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…
Climate change and the spread of invasive ragweed are set to double the number of seasonal allergy sufferers across Europe, with similar impacts likely in North America, researchers said Thursday. By mid-century, some 77 million people in Europe will be…
The regional office of Bangladesh Rural Development Board (BRDB) disbursed Taka 940.55 crore loan among poor people in the country’s north-west region to help them generate their income through self-employment in agricultural and non-agricultural sector. About 2.18 lakh people including…
Nepal-born ecologist Susma Giri studies how temperature affects declining pollinator populations in the age of climate change. Susma Giri collects insect samples from bee cups around String Lake in the Grand Tetons. The cups contain soapy water, and the scent…
Culture Desk Priyanka Gope will perform tonight at 11pm on Maasranga Television. The popular singer will be seen in the weekly musical show “Tomay Gaan Shonabo.” In the programme lasting two hours she will present songs on audiences’ preferences and…
Health Desk Here’s one more benefit of green tea you cannot ignore. Drinking green tea may prevent a deadly condition in which the body’s main artery becomes overstretched and bloated, a new study has claimed. Researchers at Kyoto University in…
New 3D printing technology unveiled this week sharply increases the size of objects that can be produced, offering new possibilities to remake manufacturing in the auto, aerospace and other major industries. One application demonstrated by 3D printing machinery maker Stratasys…
Entertainment Desk The turbulent life of Britney Spears—who went from teenage pop idol to tabloid fodder—is becoming a television biopic. Lifetime, a US network geared toward women, said Wednesday it had given the green light to a two-hour film on…
Not far from tourists sipping cocktails on Bali’s tropical, palm-fringed beaches, thousands of protesters in sarongs and headdresses waved banners and chanted during a noisy protest. It was an unusual sight on the “Island of the Gods”, which is better…
Indonesia’s navy said Thursday it had found a tanker carrying almost $400,000 worth of diesel that was taken by its own crew last week due to a commercial dispute. The MT Vier Harmoni was initially feared to have been hijacked…
Mobile App, namely, “Managing Violence Against Women and Children” will be launched today at Bangladesh Computer Council (BCC) auditorium in the city. State Minister for Women and Children Affairs, Meher Afroze Chumki will be present as chief guest on the…
Oscar-winning Jennifer Lawrence was named the world’s highest-paid actress for the second year running on Tuesday, with estimated pre-tax earnings of $46 million. The 26-year-old American raked in the lion’s share from a profit share in the final “Hunger Games”…