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Category: Adventure
Researchers say they’re closing in on Captain Cook’s ship
Providence, Sept 22 (AP/UNB) — Researchers are exploring whether a shipwreck off the coast of Rhode Island could be the vessel that 18th-century explorer Capt. James Cook used to sail around the world.
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe lifts off successfully
NASA on Sunday successfully launched the Parker Solar Probe, the US space agency’s historic small car-size probe to ‘touch the Sun,’ from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
World’s first floating nuclear power plant gets fuel load
Fuel loading of Akademik Lomonosov, the world’s only floating nuclear power unit (FNPU) so far, begins in Russia. After getting necessary permission from Rostechnadzor, regulatory body of Russia the stage by stage fuel loading starts on July 25 at the Atomflot (…
Thailand wants control over movies on cave ordeal
Bangkok (AP/UNB) — Thailand’s military government says it wants to have control over how movies portray the ordeal and heroic rescue of young soccer players that drew worldwide interest and the attention of foreign filmmakers.
Massive relief’ finding trapped Thai boys in cave, say divers
LONDON, (BSS/AFP) – The British diver who found 12 Thai boys and their coach trapped alive in a flooded cave has described his “massive relief” as he counted them one by one, in what he called an unprecedented rescue operation.
‘Everyone is safe’ after daring rescue of 13 in Thai cave
Mae Sai, Jul 11 (AP/UNB) — “Everyone is safe.” With those three words posted on Facebook the daring rescue mission to extricate 12 boys and their soccer coach from the treacherous confines of a flooded cave in Thailand was complete…
All 12 boys, their coach rescued from Thai cave
All 12 boys and their soccer coach have been rescued from a flooded cave in northern Thailand, the Thai navy SEALs said Tuesday, ending an 18-day ordeal that riveted people around the world.
Amid jubilation, 4 more boys rescued from flooded Thai cave
Mae Sai, Jul 10 (AP/UNB) — The leaders overseeing the desperate and dangerous rescue of 12 young soccer players and their coach from a flooded cave labyrinth in northern Thailand were only half joking when they quipped that success was…
Six boys rescued from flooded Thai cave: official
Mae Sai, Thailand, July 8 – Six boys among a group of 13 trapped in a flooded Thai cave for more than a fortnight were rescued on Sunday, authorities said, raising hopes elite divers would also quickly save the others.
Devastated Japan coach blames himself not his players
Rostov-On-Don, Jul 3 (AP/UNB) — Japan came so close to reaching the World Cup quarterfinals for the first time but it was not to be, and coach Akira Nishino did not mince his words talking about how it feels to…
Dubai Safari to close for five months
The Dhs1bn (US$272.2m) Dubai Safari is to close its doors for upgrade work just six months after opening. The attraction began welcoming visitors in December after originally being scheduled to open at the end of 2017. Operator Dubai Municipality recently…
NASA’s Tess spacecraft embarks on quest to find new planets
Cape Canaveral, Apr 19 — NASA’s Tess spacecraft embarked Wednesday on a quest to find new worlds around neighboring stars that could support life.
NYT and New Yorker win joint Pulitzer for Weinstein exposé
The New York Times and New Yorker magazine have won a joint Pulitzer Prize for their reporting on sexual harassment allegations in Hollywood.
LDC graduation ceremony in BD Thursday, formal lift 2024
Dhaka, March 21 – The government has taken all preparations to celebrate the graduation of the country from the group of the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) to developing country with elaborate programmes across the country including the capital today.
The Bitcoin threat
By Harold James Unless a currency has been authenticated by a government, it is unlikely to be fully trusted. But that does not mean that it cannot become a plaything for the naïve and gullible, or a weapon of financial…
Occupation and genocide disguised as “discovery”
By Jerome Duval “We have been told, and still are, that it was the pilgrims of the Mayflower that populated America. Had it been empty before?” Eduardo Galeano. “What was really discovered [in 1492] is what Spain really was, the…
Bangladeshi children’s winter adventure in Russia
Dhaka, Feb 24 – Just a 10-days camp helped me believing in myself and my capabilities. I came out with a new vision, which was unknown to me before.”, said Adrija Sangsthita Prithibi, a class seven student of Birsrestho Noor…
Dozens of nude models brave cold, rain for Polar Bear Paint
New York, Feb 12 (AP/UNB) — Cold feet can’t stop naked models from parading around New York City. Dozens of body-painted models walked through the chilly streets and posed for photos in a drizzle on Saturday as part of the…
Bangladeshi Children on a Russian Winter Adventure
Dhaka, Feb 10 – Eight Bangladeshi children between the age of 11 and 16 arrived Moscow in the early morning of February 9 to attend the traditional Russian winter adventure in the Penza region, roughly 600 km away from the…
Nat’l science fest kicks off at JU on Thursday
Dhaka, 08 Feb – The 2nd National Science Fest-2018 started at Jahangirnagar University (JU) campus on Thursday. Jahangirnagar University Science Club (JUSC) is arranging the 2 daylong program at the JU Zahir Raihan Auditorium.
Testing a low-tech pesticide alternative: Flowers
To make sure more beneficial bugs come to their fields to feed on pests, farmers are planting them homes in the middle of their fields. (Extra bonus: It looks beautiful.) By Adele Peters On a farm near the town of…
Farewell to the ‘Queen of the Skies’- Boeing 747
Marana, Ariz. (CNN) — For the first time in 48 years, you can’t buy a ticket on a US airline to fly on a Boeing 747. On Wednesday, Delta Air Lines Flight 9771 touched down in Marana, Arizona, an arid…
No open air event on 31st Night: Minister
Dhaka, Dec 26 – Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Tuesday said no open air event will be allowed on the 31st Night to celebrate the New Year.
Solar reactor to make water, oxygen from lunar soil
Los Angeles, Oct 29 (BSS/Xinhua) – An aerospace engineer has designed and built a device powered by a thermal solar reactor, which could allow up to eight astronauts to make their own water and oxygen on the Moon.
Supersonic car set for first public runs
The British car designed to go 1,000mph (1,610km/h) will make its first public runs in Cornwall later. Bloodhound SSC is conducting initial “slow-speed” trials and should get up to about 200mph (320km/h) on the runway at Newquay Airport. Driven by…
Three skydivers die after ‘mid-air collision’
Three skydivers have died in Queensland after they apparently collided mid-air, say Australian authorities. Paramedics and police were called to Mission Beach, a popular skydiving spot about 140km (87 miles) south of Cairns. Two men in their 30s, and a…
8 mountain climbers die in 3 Alps accidents
Berlin, Aug 27 (AP/UNB) – Eight mountain climbers have died in three different accidents this weekend in the Austrian and Italian Alps. The Austrian Red Cross said five mountain climbers died Sunday in the Austrian Alps in Wildgerlostal on Mount…
Madonna in Malawi to open kids’ hospital wing
BLANTYRE, Malawi – US pop superstar Madonna was due Tuesday to formally open a children’s hospital wing that her charity has built in Malawi and which is named after one of her four adopted Malawian children. – BSS/AFP
US commander says Iraq must stop Islamic State 2.0
The senior US commander in Iraq has warned that the war against the so-called Islamic State (IS) is not over, despite a “historic” victory in Mosul. Lt Gen Stephen Townsend told the BBC there were still IS fighters in Iraq.