Hudson(AP/UNB) — Police in New York broke a car window to rescue a woman who turned out to be an extremely realistic mannequin. The unusual incident happened Friday morning in the city of Hudson.
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India doctor to operate on ‘500kg’ Egyptian woman
An Egyptian woman, believed to be the world’s heaviest woman at 500kg (1,102lb), will soon be flown to India for weight reduction surgery. Eman Ahmed Abd El Aty, 36, will be flown on a chartered plane to Mumbai where bariatric…
No special aircraft for VVIPs, says PM
Dhaka – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday ruled out the possibility of procuring any special aircraft for her safer journeys saying there is no scope in Bangladesh to go for such luxury at this moment. “Any scope of showing…
BD winners to receive special award from The Queen
The Queen’s Young Leaders Programme is today delighted to reveal that 60 young people from across the Commonwealth, including Sajid Iqbal and Rahat Hossain from Bangladesh, have been selected to receive a prestigious Queen’s Young Leaders Award.
Addict mother ‘sells newborn’ for Tk 5,000 to buy drug
Dhaka – A drug-addicted mother has allegedly sold her 33-day-old daughter for Tk 5,000 at Alamnagar Churipatti slum in Bangladesh’s noathern city of Rangpur to collect drugs.
Police: 2-year-old shot in chest by 4-year-old cousin
Philadelphia – Authorities say a 2-year-old boy has been shot in the chest by his 4-year-old cousin. Police say the shooting happened around 4:30 p.m. Thursday when the two boys were playing with a gun in a home in north…
Basirun 65 proves it’s never too late for education!
Meherpur –When gray-haired Basirun Khatun walks through a muddy village path with books in hands along with two class V students, it seems a grandmother is going to school to drop her grandchildren there. But the real story is completely…
Rickshaw-puller punched to death over loan repayment
Dhaka – A rickshaw puller was killed after a man jabbed him over the repayment of a loan in Mominbagh area of Kamrangirchar on the outskirts of the capital early Monday.
108-year-old heads to White House for Veterans Day breakfast
Hatboro (AP/UNB) — A 108-year-old World War II veteran who lives in the Pennsylvania home he built in 1948 has left for Washington D.C. to attend the yearly Veterans Day breakfast at the White House.
Father gets 1,503 years in prison for raping daughter
Fresno (AP/UNB) — A Fresno man was sentenced to 1,503 years in prison for raping his teenage daughter over a four-year period. The 41-year-old was sentenced Friday to the longest-known prison sentence in Fresno Superior Court history, the Fresno Bee…
Minister remained stuck in secretariat lift for 30 minutes
Dhaka – Health Minister Mohammad Nasim got stuck in a lift for almost 30 minutes at his ministry building at the Secretariat on Monday, UNB news agfency reported. Julfiker Ali, assistant superintendent of police at the Secretariat, said the Health…
Patuakhali School boy Shirshendu receives PM’s letter
Shirshendu Biswas, a class IV student of Government Jubilee High School in Sadar upazila who wrote a letter to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina seeking a bridge over the Payra River in his neighbourhood, received the PM’s letter on Monday which…
Newborn miracle baby taken on Dhaka for better treatment
The newborn miracle baby, who was found alive while being buried at Alipur graveyard of the district town on Thursday morning, was taken to Dhaka on Saturday by a helicopter for better treatment.
Rickshaw-puller hit in cop’s shotgun involuntary fire
Dhaka – A rickshaw-puller sustained bullet injuries as a bullet accidentally coming out of a police constable’s shotgun hit him in the city’s Paltan crossing on Tuesday.
If you are in New York try 18-karat gold toilet!
New York (AP/UNB) — A New York City museum is offering visitors a chance to sit on a golden throne, but only in private.
Obama scraps meeting with Dutrte: White House
Washington – US President Barack Obama has cancelled a planned meeting with Philippines leader Rodrigo Duterte, the White House said Monday, after his Asian ally launched a foul-mouthed tirade against him. Duterte called Obama a “son of a whore” hours…
Boy with double-hand transplants wants to play football
Philadelphia (AP/UNB) — It’s been just over a year since 9-year-old Zion Harvey received a double-hand transplant, and he said Tuesday what he really wants to do is play football. “I feel happy about my new hands, and I don’t…
Glass-coated kite string kills 3 people in New Delhi
New Delhi (AP/UNB) — Indian police say three people, including two children, have died after their throats were slashed by glass-coated kite string used in competitions to slice the strings of other kites.
At the Russian Mosquito Festival, the more bites the better
Berezniki (AP/UNB) — While fears of the Zika virus have kept some people away from the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, for residents of one Russian town the more mosquito bites the better.
4-year-old boy with aging symptoms admitted to Dhaka hospital
Md Bayezid Shikder, a 4-year-old boy with wrinkled skin and other signs of aged person, was admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital on Saturday for treatment.
Dutch man at airport 10 days for Chinese online girlfriend
You might expect love to hurt, but for one lovesick Dutch man in China it resulted in a hospital trip for exhaustion, UNB new agency has reported quoting BBC. Alexander Pieter Cirk, 41, recently flew from Holland to Hunan province…
SS Cotopaxi resurface after 90 years in Bermuda Triangle
The Cuban Coast Guards has said that they’d captured a ghost ship heading for the island, which is acknowledged to be the SS Cotopaxi.
Employees give CEO a new car after he shared the wealth
Seattle (AP/UNB) — The employees of a company whose boss gave them a well-publicized big raise have bought him a new Tesla.
UN expert urges everyone to report elder abuse
Dhaka-United Nations Independent Expert on the enjoyment of all human rights by older persons, Rosa Kornfeld-Matte, has warned that action taken to stop elder abuse around the world has been insufficient.
Young Bangladeshi to receive ‘Queen’s Young Leaders Award’
Her Majesty the Queen will present a Queen’s Young Leaders Award to an exceptional young person from Bangladesh at a ceremony at Buckingham Palace, London on Thursday 23rd June.
Railways minister blessed with first baby at 69
Dhaka – Hitting headlines two years back for getting married at the age of 67, Railways Minister M Mazibul Hoque has been in news again as he has been blessed with a baby girl on Saturday, Unb news agency reported.…
Hitler statue fetches $17.2 million at auction
A statue of Nazi leader Adolf Hitler by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan has been sold for a record 15.1 million euros at a New York auction. The wax and resin piece had been expected to fetch a fraction of that.…
50 fall sick after taking Panta-Ilish in Bagerhat
Bagerhat (UNB) – At least fifty people including women and children fell sick after having Panta-Ilish at a Bangla New Year celebration programme organised by the Kachua Upazila Parishad on Thursday. Till Friday morning, 24 of them were admitted to…
Delhi leader ducks clear of shoe hurled at him
New Delhi – First it was eggs and ink, and now a shoe. New Delhi’s chief minister, Arvind Kejriwal, had to duck out of the way Saturday when a shoe was flung at him as he spoke at a news…
Bamboo instead of rod in DAE: Panel formed to investigate
A three-member panel has been formed to investigate the use of bamboo pieces instead of rod in the construction of a Department of Agricultural Expansion (DAE) building in Darshana upazila.