Known the world over for its water-filtering jugs, the small German family-run firm Brita typifies the “Mittelstand”, small and medium-sized businesses that form the backbone of Germany’s economy and have turned it into an export powerhouse both envied and resented…
Bollywood superstar Salman Khan broke a 12-year hiatus with live performances in the UK this weekend alongside an array of Indian actors. ‘Da-Bangg: The Tour’, which has been on a worldwide journey across Australia, Hong Kong and New Zealand, opened…
Entertainment Desk Director Deepak Shivdasani said he has started working on the second installment of the 1997 Suniel Shetty starrer “Bhai”. Directed by Deepak, the action film featured Shetty, Pooja Batra, Sonali Bendre and Ashish Vidyarthi in lead roles. The…
Nobel Peace Laureate Malala Yousafzai only joined Twitter two months ago and uses the microblogging site to share exciting life updates, like getting into Oxford. On Wednesday, the 20-year-old tweeted a sweet “fan girl” moment with actor and UNICEF Goodwill…
Common colds are common, as if the name itself didn’t make it clear enough. Colds are easy to catch, but they are downright frustrating and sickening. Symptoms may include sneezing, mild fever, dry throat, cough, sore throat, hoarse voice etc.…
Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu today called for cementing relations between Bangladesh and Malaysia in every possible sphere, including trade and business, for the mutual benefits of the common people in both the countries. “The existing trade figure between Bangladesh…
Health Desk Make-up, concealers and even botox can help to hide the problem of dark circles, but the problem needs to be tackled from within. A regular skin and health care programme needs to be followed, say experts. Prabhu Mishra,…
Bangladesh has achieved response capability of Computer Security Incident Response Teams (CSIRT) to mitigate the targeted cyber-attacks through a cyber-drill conducted by Organization of Islamic Cooperation- Computer Emergency Response Teams (OIC-CERT) on Tuesday. Bangladesh’s cyber-security platform BGD e-GOV CIRT is…
Stock markets finished the fourth session of the week on Wednesday with downward trends due mainly to price fall in large-cap securities. The falling major sectors were engineering, tannery industries and bank. A total of 170 securities of the large-cap…
Entertainment Desk Mahi to play in ‘Mon Debo Mon Nebo’ Popular actress Mahiya Mahi is going to star in upcoming film ‘Mon Debo Mon Nebo’. The film will be made under the banner of Impress Telefilm and it will be…
Veteran actor Anil Kapoor is all set to play reel daddy to his real son Harshvardhan in Abhinav Bindra biopic. And it was confirmed by his son in a sweet way. Harshvardhan took to Twitter and shared a picture of…
Entertainment Desk Indian singing sensation Arijit Singh sang for a Bangladeshi film, Dhaka Attack, for the first time. Arijit, who has a huge fan following in Bangladesh, did a show in Dhaka in 2014. The film Dhaka Attack is presented…
He is 50 but Akshay Kumar continues to defy age with his looks, physique, stunts and spirit. While he says his passion gets him going, industry experts say the fact he keeps reinventing himself with right stories has helped his…
This year’s Emmy winners didn’t waste their time in the spotlight.From Reese Witherspoon’s impassioned plea for more stories about women to Sterling K. Brown’s tribute to the great actors that came before him, here are some of the night’s gold-worthy…
Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, a doting father to three children, on Tuesday said he wishes to keep delaying the onset of adulthood in their lives. “19 Sept. Like my dad (RIP), my only duty to my kids is to…
Great Online Shopping Festival-2017” begins in the city tomorrow aiming to provide effective ideas regarding future Digital Bangladesh. Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed will open the three-day festival at Krishibid Institute, Farmgate. Arshinagar Media and Dhaka University Alumni News are jointly…
Hong Kong stocks on Tuesday morning built on the previous day’s hefty gains after another record performance on Wall Street. The Hang Seng Index added 0.14 percent, or 40.77 points, to 28,200.54. And the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index edged up…
Idol makers commonly known as pauls are passing their busy days in making idols of Hindu deity ahead of Durga Puja festival in Rajshahi city and nine upazilas of the district. With only eight days left, the Pauls are working…
Although invented with the aim of making life easier and convenient, the increasing use of smartphones and the internet by schoolgoing children and teenagers is slowly exposing them to less important and more addictive things like cyber bullying and online…
Acclaimed actress and activist Shabana Azmi will be honored as an ‘Icon of Indian Cinema’ at the closing ceremony of the Mumbai edition of the eighth Jagran Film Festival here next week. The ceremony will be held on 24 September…
Entertainment Desk The Bangladesh installment of international beauty pageant Miss World Bangladesh is going to be hosted by famous Indian model and actor Sheena Chohan. Sheena has already joined the show and anchored the Corporate Round on last Friday. The…
China has issued a commemorative stamp in honor of the world’s largest radio telescope, located in the southwestern province of Guizhou. The State Post Bureau (SPB) has issued a set of five stamps, including one commemorating the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical…
“Veep,” the satire of a hapless but charming woman who becomes the first female president of the United States, on Sunday won the Emmy for best comedy series. The television prize comes days after HBO said that “Veep” would end…
A giant starfish-eating snail could be unleashed to help save the Great Barrier Reef, officials said Monday, with a trial underway to breed thousands of the rare species. Predatory crown-of-thorns starfish, which munch coral, are naturally-occurring but have proliferated due…
Bangladesh Bank (BB) will give remittance award tomorrow to the highest remittance senders and the highest remittance receiving institutions for encouraging Non Residence Bangladeshis (NRBs) to send money through legal channels. Finance Minister AMA Muhith will hand over the award…
The digitisation programme has created a social renaissance accelerating development in every sector and making civic life easier and dependent on online digital services. Launching of the union digital centres (UDCs) has turned digitisation into a part and parcel of…
More than one lakh palm tree saplings were planted everywhere in Tanore Upazila of the district yesterday to free the area from thunderbolt risk. People of around 232 institutions, organizations and others concerned including school and college students joined the…
Russia and China can cooperate more closely in industrial and high-tech fields, and the future of such a partnership will be rosy, Russian Industry and Trade Minister Denis Manturov has said. “We are always ready to develop cooperation in all…
As any parent will verify, coaxing a child into eating their greens is not a pleasant experience. But researchers now claim to have found the secret to getting them to eat vegetables… and enjoy them. It seems children who help…
Global astronomers bid farewell Friday to NASA’s famed Cassini spacecraft, which launched 20 years ago to circle Saturn and transformed the way we think about life elsewhere in the solar system. Cassini, an international project that cost $3.9 billion and…