Entertainment Desk People tend to be curious about celebrities always. Rather than their career, people mostly want to know about the personal life, especially love life of their favorite actors or actresses.
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Indonesia’s Mt. Sinabung spews massive smoke-and-ash column
An Indonesian volcano erupted Monday, sending a massive column of ash and smoke some 5,000 metres (16,400 feet)into the air, leaving local villages coated in debris and officials scrambling to hand out face masks to residents. Mount Sinabung on Sumatra…
Tokyo stocks open higher after Wall St gains
Tokyo stocks opened higher on Monday, buoyed by investor relief over continued gains on Wall Street last week. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index rose 0.72 percent or 155.32 points to 21,875.57 in early trade while the broader Topix index was…
Roland Mouret presents Fashion Week ode to free, sensual women
French designer Roland Mouret launched his latest collection in London on Sunday, aligning with the #MeToo movement in a parade celebrating femininity, independence and sensuality.
Haldaa gets Hiralal Sen Padak
Culture Desk Haldaa has received the Hiralal Sen Padak this year. The medal was delivered on the closing ceremony of Amaar Bhashar Chalachitra Utshab 1424. The film festival was going on at TSC of University of Dhaka and ended on…
Rani Mukerji: I curse my husband every day
Rani Mukerji is coming back to the silver screen after a hiatus of four years. Titled Hichki, the Aditya Chopra film will see Rani in the role of a primary school teacher suffering from Tourette’s syndrome and how she deals…
Japan team builds second skin message display
Palmreading could take on a whole new meaning thanks to a new invention from Japan: an ultra-thin display and monitor that can be stuck directly to the body.
Romeo the lonesome frog is feelin’ the love
In the end, Romeo the lonesome Bolivian frog found more love than he could have imagined. A campaign to raise $15,000 by Valentine’s Day to fund a search for Romeo’s Juliet before he croaks generated $25,000, an environmental group said.
IMF’s Lagarde warns on rate risk from US tax reform
IMF chief Christine Lagarde warned Saturday that economic stimulus from US tax cuts may lead to a rapid rise in interest rates which would weigh on countries with high debt levels.
Birth anniv of Poet Jibanananda observed
Barisal Correspondent The 118th birth anniversary of Poet Jibanananda Das has been observed at his ancestral city Barisal with day long programs on Saturday. Participants of the programmes demanded preservation, implementation of the Dhansiri River eco- park project and excavation…
Kitty Pryde movie in the works
Deadpool director Tim Miller and Brian Michael Bendis, one of the biggest authors in the comic book world, are teaming for an X-Men spinoff.
Book fair abuzz with weekend visitors
A large number of weekend visitors of all ages particularly children were seen today on the 17th day of the Amar Ekushey Granthamela-2018, which has turned into a vibrant and festive gathering of booklovers, authors, publishers and researchers.
Tech-bar may delay iPhone users’ 4G experience
The iPhone users in Bangladesh may not get the experience of 4G/LTE mobile phone services immediately after the introduction of the fastest data service due to technological ground of Apple. Mobile phone network operators (MNOs) in the country has said…
Light pollution threatens Chile’s dark skies
It seems nothing can escape the inexorable spread of light pollution — not even the giant telescopes probing the heavens above northern Chile, a region whose pristine dark skies, long considered a paradise for astronomers, are under increasing threat.
Nirjhar brings together sixteen singers from Bangaldesh, India
Culture Desk Enamul Karim Nirjhar published 101 songs bringing together 51 vocalists of the country in 2014. All the songs in that album titled “Ek Nirjhar-Er Gaan” were penned and composed by him. Now the architecht and filmmker has released…
World stocks most rise as rate-hike fears ebb
Global stocks mostly rose Friday as investors continued to ramp up purchases as equities have stabilized following a bout of volatility earlier in the month.
Fashion photographer Demarchelier accused of harassment
The Boston Globe published a bombshell expose on Friday accusing more than two dozen professionals in the fashion industry, among them legendary photographer Patrick Demarchelier, of sexual misconduct.
Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux split
Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux are separating after two years of marriage, they said in a statement to AFP on Thursday. The pair, who shared a mansion in the upscale Bel Air neighborhood of Los Angeles, met on the set…
Water: Why the taps run dry
The world has abundant freshwater but it is unevenly distributed and under increasing pressure, UN agencies say, as highlighted by the severe shortages in Cape Town. More than 97 percent of the planet’s water is salty, most of it in…
Kamal urges Canada to invest more in Bangladesh
Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal today urged Canada to invest in Bangladesh in a larger volume utilising the existing investment-friendly policy of the government.
PMO makes directive for using hollow bricks in construction
The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has made a directive for using hollow bricks in government construction works.
Two-day long art camp starts in Sylhet
Culture Desk An art camp has been organised at The Bahubal Palace in Sylhet by Galleri Kaya recently. The two day long art camp has as its participants noted artists Ahmed Shamsuddoha, Jamal Ahamed, Sheikh Afzal Hossain, Mohammad Iqbal, Rafiqun…
Partha Barua takes up film production
Culture Desk Musician Partha Barua has now announced that he would take up filmmaking. He has taken up the project as a producer. It is currently towards the end of the pre-production phase and will go for shooting from September.…
The sun to be cooler by 2050
The sun might be unusually cool by 2050, according to a new study. Based on the cooling spiral of recent solar cycles, scientists from University of California, San Diego believe the next “grand-minimum” is just decades away, during which the…
Global markets seeing ‘necessary corrections’: IMF chief
The latest volatility in global financial markets represents “necessary corrections”, IMF chief Christine Lagarde said in Dubai on Sunday, in the wake of a Wall Street plunge. “The market trepidations that we have seen in the last few days are…
100 years ago today, jazz broke loose in Europe
A hundred years ago in World War One, a group of American soldiers stormed Europe—not to the boom of guns, but the swinging rhythm of saxophones, drums and horns. They came to fight in the mud against the Germans in…
Film “Swapnajaal’ to submit to censor board
Entertainment Desk “Monpura” famed director Gias Uddin Selim’s upcoming film “Shopnojaal” has received verbal approval from BFDC’s newly formed preview committee on Monday. The director told Showtime: “We have received verbal approval from the preview committee and after the necessary…
Bhalo Theko releases
Entertainment Desk National Film Award-winning filmmaker Zakir Hossain Raju-directed ‘Bhalo Theko’, was released in 82 theatres across the country on Friday ahead of Valentine’s Day.Written jointly by Zakir Hossain Raju and Delwar Hossain Dil, Bhalo Theko’ is a romantic drama…
US stocks end brutal week on benign note; European, Asian stocks dive
Wall Street stocks ended a bruising week on a benign note courtesy of a late-session surge Friday, while equity markets in Europe and Asia fell sharply in volatile trading. US stocks lurched back and forth in a rollercoaster session, opening…
Bangladesh cables manufacturer gets highest US certification
A Bangladesh cable manufacturer has achieved the USA’s highest standardization UL as well as German based VDE certifications that opens a new door for the country to export international standard sophisticated domestic cables and Appliance Wiring Materials (AWM).