Kangana Ranaut and Rajkummar Rao’s on-screen pairing seems to be a hit with not just the audience but with filmmakers too. After the success of Queen, Ekta Kapoor and Shaailesh R Singh managed to bring these two talented actors together…
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Strike a pose for International Yoga Day
Downward-facing dogs, cobras and warriors were set to sprout all over the world Thursday, as the fourth annual International Yoga Day got under way. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, whose proposal for the global event won UN approval in 2014,…
Earth’s intact forests vanishing at accelerating pace: scientists
Earth’s intact forests shrank by an area larger than Austria every year from 2014 to 2016 at a 20 percent faster rate than during the previous decade, scientists said Wednesday as the UN unveiled an initiative to harness the “untapped…
N. Korea data shows slight children’s health gains: UN
New data from North Korea show a “slight” improvement in children’s health in the isolated nation, the UN said Wednesday, but warned that massive challenges persist.The findings, published by the United Nations children’s agency (UNICEF), are based on surveys conducted…
A life at high altitude shapes human body, but how?
Living the high life — growing up, in other words, at extreme altitude — forces a developing human body to conserve energy, and that can translated into shorter arms, according to a study published Wednesday. Nepalese men and women born…
‘Doob’ to take part at festivals in London, Munich
Entertainment Desk Mostofa Sarwar Farooki’s latest film Doob (2017), starring Indian actor Irrfan Khan and Nusrat Imrose Tisha in lead roles, will be screened at London Indian Film Festival on June 24. The venue for the London screening is East…
Race 3 inches towards Rs 200 crore mark
Salman Khan’s film Race 3 is unstoppable. The film, which hit screens on June 15, is giving all sorts of reasons for the star cast to celebrate. The Remo D’Souza directorial had already crossed the benchmark of Rs 100 crore…
Filmmaker Raj Kumar Gupta to marry actress Myra
Filmmaker Raj Kumar Gupta is all set to tie the knot today with his long-time girlfriend Myra Karn, who made her acting debut in Raj’s acclaimed film, No One Killed Jessica. Myra had played Jessica’s character in the film. The…
Chinese satellite could link world to Moon’s dark side: space expert
A satellite with a huge golden umbrella-shaped antenna is in an orbit more than 400,000 km from Earth, waiting for Chang’e-4, which is set to be the first ever probe to land softly on the Moon’s far side.
In US, cigarette smoking reaches new low: study
13.9 percent of the US population smokes cigarettes, according to a US government report Tuesday which said the American smoking rate has reached “the lowest level ever recorded.”
Sanjay Dutt begins shooting for Kalank
Alia Bhatt, Varun Dhawan, Sanjay Dutt, Madhuri Dixit, Sonakshi Sinha and Aditya Roy Kapur have collaborated for the first time on Kalank. The period drama went on floors in April with Varun and Alia. However, a leading daily reported that…
Chirkutt completes shoot of ‘Katatar’ music video
Entertainment Desk Popular Bangladeshi band Chirkutt completed the shooting of their upcoming music video “Katatar” from their album “Udhao” on Friday. Studio Dream Catcher, the production company behind the music video, confirmed the news in a recent statement.
Varun visits local barber to ace his Sui Dhaaga look
Varun Dhawan is currently juggling two projects, Sui Dhaaga with Anushka Sharma and Kalank with Alia Bhatt. The actor has his dates divided between these two projects and after shooting for Kalank for a few days, the actor has switched…
US property crisis looms as sea level rises, experts warn
Along sun-splashed shorelines in the US state of Florida, home prices are on the rise,developers are busy building new complexes, and listings just blocks from thebeach describe homes that are “not in a flood zone,” meaning no flood insurance is…
Google to invest $550 million in China e-commerce giant JD.com
Google will invest more than half a billion dollars in China’s second-largest e-commerce company JD.com as part of a move to expand retail services around the world, the companies said Monday. The announcement comes as US giant is pushing Google…
Alia ’s sister Shaheen battling chronic depression
With the news about celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain and fashion designer Kate Spade’s suicide, Alia Bhatt’s older sister, Shaheen Bhatt (30), has once again shared how she overcame her suicidal thoughts and fought the darkness within her.
Ranbir Kapoor says he wants to work with Ranveer Singh
Ranbir Kapoor is in the thick of promoting his upcoming film Sanju. The biopic based on the life and times of Sanjay Dutt is already creating a lot of excitement. The trailer won rave reviews. Ranbir Kapoor is essaying the…
Varun, Anushka indulge in some on-set bantering
Varun Dhawan and Anushka Sharma are back on set. After a short break, the shooting of Sui Dhaaga: Made in India has resumed. The actors have been shooting for the film since the beginning of this year. This is the…
Michael Jackson street naming scrapped
An honorary street naming in Detroit for the King of Pop was canceled Wednesday. Michael Jackson Avenue was supposed to be officially unveiled Friday in Motor City, just as the late artist’s surviving brothers prepared to perform at a weekend…
‘Gohin Baluchor’ comes to small screen
Entertainment Desk Badrul Anam Soud’s critically acclaimed film “Gohin Baluchor” will be telecast on Dipto TV for the first time this Eid. The film features the love story of a boy and a girl from rival villages.
Baul philosophy to help resist communalism: Noor
Cultural Affairs Minister Asaduzzaman Noor today said people need to practise the philosophy of Baul, humanity, love and unity in their lifetime to overcome communalism.
Speakers for raising awareness on stroke to reduce death
Speakers at a roundtable discussion today called for raising awareness on stroke and immediate treatment to reduce death. Deaths and paralysis from stroke can be reduced by creating awareness among the general people, they said. The daily ‘Bangladesh Post’ in…
Kanshuta 001 released for Eid
Cultural Correspondent Music production house Gaanshala has come up with yet another innovative project. In this project an attempt will be made to form synthesis between the hearer’s choice and the musician’s experience. In older days we used to listen…
‘Norman,’ when artificial intelligence goes psycho
No, it’s not a new horror film. It’s Norman: also known as the first psychopathic artificial intelligence, just unveiled by US researchers. The goal is to explain in layman’s terms how algorithms are made, and to make people aware of…
Shocking’ die-off of Africa’s oldest baobabs: study
Some of Africa’s oldest and biggest baobab trees — a few dating all the way back to the ancient Greeks — have abruptly died, wholly or in part, in the past decade, researchers said Monday. The trees, aged between 1,100…
WHO predicts Ebola outbreak in DR Congo could end soon
The director general of the World Health Organisation said Sunday he believed a swift end could be put to the outbreak of Ebola in northwestern DR Congo, some 21 days which has left 27 people dead over the past month.
Saif Ali Khan again receives notice for hunting
United Nation’s Police Organisation, Interpol, has reportedly contacted the crime branch of Bandra police station with regards to the wild boar hunting case in Bulgaria. The department has been directed to get Saif Ali Khan’s statement on the matter.
Mousumi pairs up with Sani in TVC
Entertainment Desk The real-life duo Mousumi and Omar Sani has paired up together in a new television commercial (TVC) made for spice powder of Rani Food Products.
Kaler Putul’ director receives short film grant
Entertainment Desk Murder mystery “Kaler Putul” (2018) director Aka Reza Ghalib received the National Film Grant for making his short film “Dhor.” Based on a short story by Liberation War researcher and writer Afsan Chowdhury, the short film will follow…
10kgs tumour removed from farmer’s stomach
“I feel I have delivered four babies in one go. I feel so light and empty in the stomach,” says a farmer from Bikaner who got a 10-kg tumour off his stomach after a gruelling surgery.