Americans who experience hot weather are more likely to believe global warming is real, while those in colder climates are more likely to be doubters, said a US study Monday. Researchers looked at US beliefs about climate change on a…
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India’s Mistry resigns from all Tata companies
Cyrus Mistry, the ousted former chairman of Indian conglomerate Tata, announced Monday he had resigned from all of the group’s listed companies as he pledged to escalate his bitter dispute with company patriarch Ratan Tata. Mistry was expected to be…
Zuckerberg builds software butler for his home
Mark Zuckerberg’s artificial intelligence-imbued software “butler”—named Jarvis—is now in service, and even plays with his family, the Facebook chief said Monday. Zuckerberg took on the personal project this year, devoting about 100 hours to making a system inspired by the…
Disney hits industry-first $7 billion at box office
A huge debut for “Rogue One” has seen Walt Disney Studios become the first distributor in history to hit $7 billion in annual global box office receipts, it said Monday. The $290 million worldwide opening for the “Star Wars” spinoff…
Probes help surgeons detect cancer cells
Nanoscale fluorescent probes that switch on in the presence of cancer cells helped surgeons remove tumours in mice without harming healthy tissue, according to a study published Monday. The potentially breakthrough technology works for all kinds of cancers, the researchers…
What’s it like to win Spain’s bountiful Christmas lottery?
Two years ago, a district in Madrid got lucky in Spain’s hugely popular Christmas lottery, with people working or living there winning prizes of between 120,000 and 3.0 million euros. As Spaniards gear up for the next windfall from the…
Forestry resources conservation must for fighting climate change
Proper conservation of forest and its resources is very important for fighting climate change, ensuring nutritional demands coupled with food security, ecological balance and biodiversity in Rajshahi region including its dried Barind tract. Promotion of adequate trees, including fruit, timber…
Pakistani cinemas to start screening Indian movies from Dec 19
Cinemas in Pakistan will start screening Indian movies from December 19, DawnNews reported on Saturday. The cinema houses’ owners said that they had only suspended the screening of Indian films but had not completely banned them. “The suspension that was…
Gold may help treat sight loss
Gold nanotechnology could help reduce the number of injections needed to treat a common form of blindness, researchers believe. Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of sight loss in the developed world. Patients are usually treated with ongoing…
Julia Roberts to star in TV series by Maria Semple
Julia Roberts is heading to the small screen. The actress will star in a limited series based on Maria Semple’s latest book, Today Will Be Different, which hit shelves in October via Little, Brown and Company. Megan Ellison’s Annapurna Pictures…
Farzana Karim’s poetic tribute for Victory Day
Cultural Desk On the occasion of the 45th Victory Day poetry recitations were arranged at the Natok Sarani of Bangladesh Mahilla Samity Auditorium. Farzana Karim the sole performer of the evening did not only recite poems written by herself but…
Bangladeshi documentary, short clinch top award in ISIFF
Entertainment Desk Russian drama Family Offline and Bangladeshi documentary Jhalmaliya – The Sacred Water – were named the best films in the international competition section at the International Short and Independent Film Festival ( ISIFF) awards, which concluded the 14th…
Vidya Balan refused to meet producer-director
Entertainment Desk If there’s one thing about Vidya Balan, it’s that you can’t take her for granted. Also the actress is a stickler for time. She values her time and it ticks heroff when others don’t do that. We hear…
US judge ‘optimistic’ for deal in 3.0-liter diesel VW case
A US federal judge overseeing the Volkswagen emissions scandal said Friday he is optimistic about reaching an agreement for the last 80,000 vehicles affected in the United States. A new hearing has been set for Monday to review the German…
French cars lead EU list of low CO2 emitters, Ferrari fined
The European Union on Friday said luxury carmakers Ferrari and Aston Martin would receive a fine for exceeding their carbon emission targets, as French cars lead the way in lowering emissions. French car manufacturers Peugeot, Citroen and Renault ranked first,…
Samba gets new rhythms 00 years
Monday nights feel like Saturdays in Rio’s Little Africa neighborhood when the sun sets and the samba starts to play. Surrounded by a mostly young crowd, seven musicians sit around a table with the small four-string guitar called a cavaquinho,…
Thousands to attend American space legend John Glenn’s memorial
Thousands were expected to gather Saturday in Ohio for a memorial service to pay tribute to American space legend John Glenn, who died last week at the age of 95. The gathering in the home state of the first American…
Deepika , Katrina bonded
Katrina Kaif and Deepika Padukone are said to be not the best of friends in the industry, thanks to common ex-boyfriend, Ranbir Kapoor. But the divas put all such rumours to rest at a recently held awards function where they…
Laal Sabujer Sur gets world TV premiere today
Entertainment Desk The film Laal Sabujer Sur which sets to get world TV premiere today( Victory Day). Written by Faridur Reza Sagor, produced by Impress Telefilm and made with the assistance of the national film making grant. The film will…
Aditya Roy Kapur to lunch his music album soon
Aditya Roy Kapoor it seems has some hidden talents. Okay not so hidden maybe. But the actor has a thing for music and he can strum the guitar like a pro. On the sets of Aashiqui2, he’d entertain the unit…
China’s selfie app Meitu debuts on Hong Kong exchange
China’s popular selfie app developer Meitu made a muted debut on the Hong Kong stock exchange Thursday after the biggest IPO by a technology company in the city in almost a decade. With 456 million monthly active users, the Xiamen-based…
Italy’s banking problems can be solved, EU will help: Juncker
Italy’s banking problems can be solved and the EU will do everything to help, European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker said Wednesday, dismissing fears of something akin to the euro crisis. New Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni has said his government…
Beijing issues red alert for air pollution
Beijing has issued the first red alert, the highest level, for air pollution this year, as a new bout of heavy smog is forecast to hit the city Friday, local environmental protection authorities said Thursday, reports Xinhua, Beijing.
Fracking can harm drinking water, says US agency
Hydraulic fracturing to release natural gas and oil can have a negative impact on the quality and availability of drinking water in the United States, the US government said Tuesday. “This assessment is the most complete compilation to date of…
IBM unveils plan to hire 25,000 in US on eve of Trump meeting
US technology giant IBM said Tuesday it would hire 25,000 people in the country over the next four years, a day before President-elect Donald Trump meets with tech industry leaders. About 6,000 of those hirings will occur in 2017, IBM…
India’s TCS ousts Mistry from board as purge is stepped up
India’s Tata has ousted Cyrus Mistry as a director of its cash cow IT business Tata Consultancy Services as the Indian conglomerate steps up its purge of its former chairman. TCS said in a statement late on Tuesday that shareholders…
Patriotic song by Shusmita Anis on the Victory Day
Culture Desk Shusmita Anis has voiced a patriotic song for the coming Victory Day. The song titled ‘E Pran Amar Bangladesh’ is written by Muniruzzaman Munir and composed by Sheikh Saadi Khan. Famous Indian singer and music director Anupam Roy…
Bappa, Munni sing for Victory Day
Culture Desk Popular singers Bappa Mazumdar and Dinat Jahan Munni will now sing to the words of poet Shahid Rahman. The song has been composed by Uday Bandyopadhyay of India. This song titled “Bijoy Bolte Sholoi Dicember, Bijoy Maane Unissho…
Aly Zaker receives lifetime achievement award
Culture Desk The 2nd BotTala Rangomela ended on December 10 at the Dr Nilima Ibrahim Auditorium of Bangladesh Mahila Samity in the city. Local theatre troupe BotTala organised the ten-day theatre festival that featured ten new productions by seven local…
Babies born to mothers with diabetes often bigger
A recent research conducted by the European Society of Cardiology has found that blood flows preferentially to the placenta instead of the brain in foetuses of mothers with diabetes, hence increasing the size of the infant. “We know that maternal…