Apple on Wednesday announced an alliance with professional services group Deloitte to get more businesses using iPhones and iPads as workplace tools. Deloitte is creating an Apple practice with more than 5,000 strategic advisors devoted to helping businesses adopt new…
Culture Desk Oscar Bangladesh Committee has stated that they have been nominated to participate in the upcoming 89th Academy Awards. Among four films, the committee has chosen Oggatonama, a Tauqir Ahmed film to take part under the Foreign Language Film…
The Hrithik Roshan, Kangana Ranaut saga is far from over. Months after the legal and public face-off between the two hit the headlines, we still keep on hearing that the truth is yet to come out. If last week it…
CU Correspondent Classes at Chittagong University (CU) will remain closed for 12 days on the occasions of holy Durga Puja, Ashura and autumn holiday. The vacation will start from October 2 and continue till October 13, a CU press release…
Implementation of the proposed high-tech park in RajshahI within a shortest possible time could be the effective means of enriching the local software technologies which is very important for bolstering overall economy, speakers at a public consultation here viewed on…
Playboy magazine, once famous for bunnies and soft porn, for the first time is featuring a Muslim woman wearing a hijab, in a spread that is drawing both praise and criticism. American journalist Noor Tagouri appears in the magazine’s October…
In a peaceful bay off Norway’s Hitra island, massive nets teem with salmon destined for dinner tables worldwide—an export boon for the Nordic nation that comes with a long list of environmental side-effects. As an industry, the ocean-farming of salmon…
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) today signed a $200 million loan agreement with the government for modernising Bangladesh Railway (BR), with increasing its passengers and goods transport capacities. Saifuddin Ahmed, Joint Secretary, Economic Relations Division, Ministry of Finance, and Yoshinobu…
The farmers have already started harvesting the short duration Aman paddy varieties at this peak hour of the ‘seasonal lean period’ now creating huge jobs for the farm-labourers in Rangpur agriculture region. According to the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE)…
Often the difference between the effort put and the results received show huge disparity because of a lack of understanding… Often the difference between the effort put and the results received show huge disparity because of a lack of understanding…
Entertainment Desk Life seems to be making a turn for the better for Ranbir Kapoor. With Ae Dil Hai Mushkil creating a positive buzz and his role already being liked in the trailer, things look good for the Kapoor star.…
‘ENERZINE,’ a research publication of Institute of Energy of Dhaka University (DU) was unveiled today at a function on the campus here Monday. Vice-Chancellor (VC) Professor Dr AAMS Arefin Siddique unveiled the publication as the chief guest at his latter’s…
– It was difficult for Mahmuda Begum, Senior Assistant Vice President of South East Bank, to take banking as a profession in 1995 as profession of teaching or medicine is generally deemed “suitable” for the educated women in Bangladesh. “When…
Entertainment Desk Social crusader Anna Hazare is set to make a rare appearance on television. We are not talking about a prime-time debate on some news channel. This is going to be a unique appearance. Anna Hazare will be appearing…
Culture Desk Bollywood’s pop icon Sunidhi Chauhan who sang for the movie “Taarkata” has lent her voice again for a Dhaka-based movie. She has san a solo for ‘Bijli’ directed by Iftekhar Chowdhury. The song was recorded on September 14…
A snow-covered former US army base in Greenland—dubbed “a city under ice”—could leak pollutants into the environment as the climate changes, raising difficult questions over who is responsible for a clean-up. In 1959, US army engineers began constructing a futuristic…
Senor bankers asked their branch-level colleagues to attain professional skills as it is inevitable for achieving success in the banking sector. They urged them to make their banking activities client-friendly so that they get total benefits of the banking service.…
A Singapore firm headed by a scion of one of Asia’s richest families has bought a 49 percent stake in Rolling Stone, with plans to diversify the iconic magazine into new business including live events and merchandising. BandLab Technologies, a…
Inclusive education for the physically challenged students and children with special needs could flourish their latent talents to turn them into worthy citizens of the country. The opinion came at a ceremony arranged for distributing sub-stipends among the physically challenged…
Sylvan Technologies Limited (STL), a concern of PRAN-RFL Group, signed an agreement with a Switzerland-based multinational company ABB to produce world-class electrical equipment. Engineer Mustafizur Rahman Khan, STL chief operating officer and Moshfeq Ullah Rafiq, General Manager of ABB Limited…
Priyanka Chopra, who is the highest paid actress in India, will be honoured at the second annual InStyle Awards in October. Priyanka now joins InStyle’s other honorees including Hollywood star Nicole Kidman and designer Tom Ford, read a statement. The…
Culture Desk Antora Shil Snaha a talented actress of the small screen. Nowadays, she is busy acting in a number of drama series which are being telecasted on different channels. She wants to become someone like Suborna Mustafa. Snaha, got…
Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid on Saturday laid stress on grooming the youths as skilled workforce to contribute to the country’s productive sectors. The minister urged the teachers and guardians to remain alert so that the youths should not utilize…
The cover of a book “Chhotader Sheikh Hasina” written by Nazrul Islam, deputy press secretary to the Prime Minister, was unveiled at a function here on Saturday night. Bangabandhu Shishu Kishore Mela, US chapter, arranged the function at “Khamar Bari”…
The world’s largest radio telescope began operating in southwestern China Sunday, a project which Beijing says will help humanity search for alien life. The Five-hundred-metre Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST), nestled between hills in the mountainous region of Guizhou, began…
Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim hit out at Moody’s on Saturday, claiming it was biased after it cut Turkey’s sovereign debt rating to “junk” status. Amid months of political turmoil, the ratings agency cut Turkey to “Ba1” level, saying the…
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Saturday said it was time for a new direction in relations with Cuba, during a landmark visit to the Americas’ lone communist-ruled state. It marks the first visit by a Chinese premier since the two…
A study published in the British Journal of Cancer states that many more lives of cervical cancer patients could possibly be saved if all the women who are eligible went for the screening. Researchers said the largest impact of screening…
IU Correspondent The admission tests for Bachelor of Education (B.Ed) and Masters of Education (M.Ed) courses under the Institute of Islamic Education and Research (IIER) of the Islamic University (IU) were held here on Friday. The tests under 2016-17 academic…
There’s something going on beneath the surface of Jupiter’s icy moon Europa. But what? NASA teased a “surprising” announcement for Monday, based on Hubble Space Telescope images of the celestial body, which many experts believe could contain a subsurface ocean,…