Entertainment Desk For the first time in their acting career, promising young artistes Taskeen Rahman and Puja Cherry Roy have paired up for a film. The duo will appear in the film titled ‘Shaan’ under the direction of by M…
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Russia to send ‘Fedor’ its first humanoid robot into space
Russia was set to launch on today an unmanned rocket carrying a life-size humanoid robot that will spend 10 days learning to assist astronauts on the International Space Station. Named Fedor, for Final Experimental Demonstration Object Research with identification number…
3 killed in Thakurgaon road crash
A head-on collision between two buses on Thakurgaon-Panchagarh Highway left three people dead and 30 others injured today morning. The deceased were identified as Babul, 28, a minibus driver Abul Kalam Azad, 50, son of Abdul Majid and Quamruzzaman of…
Dwayne Johnson returns to top of Forbes best-paid actor list
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has reclaimed his position as the world’s highest-paid actor, according to a Forbes rich list otherwise dominated by the cast of Marvel’s record-breaking “Avengers” films. Former professional wrestler Johnson raked in $89.4 million over 12 months,…
Alpha now streaming on YouTube
Culture Desk Veteran filmmaker and thespian Nasiruddin Yousuff Bachchu’s art house feature film Alpha has been released on YouTube earlier this week. This is the director’s third feature film. In the film, Alpha, aka Artist, is a painter who lives…
India’s Moon probe enters lunar orbit
India’s Chandrayaan 2 spacecraft entered lunar orbit on Tuesday, executing one of the trickiest manoeuvres on its historic mission to the Moon. After four weeks in space, the craft completed its Lunar Orbit Insertion as planned, the Indian Space Research…
Israel seeks to beat PTSD with ‘ecstasy’ therapy
Nachum Pachenick says he lived a nightmare for nearly two decades after being sexually abused and developing post-traumatic stress disorder — until MDMA therapy came to his rescue. “It’s a life full of stress, pressure, nerves, anxiety, fatigue,” the 46-year-old…
Marvel films to lose Spider-Man
Marvel’s superhero films could be left without their most famous character after talks to “share” Spider-Man broke down between the Disney-owned studio and rival Sony, Hollywood media reported Tuesday. The Marvel movies have together grossed $22 billion at the global…
‘Meenalaap’ to be screened at Goethe Institute
Culture Desk Directed by an emerging film director Suborna Sanjutee, a short film titled ‘Meenalaap -Fish Monolouge’ will be screened on August 25 at Goethe Institut, Dhanmondi in the city. The short film will be screened as a part of…
‘Hasina: A Daughter’s Tale’ at Global Film Festival in India
Culture Desk Indian Film Federation and West Bengal Tourist Corporation are jointly going to organise a film festival titled ‘Global Film Festival’ for the first time on August 21. Three films from Bangladesh have been selected for the festival including…
Sonam Kapoor replies to trolls after told to ‘shift to Pakistan’
Actor Sonam Kapoor, who spoke about the situation in Jammu and Kashmir and abrogation of Article 370 in a recent interview, was mercilessly trolled for her comments. The actor has now reacted to the trolls, asking them to calm down.…
Pilu Khan bringing his first music album
Culture Desk Pilu Khan, a famous music composer and director from the 70s has finished his first album as a singer. Titled ‘Tomra Bhalo Acho To’ the album contains eight songs. With lyrics from Shahid Mahmud Jangi, Pilu Khan himself…
Tisha,Yash Rohan’s ‘Mayaboti’ gets release date
Culture Desk Director Arun Chowdhury’s upcoming film, Mayaboti is set to be released nationwide on September 13. The film received an uncut censor certificate from the Bangladesh Film Censor Board in June. The story of the film revolves around Maya,…
117 dengue patients admitted to Gaibandha Modern Hospital
A total of 117 dengue patients were admitted to Gaibandha Modern Hospital (GMH) till today and of them, 101 patients were released from the hospital after treatment. Now, some 15 patients are undergoing treatment in GMH and one in Fulchhari…
Australia branded leading ’emissions exporter’
Australia is the world’s third-largest emissions exporter, with more than a billion tonnes of carbon dioxide shipped abroad each year in the form of coal and liquefied natural gas, a think tank study showed today. The left-leaning Australian Institute reported…
Hrithik Roshan tops list of 5 most handsome men
Hrithik Roshan is an actor who is known for his charismatic personality and greek godesque good looks. The actor carries a certain aura around him and fans just cannot stop drooling whenever they see him on the big screen. Hrithik…
Tahmina releases semi-classical song
Culture Desk Tahmina Afrin has released her new original song for Eid music fans. Released on the YouTube channel of G-Series, the song is titled ‘Megh Kanna’. Ever since its release it has garnered appreciations online, much to the amazement…
Three Bangladeshi films to screen at Global Cinema Festival Siliguri
Culture Desk There will also be more representation from Bangladesh in other capacities. Arifin Shuvoo stars alongside Rituparna Sengupta in the Indian Bangla film Ahaa Re (2019), which is one of the opening films at this festival. International Fashion Designer…
Facebook rolls out new privacy settings for groups
Facebook is homing in on Facebook groups to help crack down on harmful content on the platform. In a tandem of blog posts this week, Facebook detailed two major changes to its user-created groups feature — one of which will…
Mussels, ‘super-filters’ can help beat water pollution
Seafood lovers who prize the mussel for its earthy taste and succulent flesh may be unaware of its growing potential in the fight against water pollution. The mussel is the hoover of the sea, taking in phytoplankton for nourishment along…
Vijay Varma, Janhvi to star in short film
We’ve all seen how brilliant an actor Vijay Varma is after his character Moen won several hearts in Gully Boy. Similarly, Janhvi Kapoor proved to be one of the most promising debutants last year with Dhadak. Both these young actors…
Jyotika Jyoti to debut on Kolkata’s silver screen
Culture Desk Bangladeshi actor Jyotika Jyoti will soon debut on Kolkata’s silver screen with the film Rajlokhi O Srikanto. The film will be released in West Bengal on September 20. Rajlokhi O Srikanto’s poster was unveiled on Friday, which also…
Pedro Costa’s ‘Vitalina Varela’ wins top prizes at Locarno film fest
“Vitalina Varela’, Portuguese director Pedro Costa’s dark portrayal of a Cape Verde woman who flies to Lisbon to bury her husband, scooped the top prize at the Locarno film festival in Switzerland Saturday. The film tells the story of the…
Run your way to better mental health
I once lived a life almost ruled by anxiety, intrusive thoughts and paralysing fear. I spent years looking for the thing that would release me, and when I finally found it, it wasn’t medication or therapy (although both helped). It…
‘Alpha’ gets TV premiere
Entertainment Desk Nasiruddin Yousuff directed ‘Alpha’ had its TV premiere on Channel-i yesterday.’Alpha’ is the third feature film directed by Nasiruddin Yousuff, who made his directorial debut with liberation war film Ekatturer Jishu in 1992.
Arctic sea ice loaded with microplastics
At first glance, it looks like hard candy laced with flecks of fake fruit, or a third grader’s art project confection from recycled debris.
Band Metallica donates 250,000 euros for Romanian pediatric hospital
American heavy metal band Metallica has donated 250,000 euros to a Romanian association building the country’s first pediatric oncology hospital, they said. The donation to Daruieste Viata (Give Life), founded in 2012, came ahead of the band’s sold out concert…
Poet Shamsur Rahman’s 13th death anniversary Saturday
Culture Desk The 13th death anniversary of one of the major poets in modern Bengali literature, Shamsur Rahman, will be observed today. Shamsur Rahman died at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) on August 17, 2006 while undergoing treatment. Different…
Messi, Ronaldo, Van Dijk nominated for UEFA award
Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Virgil van Dijk have been named as the finalists for the UEFA Men’s Player of the Year award, reports ESPN soccer. While Ronaldo, a three-time winner, has been ever-present in the final three since the…
Winner of DSC Prize to be announced on Dec 16
Culture Desk The winner of the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature -2019 will be announced at the Nepal Literature Festival in Pokhara on December 16. The final announcement and award-giving ceremony will constitute the final event of the festival,…