Magura, Jan 6 – A woman has given birth to a baby girl with two heads at a hospital in Magura district, doctors said on Wednesday.
Tag: The unusual
Girl thrown into air by kite in Taiwan
A three-year-old girl has been thrown into the air by a gust of wind, after being tangled in the tail of a kite.
Sherpur beggar gets house as gift from Prime Minister
A beggar in Sherpur, who set a rare example by donating his savings to the government relief fund during the coronavirus pandemic, got a new house on Sunday as a gift from Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
50,000-year-old lake in India just turned pink
That was the question on people’s minds across India after Lonar Lake in the state of Maharashtra suddenly changed hues in recent days.
Liberation War heroes on Language Movement banner
Rajshahi, Feb 22 – Rajshahi University Music department used a banner in the ‘Prabhat Feri’ program on 21st February where the pictures of 7 Bir Shreshthos liberation war were used. Many in the university criticized the matter.
Disappeared father traced after 48 years thru Facebook post
Beanibazar, Sylhet, Jan 18 – A man who had disappeared 48 years back, has finally been traced by his children through a Facebook post in Beanibazar Upazila of Sylhet.
Patient found hanging in hospital toilet in Sherpur
A male patient was found hanging from the ventilator of the toilet of the Sadar Hospital on Wednesday night.The deceased was identified as Abdul Malek, 65, of Lasmanpur in Sadar upazila.
Unbelievable but true; 526 teeth in boy’s mouth in India
Dhaka, Aug 1 – A 7-year-old boy complaining of jaw pain was found to have 526 teeth inside his mouth, according to the hospital in India where he was treated.
Schoolboy’s body found in Dhaka’s Buriganga River
Keraniganj, May 20 (UNB) – The body of a schoolboy, who reportedly jumped into the Buriganga river after being rebuked by his father on Saturday night, was recovered from the river on Monday morning. The deceased was identified as Asif…
Dog rescues baby buried alive in field in Thailand
Dhaka, May 18 (UNB/BBC) -A dog in northern Thailand has rescued a newborn baby after it was buried alive, allegedly by its teenage mother, reports BBC. The baby boy is said to have been abandoned by his mother, 15, to…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
Myanmar’s former president leaves office, joins monkhood
Yangon – Myanmar’s former president Thein Sein has shed his formal attire and his hair to join the Buddhist monkhood. Thein Sein’s ordination as a monk took place Monday, officials said, four days after he presided over a historic transition…
Infant Boy Found After Being Abducted From Philadelphia-Area Mall
A 7-week-old baby boy was found Thursday night, following an Amber Alert, after being abducted earlier in the day from King of Prussia Mall outside Philadelphia.During a press conference, an Upper Merion Township Police Department official said the child, Ahsir…
Prairie dogs are serial killers that murder their competition
The herbivorous rodents kill off competing ground squirrels—the first such behavior seen in a mammal, a new study says. A white-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys leucurus) clutches onto a Wyoming ground squirrel (Urocitellus elegans) that it had just killed. On the…
Six suspects arrested in Brussels over attacks
Brussels – Belgian police have arrested six people in Brussels as a major investigation continues into attacks that claimed 31 lives in the city on Tuesday.
US city cracks down on ‘big problem’
Selma — The west Alabama city of Selma is planning a crackdown on what one councilman says is a big problem: Horse droppings.
US Navy ship missing for 95 years found near San Francisco
A US Navy ship that went missing 95 years ago with 56 aboard has been found off San Francisco, ending one of the biggest mysteries in US naval history, authorities said Wednesday. The USS Conestoga tug boat, which disappeared on…
‘Tree man’ undergoes another surgery
Dhaka – ‘Tree Man’ Abul Bajandar, who was admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital with a rare skin disease, underwent another surgery on his left hand on Saturday, a month after a ‘successful’ surgery on his right hand. Burn and…
Is the Bermuda Triangle Even Real?
Fear over lost ships and planes in the Bermuda Triangle began about 60 years ago, after five U.S. Navy planes that took off from Florida vanished without a trace. Historians started looking at the records, and found that 300 ships…
‘Artificial earthquake’ detected in North Korea
A small artificial earthquake has been detected in North Korea, according to South Korean officials who say it was probably due to “blasting work”. Meteorological officials registered the 2.2 magnitude quake at 1230 local time (0330 GMT) around 34km (21…
Cops dies on duty
Two policemen were crushed to death by a truck in Shibganj upazila of Chapainawabganj on Thursday morning.The deceased are sub-inspector Sadekul Islam, 38, and sergeant Ataul Islam, 25. The policemen were on duty when the speeding truck hit them.Shibganj police…
Dead body found in Dhanmondi lake
Body of an adolescent boy has been recovered from Dhanmondi Lake in the capital on Tuesday.The deceased is Sudipto Dutta Arjun, a higher secondary certificate examinee from Birshreshtha Noor Mohammad Public College.Locals informed the police when they saw a body…
Muslims lived in France during medieval period
French archaeologists have unearthed skeletons at a burial site in south France that provide a clinching evidence of the presence of Muslim communities in the country during the early medieval period.Yves Gleize and Fanny Mendisco from the University of Bordeaux…