Some 8,000 heads of state, policymakers and environmentalists convene in Hawaii this week for the world’s largest gathering aimed at forging a path forward on the planet’s toughest conservation problems. US President Barack Obama is expected to be among the…
India’s economy will only be able to maintain its impressive growth if its bureaucracy ceases to be “an expert in setting up roadblocks”, US Secretary of State John Kerry said Wednesday. Speaking on a visit to New Delhi, Kerry said…
Culture Desk Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty doesn’t allow her son Viaan to watch television as it’s aggressive at times. “I don’t allow my son to watch television as it gets aggressive to watch at times. “I am a very protective…
A contact lens designed to deliver medication gradually to the eye could improve outcomes for glaucoma patients requiring treatment with eye drops, which are often imprecise and difficult to self-administer. The novel contact lens-based system, which uses a strategically placed…
Culture Desk Popular singing sensation Dhrubo Kumar Guha will be releasing his new album in Eid-ul-Adha. The album “Firbe Naa Jani” will be Dhrubo’s second only album. Though seemingly a newbie those regularly listening to modern music will know that…
Entertainment Desk It feels like just yesterday Paula Hawkins’ 2015 thriller The Girl on the Train sped onto millions of bookshelves and Kindles, topping best-seller lists and, possibly, inciting readers to regard fellow commuters with more suspicion than usual.…
Health Desk Feeling unsafe at school may hamper your child’s learning potential and also contribute to more emotional problems, warns new research. “We found that students who felt safer were more attentive and efficient in the classroom. These students also…
Google executive David Drummond left the Uber board of directors Monday as competition revs up between the companies over self-driving cars. “I recently stepped down from Uber’s board given the overlap between the two companies,” Google chief legal officer Drummond…
Marine conservationists announced Tuesday they will for the first time be able to outrun the Japanese whaling fleet in the upcoming annual battle to protect the giant mammals in the icy Southern Ocean. Sea Shepherd Global is adding a fast…
Hong Kong stocks rose in the first few minutes of trade Tuesday, in line with a regional rally and following a strong lead from Wall Street. The Hang Seng Index added 0.73 percent, or 166.28 points, to 22,987.62. The benchmark…
RUET Correspondent Admission test for first year graduate courses in Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (RUET) will be held on October 26 (Wednesday), a RUET press release said here today. All sorts of necessary preparatory works are progressing fast…
Entertainment Desk The line between cosplay and actual superheroes is blurring thanks to uber-Batman fan Julian Checkley, who managed to fit a world-record 23 working items into a custom batsuit. Checkley’s feat will be recognized in the 2017 Guinness World…
Health Desk Music can have an important effect on cooperation at the workplace, a new study suggests. Researchers Kevin Kniffin, Jubo Yan, Brian Wansink and William Schulze describe two studies they conducted to test the effect of different types of…
The six people who went into isolation for a year in Hawaii to help NASA plan for a mission to Mars emerged Sunday, happy to breathe fresh air and meet new people. The team was based on a barren, northern…
Entertainment Desk Legendary Mexican singer and producer Juan Gabriel died on Sunday after a heart attack in Santa Monica, California, the Televisa network reported in his home country. He was 66. Alberto Aguilera Valadez, who used the stage name Juan…
An India-backed company planning to build a massive coal mine in Australia welcomed a court’s decision Monday to dismiss a legal challenge raising environmental concerns over the project’s impact on the Great Barrier Reef. The Federal Court dismissed the Australian…
China officially launched a new multi-billion dollar jet engine conglomerate with almost 100,000 employees at the weekend, as Beijing seeks to become an aerospace power and compete with the likes of Rolls Royce and General Electric. The Aero Engine Corporation…
With eight Oscars, 11 Grammys and a Tony vying for space on his mantelpiece, Alan Menken’s bill for dry-cleaning tuxedos might well match the box office of most Off-Broadway openings. The legendary US composer has picked up more than 100…
Inside a shady tent in the middle of quake-hit Amatrice, a little girl hunches over a table drawing a picture of the soaring mountains overlooking this small Italian town. For her, the drawing showed the only thing that remained constant…
Entertainment Desk One of the world’s premier electronic music festivals is expanding to India, seeing a major new market in the billion-plus country once off the radar for Western concert promoters. The Electric Daisy Carnival, whose giant flagship party takes…
Four months after taking the helm of struggling Russian automobile giant Avtovaz, Renault executive Nicolas Maure has set his sights on returning the Lada maker to profit by 2018. Maure, who headed Romanian carmaker Dacia for just over two years…
Tropical Storm Gaston, churning in the Atlantic southeast of Bermuda, strengthened and regained hurricane status late Saturday, the US National Hurricane Center reported. Gaston—which on Thursday became the third named hurricane of the Atlantic season but quickly weakened into a…
Culture Desk Celebrated actor Mosharraf Karim’s facebook account and facebook Fan Page got hacked on August 26. Mosharrof is not too active in social networks but yet he manages one with the help of certain assigned administrators. This account is…
People with lower socioeconomic status are much more likely to develop heart disease than those who are wealthier or better educated, according to a recent UC Davis study. Published online in BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, the outcomes also show that this…
Culture Desk Rising singing star Zinia Zafrin Luipa is keeping up with the music industry of the country. The competitive contestant of “Channel i Shera Kantho” has finished recording her third playback score. She is also ready with another original…
Entertainment Desk Quazi Nawshaba Ahmed is a popular Bangladeshi Model and TV Actress. She became popular through her unique acting in Bangla dramas, advertisement and films Nawshaba has been participating in campaigns for saving the Sundarbans for a while. In…
Cultural Desk Humayun Faridi plays a jamidar who is a man of his word Iconic actor, Humayun Faridi passed away on February 13, 2012, and before that he wrapped up a leading role in the film Ek Jobaner Jamidar, Here…
Showtime Desk Filmmaker Abu Sayeed’s latest flick, Dressing Table is set to be premièred at the 40th Montreal World Film Festival which has started from today. The film is scheduled to be screened on August 26, 27 and 29, under…
A Vietnamese trainee pilot was killed when his fighter jet crashed into a rice field, an official said Friday, the third deadly military plane accident since June. The pilot was the only one on board when the plane went down…
The new unity government of Youssef Chahed won resounding support from parliament Friday, approving a new cabinet line-up which must tackle the country’s pressing socio-economic and security challenges. After a long day of debate, the country’s legislature overwhelmingly approved Chahed’s…