The 2016 Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards rolled out the orange carpet at The Forum in Los Angeles, California, on Saturday night, and from the first orange blimp awarded to the final sliming, the fun didn’t stop!Highlights from the show included…
Month: March 2016
Ladies need to worry about these 5 diseases that can kill them
Another Women’s Day came and went but women’s risk of troubling, and potentially fatal, diseases will remain the same unless they proactively put themselves and their health at par with their family and friends. Heart disease Heart disease kills more…
Tagore remembered at IGCC
Indira Gandhi Culture Centre (IGCC) organised an event titled ‘Remembering Tagore’. The event featured songs by Iman Chakraborty from India and recitation by Samiul Islam Poluck of Bangladesh. The programme was held on March 12 at IGCC, Gulshan in the…
10 best breakfast blasts for weight loss
There’s nothing better than doing something positive for your health first thing in the morning! Now, with NutriBullet in hand, you can spark your metabolism and satiate your hunger thanks to the amazing, delectable, and absolutely amazing power of these…
Hidden labyrinths under cities becoming clean energy powerhouses
They course through many of the world’s biggest cities: miles of underground pipes built decades ago, ferrying steam or hot water to a network of buildings. Misty manhole covers on urban streets signal the presence of what’s known as district…
Bipul Shah’s eighth journey with wreckage at Alliance Francaise
A solo painting exhibition titled Bhongurotay Pathchala-2 (Journey with Wreckage 2) by artist Bipul Shah has begun at Alliance Fran?aise de Dhaka (AFD), Dhanmondi in the city. The inaugural ceremony of the exhibition took place on March 11. There are…
Album against maltreatment of children recorded
On the occasion of the International Street Children day on April 12 an album titled “Chotorao Boro Kichu Ho” will be released. Fahmida Nobi is one of the celebrated vocal artistes of the album. Another artiste Papi Mona, the famed…
The spectacular, warped beauty of Mumbai’s elaborate interiors
Architecture is a precious thing; delicate and worth preserving. Whether by the slow slip into decrepitude or wanton destruction at the hands of terror, our heritage is at risk.That’s the driving force behind “Look Up Mumbai,” an installation overseen by…
Brazil uses dammed lake surface for floating solar panels
Two decades ago, a section of the Amazon rainforest was flooded for a dam that currently produces little electricity. Engineers now see that artificial lake as an ideal surface for floating solar panels.Critics have blasted the Balbina dam, located near…
Al Gore in surprise visit to Haiyan ground zero
Climate change activist and former US Vice President Al Gore made a surprise visit Saturday to an impoverished Philippine city ravaged by one of the strongest storms on record.The Nobel Peace Prize winner lit candles at a mass grave in…
Tamin’s ton helps Tigers thru to World T20 super-10
Dhaka – Bangladesh reached the Super-10 stage of the ICC World Twenty20 as unbeaten Group-A champion beating Oman by a huge margin of 54 runs via D/L method in the rain-marred last qualifying round match at Dharamsala, India on Sunday.…
Padma Bridge graft case filed ‘under WB pressure’, says outgoing ACC cheif
The outgoing chairman of Anti-Corruption Comission (ACC), M Badiuzzaman, on Sunday said the organisation filed the Padma Bridge corruption case in 2012 without any recorded facts and documents in face of World Bank pressure.The ACC chairman said, “The statement we…
Europe, Russia embark on search for life on Mars
Europe and Russia are set to launch an unmanned spacecraft Monday to smell Mars’ atmosphere for gassy evidence that life once existed on the Red Planet, or may do so still.ExoMars 2016, the first of a two-phase Mars exploration, will…
Tamim 1st BD batsman to reach 1000-run landmark in T201
India- Bangladeshi hard-hitting opener Tamim Iqbal has reached the landmark of 1000 runs in his 49th T20I match.He reached the milestone hitting a boundary in the 2nd ball of the first over of Ajay Lalcheta against Oman in the ICC…
Bangladesh Bank to face action: Muhith
Finance minister Abul Mal Abdul Muhith on Sunday said the ministry will take actions against the Bangladesh Bank for not informing the government about the $101 million cyber heist.”The central bank has showed audacity as it didn’t timely inform the…
Fire gutted 61 houses in Dinajpur
DINAJPUR -At least 61 houses were gutted in a devastating fire at Khanshama upazila of the district on Saturday night.Ververi Union Parishad Chairman Abdul Haque Siraji said the fire originated from an electric short circuit.Two cattle, four goats, many poultry…
JCD leader held in Khulna
KHULNA – Police arrested Khulna city unit Jatiytabadi Chhatradal (JCD, student wing of the BNP, President Arifur Rahman Arif in front of his residence in Sher-e-Bangla area of the district last night.Officer-in-Charge of Khulna Kotwali Police Station Md Shafiqul Islam…
Shibir leader arrested in Ctg
CHITTAGONG – Chittagong district police arrested an Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS) leader from east Chambol area under Banskhali upazila on Saturday night. The arrested ICS leader was identified as Mohammad Ripon, 24, son of Moulavi Mohammad Jahangir, hailing from east…
Celtic happy to have Aberdeen on shoulders
Celtic winger Gary Mackay-Steven said his team are being spurred on by the challenge of Aberdeen as both sides fight it out for the Scottish Premiership title.Celtic temporarily opened up a four-point lead at the top of the table with…
Murray advances at Indian Wells
World No. 2 Andy Murray got his Indian Wells campaign off to a flying start Saturday with a 6-4, 7-6 (7/3) victory over Spaniard Marcel Granollers.Murray is playing in his fifth ATP Tour tournament since losing to Novak Djokovic in…
Micromax, once a rising star, struggles
A year ago, Micromax vaulted past Samsung Electronics Co Ltd to become India’s leading smartphone brand. Today, its market share has nearly halved, several top executives have resigned, and the company is looking for growth outside India. In Micromax’s slide…
Movement if move to drop state religion not stop: IAB
Dhaka – Principal Moulana Yunus Ahmed, secretary general of Islami Andolan Bangladsh said on Saturday that his party would be compelled to take up a strong programme of movement is the ‘conspiracy’ to drop ‘State Religion Islam’ from the Constituting…
‘Nutrition club’ launched at BAU
A new organisation named ‘Nutrition Club’ was launched at Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) in Mymensingh on Saturday. The club started with the motto of ‘Engage youth in nutrition’ to ensure health and nutrition of women & children and promote smart…
IBBL service centre inaugurated at Banosree in capital
Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited opened service center ‘Seba Ghor’ at South Banosree, Dhaka on March 12, 2016. Engr. Md. Eskander Ali Khan, Chairman, Executive Committee, inaugurated the center as chief guest while Muhammad Abul Bashar, Deputy Managing Director, was present…
RU statistics deptt celebrates 50th anniversary
The Statistics department of Rajshahi University has celebrated its 50 years by organising the 2nd alumni re-union amid festivity on the campus. Economic affairs adviser to the PM Dr. Mashiur Rahman attended the function as chief guest the programme was…
Kim Kardashian, Kris Jenner: For crazy surgical extremes to get slim?!
by Naomi Lane In the nuttiest double-whammy, mother-daughter rumor news today, Kim Kardashian and mom Kris Jenner are resorting to drastic measures to get thin, according to Radar Online. Kim has discussed her struggles to lose weight after giving birth…
HC rejects writ against collection of tenant info
Dhaka –The High Court on Sunday rejected a writ petition filed seeking an order to stop collection of tenants’ information through the owners of rented apartments. An HC bench compromising Justice Moyeenul Islam Chowdhury and Justice Md Iqbal Kabir passed…
Kylie Jenner debuts navy hair at Sugar Factory Orlando grand opening
Is there a hair color Kylie Jenner can’t rock? The reality star and hair chameleon sported a new shade on her tresses when she attended the Sugar Factory Orlando grand opening on Friday. She dyed her hair navy! Jenner, 18,…