Heavy rain will hit much of China in the next two days, the country’s meteorological authority said Sunday. Torrential rain will sweep parts of south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and Guizhou Province as well as the central province of…
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Discussion on Bangabandhu held at IU
A discussion on Bangabandhu was held at Islamic University (IU) on Saturday marking the National Mourning Day. The university authority organised the discussion on “The Role of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in the development of higher…
Silicon Valley’s accidental war with the far right
Silicon Valley is finding itself entrenched in battle with the far right over ground rules for the digital world, a conflict that mirrors the polarization of American politics in recent years. The recent firing of a Google engineer for questioning…
40 years since the death of ‘the King’
Elvis Presley, American icon and King of rock ‘n’ roll, transformed popular culture, sold over a billion records and is idolized as ever on the 40th anniversary of his tragic death. His Graceland mansion in Memphis, Tennessee—the second most famous…
Tanvir Mokammel’s new partition film
Entertainment Desk Marking the 70th anniversary of the partition of the subcontinent into India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, the Godrej India Culture Lab presented a pop-up museum titled Remembering Partition: Museum of Memories — of the eponymous theme was held at…
Konkona feels there are not enough women filmmakers
Konkona Sen Sharma, who won plaudits for her debut as a director for Death In The Gunj, recently told a news agency that the gender disparity in our industry is still very much rampant. She mentioned there are not enough…
Vitamin B3 ‘may prevent miscarriages’
Taking Vitamin B3 could prevent miscarriages and birth defects, a study on mice suggests. Researchers from the Victor Chang Institute in Sydney called it “a double breakthrough”, as they found both a cause and a preventative solution. With 7.9 million…
Petrobras profits plummet in second quarter
Brazil’s troubled oil giant Petrobas on Thursday reported a 93 percent drop in profits in the second quarter of 2017 from the previous three months. Petrobras reported 316 million reais profits ($100 million), down from 4.4 billion in the first…
Global warming alters timing of floods in Europe
Global warming is altering the timing of floods in Europe, making some rivers swell early and others later than usual, a phenomenon that impacts farming and daily life across the region, researchers said Thursday. The report in the US journal…
Facebook discretely fields China photo-sharing app
Facebook’s interest in China has led it to discretely create a photo-sharing application released there without the social network’s brand being attached. “We have long said that we are interested in China, and are spending time understanding and learning more…
Zahir Raihan film festival this month
Entertainment Desk A two-day film festival is going to be held in remembrance of legendary filmmaker Zahir Raihan on August 18 and 19. Titled as Zahir Raihan Festival, the two-day event with the slogan ‘Protirodhe Camera Prostut’ will be held…
No bar to screen Farooki’s ‘Doob
Entertainment Desk Mostofa Sarwar Farooki’s much-talked-about film ‘Doob’ (No Bed of Roses), an India-Bangladesh co-production, has received No Objection Certificate (NOC) from the Bangladesh Film Censor Board (BFCB). Iftekhar Uddin Nowshad, one of the members of the board, said, “Now…
Hirani says he owes his career to Sanjay
The trailer of Sanjay Dutt’s comeback film Bhoomi was released yesterday and it has made a huge impact. Rajkumar Hirani, who has made the Munnabhai films with Dutt was vocal about the debt he owed to his star at the…
Teletalk to provide technological supports for fertilizer management
State-owned mobile operator Teletalk Bangladesh Limited will provide all sorts of technological supports to the Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation (BCIC) to ensure transparency in fertilizer management. In this regard, a corporate memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed today between Teletalk…
Shuvoo-Mahi to promote Dhaka Attack internationally
Entertainment Desk The first police action thriller from the country Dhaka Attack is set to get released on October 6. The worldwide promotion of the film started on August 5, two months prior to the release date. As part of…
Actor Sitaram Panchal passes away
After a three-year long battle with lung and kidney cancer, Sitaram Panchal who was mostly known for his role in the movie ‘Peepli Live’ passed away on Thursday morning. He was 54. According to an Indian Express report, a relative…
Sri Lankan professor meets DU VC
Computer Science and Engineering Department Professor of the University of Moratuwa in Sri Lanka, Dr Gihan Dias today paid a courtesy call on Dhaka University (DU) Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr AAMS Arefin Siddique at his office on the campus. During the…
Collective approach needed to face climate impact: Minister
Environment and Forests Minister Anwar Hossain Manju said collective approach has become an urgent need to mitigate the adverse impact of climate change in the country. “Climate change and global warming are a big problem. If it can be tackled,…
Asian markets fall again as North Korea tensions continue
Asian equities headed back into the red Thursday afternoon, wiping out a nascent recovery in the morning as spiralling tensions over North Korea lingered for a second day. Markets had taken heart from reassuring words from the US Secretary of…
Glen Campbell dies at 81
Rhinestone Cowboy singer Glen Campbell has died at the age of 81 after “a long and courageous battle” with Alzheimer’s disease, his family said. “It is with the heaviest of hearts that we announce the passing of our beloved husband,…
Kamal Ahmed performs at National Museum
Culture Desk Bangladesh National Musuem organised solo musical evening of Noted Media Personality and reputed Tagore Singer Kamal Ahmed at Sufia Kamal Auditorium on the occasion of Rabindranath Tagore’s Death Anniversary on August 6. The musical night was designed after…
US trade commission probing Qualcomm iPhone complaint
The US International Trade Commission on Tuesday said it will look into Qualcomm’s complaint that Apple is violating its patents in some iPhones. The step, arguably procedural, means that the commission will assign Qualcomm’s complaint to an administrative law judge…
Inauguration of world class film archive soon
A world class film archive equipped with modern technologies will be inaugurated soon in the city’s Agargaon area, official sources said. “The building for the archive, which has been constructed with all kinds of modern facilities and technologies at cost…
UNEP chief urges China to do more on climate
The world’s biggest polluter China has a “big job” ahead of it in the global fight against climate change, the UN’s environment chief said Wednesday. Since US President Donald Trump’s decision in June to quit the Paris agreement on reducing…
Toshiba shares jump as delisting fears ease
Toshiba shares jumped Wednesday on expectations it will meet a deadline to submit long-delayed earnings to financial regulators, easing fears the troubled conglomerate’s stock will be yanked from the Tokyo Stock Exchange. The stock soared more than nine percent in…
Google fires defender of tech gender gap: US media
Google on Monday fired the author of an internal memo defending the gender-gap in Silicon Valley tech jobs as a matter of biology, according to media reports. The move, which was not officially confirmed by Google, splashed fuel on a…
Government report sees drastic climate change impact in US: NYT
Average US temperatures have risen dramatically and fast, with recent decades the warmest of the past 1,500 years, according to a draft federal government report cited by The New York Times on Tuesday. “Americans are feeling the effects of climate…
Indonesia to barter palm oil, coffee for Russian fighter jets
Indonesia said Tuesday it would trade palm oil, coffee and tea for Russian fighter jets, saying it wanted to capitalise on international sanctions on Moscow as Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was due to arrive for a visit. Indonesia and Russia…
Lopa Hossain-Sirajum Munir release album
Culture Desk Singer Lopa Hossain and lyricist Sirajum Munir has launched a new album celebrating their first marriage anniversary. The album contains five songs, reports Bangla Tribune. This is Lopa’s third solo album. One of the songs is a duet…
Karan Johar shares first photo of his twins
Karan Johar has been talking about his children every now and then. The 45-year-old filmmaker also romised to soon share the first glimpse of his twins keeping us eagerly waiting. Finally, on the occasion of Rakshabandhan, the actor revealed the…