Actor Shahid Kapoor has reportedly booked a swanky duplex apartment in Oberoi realtor’s upcoming Three Sixty West project. As per a DNA report, Shahid Kapoor is all set to be the owner of a sea facing apartment, which is worth…
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Haldaa selected in three international film festivals
Cultural Correspondent Another super film of Tauquir Ahmed ‘s Haldaa has been invited in three international festivals. Invitations have been sent in the space of a single month.
Why is he putting us through so much pain : Namrata Dutt
Ram Gopal Varma has lately created quite the buzz as he announced another film on Sanjay Dutt’s life. After the immense success of Rajkumar Hirani’s Sanju, RGV is all set to throw light on the darker side of the actor’s…
Two workers die on ship blast in Karnaphuli
Chattogram Bureau Two workers have died in an explosion on a ship in the Karnaphuli River in Chattogram’s Shikolbaha on Monday afternoon.
ACC finds no trace of 144,000 tonne coal at Barapukuria
Dinajpur Correspondent The Anti-Corruption Commission has found abnormalities in the coal extracted from the mine in Dinajpur’s Barapukuria in its initial investigations. Its five investigators found no trace of 144,000 tonnes of coal on the yard of the mine during…
Joint fight against climate change, forest loss in Mozambique
From a distance, the Gile National Reserve in northern Mozambique is a vast, dense ocean of green that reaches as far as the horizon. Bigger than Luxembourg, the 2,800-square-kilometre (1,080-square-mile) forest seems to be eassuringly preserved, its hardwood treasure placed…
French IT services group Atos to buy Syntel of US
French IT services group Atos said Sunday it has agreed to buy US information technology group Syntel in a move tosignificantly expand its presence in North America.
Rituparna in Dhaka again
Entertainment Desk The last time celebrated Indina Bangla actress Rituparna Sengupta came to Bangladesh was in April for the promotion of film ‘Ekti Cinemar Golpo’. Now this actress is returning to Dhaka once again. The actress is coming to Dhaka…
American TV gets its first ever transgender superhero
A transgender activist who won a discrimination lawsuit after her school refused to let her use the girls’ bathroom will be TV’s first transgender superhero.
Theatre troupe Padatik Natya Sangsad enthralls India
Entertainment Desk Theatre troupe Padatik Natya Sangsad (TSC) enthralled India with staging four of its acclaimed productions at a two-day festival, which began on July 20 at Naihati Oikatan Mancha in West Bengal, India. Padatik staged the plays ‘Gahonjatra’ and…
Charge sheet in Holey Artisan attack case Monday
Crime Reporter The charge sheet of the militant attack on Gulshan’s Holey Artisan Bakery in the capital on July 1 in 2016 will be submitted to the court today. “We are going to submit the charge sheet in the Holey…
9 stars who turned down great film roles
Brokeback Mountain was met with so much critical acclaim and commercial success, you would think any actor would have loved to star in it. But in fact, producers struggled to cast any major actors in the film while it was…
Maritime ports advised to keep hoisting signal No. 3
Maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox’s Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been also advised today to keep hoisting local cautionary signal number three as the monsoon land depression now lies over North Odisha and adjoining area .
Bangladesh-Nepal friendship cultural festival to begin today
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.
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…