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Shohorbati’s Winter Pitha Mela held in city
Dhaka, Dec 01 (UNB) - Zahira’s Nimontron, on behalf of Shohorbati, arranged their 2nd Winter Pitha Mela (fair) in a joyous atmosphere in the city on Saturday.
Twelve houses get British Curry Awards 2018
Dhaka, Nov 28 (UNB) – The unsung heroes behind Britain’s favourite cuisine were honoured once again at the 14th Annual British Curry Awards on Monday at Battersea Evolution in London.
Month-long group art exhibition to begin at Bay’s Galleria Friday
Dhaka, Nov 27 (UNB) – Radius Centre is going to re-launch the Art Gallery with a month-long group art exhibit beginning at the Bay’s Galleria in the city’s Gulshan area on Friday.
Koreas bid for UNESCO recognition of traditional wrestling
Seoul, Nov 26 (AP/UNB) — North and South Korea are making a first joint bid for an international recognition of Korean traditional wrestling.
Haute Couture: Ambassadors’ spouses walk the ramp for charity
Dhaka, Nov 24 (UNB) - A Haute Couture event raising charity for children, inspired by the Mother Teresa Charity Fund, took place at the city’s Le Meridien Hotel on Saturday, where strutting their stuff on the catwalk were a group of people we may be more used to seeing in far more staid circumstances.
Italy livid about deal to loan Leonardo works to Louvre
Rome, Nov 24 (AP/UNB) — So versatile were Leonardo da Vinci's talents in art and science and so boundless his visionary imagination, he is known to the world as the universal genius.
A look at the books which have inspired literary classics
New York, Nov 24 (AP/UNB) — Behind every great book are the books which influenced it. The "micro-learning" app and platform blinkist.com has been compiling literary sources for such classics as "A Clockwork Orange," ''Oliver Twist" and "1984."Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" was inspired by each of her parents — William Godwin's "An Enquiry Concerning Political Justice" and Mary Wollstonecraft's "A Vindication of the Rights of Women."
40 million diabetics might face insulin shortage by 2030: study
San Francisco, Nov 24 (Xinhua/UNB)-- As the morbidity rate of type 2 diabetes keeps increasing, about 40 million people with the disease will not have access to insulin for treatment by 2030, a recent study from Stanford University suggested.
Fossil of plant-eating reptile found in southern New Mexico
Albuquerque, Nov 24 (AP/UNB) — The earliest known example of a plant-eating reptile has been found in the fossil record in southern New Mexico, the New Mexico Museum of Natural History said.
Time for France to give back looted African art, experts say
Paris, Nov 24 (AP/UNB) — African artworks held in French museums — richly carved thrones, doors to a royal kingdom, wooden statues imbued with spiritual meaning — may be heading back home to Africa at last.