HOME AND ABROAD

The lure of the Mro songs

International Indigenous day was observed on August 8 with the traditional cultural performace of Mro Community at Cramadipara of Thanchi in Bandarban.

Wild Life Conservation

August 7 was celebrated countrywide as International Tiger day to protect the wild Bengal tigers and to build awareness on the issues disturbing their existence.

Human teeth found in Christ statue

Restoration experts in Mexico were left shocked after they discovered an 18th century statue of Christ contained real human teeth.

Supermoon

A supermoon lit up the sky as stargazers enjoyed the Perseid meteor shower - one of the year's most dramatic lunar events. The moon appeared 14 percent bigger and 30 percent brighter than normal as it reached the point in its orbit closest to the Earth, known as "perigee".

Monkey Selfie

After the photographer behind the famous monkey selfie picture threatened to take legal action against Wikimedia - who have claimed the the monkey owns the copyright to the world-famous image - we take a look David Slater's shoot that led up to the amusing portrait being taken

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