Bangladesh National Film Award winner Giasuddin Selim’s much-anticipated film “Swapnajaal” is finally ready for release. The director announced at a Dhaka Club press conference on Wednesday that the film is going to be released at 30 cinema halls across the…
Culture Reporter Dhallywood superstar Shakib Khan has been admitted to the capital’s Labaid hospital on Thursday afternoon due to sudden illness. After being taken to the hospital, the doctors advised him to get admitted. Labaid’s Public Relations Department employee Saifur…
The once-idyllic Thai bay that became a must-see on the tourist trail after the 2000 movie “The Beach” will be closed to visitors for four months, an official said Thursday, as Thailand looks to stem the impact from crowds. The…
A newly created Space Colony Research centre led by Japan’s first female astronaut is bringing cutting-edge technology to bear on one of mankind’s greatest questions: Can we live in space? Tucked away in high-tech laboratories at the Tokyo University of…
Japan’s factory output picked up in February while the jobless rate stayed low, official data showed Friday as the world’s third largest economy continues a solid expansion. Factory output rose 4.1 percent month-on-month, according to industry ministry data, falling short…
Culture Reporter A mobile phone photography exhibition based on a contest titled “Amar Chokhe Nagorik Jibon,” ended at Bishwo Shahitto Kendro on Thursday.
Entertainment Desk The Bangladesh-India friendship drama festival, a week-long will begin at University of Rajshahi on April 1. The event was announced during a press conference on Thursday at the University of Rajshahi Department of Theatre.
Culture Desk Artist Jahangir Hossain’s 12th solo art exhibition “Life in Mirror” opens today at 5:00pm at DD Gallery in Gulshan.
Searching the shoreline sediment of British Columbia’s Calvert Island, researchers uncovered 29 footprints that are 13,000 years old. The footprints belonged to two adults and a child, according to a study published Wednesday in the journal PLOS-ONE.
Most Asian stocks extended their selling on Thursday as a volatile week draws to an early close in many markets, while bubbling trade tensions and another painful day for Wall Street technology shares continued to feed uncertainty.
The Indian film industry is a citadel of secularism where there’s no scope for communal bias, said veteran writer-lyricist Javed Akhtar.
Shah Rukh Khan is busy shooting for Anand L Rai’s Zero these days. The film in question co-starring Anushka Sharma and Katrina Kaif is slated to release in December this year and we just can’t keep calm. And if you…
Entertainment Desk Third London Bengali Film Festival begins April 12 Telefilm Amar Akash Ki Er Cheyeo Choto was telecasted on March 22 on Maasranga television. The telefilm was unique in its story as it tells about a controversial love between…
Physically challenged artists performing in ‘A Different Romeo & Juliet’ Courtesy.This ambitious project auditioned more than 170 people with disabilities to finalise the cast of 16 artists representing different social backgrounds in Bangladesh.
Rock On fame Farhan Akhtar has ‘permanently deleted’ his Facebook account. The actor-producer on Tuesday took to his official Twitter handle to inform his followers about it. He wrote, “Good morning. This is to inform you all that I have…
Hit working-class sitcom “Roseanne” returned to US television screens Tuesday after a two-decade hiatus, winning generally positive reviews in a sharply polarized America with a title character who is now a pill-popping, Trump-voting grandma.
The launch of NASA’s next giant space telescope has been delayed until at least May 2020, the US space agency said Tuesday, in the latest setback for the much-anticipated project.
Sun-drenched Spain should be a natural for solar energy, and it is here that the technology is making an effort to stand on its feet financially without subsidies.
Asian markets resumed their downward spiral on Wednesday following a sell-off on Wall Street, with technology firms tracking their US counterparts, while trade war fears continue to niggle at investor confidence.
Special credit programme of Rajshahi Krishi Unnayan Bank (RAKUB) for boosting fish production has been gaining popularity everywhere in the country’s northwest region over the last decade.
Scientists warned Monday that land degradation imperils the health and well-being of billions of people, threatening food and water supplies while fuelling conflict, mass migration and disease spread. But all is not lost, said the mammoth report by the Intergovernmental…
Culture Desk Khijir Hayat Khan has sporadically tried his luck in acting. The filmmakers prominently known for trying his luck with the first film on Bir Shrestho Motiur Rahman and the first sports film of the country- Jaago has taken…
Culture Desk Goti Theatre’s latest production “Roktoanchon” will open at the Rangamati Indigenous Community Cultural Center on March 30. The play is written by Ashik Sumon, who is also directing it. The theatre company’s president Moni Pahari said in a…
Entertainment Desk A short film based on a true story, titled “Premik 1982”, directed by Muntasir Akib and produced by Tiger Media will be released on April 12. The film will be published on Tiger Media’s official YouTube channel.
Culture Desk Zulfikar Russel has received the “Radio Mirchi Music Award.” The lyricist got his first award outside Bangladesh for penning songs for Nachiketa’s solo album “Shabuj Chilo.” Awards in different categories were handed over on March 7 at Nazrul…
Like previous years, the world’s search engine giant is celebrating the 48th Independence and National Day of Bangladesh by replacing its regular home page graphic with a special doodle. The doodle, dedicated to the people of Bangladesh, commemorates the day…
The Sydney Opera House, the Eiffel Tower and Moscow’s Red Square were among the world landmarks to go dark Saturday, as part of a global campaign to raise awareness about the impacts of climate change. Earth Hour, which started in…
Asian markets extended last week’s worldwide plunge as investors fret that Donald Trump’s controversial tariffs on $60 billion of Chinese goods will spark a trade war that would hammer the global economy. The US move to impose levies, claiming China…
Cultural Correspondent Famed filmmaker Tauquir Ahmed will today be seen acting as a real-life person. This historic person named Jahid was a valiant in the Liberation War of 1971 who underwent torture in Pakistani military camp for refusing to collaborate…
Culture Desk Drama on doing justice to female freedom fighters, Pakistan’s cohorts Rownak Hasan, Shabnam Faria, Rashed Mamun Apu will be seen in a drama titled “Tomar Bhoy Nei Maa” today on Bangla Vision.