Anil Kapoor, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Rajkummar Rao starrer Fanney Khan has created a lot of buzz around it.
Month: July 2018
Shah Rukh appreciates Assam Police
Shah Rukh Khan and his arms-wide-open signature pose comes to our minds. And now, the Assam Police has used that very pose to create awareness for traffic in the state.
Restraining robbers to up Tiger population in the Sundarbans
Bagerhat, Jul 28 – With a decrease in the activities of forest robbers and poachers in the Sundarbans, BD experts and Forest Department officials expect an increase in the number of tigers in the world’s largest mangrove forest.
Two killed in overnight ‘crossfire’
News Desk Two people have been killed in alleged crossfire in Comilla and Satkhira early today.
Short film Ghraan to be screened Sunday
Culture Desk Ghraan that won the Best Short Film award at the 41st Bangladesh National Film Awards will be careened at Alliance Francaise de Dhaka (AFD) in Dhanmondi in the capital Sunday.
10m people in BD infected with hepatitis virus: Survey
Nearly one crore people in the country are infected with hepatitis B virus or hepatitis C virus, said a study report recently.
Emma Thompson: I grew up with ‘primitive model’ males
Emma Thompson is suddenly feeling her age. The change sweeping Hollywood in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein scandal and the #MeToo movement has left the British actress and director musing on the “primitive model” males that women of her…
Zahir Raihan’s Shomoyer Proyojon-E returns to stage
Cultural Correspondent “Shomoyer Proyojon-E”, the pivotal short story on Liberation War from the legendary writer Zahir Raihan has returned to stage. The 71st rendition of the drama was held on Thursday. The drama by Theatre Art Unit has for long…
Blood moon’ dazzles skygazers in century’s longest eclipse
The longest “blood moon” eclipse this century was underway Friday, coinciding with Mars’ closest approach in 15 years to treat skygazers across the globe to a thrilling celestial spectacle.
Glaxo pharma closes business in Bangladesh
Dhaka, July 27 – GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), a United Kingdom-based pharmaceutical giant has proposed the closure of its ‘commercially unstable’ pharmaceutical business in Bangladesh.
বেপড়োয়া বাস ড্রাইভার – এ ফ্লাইওভারের উন্নয়ন দিয়ে আমরা কি করব!
মোতাহার হোসেন বাস ড্রাইভার হেল্পাররা আবার একজন ছাত্রকে মেরে নদীতে ফেলে দিয়েছে। নর্থ সাউথ ইউনিভার্সিটির পঞ্চম সেমিস্টারের ছাত্র সাইদুর রহমান গত শনিবার রাতে হানিফ এন্টারপ্রাইজের শীতাতপ নিয়ন্ত্রিত বাসে চড়ে ঢাকা ফিরছিল। সাথে তার বন্ধুরাও ছিল। রবিবার ভোর চারটায় ঢাকা চট্টগ্রাম…
EU must fight antimicrobial resistance with incentives
At a meeting of healthcare stakeholders in Europe organised by Science|Business, policy makers, industry and medical experts agreed that addressing the AMR crisis requires political and economic effort at a global level.
Will the grass be greener for the workers?
by Kate Holman What are ‘green jobs’? According to the International Labour Organization, they are “decent jobs that contribute to preserve or restore the environment, be they in traditional sectors such as manufacturing and construction, or in new, emerging green…
Group painting show ‘The First Chapter’ Begins at AF Dhaka
Dhaka, 27 July – The group painting exhibition titled ‘প্রথম পর্ব/ Prothom Parbo (The First Chapter)’ by ‘Outdoor Artist Group’ has begun at Galerie Zoom, Alliance Française, Dhaka on Friday.
জহুরুল হককে ইসলামী ঐক্যজোট হতে বহিস্কার
ইসলামী ঐক্যজোটের মহাসচিব অধ্যাপক মাওলানা আব্দুল করিম খান ও সিনিয়র যুগ্ন মহাসচিব মুক্তিযোদ্ধা ডাঃ মাওলানা শওকত আমীন এক বিবৃতিতে বলেছেন সিলেটে ২০ দল মনোনিত মেয়র প্রাথী আরিফুল হক চৌধুরীর বিরূদ্ধে অবস্থান নিয়ে কেন্দ্রীয় সিদ্ধান্ত অমান্য ও সাংগঠনিক শৃংখলা ভঙ্গের অপরাধে…
AL man picked up by unidentified people in capital
Dhaka, July 27 – Parvez Hossain Sarker, former chairman of Comilla’s Titas upazila with Awami League ticket has been reportedly picked up by men in plainclothes from Lalmatia area of the capital on Friday afternoon.
Electioneering in 3 BD cities in full swing amid complaints
Dhaka, July 27 – Electioneering for the July 30 city corporation elections to Rajshahi, Sylhet and Barisal is going on in full swing amid allegations of the electoral code of conduct violation.
560 model mosques to be built
The government will build a total of 560 model mosques across the country soon, a press release of Islamic Foundation (IF) said.
Buddhists celebrate Ashari Purnima
The Buddhists in the city and elsewhere in the country today celebrated Ashari Purnima, one of their major religious festivals, with solemn devotion and traditional enthusiasm.
RMG workers to observe 2-hr hunger strike July 31
Readymade garment (RMG) workers will observe a two-hour hunger strike in front of the office of the minimum wage board for the RMG sector on July 31 to press home their demand for fixing Tk 16,000 as minimum wage.
People responsible for coal scam to face music: Secy
Energy and Mineral Resources Division Secretary Abu Hena Md Rahmatul Muneem on Friday said those responsible for the disappearance of 1.44 lakh tonnes of coal from Barapukuria Coal Mining Company Limited (BCMCL) will be brought to justice.
Sara Hossain in Inquiry Body on occupied Palestine
Barrister Sara Hossain, a Supreme Court lawyer, has been named as one of the three members of the ‘Commission of Inquiry’ on the 2018 protests in the occupied Palestinian territory.
Rohingyas: Dhaka for holding perpetrators accountable
Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali has said the perpetrators of heinous crimes against Rohingyas in Rakhine State of Myanmar must be held accountable.
Elections to cities to be a farce, fears BNP
BNP on Friday feared that the elections to three city polls will turn into a farce as the Election Commission (EC) could not yet create a proper election atmosphere.
Cricket star Imran Khan wins in Pakistan but needs coalition
It’s official: Pakistan’s Election Commission on Friday declared former cricket star Imran Khan’s party the winner of Pakistan’s historic third consecutive election of a civilian government, but he didn’t win an outright majority and must form a coalition.
BNP-Jamaat clique to destroy country if returns to power: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday said the BNP-Jamaat clique will just destroy the country with their unbridled looting and corruption if they return to power as they did in the past.
Extrajudicial killings’ for holding lopsided general election: BNP
BNP on Friday alleged that the government has long been engaged in ‘extrajudicial killings’ in the name of anti-narcotic drive to hold another one-party lopsided general election.
10 million people infected with hepatitis virus
Nearly one crore people in the country are infected with hepatitis B virus or hepatitis C virus, said a study report recently.
Silence of Judiciary increases self-censorship: Pak journos
When it comes to the military and the judiciary, Pakistan’s journalists are “between a rock and a hard place,” Zohra Yusuf, of the independent non-profit Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, told CPJ.
Einstein was right: astronomers confirm key theory
A consortium of astronomers said Thursday they had for the first time confirmed a prediction of Albert Einstein’s theory of general relativity by observing the gravitational effects of a supermassive black hole on a star zipping by it.