We very well know the kind of equation Karan Johar and Shah Rukh Khan share. The same goes for Kjo’s equation with SRK’s kids, Aryan, and AbRam. The filmmaker had mentioned in an interview that if Aryan ever debuts in…
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Foxconn invests $8 bn in China LCD plant
Taiwan tech-giant Foxconn plans to build an $8.8-billion factory in China, state media said Saturday, amid reports its billionaire boss is cooling off on future US investments. Foxconn, a major Apple supplier, will spend the vast sum on an industrial…
Birth anniversary of poet Jasimuddin observed in Faridpur
Cultural Desk Birth anniversary of poet Jasimuddin observed here today at his ancestral village Gobindapur in the district. Faridpur district administration and Jasim Foundation jointly chalked out elaborate program which included placing of floral wreaths at the ‘mazar’ situated on…
Switzerland sees driest December in 150 years
Switzerland has just experienced its driest December in more than 150 years and one of its driest months on record, meteorologists said Saturday. With an average of just 2.0 millimetres (0.079 inches) of precipitation this month, the Swiss lowlands saw…
Mexicans furious over fuel price hike
Mexicans are bracing to kickstart the New Year on a sour note, with protests planned against the government’s huge hike in gasoline prices. President Enrique Pena Nieto has promised that fuel prices will fall thanks to his landmark 2014 energy…
Ranbir Kapoor opposite Vidya Balan…
In 2017, Vidya Balan is looking forward to Begum Jaan and Tumhari Sullu. And while the actress has had a fresh pairing with the likes of Shahid Kapoor and Arjun Rampal, Vidya recently expressed her wish to work with Ranbir…
Koffee With Karan promo proves Mira ‘s comic timing
All eyes are going to be on Mira Rajput Kapoor this week as she’ll make her much awaited debut on Koffee With Karan 5 with hubby dearest Shahid Kapoor. As for the promos doing the rounds on the internet this…
China to release environmental forecasts on three Nansha reefs from Jan 1
The State Oceanic Administration (SOA) announced Saturday that forecasts on the marine environment of three reefs in the Nansha Islands will be released from Sunday. Forecasts for waves, tides, ocean temperatures, winds and tropical cyclones, as well as warnings of…
French workers win ‘right to disconnect’
French companies will be required to guarantee a “right to disconnect” to their employees from Sunday as the country seeks to tackle the modern-day scourge of compulsive out-of-hours email checking. From January 1, a new employment law will enter into…
Post-mortem on pop icon George Michael ‘inconclusive’
A post-mortem examination on the body of pop icon George Michael, who died on Christmas Day after a chart-topping career and years of drug-taking, has proved “inconclusive”, police said on Friday. “The cause of death is inconclusive and further tests…
India to provide additional 80 megawatt electricity to Nepal from January 1
India will supply an additional 80 megawatt of electricity from January 1, 2017 to Nepal, to minimize the energy crisis in the Himalayan nation, the Indian Embassy in Kathmandu said Friday. The Indian government’s decision to provide additional electricity to…
Birds migrating earlier as temperatures rise
Migrating birds are arriving at their breeding grounds earlier as global temperatures rise, a study has found. Birds have reached their summer breeding grounds on average about one day earlier per degree of increasing global temperatures, according to the research…
Scarlett Johansson named ‘top grossing’ actor
Scarlett Johansson has been named as the top grossing actor of 2016 by Forbes magazine. Her movies, including Captain America: Civil War and the Coen Brothers’ Hail Caesar!, earned $1.2bn (£978m) globally over the past 12 months. Johansson’s Marvel co-stars…
Performance Art Week begins
Culture Desk The Performance Art Week 2016 featuring 20 performance artistes of diverse backgrounds kicked off on December 27 at Bengal Gallery of Fine Arts. The open programme has been scheduled to take place at three different venues: Bengal Gallery…
Debbie Reynolds rushed to hospital
Film legend Debbie Reynolds was rushed to hospital Wednesday after suffering a possible stroke, a day after the death of her movie star daughter Carrie Fisher, emergency services and US media said. A spokeswoman for the Los Angeles Fire Department…
Rio’s unpaid government workers line up for food
At the foot of a tall building in downtown Rio de Janeiro, government workers line up for donated groceries, unable to buy their own because their salaries have not been paid. Inside, on the 13th floor, a food bank set…
Obama creates two new national monuments
President Barack Obama has created two new US national monuments, bringing vast desert areas under federal protection. Bears Ears and Gold Butte National Monuments protect over one million acres (0.4 million hectares) of sacred sites, spectacular scenery, and important natural…
15th Dhaka International Film Festival will begin on Jan 12
Cultural Desk 15th Dhaka International Film Festival will begin on Jan 12 With the slogan ‘Better Film, Better Audience, Better Society’, the 15th Dhaka International Film Festival is going to start at the National Museum auditorium on January 12 to…
Priyanka’s is best part of ‘Baywatch’, says mother
Indian actress Priyanka Chopra’s mother Madhu says her daughter’s blink-and-miss appearance in the trailer of ‘Baywatch’ is part of a marketing strategy as the makers want to keep the best for the last. Priyanka appears in just one scene of…
Shortening antibiotic course in children does more harm than good
A shortened course of antibiotics to treat children with ear infections may result in worse clinical outcomes without reducing the risk of drug resistance or adverse events, researchers have warned. Acute otitis media is a bacterial infection of the middle…
Avatar-style S. Korean manned robot takes first baby steps
A giant South Korean-built manned robot that walks like a human but makes the ground shake under its weight has taken its first baby steps. Designed by a veteran of science fiction blockbusters, the four-metre-tall (13-foot), 1.5 ton Method-2 towers…
Hollywood’s ‘princess’ Carrie Fisher dead at 60
After decades of fast living that her fearless “Star Wars” character Princess Leia would have struggled to keep up with, Carrie Fisher died Tuesday following a massive heart attack. She was 60. The American actress, best-selling author and screenwriter—who suffered…
India’s Tata sues ex-chief for alleged breach of confidentiality
Indian salt-to-steel conglomerate Tata upped the ante in their bitter dispute with ousted former chairman Cyrus Mistry on Tuesday, saying they were suing him for breach of confidentiality. Tata Sons, the holding company of India’s sprawling $103 billion Tata Group,…
After Asia, palm oil faces backlash in Africa
Its lower cost has made it popular in commercial food production, but after being blamed for deforestation in Asia, palm oil plantations are now getting a similar rap in Africa. The sheer scale of land required is having an impact…
Rabeya Khatun steps into 81 today
Culture Desk Rabeya Khatun born on December 27, 1935 in Vikrampur is one of the most prolific writers of modern Bangladesh. During the fifties of the twentieth century she started her authorial life with a short story “Proshno”. Later on…
Madhuri Dixit Nene visits Taj Mahal with family
Ever since she moved to India from the US, Madhuri Dixit Nene has always been in the limelight, yet family has always been her priority. This time round, she decided to get closer to her roots and take a tour…
Cancer treatments affect brain, heart tissues in children
When exposed to cancer treatment like chemotherapy and radiation, brain and heart tissues in very young children are more prone to apoptosis or programmed cell death, researchers said. Apoptosis, in which molecular signals order cells to self-destruct, plays an important…
Smartphone-obsessed Finns rank tops in screen time
On the crowded morning metro in Helsinki, silence prevails. Everyone is hunched over their smartphone screens, reading the news, checking emails or watching videos. A loud “yeah!” breaks the quiet, along with delighted screech from a toddler whose mother has…
Syed Shamsul Haque’s 81st birth anniversary today
The 81st birth anniversary of versatile Bengali poet Syed Shamsul Haque will be observed today. To mark the day, Jatiya Kabita Parishad will stage discussion, reminiscence and poem recitation at Poet Shamsur Rahman auditorium of Bangla Academy at 11 am…
Tokyo stocks open lower, Toshiba plunges
Tokyo stocks opened slightly lower Tuesday morning, though Toshiba plunged on a report it is likely to record a huge special loss related to a US subsidiary’s acquisition of a nuclear power service company. Overall, deals were quiet as global…