Showtime Desk For the first time, Indian actress Rituparna Sengupta and Bangladeshi actor Arifin Shuvoo have paired up for a big screen venture. Renowned actor and filmmaker, Alamgir will direct the film titled Ekti Cinema’r Golpo, and its shooting commenced…
The government has urged foreign diplomats to help ensure participation of ministers concerned and renowned IT firms of their respective countries in the upcoming “Digital World-2017”. The request was made on Monday night at a function, titled “Ambassadors Night”, at…
Climate change is threatening the Latin American zones most favorable for growing coffee, according to a study out Monday that warns seed production could drop by nearly 90 percent by 2050. The study suggests high quality coffees are most at…
Stephen King wrote “It.” Warner Bros. and New Line made “It.” And audiences seem to love “It.” The new freaky-scary film by that title broke records over the weekend as the largest September opening and largest opening for an R-rated…
Showtime Desk “Our music industry is going through a bad time. Please don’t publish this news.” Acclaimed folk singer Farida Parveen lodged two different cases in Dhaka’s Gulshan and Dhanmondi Thana, alleging the defendants of infringing the copyright law by…
Culture Desk Pix Cineplex has become one of the few multiplexes established outside the capital Dhaka. The new multiplex has been set up in Shirajdikhan of Munshiganj. Shirajdikhan ZH Shopping Center hosts the multiplex with two halls of a hundred-seat…
Police, in special drives from Sunday night to this morning, arrested 48 persons including three activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and seven drug traders from different areas of the district. Law enforcers also recovered 407 bottles of Phensidyl syrup and 200 pieces…
A brand new posthumous album release from Michael Jackson is set to hit shelves this September. Entitled ‘Scream’, it features thirteen songs in all including a bonus mash-up track by The White Panda and comes just weeks after ‘Thriller’ was…
Bengali poet, fiction writer and playwright Sukumar Ray (1887-1923) was perhaps the most famous practitioner of “literary nonsense” in the subcontinent. He is often compared to Lewis Carroll. His works such as the collection of poems “Abol Tabol”, novella “Ha…
The second senate meeting of Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur (BRUR) was held today at the conference room of administrative building on the campus. Vice-Chancellor of the university and Chairman of its senate Professor Dr Nazmul Ahsan Kalimullah presided over the…
China, the world’s biggest auto market, is considering a ban on fossil fuel cars in a major boost to the production of electric vehicles as it seeks to ease pollution. The move would follow similar plans announced by France and…
Stock markets finished the session of the week down as major sectors closing with falling trend at both the Dhaka and Chittagong Stock Exchanges on Monday. The falling major sectors were food and allied, insurance, ceramics and textile. A total…
China’s factory price inflation, a key barometer of the industrial sector, accelerated sharply in August, reflecting strong demand and a reduction in excess capacity which has plagued China’s economy. The producer price index (PPI), which measures costs for goods at…
The under-construction Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Hi-tech Park will boost technology-based new employment for more than 14,000 youths both male and female here. Information and Communication Technology (ICT) division has started implementing the hi-tech park project on 31.63 acres of land…
A man who lost both legs in the Boston Marathon bombings inspired moviegoers Saturday, walking the red carpet at the Toronto film festival for the premiere of “Stronger.” The film, directed by David Gordon Green, tells the true story of…
US country music singer Don Williams – who enjoyed great success with his easy-going singing style – has died aged 78 after a short illness. Williams began his solo career in 1971, amassing 17 number one country hits. His songs…
A total of 143 families of Tatoiya village under Kachua upazila of the district were brought under rural electrification network by Chandpur Palli Bidyut Samity (CPBS-1). Former Home Minister Dr Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir, MP, inaugurated the electrification programme at a…
Health Desk First thing to know, there is no specific age after which you stop growing. There are ways to increase your height. Learn how you can become taller naturally. In school, being short was beneficial. You would always get…
Environmental ministers representing Canada, China and the European Union will co-host a meeting in Montreal later this month to move forward with the implementation of the Paris climate change agreement. The ministerial meeting will include representatives from some 30 countries,…
China’s factory price inflation, a key barometer of the industrial sector, accelerated sharply in August, reflecting strong demand and a reduction in excess capacity which has plagued China’s economy. The producer price index (PPI), which measures costs for goods at…
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan’s next much awaited project Fanney Khan started making headlines every since its announcement. The film that is directed by Atul Manjrekar also stars Anil Kapoor and Divya Dutta. But all this while, we all wondered that which…
That Hrithik Roshan is a health freak, is a known fact. But looks like it runs in the family after all. His mom Pinky too is equally conscious about her food and gym habits. What’s more his sister Sunaina has…
Entertainment Desk Popular musician and actor Tahsan launched his much-anticipated album Obhiman Aamar at GPHouse on Thursday. At the event, Tahsan charted out his future plans to the media during the formal launch of the album. The music video of…
Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) closed the week bullish on Thursday with hitting record indices on higher transactions. The benchmark index of DSE closed the week with 108.55 points up at 6,114.99 which were the highest since the introduction of the…
A cholesterol drug reduced by 28 percent the mortality rate among men who had high cholesterol but no heart disease, according to new research out Wednesday. In the longest such trial to date, spanning 20 years, researchers at Imperial College…
Soul singer Charles Bradley, who has savored commercial stardom in his 60s after decades of scraping by, on Wednesday canceled all upcoming shows due to a new cancer scare. The 68-year-old, who had triumphantly returned to stage after a stomach…
Two high-intensity solar flares were emitted Wednesday, the second of which was the most intense recorded since the start of this sun cycle in December 2008, NASA said. These radiation flares, which can disrupt communications satellites, GPS and power grids…
Culture Correspondent Arif Yousuf, expatriate Bangladeshi filmmaker living in USA, has won the World’s Independent Film Festival (TWIFF) award in Best Documentary Feature category for his documentary named “Blockade.” The documentary was made on a little-known true event happened in…
Culture Desk The late singer’s family is also full of talented people who are established names in their own fields, the most known being her sons Shafin and Hamin Ahmed Firoza Begum’s legendary status as the preeminent Nazrul Sangeet artist…
Insufficient sleep has been linked to larger waistlines, up to three centimeters greater for people sleeping six hours per night compared to those getting nine hours’ sleep. It also ups risk of diabetes. In light of the obesity epidemic and…