Culture DeskBannya’s newest Tagore album coming in Eid Noted Tagore artiste Rezwana Chowdhury Bannay is bringing two of her latest music albums in this Eid. Impress Audio Vision will hopefully make them available online during Eid. The albums are ‘Gaaner…
A young man died after being hit with an iron rod reportedly by his brother at South Khani in Indurkani upazila on Monday night. The deceased was identified as Mohammad Forkan, 30, son of Abdus Salam of the area. Mohammad…
Cultural Correspondent Senior actresses Champa and Aruna Biswas have teamed up after nearly twenty-two years for film ‘Shaan’. The film casts Siam Ahmed as the lead actor opposite Puja Cherry and Taskeen Rahman in the negative role. Champa will act…
Dimple Kapadia featuring in Hollywood director Christopher Nolan’s Tenet has got everyone excited. From Bollywood celebrities to regular moviegoers, everyone has expressed their delight and congratulated the actress on social media for her achievement. Dimple Kapadia’s manager revealed to a…
Green and vervet monkeys live on either side of Africa and their evolutionary paths diverged 3.5 million years ago, and yet the two species share a hard-wired vocabulary when faced with danger, clever experiments have shown. The new research, published…
“Aladdin” apparently still has the old magic, as the new Disney film took in an estimated $86.1 million in the Friday-to-Sunday period in North America to lead all box-office offerings, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations reported. The film, released on the…
Two air-conditioner technicians were killed and eight others were injured in a gas cylinder explosion at a sweater factory in Memberbari-Baniarchala area under Sadar upazila of the district last evening. They deceased were identified as Farhad Hossain, 30, son of…
Eight business establishments including a food factory were fined Tk 83,000 here yesterday on charges of manufacturing, possessing and selling of consumer products. A team of Department of National Consumer Rights Protection (DNCRP) realised fine conducting raids in different shopping…
As the director, Robert Eggers, and the lead actors Robert Pattinson and Willem Dafoe, had already left Cannes, the Fipresci award was presented to the producer who got very emotional . After 12 days of nonstop screenings, meetings, conferences and…
Facebook has been in contact with US and British financial regulators with a view to launching its own cryp to currency next year, the BBC reported on Friday. “GlobalCoin” would work with a new digital payments system in about a…
Adoption of the latest agriculture technologies evolved by Bangladesh Agriculture Research Institute (BARI) at farmers’ level could enhance safe and nutritious food output and make farm-activities more profitable. Agriculturists expressed the views at a workshop on ‘Introduction of BARI-evolved Modern…
Litchi is now flooded in local markets of Meherpur as the district has witnessed bumper production of the delicious and juicy fruit thanks to favorable environment and extending necessary supports to growers. Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) in Meherpur office…
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Mani Ratnam’s bond goes way back to her debut film Iruvar in 1997. Both of them are now set to collaborate once again for a historical drama. Aishwarya didn’t sign any project post Fanney Khan and…
Entertainment Desk Renowned musician and composer Fuad-Al-Muqtadir has composed a new fan song to celebrate the ICC World Cup 2019. The song, titled “Cholo Bangladesh,” has been dedicated to the Bangladesh National Cricket Team and is brought by Grameenphone, as…
The government has taken initiatives for re-excavation of water bodies across the country for fish cultivation to meet the demand of protein of the people. “The government would re-excavate abandoned rivers, canals and other water bodies for increasing fish production…
South Korea on Sunday hailed Bong Joon-ho’s Cannes film festival win for “Parasite”, saying it had left a historic footprint as the first Korean film to win the Palme d’Or. The top prize win by “Parasite”, a black comedy about…
A Bangladesh farmer was killed by a thunderbolt at Gujakhair village under Nabiganj Upazila of the district this morning. The deceased was identified as Cigil Mia, 45, a resident of the same village. Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Nabiganj Thana Md Iqbal…
Over 1.54 lakh poor and distressed families will be brought under Vulnerable Group Feeding (VGF) programme in Rajshahi district to mark the end of Ramadan and celebration of the upcoming holy Eid- ul-Fitr festival. Under the programme, 2,413 tonnes of…
Entertainment Desk Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy organized an event in remembrance of recently deceased singer Subir Nandi on Wednesday. The memorial event was held at the National Theatre Hall of Shilpakala. State Minister of Cultural Affairs KM Khalid attended the tribute…
While 2018 will clearly be known as the year of weddings in the history of Bollywood, the year 2019 doesn’t look any different. Noticing the romances blooming, we all might just witness some larger-than-life, star-studded weddings yet again this year.…
The much-loved singer and actor, the legendary Kishore Kumar has had quite an interesting life story. And a biopic on his life has been often talked about. And now, the latest reports suggest that singer Adnan Sami has been approached…
SpaceX on Thursday launched a rocket containing the first 60 satellites of its “Starlink” constellation, which is intended to provide internet from space and could one day number 12,000 satellites. One of the company’s Falcon 9 rockets took off without…
Standing among sacks of used supermarket shopping bags, soft drink bottles and detergent containers, Evelin Marcele is scornful of Brazil’s efforts to recycle plastic waste. “Almost nothing,” said the 40-year-old director of CoopFuturo, a sorting center for recyclable material in…
Omani author Jokha Alharthi has won this year’s Man Booker International Prize – the first Arabic writer to do so. Her novel Celestial Bodies centres on the lives of three sisters and their families coming to terms with social changes…
Culture Desk Eid special magazine show Ityadi is known for its out of the box segments. This year the Eid special episode of Ityadi as usual promises to entertain the viewers with a plethora of entertaining and thought provoking items.…
An animated film about a hand with a life of its own has won the first major prize at the Cannes film festival.”I Lost My Body”, a darkly comic French tale. Co-written by Guillaume Laurant, who was nominated for an…
Headlines have given little love to guitar heros in recent years, as streaming tastes favor rap and instruments of the greats are celebrated less onstage and more in museums. But more than a decade after soaring to global fame Rodrigo…
US states which expanded Medicaid insurance coverage to low-income adults as part of Barack Obama’s signature healthcare law saw a marked increase in colorectal cancer screening, a new study said Wednesday. Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer diagnosed…
Global sea levels could rise by two metres (6.5 feet) and displace tens of millions of people by the end of the century, according to new projections that double the UN’s benchmark estimates. The vast ice sheets of Greenland and…
Renowned filmmaker and film historian Vijaya Mulay passed away on Sunday. Born on May 16, 1921, Mulay founded the Delhi Film Society in 1959, and later on became a joint secretary of the Federation of Film Societies. Vijaya Mulay’s daughter,…