Hunched over the soil, Malagasy villagers work feverishly — deft fingers planting stalks of mangrove to replace the swathes destroyed for firewood and building material. In just two decades, Madagascar lost about a fifth of its mangrove forest area, exposing…
Entertainment Desk Bengal Boi organizes its program ‘Gaan Gaibar Dine’ every month; this month, Bajpaie was their featured performer Renowned musician of West Bengal Sahana Bajpaie returned to Bangladesh after 10 years to perform at “Gaan Gaibar Dine,” held at…
Entertainment Desk A four-day theatre festival began yesterday on the premises of Liberation War Museum located in the capital’s Agargaon area. On the opening day, Shunyan Repertory Theatre staged their much-acclaimed production ‘Lal Jamin’ (The Land of Blood). Scripted by…
Kajol is one superstar, who has always played the game by her own rules. Family being her top priority, she’s known to shoot not for more than eight hours a day.
Entertainment Desk Mosharraf Karim will be found in a new role. He has now become a Fat-Man. He will be seen in a similar peculiar role in a drama in the upcoming Eid season. A snippet of the drama has…
Entertainment Desk Shahriar Nazim Joy’s third film Pap Kahini has began its shooting very recently. The shooting is taking place at a shooting house in the city’s Uttara area. Sohana Saba, who is playing one of the lead characters in…
Entertainment Desk Lux Super Star 2018 winner Mim Mantasha, centre, flanked by first and second runners up Sarwat Ajad Brishti and Samia Athoi at the Grand Finale at the Bangabandhu International Convention Centre in Dhaka on Friday, May 11, 2018…
The Global Pact for the Environment continues to raise questions about ways to harmonize it with the current international rules, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement, commenting on Russia’s decision to vote against a resolution to take steps…
The US space agency said Friday it plans to launch the first-ever helicopter to Mars in 2020, a miniature, unmanned drone-like chopper that could boost our understanding of the Red Planet. Known simply as “The Mars Helicopter,” the device weighs…
Culture Desk The contestants of Channel i Presents Lux Super Star- are now awaiting the much deserved recognition for their talents. Preparations for the Grand Finale is now underway with the country’s top five contestants – Samia Othoi, Mim Mantasha,…
Sister Rhea has posted a photo on her Instagram account in which she has announced Sonam Kapoor’s new name after her marriage with Delhi-based businessman Anand Ahuja. Rhea captioned the photo: “Forever and ever. Sister love is the truest love…
The new Google digital assistant converses so naturally it may seem like a real person. The unveiling of the natural-sounding robo-assistant by the tech giant this week wowed some observers, but left others fretting over the ethics of how the…
A Diego Rivera painting set a record Wednesday night for the highest price paid at auction for a Latin American artwork, fetching $9.76 million and taking the honor away from his partner Frida Kahlo.
Walmart’s move to splash $16 billion on a 77 percent stake in Flipkart, India’s largest e-commerce company, is set to transform the online market in one of the world’s fastest-growing economies. Here are four reasons why the Walmart-Flipkart deal will…
Production of ‘made-tea’ increase by 70 percent last year than the previous year in the country’s two northern districts of Panchagarh and Thakurgaon, officials said. An all-time record quantity of 54.40-lakh kg ‘made-tea’, worth Taka 108.80 crore, was manufactured after…
It was where Javier Bardem memorably declared his love for Penelope Cruz in 2010 — now the golden couple of Spanish cinema will open this year’s Cannes film festival together on Tuesday. The Oscar-winning actors both star in Iranian master…
Salman Khan dodges media with early-morning court appearance Indian movie star Salman Khan managed to avoid the spotlight when he returned to court on Monday (May 7) over his five-year jail sentence for killing endangered wildlife.
Cultural Correspondent Mustafa Zaman Abbasi, the master of folk songs, composition and research has been honoured with the honorific title “Bhawaiyar Rajputra”. Channel i hosted the awarding ceremony at their premises in Tejgaon in the capital. Along with Mustafa Zaman…
Most Asia markets rose Monday following a blistering lead from Wall Street as a soft jobs report soothed concerns about rising US interest rates, while oil prices extended a rally ahead of Donald Trump’s decision on the Iran nuclear deal.
Chinese scientists have come up with a new membrane material which can efficiently separate salt from water and has other water purification functions.
SpaceX’s unmanned Dragon cargo ship splashed down in the Pacific Ocean on Saturday, the company said, a few hours after leaving the International Space Station Saturday carrying 4,000 pounds (1,800 kilograms) of gear.”Good splashdown of Dragon confirmed, completing SpaceX’s third…
The Indian government’s attempt to sell debt-laden national carrier Air India is in danger of hitting the skids as a key deadline looms with no bidder in sight. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s administration announced in March that it would privatise…
Cate Blanchett knew there was something seriously awry with the Cannes film festival when the winners of its top prize, the Palme d’Or, were gathered together to celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2014.
Entertainment Desk Following his disputes with some members of Miles, Shafin Ahmed is now busy with his solo projects.He has recently released a solo romantic song titled ‘Phire Aye’, penned down by Bappy Khan and composed by the singer.
Actor Ranveer Singh became a butt of jokes on social media recently when he claimed in an interview that his family ‘wasn’t rich enough’ therefore they could only afford trips to Singapore, Indonesia and the United States. His statement was…
Carbon emissions from burning oil, coal and gas rose in most European Union countries in 2017, data showed Friday, in a sign the bloc was struggling to reduce greenhouse gas blamed for climate change.
The Asian Development Bank’s Board of Governors has adopted a resolution to allocate $690.1 million in net allocable income of its 2017 Ordinary Capital Resources (OCR) at ADB’s 51st Annual Meeting in Manila.
Julien’s Auctions says Harrison played the Hoffner Club 40 when The Beatles played around Liverpool, England, as The Quarrymen. Harrison traded his acoustic guitar for the electric model with Ray Ennis, who was a member of The Swinging Blue Jeans.
Madhuri Dixit is ready to make her debut in Marathi cinema, which is also her mother tongue. Her first Marathi film, Bucket List, is ready to release on May 25, 2018. Going by the framework of the film, Madhuri’s character…
Entertainment Desk Jaaz Multimedia released the first poster of the new film “Dohon” starring Puja Chery, Azmeri Haque Badhon and Siam Ahmed. Directed by Raihan Rafi, this is Puja Chery’s third film after “Noor Jahan” and “Poramon 2.”