Beulah (AP/UNB) — A dog swam more than 6 miles and walked a dozen more to find its family after falling overboard into Lake Michigan during the weekend.
Category: The unusual
NKorea missile test adds to ‘Military First’ celebration
Pyongyang (AP/UNB) — North Korea marked its “Military First” holiday on Thursday with mass dancing, outdoor concerts and boasts of a successful — and potentially game-changing — submarine-launched ballistic missile test it hopes will serve as a warning to Washington…
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…
Undersea surprise: Big-eyed squid looks more toy than animal
Dhaka (AP/UNB) – A team of scientists and technicians scanning the rocky ocean floor off Southern California couldn’t contain their excitement when they spotted a bright-purple, googly-eyed stubby squid. They let out a collective “whoa” on video posted on the…
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.
Incredible story of elephant comes to end
Indian High Commissioner in Dhaka Harsh Vardhan Shringla on Friday hoped that the tranquilised Indian elephant will be transported to the Garo Hills of Meghalaya where he can join the wild elephant herds. “She (elephant) has finally been tranquilised, and…
Stung by hornets, 3 sisters die in Dinajpur
Three sisters were killed and their mother was injured as hornets put poisonous stings in their bodies at Araji Loskora village in Birganj upazila on Saturday night.The deceased were identified as Hadisa Khatun, 5, Farzana, 3, and Mim, 1, daughters…
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…
US skydiver jumps without parachute into net from 25,000ft
American Luke Aikins has become the first person to jump from 25,000 ft (7,620m) without a parachute, landing safely in a net. Mr Aikins – who has more than 18,000 jumps under his belt – fell dead centre into the…
Indian Air Force plane with 29 on board missing
The Indian air force Friday lost contact with a transport plane carrying 29 people to islands in the Bay of Bengal, the defense ministry said.The air force, navy and coast guard were using ships, planes and helicopters to conduct a…
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.
Matador Victor Barrio killed by bull in Spain
A matador has died after being gored by a bull in Spain – the first bullfighter to die in the ring in Spain this century. Victor Barrio, 29, a professional bullfighter, was killed when the bull’s horn pierced his chest.…
Study shows what goes viral on Twitter
Dhaka – A recent study showed that the news that is shared by your friend or acquaintance on micro-blogging site Twitter goes viral the most. Out of 10 million random clicks on news stories, it was found that 61 per…
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.…
No more weird names for children
Moscow – In a bid to prevent parents from giving unusual and weird names to their children, a veteran Russian senator has drafted a bill defining a personal name and introducing the rules under which they can be officially registered.
US mum ‘forced to dump 14.8 litres of breast milk’ at Heathrow
Dhaka – A US mother-of-two has spoken of her frustration that she was forced to dump 500oz (14.8 litres) of breast milk at security at London’s Heathrow Airport. In an open letter posted on Facebook, Jessica Coakley Martinez, who was…
Stuck the whole night on a plane
Dhaka – Travellers who seethe when their plane is delayed on the tarmac for a few minutes should spare a thought for the 190 people on an Indian budget flight who had to spend the night in the plane parked…
Kohinoor Diamond Belongs To Britain, it was gifted says India Govt
New Delhi: India should not try to reclaim the famous Kohinoor diamond as it was neither stolen nor forcibly taken, the government said Sunday. That stand, the Supreme Court has warned, could mean “You will face a problem in the…
Toddler wields steel pipe to defend grandmother
Dhaka – A toddler is being hailed as a miniature hero on Chinese social media after he defended his grandmother from urban management officers who were trying to clamp down on illegal street vendors, reports mashable.com. The video of the…
Couple ran for cover from giant bird in their living room
An Australian couple had a close encounter with one of the most dangerous birds in the world when a giant flightless cassowary wandered into their home, sending them running for cover.
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…
UK MP suspended out of Commons sitting for Cameron jibe
A Labour MP has been suspended from the Commons chamber for the rest of the sitting day after his “dodgy Dave” jibe over the prime minister’s tax affairs.
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.