The discovery of...
The oldest domestic bird pigeons were once used as message conveyers ,are used in racing filed in Bangladesh. Pigeons of...
Pictures of two Chinese boys who travelled 80km (50 miles) in the undercarriage of a bus have sparked an online...
Amjhupi Nilkuthi, a famous or mostly known as notorious archaeological site established during the English reign, is situated at Meherpur,...
The oldest domestic bird pigeons, once used as message conveyers, are now being used in racing filed in Bangladesh. "Pigeon...
The world has seen a massive transformation in the last decade. New organisations, such as Google and Apple and new...
Oxford Dictionaries says a six-year-old Victoria boy is on his way to getting his new word added to its Oxford...
Standard Chartered has launched a new Signature Lounge at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, Dhaka recently, said a statement. This...
Sailors from the Royal Navy are to perform the Changing the Guard outside Buckingham Palace for the first time in...
Everyone gets excited for the special day when a person turns a year older. Maybe, as a child, a person...
Billionaire tech entrepreneur Mark Cuban gave suggestions on how to maximise money which might be surprising based on how simple...
Mexico’s government has created a marine park the size of Illinois in the Pacific, the largest ocean reserve in North...
The world’s nights are getting alarmingly brighter — bad news for all sorts of creatures, humans included. A German-led term...
The Smithsonian Institution and the artist Christo were sued on Tuesday by a New York photographer who accused them of...
German police have recovered more than 100 items stolen from John Lennon's estate, including three diaries. The diaries were put...
Laura Dauban, deputy ambassador of the United Kingdom to Jordan plays with Lawrence of Abdoun, the first diplo-cat to be...
There are a number of international food chains which are operating their businesses mainly in Dhaka and some other major...
Winter is one of the most favourite seasons for most of the Bangladeshis as the weather during this time remains...
An uncommon sighting of a mature white crocodile has excited tourism operators in Australia's Northern Territory. The reptile, nicknamed Pearl,...
Despite proper budgeting and cutbacks on spending, it is sure that every individual has faced a scenario where they ask...
80 percent of new businesses failing within the first few years of operation. That is why it is vital to...
A rare India ink drawing of young reporter Tintin and his faithful dog Snowy has been sold for almost $500,000...
The seventh edition of Dhaka Lit Fest, an international literature festival, ended on Saturday. Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith...
For decades, Australia's oldest human remains - an Aboriginal man who died about 42,000 years ago - have been stored...
Strategy is a fundamental part of the success and sustainability of an organisation. It helps to understand core capabilities and...
Haruyuki Sano travelled 1 ½ hours for a taste of the same cheeseburger US President Donald Trump ate with Japan’s...
A 500-year-old painting of Christ believed to have been painted by Leonardo da Vinci sold for a record-smashing $450 million...
A painting thought by scholars to be one of only a few by Leonardo da Vinci to have survived the...
Barbie, decades ago was created by the toy company Mattel Inc. It has been inspiring thousands of young girls to...
Chubb, world's largest publicly traded property and casualty insurance company announced Tuesday the establishment of a division in Asia...
A 25-year-old British doctor says he escaped from a shark by punching it in the face after the animal injured...
Bob Geldof has said he will return his Freedom of the City of Dublin in protest against the Myanmar leader...
Eastern Bank Ltd (EBL) and Confidence Group signed a Payroll Banking agreement in Dhaka recently. Nazeem A. Choudhury, Head of...
The guitar Bob Dylan played at the Concert for Bangladesh and during his Rolling Thunder Revue sold at auction Saturday...
A Bornean clouded leopard and her two cubs were captured on camera strolling through a Malaysian forest reserve last week,...
An Indonesian visual effects museum that encouraged visitors to take selfies with a waxwork of Hitler against a giant image...
A former US Marine who lost both his legs in an explosion in Afghanistan plans to complete his 31st marathon...
A rider who violently attacked a rival team has been banned for two years from professional cycling. Wang Xin was...
A new study shows that sheep have the ability to recognise human faces from photographs on computer screens. The Cambridge...
People in Finland could in the future get married on the internet, without having to go to meet a civil...
A jockey has been suspended for punching his horse before a race in South Australia. Video of the incident shows...
A 20-year-old Russian boy, Boriska Mipriyanovich, claiming to have lived on Mars before being reborn on Earth has baffled scientists...
M. Nazeem A. Choudhury, Head of Consumer Banking of Eastern Bank Limited (EBL) and Tareq Ibrahim, Managing Director, Savvy Foods...
HSBC will provide $100 billion in sustainable financing and investment by 2025 to help tackle climate change and...
Dhaka Bank Limited and Flight King Limited have signed an agreement on Payroll and Payment Solution Services at Banani Office...
Anwaruddin Chowdhury, Council Member & Past President-ICAB and Director, CAPA Board left Dhaka Monday to participate in CAPA 60th anniversary...
A two-day long international workshop on `Revival of Waqf for Socio Economic Development’ ended at the Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel...
This year is set to be the second hottest year on record and one of the three hottest years till...
A recent study by the University of West England Bristol has found that a 20-minute increase in commute time affects...
A bestselling author has recalled 20,000 copies of her new book, which used the term "mongolism" to describe Down's syndrome....
While her husband chased golf balls with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Japan’s premier course, US first lady Melania Trump...
IFIC Bank Limited recently organised a painting festival for children of its officials and employees. About 150 children participated in...
Professor Emeritus Serajul Islam Choudhury Saturday received “Sheltech Award 2017”. Renowned artist Professor Rafiqun Nabi (Ranabi) also received the award...
Rock singer Neil Young is selling some of his most prized possessions - part of his model train collection. The...
Scientists who have been puzzling for years over the genetic "peculiarity" of a tiny population of orangutans in Sumatra have...
A man in a remote tribal village in the eastern Indian state of Orissa woke up to find an unexpected...
A Pakistan court on Wednesday jailed a man for six months for marrying a second woman without his wife's permission....
Movember, or No Shave November, is the annual event celebrated on the month of November to raise awareness on men’s...
Climbing on Uluru, one of Australia's top tourist destinations, will be banned from October 2019, local authorities have confirmed. ...
A pet parrot in Singapore has been rescued from the jaws of death, after its owners discovered a huge python...
A Chinese modelling agency has denied claims that a Russian teenage model it represented died from overwork. Vlada Dzyuba, 14,...
Dhaka-based ambassadors and their spouses from Denmark, Switzerland, Turkey, Singapore, Australia, E.U, Brazil, Russia and Morocco visited Beximco Industrial Park...
A Rolex watch belonging to the late Hollywood star Paul Newman has sold for a record price at auction in...
A Japanese teenager is suing the government of Osaka, saying her public high school repeatedly forced her to dye her...
Two US yachtswomen and their two dogs have been rescued by the US Navy after spending nearly five months adrift...
Scientists in India have discovered a 152 million-year-old fossil of an ichthyosaur - an extinct marine reptile - in the...
An Australian woman was brutally mauled to death by her own dog at her residence in Australia’s Canberra. The animal...
Advice on two notes written by Albert Einstein describing his theory for happy living has been sold at an auction...
A Canadian man is contesting a C$149 (US$118) ticket for "screaming in a public place" after being caught singing in...
All sea life will be affected because carbon dioxide emissions from modern society are making the oceans more acidic, a...
A personal letter found on the body of a man killed in the sinking of the Titanic sold at auction...
A sketch of the Empire State Building drawn by President Donald Trump has sold at auction for $16,000. Julien’s Auctions...
Chilean poet Pablo Neruda did not die of prostate cancer, forensic experts have said. The Nobel Laureate was said to...
Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited, as a part of its ongoing programme, awarded scholarships to 1500 underprivileged meritorious students on Friday....
A Canadian man has filed a lawsuit against Sunwing Airlines for promising a champagne service and instead serving sparkling wine....
American author George Saunders has won the 2017 Man Booker Prize, a high-profile literary award, for his first novel, “Lincoln...
Scientists at Rutgers University in New Jersey and Chinas Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences have come up with a way...
A tigress that killed four people in the west Indian state of Maharashtra died on Saturday, days after a court...
A tiny spider monkey has arrived at England's Chester Zoo, surprising zookeepers. They revealed Saturday how they spotted the newborn...
All may be fair in love and war, but love and money? That's up for the courts to decide. A...
A court in Australia has accepted an unsent, draft text message on a dead man's mobile phone as an official...
An animal keeper at a national park in southern India has been attacked and killed by two rare young white...
Wildlife officials in India have caught a leopard nearly 36 hours after it was first spotted in a car factory....
A mother in the US state of Michigan has been sentenced to seven days in jail after she refused a...
Demi Lovato, a US singer, songwriter, and actress, has thanked her Bangladeshi fans, as her album "Tell Me You Love...
A 1,000-year-old bowl from China's Song Dynasty has sold at auction in Hong Kong for almost US$38m (£28m) - a...
A Burmese beauty queen has claimed she was stripped of her pageant title over a video she made on the...
An Australian teenager has died after being crushed by weightlifting equipment at a gym. Ben Shaw, 15, was attempting to...
United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Mark Lowcock and UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake arrive here...
An Air France flight from Paris to Los Angeles was forced to make a sudden diversion when it lost part...
A two-day conference on financial inclusion begins at Ha Noi, Vietnam October 3 aiming to enhance the capacity of policy...
NCC Bank arranged '69th Foundation Training Course' for its officers at NCC Bank Training Institute recently. Chairman of the Bank...
A 29-year-old bank teller stole more than $185,000 from a homeless customer who tried to deposit a garbage...
An Iowa mother who left her four young children alone to go on an 11-day European trip was jailed on...
Scientists have detected hundreds of Japanese marine species on US coasts, swept across the Pacific by the deadly 2011 tsunami....
A German court will decide on Thursday whether the owner of a donkey which tried to snack on a sports...
Moderate rainfall accompanied by thunderstorm swept over different parts of the capital on Wednesday morning brought a little relief to...
Despite signs that numbers of giant pandas are rising, suitable habitat has shrunk, according to satellite data. The forests where...
The researchers have said by proving from the new evidence that the ancient Egyptians constructed the Great Pyramid at Giza...
Indonesian scientists have found the world's smallest squirrel in Borneo rain forest in the central parts of the country, reports...
Saudi Arabia is celebrating the 87th anniversary of its foundation this weekend with a big programme of concerts and performances,...
A 'lost' portrait by Flemish artist Peter Paul Rubens has been rediscovered after almost 400 years. The 17th century...
Liliane Bettencourt, the heiress to cosmetics firm L'Oreal, has died aged 94, her family confirmed on Thursday. A statement...
Sri Lankan authorities have admitted in a Dutch documentary that thousands of babies born there were fraudulently sold for adoption...
Mark Beaumont, a British cyclist, has smashed the Guinness World Record for the fastest circumnavigation of the planet on a...
The employees of BRAC Bank Limited stood beside thousands of flood affected people across the country. The employees of the...
A 21-year-old has died after reportedly being struck by a mechanical object while walking through a haunted house attraction in...
A koala has been released into the wild in Australia after recovering from a 16km (10-mile) car journey clinging to...
Maritime ports of Chittagong, Cox's Bazar, Mongla, and Payra have been advised to keep hoisted local cautionary signal no three....
Experts believe snout-fair, dowsabel and percher are among 30 "lost" words which are still in current use, reports BBC. ...
Carbon dating shows an ancient Indian manuscript has the earliest recorded origin of the zero symbol, reports BBC. ...
A young journalist at the Financial Times (FT) was dragged into a river and killed by a crocodile whilst holidaying...
The world's oldest captive giant panda has died, according to her keepers in China's south-eastern Fuzhou province. At 37,...
President of France-Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce & Industry (CCIFB) and members of the Executive Committee of CCIFB hosted a dinner...
Five-time Grand Slam champion Maria Sharapova starts every day at 6:30am "I like to wake up early. I like to...
UAE mobile operator Etisalat has launched a new mobile service targeting young people in the country. While not...
Doctors in the western Indian state of Gujarat have successfully extracted seven teeth from a one-month old infant, reports BBC....
An Indian couple flew 8,000 miles to help "discipline" their daughter-in-law, police in Florida have alleged, reports BBC. Jasbir...
Britain’s Prince William and his wife Kate are expecting their third child, their office said on Monday after the Duchess...
NCC Bank recently donated Taka 30 million to Prime Minister's Relief & Welfare Fund for the flood-affected people as part...
Even at Islam’s holiest sites and during the most sacred time of year for Muslims, some people cannot stop talking...
Journalists on Saturday paid rich tributes to senior journalist and freedom fighter Saleh Chowdhury as his body was kept at...
bKash Limited, the largest mobile financial service provider in the country has donated Tk 5.0 million to the Prime Minister’s...
The British royal family boasts quite the number of unexpected talents, from Prince William’s mastery of polo to Kate Middleton’s...
Emirates has confirmed that its flights to Houston on Thursday, August 31 and Friday, September 1 have been cancelled due...
The Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) is holding an inquiry into two Air Transat flights held on the tarmac at Ottawa...
The Eid-ul-Azha prayer at Nurani Jame Mosque at Luxmibazar of Old Dhaka will be held at 8:00am, said a press...
The Eid-ul-Azha prayer at Miya Saheber Maidan Khanka Sharif Jame Mosque at Luxmibazar of Old Dhaka will be held at...
More than 20,000 revellers threw 160 tonnes of over-ripe tomatoes at each other in Spain on Wednesday in an epic,...
In a small studio littered with empty cigarette packets in Egypt's second city, Alexandria, Abdelrahman al-Habrouk sits hunched over a...
Oscar-nominated writer Joe Bologna has died. He was 82. His manager Matt Sherman said that Bologna died on Sunday in...
The world's oldest man, a Holocaust survivor who was set to turn 114 next month, died Friday at his hometown...
The authorities of Chittagong Tax Zone-4 have bought a boat for its officials to commute through waist-deep water on streets...
Abinta Kabir Foundation office was inaugurated at capital’s Pragoti Shorani recently. Diplomats, academicians and other dignitaries were also present on...
Germany has played down a threat from Turkey to abandon the Paris climate accord amid fears that countries could start...
Adam West, the US actor best known as the star of the 1960s hit TV series Batman, has died aged...
A total of 23 areas of Dhaka city have been identified as the most risky for chikungunya disease, a report...
A recently conducted study establishes a link between children's teeth and risk of autism. According to the study - which...
A big crack in a giant Antarctica ice shelf has grown by 17 kms in a week and is now...
LONDON: Humans are bringing about the sixth mass extinction of life on Earth, according to scientists writing in a special...
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