Cultural Correspondent London-Bengali Film Festival” will be held for the second time on April 13. The four day long festival will be organised by British-Bangladeshi filmmaker Munsur Ali and Bangladeshi actress Ruhee. Films can be submitted until the end of…
Culture Desk Noted singer Fahmida Nabi has sung a composition of promising composer Murad Noor for the first time. Fahmida has recently recorded the song titled Ami Tomar Preme Poria, Beena Jole Morlam Dubiya at the Longplay Studio in the…
A measles outbreak has infected at least 18 people in the Los Angeles area, health officials said Monday, noting that most of those affected could show no proof of vaccination. Officials indicated that at least 16 of the cases involved…
A charitable foundation backed by Mark Zuckerberg and his wife said Monday it has bought a Canadian artificial intelligence startup as part of a mission to eradicate disease. The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative did not disclose financial terms of the deal…
What do you get when Hong Kong martial arts expert Jackie Chan collaborates with a host of Indian film actors? An action-adventure movie titled “Kung Fu Yoga” of course. Screen legend Chan was in Mumbai this week to promote his…
Australia has no plans to alter its 2020 renewable energy targets (RET) despite criticism of the Paris climate change agreement from U.S. President Donald Trump, the nation’s Environment Minister said on Tuesday. Josh Frydenberg said the Australian government would maintain…
Yahoo said Monday its $4.8 billion deal to sell its core internet assets to US telecom titan Verizon has been delayed several months. The closing originally set for this quarter has been pushed into next quarter due to “work required…
Lao Cai, Vietnam (CNN)”When I woke up I didn’t know that I was in China.” Lan remembers the night that changed her whole life. While preparing for university along the border in northern Vietnam, a friend she met online asked…
The appearance of fake news on websites and social media has inspired scientists to develop a “vaccine” to immunise people against the problem. A University of Cambridge study devised psychological tools to target fact distortion.
Bangladesh has discovered two outbreaks of the highly contagious H5N1 bird flu virus in poultry, according to reports from the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) and a senior Bangladeshi health ministry official. The first case was found at a…
Dhaka, Jan 24 – A woman and her minor son were killed and her husband injured after a truck hit their motorcycle on Panchagarh-Tetulia highway in Doshmile area of Sadar upazila of Panchagarh on Monday night.
Dhaka, Jan 24 – The Special Branch of Malaysia police arrested two Bangladeshi young men from Kuala Lampur on Thursday for their alleged connection with Islamic State (IS).
Sydney, Jan 24 (AP/UNB) — Several countries expressed hope Tuesday that the Trans-Pacific Partnership could be salvaged, after President Donald Trump’s decision on a U.S. withdrawal from the trade pact left its future in serious jeopardy.
The Public Services Labor Independent Confederation (PSLINK) is calling on President Rodrigo R. Duterte to abolish all types of recruitment fees being asked from workers who want to work abroad. PSLINK, which now has 387 members, is a national confederation…
Geneva, 20 Jan (Kanaga Raja) — The global unemployment rate is expected to rise modestly to 5.8 per cent in 2017, representing an increase in the number of unemployed globally of 3.4 million compared with 2016, the International Labour Organisation…
Dhaka – Liverpool’s formidable home record was meant to provide the platform for a tilt at three trophies this season — but Saturday’s surprise 3-2 Premier League defeat by Swansea spoiled that idea.If Jurgen Klopp’s team are to overcome Southampton…
Dhaka – A vintage Venus Williams powered past Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and into her third Australian Open semi-final Tuesday, becoming the oldest woman to make a Grand Slam last four in 23 years.The 36-year-old overcame the Russian 6-4, 7-6 (7/3) and…
An orientation program organized by Rajshahi University Press Club (RUPC), an association of campus reporters, for the newly enrolled students of the Mass Communication and Journalism Dept under 2016-17 academic sessions, was held at its office on Monday morning.
Dhaka – A woman and her minor son were killed and her husband injured after a truck hit their motorcycle on Panchagarh-Tetulia highway in Doshmile area of Sadar upazila on Monday night.The deceased were identified as Joyonti Rani, 28, wife…
Dhaka — The 2018 World Cup draw will be staged on Dec. 1 at a Kremlin concert hall in Moscow.The draw will take place at the 6,000-capacity State Kremlin Palace, a grand structure built inside the Kremlin walls in the…
Dhaka, Jan 23 (UNB) – Jahangir Alam alias Rajib Gandhi, a top Neo-JMB leader and the mastermind of the Gulshan terror attack, reportedly made confession before a court here on Monday.
Dhaka – Awami League advisory council member and commerce minister Tofail Ahmed Monday claimed that it is BNP leaders who informed AL that they proposed the former chief Justice KM Hasan’s name as the Search Committee head to the President…
Dhaka – Susan Lorraine Lautze has joined as the FAO Representative in Bangladesh. Lautze has already reached here and started work with FAO Dhaka office, Assistant FAO Representative (programme) Dr Nur Ahamed Khondaker told UNB on Monday.
Dhaka – Chairperson of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) Executive Committee Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury on Monday said statelessness is a global problem, not a single country one.
Dhaka – BNP on Monday alleged that Awami League leaders are trying to make President Abdul Hamid controversial over formation of the Election Commission (EC) as they know they cannot return to power through fair polls.
Dhaka, 23 – A UP member and local leader of was hacked to death by some criminals at Tulatoli village under Raipura upazila of Narsingdi district on January 22 at night about 11.00 pm.
Dhaka – The High Court (HC) on Monday issued a rule asking the government to explain why the formation of a committee for scrutinising freedom fighter list should not be declared illegal. It also asked to explain why the securitisation…
Dhaka – Nasrin Sultana, who claimed herself as the wife of national cricketer Arafat Sunny filed another case over dowry. She filed the case with Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court on Monday against the spinner and his mother Nargis Akhter.
Dhaka – A court here today sentenced four persons to suffer life term imprisonment for killing their brother in Ranchandrapur area under Kaliganj upazila of the district in 2004.Additional session judge court-2 Judge M Iqbal Hossain pronounced the judgment.According to…
Dhaka – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB-13) today seized 130-kilogram of smuggled ganja and arrested four persons from Mahiganj Satmatha area in the city, RAB sources said. Company Commander of RAB-13 Nazrul Islam told reporters that a special team…