Culture Desk Bangladesh-Nepal friendship cultural festival will start from today at the National Music and Dance Centre Auditorium of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy in the Segun Bagicha area of the capital.
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Record Tamim-Shakib stand helps BD trounce Windies by 48 runs
Sports Correspondent A record partnership by Tamim Iqbal and Shakib Al Hasan has fired Bangladesh to a convincing 48-run victory over West Indies in the first ODI. The hard-hitter bagged another record – the slowest century (off 146 balls) by…
Dangerous complacency’ looms over world AIDS meeting
Thousands of experts and activists descend on Amsterdam to bolster the battle against AIDS amid warnings recently that “dangerous complacency” may cause a resurgence of the epidemic that has already killed 35 million people.
Firefighters injured as blaze near Yosemite grows
A fire that claimed the life of one firefighter and injured two others near California’s Yosemite national park has almost doubled in size in three days, authorities said recently. The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) said the so-called Ferguson fire…
Taylor Swift in all-star film version of ‘Cats’: reports
Pop superstar Taylor Swift will take to the silver screen alongside Jennifer Hudson in a film adaptation of the popular hit musical “Cats,” reports said Friday. The movie is the latest project for British filmmaker Tom Hooper, who brought novel-turned-musical…
Arctic wild goose chase threatens chicks as temperatures rise
Rising temperatures in the Arctic are encouraging Barnacle geese to speed up their migration journeys north every spring, says a new study. But their efforts to go faster are leaving them too drained to lay their eggs early when they…
‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ director James Gunn fired over ‘offensive’ posts
Disney has removed James Gunn as director of ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’ after a number of offensive social media posts resurfaced online. The American filmmaker apologised after old tweets in which he appeared to joke about paedophilia and…
Purnima, late actor Manna’s production house Kritanjali return to films
Culture Desk Naim Imtiaz Niamul, noted director of TV dramas has taken up two daring projects at the same time. Both of them are full-length films. The first one is based on the novel Gangchil, written by Road Transport and…
Woman gives birth to 6 stillborn children in Naogaon Sadar
Naogaon Correspondent A four-month pregnant woman gave birth to six stillborn children at Sadar Hospital of Sadra on Saturday. Victim Mousumi Akhter’s husband Rana said they got married in 2010. But they have no children.
Storm Son Tinh kills 20, leaves 16 missing in Vietnam
Tropical storm Son Tinh has killed 20 people, left 16 missing and injured 14 in Vietnam, the country’s rescue committee said on Saturday.
4 more die in ‘shootouts’ in anti-drug raids across country
News Desk At least four people have been killed in gunfights amid the ongoing drug crackdown across the nation. Police say two, one in Kushtia and one in Chapainawabganj, were killed in drug raids by security forces while the…
Brazil’s Germany defeat a bitter experience
Neymar left the 2014 World Cup quarter-final between Brazil and Colombia on a stretcher and was ruled out of the rest of the tournament with a back injury For ordinary Brazil people, the Germany defeat was probably the bitterest part…
All set for PM Sheikh Hasina’s mass reception
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will receive a mass reception at the historic Suhrawardy Udyan in Dhaka today. Awami League will accord the reception to Prime Minister for the incumbent government’s outstanding contributions to the country’s development and achievements in different…
Film on Rohigyas eyeing August release
Cultural Correspondent Director Prasun Rahman has announced that a film is being made on Rohingyas. The film will facilitate TV actress Saira Akter Jahan’s first big screen appearance. The film is titled Janmabhumi. Rownak Hasan has also acted in the…
Temperature likely to drop
News Desk Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) on Friday said that temperature is likely to drop today as light to moderate rainfall may occur over the country.
Bengali Beauty released in capital
Cultural Correspondent After more than a month Bangladeshi film theatres have got two new films. While Poramon-2 is continuing to draw attention in halls Indian film with Jaaz Multmedia- Sultan: The Saviour has been released. Starring Tollywood star Jeet and…
Ram Gopal Varma to helm Sanjay Dutt biopic
After the stupendous success of Sanju, Ram Gopal Varma has now declared that he will make a biopic on Sanjay Dutt and this one will tell the true story. Hirani’s film has received much acclaim but many have criticised the…
Vehicular movement restricted around Suhrawardy Udyan for Saturday
News Desk Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) yesterday announced to restrict vehicular movement around the Suhrawardy Udyan in the city today(Saturday) ahead of the mass reception to be accorded by Awami League to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Veteran actor Rita no more
Veteran actor Rita Bhaduri passed away on July 17. The actor, who was last seen as Imarti Devi in Star Bharat’s TV show Nimki Mukhiya, was 62. She was hospitalised from last 10 days and had been ailing for a…
Android software puts Google at heart of mobile life
The Google Android operating system, the target of a long-running EU antitrust investigation, powers the vast majority of the world’s smartphones and firmly rules the mobile world. Android software acts as the brains for mobile devices, coordinating tasks from phone…
Good aquaculture practices imperative for sound public health
In addition to ensuring safe fish and its production, a good aquaculture practice is very vital for sound public health besides boosting country’s export list. There should be adequate measures to bring all the fish growers, traders, feed manufactures, sellers…
6th death anniversary of Humayun Ahmed tomorrow
The 6th death anniversary of prolific author, dramatist, screenwriter, playwright and filmmaker Humayun Ahmed will be observed tomorrow in a befitting manner.
Sangeet Sangathan Parishad: Tapan, Bishwajit reelected president, general secretary
Culture Desk Noted singers Tapan Mahmud and Bishwajit Roy have been respectively reelected president and general secretary of Bangladesh Sangeet Sangathan Samannay Parishad at the third national convention of the organisation recently. The event was held at Music and Dance…
Good agriculture practices to ensure sound public health underscored
Speakers at a function here called for following good agriculture practices to ensure food safety and free public health from various non-contagious diseases like cancer, heart ailment and liver cirrhosis. They said collective efforts of all the government and non-government…
Expanding ‘dead zone’ in Arabian Sea raises climate change fears
In the waters of the Arabian Sea, a vast “dead zone” the size of Scotland is expanding and scientists say climate change may be to blame. In his lab in Abu Dhabi, Zouhair Lachkar is labouring over a colourful computer…
Asif Akbar to appear on big screen
Cultural Correspondent Singer Asif Akbar has officially taken up the job of acting. He has been roped in for a full-length film titled VIP. He will be seen as a CID officer in the film. Shooting will start from the…
Aung Rakhine’s short film going to Locarno
Cultural Correspondent Aung Rakhine the director of first indigenous language based film “The Bicycle” has taken another homegrown film to international market. His second film a short one in terms of length has been selected in the Locarno International Film…
Ranveer teams up with Karishma
Bollywood actor Ranveer Singh on Saturday took to social media and shared a picture in which he is seen wearing a white overall while holding a weapon and wearing futuristic goggles. He captioned it as “Coming Soon”. While we wondered…
Fatepur to become climate-resilient beautiful village
Fatepur village under Saddyapuskorini union of Rangpur Sadar upazila of the district will become an ideal, climate-resilient and environment-friendly beautiful place decorated with fruit, timber and other varieties of trees. “The Barind Multipurpose Development Authority (BMDA) has undertaken a tree…
Critics rave about Tom Cruise’s Mission: Impossible – Fallout
Tom Cruise’s sixth Mission: Impossible film has landed, with reviews heaping praise on both the pace of the film and the 55-year-old’s stunts. Cruise returns as US agent Ethan Hunt, battling a global catastrophe while defying death with alarming regularity.…