Suspense thriller “Don’t Breathe” held on tight to the top of the North American box office this weekend — keeping rival movies on tenterhooks for a second week running, industry estimates showed Sunday. Moviegoers plunked down $15.7 million to see…
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Bank branches to remain open on Sept 10, 11
Bangladesh Bank (BB) has asked all scheduled banks to keep open the branches located in industrial zones, especially those are connected with apparel factories on September 10 and 11 to facilitate payment of salary, bonus and other allowance of apparel…
Rock duo get Hollywood Walk of Fame star
Entertainment Desk Selling rock duo Daryl Hall and John Oates, know for such hits as “Out of Touch” and “Maneater,” were honored with a star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame on Friday. “It’s an honor to be part of the…
Declare Halda as National River: Speakers
Chittagong Correspondnet Speakers at a discussion yesterday urged the government to declare Halda, one of the world’s major natural sweet water fish breeding spots, as the national river of Bangladesh. They also demanded to stop any construction that hinders flow…
NASA unveils photos of Jupiter’s poles
NASA published Friday the first-ever images of Jupiter’s North Pole and its southern aurora, taken during the Juno spacecraft’s first orbital flyby of the gaseous giant. Juno came within 2,500 miles (4,200 kilometers) of Jupiter on August 27 during a…
China ratifies Paris climate agreement: Xinhua
China on Saturday ratified the Paris agreement on climate change, state media reported, a key move by the world’s biggest polluter that brings the deal a major step closer to coming into force. The National People’s Congress legislature voted to…
Soft US jobs report boosts Wall Street shares
US stocks closed higher Friday after the US August jobs report came in short of forecasts, lowering the likelihood that the Federal Reserve would hike interest rates later this month. Markets took the lower-than-expected 151,000 jobs created—compared to the 190,000…
2 skeleton traders held in Sylhet
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in separate drives arrested two people for their suspected link with human skeleton trade from different parts of the district on Wednesday. The arrestees were identified as Bellal Hossain, 40, and his associate Hira…
Uttarakhand HC stays Rakesh Roshan’s arrest
The Uttarakhand High Court has stayed the arrest of Bollywood producer-director Rakesh Roshan till September 19, an official said on Wednesday. A Dehradun-based writer Roop Kumar Sonkar had lodged an FIR against Roshan for copyright violation and accused him of…
Priyanka Chopra unveils first poster of her first Marathi film
Entertainment Desk The poster of actress Priyanka Chopra’s first Marathi production “Ventilator” has been unveiled. The actress, who has stepped into Production with her Purple Pebble Pictures production house, took to Instagram to share the first poster with her fans…
KUET to celebrate 13th founding anniversary today
Khulna Correspondent Students, teachers and staff of Khulna University of Engineering and Technology (KUET) will celebrate its 13th founding anniversary today. Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid is expected to attend the function as the chief guest. The university authorities have…
New fossils show life on Earth at least 3.7bn years old
Life on Earth is even older than we thought, said Australian scientists on Thursday as they unveiled fossils dating back a staggering 3.7 billion years. The fossilised structures—called stromatolites—preserved in ancient rocks along the edge of Greenland’s ice cap were…
Obama visits world’s largest marine reserve
President Barack Obama goes off the beaten track Thursday—way off—to a marine reserve in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Obama will take Air Force One three hours west from his native Honolulu, to Midway Atoll on the far northwestern…
India’s Reliance announces launch of 4G mobile services
India’s richest man Mukesh Ambani announced on Thursday that his Reliance Industries’ long-awaited 4G mobile services would finally launch this month, sending shares of rival Bharti Airtel plummeting almost seven percent. Ambani told shareholders at the Mumbai-based company’s annual general…
Artists back appeal of ‘Blurred Lines’ copyright verdict
More than 200 musicians have joined Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams in appealing a landmark court verdict that found that their hit “Blurred Lines” stole from Marvin Gaye. Williams, a leading songwriter, and “Blurred Lines” lead singer Thicke were ordered…
Oil prices edge up in Asia after sharp plunge
Oil prices edged up slightly Thursday after being hammered the day before by data showing a sharp rise in US stockpiles, while analysts warned a pick-up in the dollar would add further downward pressure. Both main contracts plunged Wednesday after…
Singapore urges tests for pregnant women with Zika signs
Singapore urged all pregnant women showing symptoms of fever or rashes to have themselves tested for the Zika virus Wednesday after the number of cases in the city-state soared to 82. The United States and Britain joined Australia and Taiwan…
Magical musical to kick off star-studded Venice fest
A bewitching musical starring Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone will open the Venice film festival Wednesday, kicking off a US-heavy line-up of flicks vying for the coveted Golden Lion. Damien Chazelle’s “La La Land”, described as a tribute to the…
SpaceX to launch satellite by reusing rocket
SpaceX and satellite operator SES have agreed to launch a commercial satellite later this year by reusing a Falcon 9 rocket, the companies announced Tuesday. The launch of SES-10, which will be the first satellite sent into space on a…
US to host world’s largest conservation meeting
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 growth threatened by business ‘roadblocks’: Kerry
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…
I don’t allow my son to watch TV: Shilpa Shetty
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…
Drug-dispensing contact lens may benefit glaucoma patients
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…
Dhruba’s second album awaiting Eid release
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…
Emily Blunt in the intense, complex Girl on the Train
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.…
Teenagers’ performance will improve if they feel safe in school
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…
Longtime Google exec leaves Uber board of directors
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…
Anti-whalers enlist fast ship to fight off Japanese
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 shares pick up at open
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 admission test on October 26
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…