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…
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Smartphones are addictive, can be injurious to kids’ mental health
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…
Shabana Azmi to receive ‘Icon of Indian Cinema’
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…
Sheena Chohan to host Miss World Bangladesh
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…
Stamp commemorates world’s largest radio telescope
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…
Wins Emmy for best comedy series
“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…
Giant sea snail plan to rescue Barrier Reef
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…
BB’s remittance award distribution tomorrow
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…
Digitisation creates social renaissance, accelerates uplift
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…
One lakh palm tree saplings planted in Rajshahi
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…
Russian minister sees great potential in industrial cooperation with China
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…
Take kids to the supermarket for them to enjoy eating vegetables
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…
Astronomers bid farewell to $3.9 billion Saturn spacecraft
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…
Canada climate minister pushes for Paris accord progress
Canada’s environment minister urged governments to move forward on the Paris climate accord Friday, speaking on the eve of talks over the agreement’s implementation. “We have no choice folks, our kids depend on us,” Catherine McKenna said in Montreal, where…
Chinese FM talks up trade on Central America visit
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi kept his focus on building trade and investment ties with Central America during a visit that started Friday in Costa Rica. “We have had 10 years of good cooperation” with Costa Rica, Wang told reporters…
Hema feels Alia is perfect to play Basanti from Sholay
When a leading daily recently asked Hema Malini about whom she thinks can play her iconic character Basanti from Sholay if the film was ever remade, the grandmom-to-be promptly took Alia Bhatt’s name. “Alia Bhatt. I did that movie when…
Arjun has an interesting take on facing
Arjun Kapoor has managed to give us some hits in his journey of five years in Bollywood. He was last seen in Anees Bazmee’s Mubarakan in which the actor played a double role for the first time. But with all…
Jaya Ahsan’s new challenge as mentally challenged woman
Entertainment Desk One of the leading film stars Jaya Ahsan has signed up for another Bangla film from Kolkata, in which the star will play a mentally challenged woman. The psychological thriller titled Brishti Tomake Dilam is written by Anshuman…
Whole country to come under broadband facility by 2021: BTRC chief
Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) Chairman Dr Shahjahan Mahmood today said the whole country will be brought under broadband facility by 2021. “Development in information technology sector is going on rapidly and the whole country would be brought under broadband…
Marc Jacobs closes uncertain NY Fashion Week
US design icons Marc Jacobs and Michael Kors brought New York Fashion Week to a close Wednesday as the spring/summer 2018 season flits to Europe and some pondered the health of fashion in the US financial capital. Jacobs, considered by…
China industrial output drops again in August
China’s economy revealed fresh signs of headwinds in August as data showed Thursday that industrial output and retail sales unexpectedly slowed for a second consecutive month. The readings follow disappointing export figures released last week, a one-two punch for the…
Celebs raise over 14 million dollars for hurricane relief
Showtime Desk A bunch of American celebrities, ranging from music to movies and television, have teamed up to raise over $14 million during Hand in Hand: A Benefit for Hurricane Relief, a one-hour commercial-free special program on Tuesday. Kicked off…
Bubly in Chittainga Poa, Noakhailla Maiya
Culture Desk Dhallywood actor, Shabnom Bubly, is finally confirmed to star in the upcoming Uttam Akash film, Chittainga Poa, Noakhailla Maiya. The news anchor turned actor had a verbal contract for the role opposite Shakib Khan about a month ago,…
Hridoy Khan ties the knot
Showtime Desk Hridoy Khan has tied the knot with Humaira, a Bangladeshi expat living in Malaysia. Various sources close to Hridoy Khan has confirmed that the popular singer-musician has led to the altar in a close family arrangement. On Tuesday…
Irrfan Khan’s No Bed Of Roses continues to shine
No Bed of Roses is the only South Asian title in the competition, while another Indian title Kashyap’s The Brawler is playing out of competition in El Gouna. Irrfan Khan starring No Bed of Roses (Doob), the much anticipated film…
US stocks end at records; Strong pound weighs on FTSE
World stock markets mostly rose Tuesday, with Wall Street scoring fresh records as concerns over North Korea and US hurricanes faded, but London dipped as strong inflation data sent the pound to a one-year dollar peak. All three major US…
Sheikh Jackson’ moonwalks into Toronto film festival
Egyptian director Amr Salama pays homage to the late Michael Jackson in his new film “Sheikh Jackson,” a tale of how a young imam struggles to reconcile his desire to be a better Muslim with his love for the King…
Celebrities drum up hurricane relief – and warn on climate
Top names in entertainment Tuesday raised millions of dollars for survivors of mega-storms Harvey and Irma, with Stevie Wonder and Beyonce also urging attention on climate change. Dubbed “Hand in Hand,” the one-hour telethon was broadcast live on all US…
Apple lays claim to smartphone future with new flagship iPhone X
Apple laid claim to the future of the smartphone Tuesday with a 10th anniversary iPhone X, touting the device as the next generation of mobile computing. The iPhone X was one of three new iPhone models unveiled at the first…
World lags badly on targets to slash TB, HIV, obesity: study
Not a single country, out of nearly 200 reviewed, was on track to meet the UN target of eliminating new tuberculosis infections by 2030, according to a global health review published Wednesday. At the same time, less than five percent…