Bollywood actress Sonam Kapoor will be feted with the Best Actress honour for her performance in the biopic Neerja at the Asia Vision Movie Awards. The actress will be presented the honour at the 11th Edition of the Asia Vision…
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Healthy lifestyle can help you fight even genetic heart attack risk
Following a healthy lifestyle can cut in half the probability of a heart attack or similar events even among those at high genetic risk, say researchers, including one of Indian-origin. “The basic message of our study is that DNA is…
Asia-Pacific leaders talk trade in a Trump world
Top world leaders meet from Thursday to try to save their cherished free trade accords from feared extinction under US President-elect Donald Trump. Here are three big factors looming over the 21-nation Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit from Thursday to Sunday…
Mexican pyramid built like a ‘Russian nesting doll’
Experts have discovered a third structure within the Kukulkan pyramid in eastern Mexico, revealing that it was built like a “Russian nesting doll,” experts said Wednesday. A 10-meter (33-foot) tall pyramid was found within another 20-meter structure, which itself is…
Nobanno Utsab in Mymensingh
Mymensingh Correspondent To celebrate the Nobanno Utsab, Mymensingh District Administration organised a day-long programme at Baishakhi Moncha in the town’s Zainul Abedin Park on November 15. The day’s programme included discussion meeting, pitha festival, cultural programmes and so on. The…
Tribute to a Doyen of Bangla Cinema Subhash Dutta’s fourth death anniversary today
Culture Desk Subhash Dutta is regarded as one of those few great filmmakers who established cinema as an eloquent medium of art after the emergence of Bangladesh. He was also an actor and cultural activist. Today marks the fourth death…
WhatsApp suspends giving Facebook European user data
WhatsApp has temporarily suspended giving parent company Facebook information about users in Europe for ad targeting, responding to concerns there over privacy, a source close to the matter said Tuesday. Conversations with officials in Europe over the past few months…
10 superfoods you can include in your daily diet to cut diabetes risk
Diabetes is a chronic lifestyle disorder. The probability of developing it not only depends on genetic factors but is also influenced by environmental components. Eating right and maintaining a healthy body weight is the most important step towards controlling diabetes.…
Eagles of Death Metal singer makes surprise appearance at tribute show
Eagles of Death Metal frontman Jesse Hughes on Tuesday made a surprise performance at a London tribute concert to his “dear friend” Nick Alexander, the roadie killed in last year’s Paris attacks. The US rocker performed a solo set and…
Naipaul to open Dhaka Lit Fest on Nov 17
Culture Desk Nobel Prize winning litterateur VS Naipaul is coming to Bangladesh to attend the Dhaka Literary Festival, to be held at the Bangla Academy during November 17-19. The festival will be inaugurated at 11am. The sixth edition of the…
Liza sings for movie song
Culture Desk Popular singer Liza has now sung for a film by Badrul Anam Saud. The film Gohin Baluchar will include the song “Tare Dekhi Roddur, Dekhi Alo Chayate.” Saud has himself written the lyrics while Imon Saha has done…
Corporate lifestyle making more men diabetic than women
Women in the corporate sector are less afflicted with diabetes than men, show results of a survey by a health insurance company. Further, the average claims for diabetes-related ailments made by men is almost 13% higher than women, showing that…
Software updates blamed for shorter battery life
Always left with flat battery when you really need your smartphone? Now you have something to blame. When iPhones or Android phones are updated to the latest version of their operating system, their battery life can fall by as much…
Aerosmith announces Europe ‘farewell’ tour
Hard rock chart-toppers Aerosmith on Monday announced a “farewell” tour for 2017, although they stopped short of saying the shows will be their last. The nearly half-century-old band behind rock classics such as “Dream On,” “Walk This Way” and “Janie’s…
Scaling the odds at Vietnam’s pangolin rehab
Pangolin Mi Bo has seen better days. He arrived at a rescue centre in Vietnam missing a paw after it was cut off in a snare trap. The rest of his body is marked by red lacerations, and he will…
China, Peru sign 2 bln USD worth of purchasing agreements amid APEC fever
Business and enterprise representatives from China and Peru signed purchasing agreements worth 2 billion U.S. dollars on Monday in Lima, as the 2016 Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders’ Week kicked off in the capital city. The agreements involved…
Girls, boys’ brains react differently to traumatic experiences
Adolescent girls who suffer traumatic stress undergo accelerated maturation in a brain region that integrates emotions and actions, according to a new study which found that stress affects the brains of boys and girls differently. Among youth with post-traumatic stress…
Ajay Devgn welcomes Parineeti Chopra to Golmaal’s ‘crazy family’
Actor Parineeti Chopra has her hands full with a lot of projects this year. While she has just wrapped up the shoot of Yash Raj Film’s Meri Pyari Bindu along with Ayushmann Khurrana and already working on her character in…
Mithila cast against Siam for telefilm
Culture Desk Once popular singer Mithila will now be seen opposite Siam for the first time. The two will be seen in a small screen production by Birohi Multimedia. The telefilm “Chirkuter Shabda” has been directed by Mehedi Hasan Jony…
Eclectic session band legend Leon Russell dead
Leon Russell, who achieved rare fame as a session musician by playing with artists from The Rolling Stones to Elton John and pursuing his own eclectic career, has died. He was 74. Russell, who remained active and had tour dates…
Heavy pollution shuts schools in Iran’s capital
Tehran officials shut schools on Monday as the first of the winter season’s heavy pollution hit the Iranian capital. A blanket of choking brown-white smog descended on the city on Sunday, blocking out the view of the mountains that line…
India’s Modi urges bill-swap success amid cash crunch
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday made an emotional appeal to people to make India graft-free, as chaotic scenes erupted outside banks nationwide after high denomination notes were pulled from circulation. Modi surprised the country Tuesday night when he announced that…
Ayushmann can’t stop gushing about Parineeti
Entertainment Desk Ayushmann Khurrana and Parineeti Chopra have teamed up for the first time for YRF’s Meri Pyari Bindu. Ayushmann admits he has found a good friend in Parineeti. He even gave us some insight into their cute bond. “She…
Shilpa Shetty’s son Viaan makes TV debut
As you know Shilpa Shetty judges a dance reality show on television along with choreographer Geeta Kapoor and Anurag Basu. Recently, on the show they had finished judging all the contestants when they were informed that there’s one more contestant…
Thyroid hormone boost may reduce risk of birth complications
According to a new study, increasing the number of pregnant women given a common drug to boost thyroid hormone levels (in the case of women suffering from hypothyroidism, an underactive thyroid disease) may lead to a reduced number of still-births,…
EBEK helps 40,481 families overcoming poverty
The just ended ‘Ekti Bari, Ekti Khamar – One House, One Farm (EBEK)’ project has improved livelihoods of 40,481 poor farm families here bringing them out of the clutches of money lenders as well as vicious cycle of poverty. The…
Govt gives top priority to science, ICT sector: Shahriar
State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam, MP, said the government of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has given top priority to the sector of science education and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to turn the students and youths into efficient…
Egyptian actor Mahmoud Abdel Aziz dies
Iconic Egyptian actor Mahmoud Abdel Aziz, who starred in more than 90 feature films and worked under some of Egypt’s most celebrated directors, has died aged 70. Aziz died on Saturday evening “in hospital in Cairo, at the end of…
International short, independent film festival to start in December
Entertainment Desk The 14th International Short and Independent Film Festival-Dhaka will be begun on December 3, featuring over 500 films from around the world. This is the highest number of films featured in a single edition in the history of…
Mila’s works for new songs
Entertainment Desk Mila’s latest album Uncensored, was released in 2015. Since then, the pop singer was only spotted in live concerts. She just wrapped up her US tour, and returned to the country after performing in several concerts there. Thanks…