Culture Desk Fahmida Nabi will sing in London tomorrow responding to an invitation by Betar Bangla. Singer Selim Chowdhury and actress-cum-director Meher Afroz Shawon are also accompanying Fahmida Nabi in the London tour. Betar Bangla, a radio station of London’s…
Vidya Balan is one jovial lady. But she’s done with the incessant questions about when she’ll have a baby. The talk has been at an all-time high recently since the actress was spotted repeatedly outside a doctor’s office. “It was…
Farah Khan just dropped a major bomb about her next film. After working with Shah Rukh Khan for three out of her four directorial projects, the director will not cast the megastar this time around. “Let me tell you, this…
Entertainment Desk Chanchal Chowdhury, who was applauded for his portrayal of Ayna in Aynabaji last year, is geared up to play the role of Misir Ali, one of the greatest characters in Bangla literature created by the iconic writer Humayun…
People who received regular lifestyle counseling online were able to lower their blood pressure as much as a medication would, researchers said Saturday. Their study involved 264 people with high blood pressure and an average age of 58. The subjects’…
After threatening environmental financing with the axe, US President Donald Trump’s administration on Saturday defied the international community by refusing to renew a pledge on combating climate change. Finance ministers from the G20 top economies meeting in the western spa…
Ministers from the world’s top economies heralded plans to boost development in Africa on Saturday, at an otherwise fractious G20 gathering in Germany. Berlin, which holds the presidency of the powerful nations’ club this year, has made a hoped-for “Compact…
All you Salman Khan fans are about to have your hearts in your mouths. Why? Because the megastar will be fighting a pack of wolves next week. Salman will be performing the deadly stunt for a pivotal scene in Tiger…
After winning over audiences as a pregnant woman fighting for justice in Jolly LLB 2, Sayani Gupta is back with a new look. Here’s the first glimpse of Sayani’s character in Ranbir Kapoor and Katrina Kaif starrer Jagga Jasoos. The…
Intel’s $15-billion purchase of Israeli firm Mobileye could help fuel the country’s rise in the driverless car industry—not as a builder of vehicles, but as the brains behind them. Monday’s deal, the largest ever in Israel’s tech sector, could help…
Global carbon dioxide emissions from the energy sector held stable for the third straight year in 2016 despite the global economy continuing to expand, the International Energy Agency said Friday. By far the main culprit in global warming, carbon dioxide…
Entertainment Desk The film is based on a short story written by Moti Nandi, the film follows an unusual romance between the lead roles played by Parambrata and Bhabna. From the beginning of its production, filmmaker Animesh Aich’s second feature…
Grammy winning singer Adele stopped her concert in between after a fan collapsed after a cardiac arrest. Adele was performing on Friday night in Sydney, reports mirror.co.uk. She had to halt the performance when a 47-year-old woman suffered heart attack…
Culture Desk Mosharrof Karim with his wife Robena Reza Jui is now in Malaysia for Eid dramas. The star couple have completed shooting for two seven-part dramas, one hourlong drama and also a drama serial. The two has acted as…
Almost six million Adelie penguins are living in East Antarctica, more than double the number previously thought, scientists said Wednesday in findings that have implications for conservation. Research by an Australian, French and Japanese team used aerial and ground surveys,…
Michael Rooker could be the answer to a difficult trivia quiz question—who is that actor whose work you know well, even if you can’t quite match the face to the movie? Yet from “Days of Thunder,” to “JFK,” “Mississippi Burning”…
A woman suffered burns to her face and hands after her headphones caught fire during a flight to Australia, officials said Wednesday as they warned about the dangers of battery-operated devices on planes. The passenger was listening to music on…
The world’s spiders eat 400-800 million tonnes of insects every year—equivalent to the amount of meat and fish that humans consume over the same period, a study said Tuesday. In the first analysis of its kind, researchers used data from…
Vice-Chancellor of Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur (BRUR) Professor Dr AKM Nurun Nabi on Tuesday underlined the importance of producing skilled human resources on Information and Communication Technology (ICT). “Bangladesh has been advancing successfully in the field of technologies in various…
Joni Sledge, the singer best-known for the disco anthem We Are Family, has died aged 60. Sledge, who formed Sister Sledge with her three siblings in 1971, was found unresponsive by a friend at her home in Phoenix, Arizona, her…
Culture Desk Tarik Anam Khan will start working for a new film from today. He has already joined the filming crew at the shooting location at an Ansar Camp in Munshiganj. The veteran actor-cum-director has taken a very short break…
Children aged 9-10 years, who consistently spend three or more hours watching TV, using computers and smartphones, are at high risk of developing diabetes, says a study. The findings, published online in the journal of Archives of Disease in Childhood,…
After four days of rain the covers were peeled off the Basin Reserve wicket on Tuesday and to South Africa’s delight it was green ahead of the second Test against New Zealand. The greener the better in Wellington has been…
Experts have lauded the success already achieved by Bangladesh in adapting to adverse impacts of climate change in the agriculture sector to keep cereal crop production increasing for ensuring national food security. “The success achieved by farmers in cultivating flood-,…
Stock markets closed on Tuesday marginally up despite lower transaction on higher activities of some large-cap securities. Bank and engineering were the major advancing sectors while the major lagging sectors included financial institutions, textile and insurance. DSEX, the major index…
Yahoo said Monday that board member and former internet executive Thomas McInerney would lead the business that remains after the sale of its core assets to Verizon is completed. The internet pioneer said the sale of its main operating unit…
In the early 1990s, Disney began scouring its back catalog for animated classics that it could turn into live-action remakes—a strategy that has so far netted almost $4 billion. The latest offering, “Beauty and the Beast,” hits theaters on Friday…
\ Early life changes in brain activity and blood flow may be the reason why people tend to develop abnormally high blood pressure, or hypertension, researchers said. High blood pressure is a condition in which the force of the blood…
Two people were killed and at least a dozen injured when more than 300,000 fans thronged a rock concert in Argentina early Sunday, officials said. Witnesses said crowds at the open air concert — featuring popular singer Indio Solari —…
Holi is finally here! But even as many across the nation celebrate the festival of colours with full zeal, there are a few people who have to continue working. Oh well, we aren’t talking about us! Our TV celebrities maybe busy…