Gully Boy starring Ranveer Singh and Alia Bhatt hit the theatres on Valentine’s Day i.e 14th February this year and within a week of its release, the film has crossed a benchmark at the box-office. Directed by Zoya Akhtar, the…
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Komola Rocket wins Jury Prize in Paris
Entertainment Correspondent Komola Rocket has won the Jury Prize at the recently concluded Festival du Film D’Asie du Sud. This year the festival ran from February 12 to 17 in Paris for the sixth annual edition. The six-day long festival…
Marshall Islands consider radical measures to survive rising sea levels
The far-flung Marshall Islands needs to raise its islands if it is to avoid being drowned by rising sea levels. President Hilda Heine has warned. Plans are underway for national talks on which of the 1,156 islands, scattered over 29…
Boro paddy transplantation gets momentum in Rajshahi division
Seedling transplantation of Irri-boro paddy has got a highest peak as the farmers put in their level best efforts to complete the transplantation process in due time. At present, the farmers are passing their busy days in seedling transplantation and…
Hollywood royalty set for Oscars night
The ballots are in, the red carpet gowns are chosen and the golden statuettes are being polished: Sunday is Oscars night. Hollywood’s biggest gala of the year, and the end of a topsy-turvy awards season. Can Alfonso Cuaron’s “Roma” be…
Audience give thumbs up to Total Dhamaal
Total Dhamaal is the third installment of the hit Dhamaal series. Directed by Indra Kumar, the film stars Ajay Devgn, Riteish Deshmukh, Arshad Warsi, Javed Jaffrey, Madhuri Dixit, Esha Gupta and Anil Kapoor in leading roles. Total Dhamaal continues with…
Salman replaces Atif Aslam after ban on Pakistani artists
In the wake of the terror attack in Pulwama in Jammu and Kashmir, the All Indian Cine Workers Association (AICWA) announced a total ban on Pakistani actors and artists working in Indian film industry. Now, news has surfaced that actor…
$400 billion climate investment plan for Sahel region
Heads of state of 17 countries in the Sahel region of Africa will hold a summit on Monday in Niamey . To approve a climate investment plan worth $400 billion over 12 years, the Niger government said Wednesday. The “ambitious”…
Obscure releases music video for Altaf Mahmud
Entertainment Desk Band Obscure has released a new music video. Titled ‘Surer Barputra,’ the song has been dedicated to veteran music composer the Martyred Intellectual Altaf Mahmud. The music video was launched yesterday on the official YouTube channel of Obscure.…
Fahim Faisal’s musical film launched
Culture Desk Asif is in deep love with Trishna, spending whole days in his beloved’s thoughts. Sadly enough, Trishna is unaware of this. These pros and cons of their affair have been portrayed in musical film ‘Angul Chute Chai’. The…
Kuddus Boyati critically sick
Culture Desk One of the popular Boul singers of the country Kuddus Boyati is critically sick. He was admitted to the National Institute of Chest, Mahakhali in the capital yesterday. He has been suffering from afflictions in his gonadal and…
Amazon’s ‘collaborative’ robots offer peek into the future
Hundreds of orange robots zoom and whiz back and forth like miniature bumper cars — but instead of colliding, they’re following a carefully plotted path to transport thousands of items ordered from online giant Amazon. A young woman fitted out…
DU chalks out elaborate programmes to observe Amar Ekushey
DU Correspondent Dhaka University (DU) authority has chalked ut a series of programmes to observe Amar Ekushey, the International Mother Language Day on February 21 with due respect. University’s “Central Coordination Committee for Observing Amar Ekushey” and various sub-committees are…
President, PM pay homage to Language Heroes
News Desk President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina have paid their rich tributes to the martyrs of the historic Language Movement on the occasion of Amar Ekushey and the International Mother Language Day. President Abdul Hamid and Prime…
Vaccine could virtually eliminate cervical cancer
The rapid scale-up of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine could virtually eliminate cervical cancer in a handful of rich countries within three decades, and in most other nations by century’s end, researchers said yesterday . Without screening and HPV vaccination,…
Samsung launches folding smartphone, first 5G handset
Samsung unveiled a smartphone that folds open to be a tablet, becoming the first major manufacturer to offer the feature as it strives to stoke excitement in a slumping market yesterday. The South Korean giant also appeared to get the…
Japan govt, Fukushima operator told to pay over nuclear disaster
A Japanese court awarded nearly $4 million in fresh damages to scores of residents forced to flee their homes after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear meltdown yesterday. The Yokohama district court ordered the government and Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) to…
Oscars chef cooks up a storm for the big night
They will nibble on Oscar-shaped flatbreads topped with smoked salmon and caviar, sip French champagne and sink their teeth into tiny chocolate Oscar statuettes. Nothing is good enough for Hollywood’s elite who will be wined and dined after the Academy…
Pantha Kanai sings for Fahmida Nabi
Culture Desk Fahmida Nabi is all set to appear as a music composer of a whole album. Primarily focusing on patriotic songs the album contains fifteen songs sung by different vocalists. One of the vocalists is Pantha Kanai. His song…
Filmmaker Muhammad Khasru dead
Culture Desk Muhammad Khasru, a pioneering figure in the movement for decent films in the country has passed away. The filmmaker breathed his last at BIRDEM, Shahbagh yesterday. He was suffering from asthma, diabetes. He had been living in his…
Sci-fi fantasy ‘Alita’ tops N. American box office
Entertainment Desk Fox’s new sci-fi fantasy “Alita: Battle Angel” dominated the North American box office charts over the four- day holiday weekend, earning $33.5 million, industry tracker Exhibitor Relations said today. The futuristic film, which stars Rosa Salazar voicing “Alita,”…
New Universe map unearths 300,000 more galaxies
The known Universe just got a lot bigger. A new map of the night sky published charts hundreds of thousands of previously unknown galaxies discovered yesterday . Using a telescope that can detect light sources optical instruments cannot see. The…
Aussie rodent becomes first ‘climate change extinction’
Australia officially declared a Great Barrier Reef rodent extinct today , making it the first mammal believed to have been killed off by human-induced climate change. The rat-like Bramble Cay melomys — whose only known habitat was a small sandy…
PDB implements Tk964.16 crore project in Rajshahi division
Power Development Board (PDB) has been implementing a mega project to ensure a safe and dependable power supply to meet increasing demand for electricity till 2025. PDB sources said the four and half-year project styled “Power Distribution Management Development, Rajshahi…
Ranbir , Alia’s dinner date was all about love
Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt might be not officially talking much about their relationship. But the couple never hides their special equation and bonding from the paparazzi. Celebrating Valentine’s Day in the perfect way, Ranbir and Alia enjoyed a special…
200 marginal farmers get agri-incentives in Dimla
The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) distributed special agriculture incentives in terms of seed and fertilisers among 200 small and marginal farmers of Dimla upazila in Nilphamari on Monday. The incentives were distributed at a function held at Dimla upazila…
Who votes for the Oscars, how does it work?
The ballots are almost all in! Millions of television viewers around the globe will tune on Sunday. To watch the Oscars, the glitziest night in showbiz, but most don’t know how the winners are chosen. Less than 8,000 people in…
Visually impaired people enthralled audience by reciting poems
Culture Desk To the delight of the audience more than 100 visually impaired people captivated them by reciting poems. .Written by country’s 71 renowned poets depicting different turns of PM Sheikh Hasina. The occasion turned into an enthralling event as…
Urgent steps’ needed to save Australia’s biggest river system
The viability of a key river that feeds into Australia’s biggest water system is under threat if poor conditions that killed millions of fish are not improved within six months. The scientists warned today. The management of the Murray-Darling River…