Hema Malini recently related an incident which pointed out the present generation of stars still hasn’t let go of good old fashioned values. Hema and Aishwarya both apparently attended a recent awards ceremony and Aishwarya refused to leave Hema’s side…
Entertainment Desk Popular singer Tashbiha Binte Shahid Mila has tied the knot with Parvez Sanjari, a pilot working for US-Bangla airlines, last night. Mila confirmed the news in an interview, prior to the ceremony. “Our relationship is more than 10…
The 28-member European Union, the third-largest emitter of planet-warming greenhouse gases after China and the United States, has long been held up as the poster child of efforts to save Earth’s climate. But after years of taking the lead in…
Construction of new US homes dipped in April to its slowest pace in five months, a second consecutive decrease, the Commerce Department said Tuesday. Analysts had instead been expecting an uptick in the pace of construction after March, when a…
People are consuming far too much salt in their diets, according to a study released Wednesday, which found that participants were eating over 33 percent more salt in their diets than they had thought, increasing the risk of cardiovascular disease.…
More than 150 delegates from Chinese and Canadian governments, companies and research institutes gathered here Tuesday at a forum to discuss cooperation between the two countries on clean technology. The Pujiang Innovation Forum 2017 – Canada Forum, under the theme…
Entertainment Desk Kushum confirmed that the full video of the track will be released soon. After a long hiatus from music, Kushum Shikder has returned with a new track titled ‘Nesha’. Composed by Hridoy Khan, the track has created an…
Deepika Padukone is said to be a workaholic but that doesn’t deter her from making time for her family. She’s constantly been shooting for Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s forthcoming magnum opus Padmavati and yet, took time off to attend a cousin’s…
It’s said that one Sundar Shaekhar, who claims to be the son of Haji Mastan, sent a legal notice to Rajinikanth recently, requesting him to not portray his father as a “smuggler and don”. The notice was sent because of…
Germany will provide seven million euro as grant aimed at enabling an effective utilization of credit, promote workers’ safety and improve environmental standards in the country’s Ready Made Garments (RMG) factories. The amount would be given through Germany’s KfW and…
SpaceX on Monday launched a communications satellite for Inmarsat, marking its first launch for the London-based mobile broadband company. The Inmarsat-5 F4 satellite, built by Boeing, blasted off atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida at 7:21 pm…
When bulldozers rolled into their forest at the start of last year, the Ekuri community in southeast Nigeria protested: “Indigenes say no!” They didn’t want a superhighway that would wipe their ancestral lands in the Cross River National Park off…
Culture Desk A new segment has been added to the upcoming 70th Cannes Film Festival for rising Bangladeshi filmmakers. The segment titled “Dhaka to Cannes” has been facilitated by the Monaco based International Emerging Film Talent Association (IFTA) and Bangladesh…
Governments and computer experts girded Monday for a possible worsening of the global cyberattack that has hit more than 150 countries, as Microsoft warned against stockpiling vulnerabilities like the one at the heart of the crisis. European policing and security…
Salman Khan has become a gold standard of box office earnings and ensures at least a 100 crore mark for each of his films. So it’s no wonder that the films he signs get to make tremendous table profit even…
Filmmaker Vipul Shah sure has a yen for unusual subjects. His Waqt was about father-son bond, Action Replayy was about time travel and according to Mumbai Mirror, his next would be about medical malpractice. The film will reportedly star Saif…
China’s retail sales, a key indicator of consumption, grew 10.7 percent year on year in April, 0.2 percentage points slower than the March level, official data showed Monday. Total retail sales of consumer goods hit 2.73 trillion yuan (about 395.4…
The dried-out oyster shells lie on a landscape parched and cracked by the sun. This is what is left of Lake Atescatempa, once a vast blue-green body of water in southwestern Guatemala. Now the lake is dying, a conspicuous victim…
Patients with early stage pancreatic cancer could be given longer to live if they receive radiotherapy at a high enough dose, according to a recent research. The study, presented at the ESTRO 36 conference, retrospectively analysed 514 patients from Europe…
Culture Desk Tagore singer Rezwana Choudhury Bannya will be felicitated by the government of West Bengal, India. The celebrity singer will be honoured with the “Bangabibhushan” and “Bangabhushan” titles. The chief minister of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee will confer the…
Entertainment Desk There are huge rumours floating around that Ranbir Kapoor is marrying a girl from a business family in London and that he and mother Neetu Kapoor had gone to London for the initial meetings with the would-be-bride and…
In her forty-seven year old career, yesteryears diva, Zeenat Aman sings for the first time in her upcoming web series Love Life & Screw Ups!!! Interestingly, the lines which she has sung in the song has mentions of dialogues from…
Around 3,895 students, who obtained GPA-5 in Junior School Certificate (JSC) and its equivalent examinations from the city’s schools and Madrashas in 2015 and 2016, received mayor education medals. Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) accorded reception to them as recognition to…
Speakers at a seminar here today urged the government and civil society to work together for preparing the UN Global Compact on Migration and Refugees. The UN General Assembly in 2016 adopted a resolution to prepare Global Compact on Migration…
Myanmar has planned to launch a cable car service project at a famous pilgrimage and tourist site of Kyaiktiyo Pagoda in southeastern Mon state to enable easier access for visitors to the pagoda. A South Korean company, the Sky Asia…
Using commonly prescribed painkillers such as ibuprofen and diclofenac for just a week can increase the risk of a heart attack by up to 50%, a new study warns. According to the study published in The BMJ journal, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory…
A mother along with her minor daughter committed suicide by throwing themselves under a running train at Bakultola area under Sadar upazila in Panchagarh this noon, police sources said. The deceased were identified as Shyamoli Basak, 23, daughter of Arun…
Homestead vegetable cultivation has been improving socio-economic and nutritional status of one lakh 33 thousand extremely poor char households on the Brahmaputra basin braving adverse climate change impacts in recent years. “The char households have become self-reliant through homestead vegetable…
The Annual Development Programme (ADP) for the upcoming fiscal 2017-18 is likely to be approved in a meeting of the National Economic Council (NEC) tomorrow (Sunday). NEC Chairperson and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is expected to chair the meeting to…
The virus attack on the Russian Interior Ministry’s computers caused no information leaks, the Ministry’s Spokeswoman Irina Volk informed TASS. “As of now the virus has been localized. There have been no inside information leaks from the Russian Interior Ministry’s…