TED Talks is a widely popular phenomenon around the world. And now, Shah Rukh Khan will be hosting TED Talks India: Nayi Soch, a global first Hindi TV talk show created in partnership with TED, a non-profit devoted to ‘ideas…
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Kangana is super upset with the person
Kangana Ranaut was recently on the set of The Voice India with Shahid Kapur to promote Rangoon. But things didn’t go quite well when the shows host Sugandha Mishra, at the behest of Salim and Sulaiman, started mimicking Kangana. Things…
Tourism shows signs of recovery in Egypt
Tourists are slowly returning to Egypt, easing pressure on a key sector battered by years of turmoil and the 2015 bombing of a plane carrying Russian holidaymakers. “There is an increase in the number of tourists. This situation was much…
Tech tools gain traction amid Trump war on leaks
As President Donald Trump warns of a crackdown on US government leaks to media, interest is growing in technology tools that allow sources to share information anonymously. One such tool called SecureDrop, being used by at least 30 US and…
Weaning off oil, Scottish islands eye renewable future
Strong winds and stormy seas have helped turn the Shetland Islands in the North Atlantic into a European renewable energy giant, producing more power than it knows what to do with. The tidal power underwater turbines that were completed last…
Adaptation to climate change must for food security
Agriculture experts and environmentalists underscored on the issues of adaptation to global climate change and its adverse impacts on the agriculture sector must get maximum priority in every country to keep agro-production increasing for ensuring food security. They expressed this…
How to eat when preparing for exam
While the three-big-meals-a day is common and convenient, exam time requires a slow but steady flow of energy to the body and hence, having frequent smaller meals is a good idea. “Even a slight, involuntary feeling of hunger can break…
Saif dotes on daughter Sara
Saif Ali Khan is a doting father. Recently in an interview with a leading daily, he spoke lovingly about Sara. “I am like her friend, philosopher and guide. I don’t want to control her, because it is not like one…
Bangladeshi film festival in Kolkata
Entertainment Desk A four day long film festival of Bangladeshi films will begin in Kolkata from February 21. The festival will be inaugurated by veteran film director Goutam Ghose. Bangladeshi filmmakers Morshedul Islam and Munira Morshed Chowdhury will also attend…
I’m desperate to get that film out- Manoj Bajpayee
Manoj Bajpayee’s first home production film, Missing with Tabu is finally ready and now the actor is planning to release it this summer. The actor has co-produced this film with friend Neeraj Pandey. Talking about the film he says, “It’s…
Toshiba dives on nuclear woes
Shares in troubled conglomerate Toshiba dived again Friday as Standard & Poor’s warned it may cut its credit rating while a possible saviour of the Japanese firm’s loss-hit nuclear unit reportedly ruled out any rescue deal. Investors have sliced more…
Friends save spear fisherman from shark mauling off Australia
A shark badly mauled a man spearfishing Saturday in northern Queensland leaving him in serious condition after friends saved his life by pulling him aboard their boat, the ambulance service said. The 26-year-old suffered severe blood loss with multiple bites…
Rana Dagubatti writes a letter to the President
Rana Dagubatti will next be seen in The Ghazi Attack, a film based a true event that took place just before the 1971 Indo-Pak war broke out – Pakistani Submarine – PNS Ghazi had set out to destroy the one…
Legendary Japanese film Tora-san on TV
Entertainment Desk The Embassy of Japan in Bangladesh, the Japan Foundation and the International Television Channel Ltd. are pleased to announce that an all-time Japanese box-office hit Tora-san’s Many Splendored Love will be aired on NTV at 8:45 am on…
Jhanavi Kapoor to get a hot bod!
One of the many star kids to hit the 70mm soon, Sridevi’s daughter Jhanavi Kapoor has begun preps for her big debut. An insider tells us that the Kapoor gal has joined renowned fitness expert Yasmin Karachiwala to get in…
New Facebook job-hunting features challenge LinkedIn
Facebook on Wednesday began letting businesses in the US or Canada post jobs and take applications from jobseekers,posing a challenge to Microsoft-owned LinkedIn. The platform’s users will be able to find help-wanted posts at business pages on Facebook or by…
Mongolia herders face dreaded ‘dzud’ losses: Red Cross
Thousands of Mongolian herders face disastrous livestock losses from dreaded severe weather known as the “dzud”, the Red Cross said Thursday in launching an international emergency aid appeal. Landlocked Mongolia is grappling for the second straight year with losses from…
RAKUB to improve NW region’s socio-economic condition
Rajshahi Krishi Unnayan Bank (RAKUB) is pledged bound to elevate socio-economic condition of people in the country’s Northwest region. The bank will also put in its level best towards attaining target of agricultural loan disbursement set for the region in…
Bite-mimicking malaria vaccine shows promise
A malaria vaccine that mimics a mosquito bite yielded encouraging results in human trials, its makers said Thursday,raising hopes for thwarting a parasite that kills a child every two minutes. The candidate drug, called PfSPZ, provided up to 100 percent…
Esha Gupta: Ajay Devgn is a non-interfering actor
Esha Gupta is working with Ajay Devgn for the first time in ‘Baadshaho’ and the actress is impressed with the actor’s immense knowledge, calling the process of working with him a learning experience. Esha will be seen with Devgn in…
An Evening of Hindustani Classical Vocal Music in city
Culture Desk Indira Gandhi Culture Centre oraganised ‘An Evening of Hindustani Classical Vocal Music’ by eminent classical vocalist of Bangladesh Anil Kumar Saha, at Sufia Kamal Auditorium, Bangladesh National Museum, Dhaka on February 11. Anil Kumar Saha made a soulful…
India puts record 104 satellites into orbit
India successfully put a record 104 satellites from a single rocket into orbit on Wednesday in the latest triumph for its famously frugal space agency. Scientists gathered for the launch in the southern spaceport of Sriharikota burst into applause as…
Enter the dragon: Rural Chinese honour mythical beast
Dragons several hundred metres long snake their way down pastoral roads and through country hamlets, part of centuries-old Chinese folk celebrations for a mythical creature revered as a blessing. The visually striking festival is among a range of colourful traditional…
Tokyo stocks open higher, but Toshiba hit again
Tokyo stocks surged at the open Wednesday on a weaker yen after Federal Reserve boss Janet Yellen signalled the US central bank’s next rate increase could come at any time. But troubled conglomerate Toshiba suffered another collapse, diving almost 13…
El Nino gobbled up California’s beaches
Last year’s unusually potent El Nino produced monster waves that carved away record-breaking swathes of the US West Coast’s beaches, said a study Tuesday, warning that recovery may take years. Erosion at 29 beaches from Washington to southern California during…
Banglalink exercises zero tolerance for non-compliance: CEO
Mobile phone operator Banglalink said it exercises zero tolerance policy against all suppliers and partners if they are failed to meet the highest standards and compliance. “Banglalink is a fully compliant company, committed to enforcing and upholding the highest standards,”…
Waking up early is magical: Shraddha
Actress Shraddha Kapoor, currently awaiting the release of Half Girlfriend and Haseena: The Queen of Mumbai, believes the energy one can attain by waking up early is just “magical”. “Waking up early is just magical. Love love lovee the morning…
Lyricist Rafiquzzaman felicitated
Culture Desk Veteran lyricist Mohammad Rafiquzzaman turned 75 on February 11. To observe his birthday Nibedon an organistation for music arranged a felicitation porgramme on February 12 at the Music and Dance Auditorium of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy in the capital.…
Lego Batman’ beats ‘Fifty Shades Darker’ at US box office
The Lego Batman Movie” dominated “Fifty Shades Darker” in a battle of new releases at North American box offices over the weekend, industry data showed on Monday. The Warner Bros spinoff of the “Lego Movie” finished on top with $53…
Toshiba dives on shock loss-reporting delay
Shares in Toshiba dived more than nine percent Tuesday after the huge conglomerate delayed the release of financial results expected to include billions of dollars in losses tied to its ailing US nuclear power unit. The firm plunged 9.45 percent…