Health Desk The Health and Family Welfare Ministry recently set February 9 afresh to observe the national vitamin ‘A’ plus campaign. On that day, 2.20 crore children aged between six to 59 months will be fed vitamin ‘A’ plus capsules…
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Varun hurts himself on the sets of dance film
Varun Dhawan is one of the most bankable stars of yesterday’s time with several hits to his name. His hardwork and dedication is commendable and thus a lot of big directors want to work with him. Varun landed in Mumbai…
Ranveer Singh to attend training session
Ranveer Singh, the name itself brings to the mind several characters that the actor has played effortlessly. He has done stark different roles with equal amount of conviction and that’s where his talent lies. Ranveer’s upcoming film Gully Boy hits…
Children’s chatters abuzz book fair
Entertainment Desk The second day of the Amar Ekushey Grantha Mela was abuzz with children’s chatters as the first day of Shishu Prohor (children’s hour) gave them an all round opportunity to enjoy themselves on the fair ground. Children of…
Deepika appointed as new Chairperson of MAMI
Actress Deepika Padukone has replaced producer Kiran Rao as the chairperson of the Mumbai Academy of Moving Image (MAMI), which organizes the Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival with Star. “Kiran Rao had decided to step down (as the chairperson of…
Toiling in Delhi’s toxic smog
Delhi is the world’s most polluted major city, its toxic cocktail of vehicle fumes, dust and smoke choking the chaotic metropolis and taking years off its 20 million inhabitants’ lives. But despite this, with levels of airborne pollutants routinely eclipsing…
Call for preserving ‘Bhaoyaiya’ songs
Entertainment desk Cultural personalities at a function here have stressed preserving, flourishing and nurturing of the century-old ‘Bhaoyaiya’ songs to entertain the common people. They also made a call for preserving the folksongs at the launching function of a two-day…
Rohit Shetty considering casting Sonam in his next?
Sonam Kapoor is currently gearing up for the release of Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga alongside Anil Kapoor, Rajkummar Rao and Juhi Chawla. While Rohit Shetty’s last film Simmba starring Ranveer Singh and Sara Ali Khan was a…
Fuad’s popular song selected for joint-production film
Culture Desk “Nitol Paye Ilik Jhilik” is a hugely popular song from Fuad. The song was voiced by Rajib. Now the song has been selected for a film named “Prem Amaar-2”. For the film the song has been recorded again…
For some whales, sonar may provoke suicidal behaviour
Scientists have long known that some beaked whales beach themselves and die in agony after exposure to naval sonar. Now they know why: the giant sea mammals suffer decompression sickness, just like scuba divers. At first blush, the explanation laid…
7th founding anniv ,2nd film festival at DU
Entertainment Desk TV, film and Photography Department of Dhaka University, 7th founding Anniversary and 2nd film festival here almost 230 film participated only 15 best film got selected and staged. A little story from a film- “A lonely middle-aged busy…
Zahid, Nadia, Urmila share screen for the first time
Entertainment Desk For the first time in an ongoing drama-serial popular model-actresses Nadia Ahmed and Urmila Srabonti Kar sharing the screen with celebrated actor-director Zahid Hasan titled ‘Don’. Zahid Hasan plays the role of the main protagonist. Jointly directed by…
Delhi plans to increase green coverage to negate climate change
Delhi government has planned to increase the capital’s green coverage to 33 percent from 22 percent with taking proper steps to drastically reduce carbon emission. To negate climate change impacts, officials and media reports said here on Monday. “The state…
Grammy-winning singer James Ingram dies
James Ingram, a Grammy winner known for his soulful R&B hits, has died, his friends and colleagues said Tuesday. He was 66 years old. “I have lost my dearest friend and creative partner James Ingram to the Celestial Choir,” performer…
‘Manikarnika’ claims opening weekend of over Rs 42 crore
Co-directed by Ranaut and Krish, the biopic is based on Rani Lakshmibai’s resistance to British rule in the mid-1800s. Kangana Ranaut’s period drama “Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi” has earned Rs 42.55 crore during its opening weekend, according to figures…
Drama ‘Khoabnama’ staged
Culture Desk A drama titled ‘ Khoabnama ‘ of eminent writer Akhteruzzaman Elias was staged at National Art Gallery Auditorium of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA) in the city on Monday night. Aiming to represent the socio-political scenario of rural pre-partition…
Farmers eye better mustard output in Rangpur region
The farmers are expecting a better output of mustard in Rangpur agriculture region during the current Rabi season as harvesting of the crop began with better yield rates. Officials of the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) here said harvest of…
Mithila, Nabila together for the first time
Cultural Correspondent Mithila and Nabila, are popular TV hosts of the country. The unlikely duo has paired up for the first time. The production is a shortfilm for online platform iflix. Redwan Rony will direct the film named ‘Blood Rose’…
First Indian film museum opens in home of Bollywood
From silent black-and-white films to colourful blockbusters bursting with song and dance, the evolution of Indian cinema is traced by a new museum in the home of Bollywood. Costing 1.4 billion rupees ($19.6 million), India’s first national film museum is…
King of the Andes under threat
By all accounts, Dasan and Illika should have died of poisoning. But they are back on their feet, poking their beaks through the bars of their cages, impatient to return to the skies over Colombia, which have been transformed into…
Amitabh, Anil Kapoor at lyricist Sameer’s daughter’s reception
The wedding season in Bollywood continues. Last night lyricist Sameer Anjaan’s daughter’s wedding reception was held in Mumbai and a lot of Bollywood celebs made their presence felt at the function. Our cameras spotted Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan, Jeetendra, Anil…
‘Black Panther’ scores big win at Screen Actors Guild Awards
Groundbreaking superhero blockbuster “Black Panther” on Sunday won the top prize at the Screen Actors Guild Awards — a major boost to its campaign for Oscars glory next month. The film won for best ensemble cast, besting musical romance “A…
Ranveer Singh wasn’t the first choice to play Khilji in Padmaavat
Today Padmaavat seems synonymous with the names of Deepika Padukone, Ranveer Singh and Shahid Kapoor. The three star performers aced their respective roles and made it seem like they were the perfect choice to portray those characters. Deepika Padukone’s graceful…
Sidharth Malhotra to play double role
Sidharth Malhotra has a good line-up of films for the year ahead with Jabariya Jodi, Marjaavaan and Vikram Batra biopic in his kitty. The actor has had his share ups and downs over the years but the one thing that…
Khushi reveals one weird thing about sister Janhvi
Boney Kapoor and late Sridevi’s two beautiful daughters Janhvi Kapoor and Khushi Kapoor are creating quite in a stir in B-town. Be it their fashion sense, their camaraderie with their half brother and sister Arjun and Anshula Kapoor or their…
In wartime Yemen, children find solace in music
The sound of music fills the halls at a school in Yemen’s Taez, where little Nazira al-Jaafari sits at a keyboard as a teacher takes her through the notes. “I love music,” said Jaafari, a pupil at the Al-Nawras school…
State of emergency declared in US measles outbreak
A state of emergency was declared on Friday in the western US state of Washington following a measles outbreak that has affected more than two dozen people, the majority of them children. The disease was declared eliminated in the US…
2018 was fourth hottest year on record
The last four years have been the world’s hottest since record-keeping began, with 2018 the fourth warmest on record, according to data published Thursday by US research group Berkeley Earth. Temperatures in 2018 were around 1.16 degrees Celsius (2.09 degrees…
Katrina reveals she chose Bharat over ABCD3D
Katrina Kaif wrapped up the shooting schedule of Bharat just a couple of days back for which she had been shooting since almost the mid of 2018. The actress had earlier given the nod to work with Varun Dhawan in…
‘Dhaka Int’l Foto Fest’ begins tomorrow
Entertainment Desk A four-day international photography festival titled “Dhaka Int’l Foto Fest-2019” will begin here tomorrow (January 27). With a view to increasing the practice of the art of photography, Dhaka University Photographic Society (DUPS) is arranging the festival in…