Asian traders headed into the weekend on a nervous note Friday as a pick-up in US stocks and positive data were offset by worries about a crisis engulfing Donald Trump’s presidency that could throw his economic agenda into doubt. Markets…
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Aishwarya Rai: When Bollywood came to Cannes
The Cannes film festival — the world’s greatest movie showcase — celebrates its 70th anniversary this year. AFP asked actors and directors who made their names at the festival to recount their highs and lows at the star-studded event. –…
National Film Awards 2015 announced
Cultural Desk The National Film Awards for the year 2015 have been announced. The government selected 25 artistes, film professionals, technicians and the Department of Films and Publication (DFP) for the awards in 25 categories for their glorious and outstanding…
39-day vacation begins at IU today
Islamic University (IU) in Kushtia goes on a 39-day vacation from today on the occasion of summer, holy Ramadan and Eid-ul-Fitr, said an IU press release today. All the academic activities of the university will remain closed from May 20…
35% working moms don’t want second child: Study
A new study by ASSOCHAM has found that 35% working mothers do not want a second child, citing job pressures, stress and cost of raising kids as the main reasons. As many as 35% working mothers in urban India avoid…
Young film maker Rasel Ahmed passes away
Entertainment Desk According to the hospital report, Rasel died due to a heart attack Young film maker Rasel Ahmed passed away on May 15. He was ready to release his first film Nree. According to the hospital report, Rasel died…
Mithila, Shajal acting together for the first time
Culture Desk They will finally be seen together in an Eid drama Jemon Khushi Temon Shajo Mithila is well-known as a singer, actress and scholar with a golden career, both in entertainment and her professional life. Shajal is the face…
Iranian Ambassador calls on DU VC
Iranian Ambassador to Bangladesh Dr Abbas Vaezi Dehnavi today paid a courtesy call on Dhaka University (DU) Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr AAMS Arefin Siddique at the latter’s office on the campus. DU Persian Language and Literature Department Chairman Professor Dr Abdus…
Hollywood honors ‘Alien’ filmmaker Ridley Scott
“Alien” creator Ridley Scott said Wednesday he hoped to make movie-goers ponder life’s bigger questions through his latest contribution to the “Alien” sci-fi blockbuster franchise—but also to scare them senseless. The veteran British director, who made the groundbreaking original movie…
Govt to form cyber security agency: Tarana
State Minister for Posts and Telecommunications Tarana Halim today said the government would establish a cyber security agency to thwart cyber crimes in a coordinated manner in the country. “Cyber security issue is being prioritised and formulation of the ‘Cyber…
In climate talks, it’s always been America first
The shadow of Donald Trump looms large over the climate-rescue Paris Agreement, thrashed out by nearly 200 countries over years of painstaking, often belligerent, bartering in which the United States has a chequered history. As power has changed hands between…
Marginalized population access to green banking services stressed
Development activists and volunteers here have stressed on marginalized population access to green banking services for promotion of renewable energies in grassroots level. They advocated for making the existing bank loan conditions towards solar system, biogas plant, vermicomposting and dairy…
Sara Ali Khan helped Kareena
Filmfare is now taking the chat-show world by storm! Beginning, Editor Jitesh Pillaai will host a fun and breezy chat show – Jio Famously Filmfare. The show aired on Colors Infinity at 9pm every Sunday. Our first guest is none…
Hema Malini praises Aishwarya
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…
Mila ties the knot
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…
What happened to climate’s poster child?
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…
US home construction slows unexpectedly in April
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…
Consumers eating 33 percent more salt than they should
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.…
China, Canada eye clean technology cooperation
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…
Kushum to release new song
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 zooms off from Padmavati sets
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…
Rajinikanth’s next is not Haji
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 to provide 7m euro grant for RMG sector
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 launches Inmarsat communications satellite
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…
The superhighway threatening Nigeria’s tropical rainforest
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…
Special programme for local filmmakers in Cannes
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…
World braces for more cyberattacks as work week begins
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…
Tubelight earns Rs 130 crore even before its release
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…
Saif Ali Khan to be a doctor?
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 up 10.7 pct in April
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…