What if you could both watch a film and be a character in it: perhaps an animated bunny fighting off inept aliens or a humanoid robot struggling with its identity? Virtual Reality (VR) — which is revolutionising everything from gaming…
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Red Hot Chili Peppers cancel shows as singer hospitalized
The Red Hot Chili Peppers on Sunday canceled a second show after abruptly scrapping a concert as frontman Anthony Kiedis was rushed to the hospital for intestinal flu. The alternative rock greats had been due to headline Saturday’s annual Weenie…
What yoghurt tells us about the obesity fight
Health Desk When it comes to understanding the challenge facing the nation on obesity, yoghurt is a good place to start. It’s one of the most common items in our shopping basket. We spend more on it than we do…
The creature that sleeps through fire
In the tinder-dry bush of Australia, wildfire can tear through vegetation at terrifying speeds, incinerating almost everything in its path and leaving little more than blackened desert in its wake. Most animals have a natural, ingrained fear of fire that…
India to ‘divert rivers’ to tackle drought
Image caption India is heavily dependent on monsoon rains which have been poor for the past two years India is set to divert water from its rivers to deal with a severe drought, a senior minister has told the BBC.…
Musical evening at AFD
Culture Desk Alliance Française de Dhaka (AFD) has arranged a musical event for the book launching of The Voice of Faith – Nusrat, written by Dr Pierre-Alain Baud, tomorrow at the La Galerie at 6pm. Dr Pierre-Alain Baud, a French…
Shobnom Bubly to debut opposite Shakib Khan
Entertainment Desk You don’t really have to spell out that Shakib Khan has monopolised most of the lead roles in Dhallywood films after the sad demise of Manna. Even though Khan’s on-screen chemistry with Apu Biswas has gained more success than…
Mysterious mounds in South America are likely worm poop
As an earthworm biologist and soil scientist, Anne Zangerlé has spent most of her research career looking down. Trekking through the steamy tropical wetlands of Colombia and Venezuela in search of strange, six-foot-tall (two-meter-tall) towers called surales, however, forced her…
Anti Aging: The side of your face that will always look older
Health Desk Whether you realize it or not, every time you get in your car, you’re fielding ultraviolet A (UV-A) radiation through the windows and windshield. The sun’s UV-A rays are responsible for premature aging and wrinkles, as well…
Michael Jackson’s daughter Paris Jackson ‘totally out of control,’ report says
Paris Jackson’s family is concerned over the 18-year-old’s wild lifestyle as she is “totally out of control,” Radar Online reported Friday, citing a source. According to the report, late Michael Jackson’s daughter got a tongue ring and several tattoos since…
Eco campaigners block lignite-fired German power plant
Around 2,000 environmental activists protesting the use of fossil fuels blockaded a power plant that burns brown coal in eastern Germany Saturday,organisers said, a day after a similar protest at a coal mine. The activists, who arrived by bike, bus…
Farzana Hridi Sheikh wins Mangolee-Channel I Shera Nachiye
Showtime Desk A total of 45,000 participants took part in season three of Channel I Shera Nachiye. Among them, Farzana Hridi Sheikh from Dhaka stood out the champion of the season. The announcement was made at the end of a…
Ice Cream’ starts today in Chittagong
Entertainment Desk Ice Cream will air in Chittagong starting today. The director Redwan Rony said, “It will continue till 19th May for a five-day exhibition. There will be four shows each day. The first show will begin at 11am, the…
Almost all snakes have the same, mindboggling superpower
When a snake strikes, it moves so fast it could hit you four times within the space of one eyeblink. If a human moved that fast they would lose consciousness Lying camouflaged amid the deserts and grasslands of southern California,…
Birth of rare Sumatran rhino hailed as major boost
The rare birth of a Sumatran rhino in Indonesia has been hailed a victory for the critically endangered species,which has been almost wiped out in the wild by poaching and habitat destruction. Conservationists wept in joy as the healthy female…
Hollywood takes notice as Korean films surf K-culture wave
Cultural Desk With K-pop and K-drama television series riding high across Asia and beyond, a trio of South Korean films with top billing at this year’s Cannes film festival also shows the country’s growing cinematic clout. Leading the pack is…
Ashok Kumar Dewan lauded for works on Chakma history
Cultural Correspondent Speakers at a book launching ceremony on Ashok Kumar Dewan’s work on Chakma history today paid rich tributes to him (Dewan) for his extraordinary reflections on Chakma history and language. Noted Human Rights Activist Priscilla Raj’s book titled…
Marilyn Monroe’s personal belongings to go up for auction
Entertainment Desk A Revlon lipstick, part of the contents of an evening bag owned by actress Marilyn Monroe is seen in Los Angeles, May 10, 2016. Reuters A Revlon lipstick, part of the contents of an evening bag owned by…
Brass tacks time for UN climate forum
Frontline climate diplomats will seek to translate good intentions into concrete action in Bonn Monday when they gather for the first time since hammering through a historic deal in December. “Our challenge is now to operationalize the Paris Agreement,” France…
Mexico debates legalizing opium poppy for medicine
Health Desk Fed up with drug-related violence, a growing number of Mexican politicians see one potential cure: legalizing the cultivation of opium poppies for the production of medicine. The debate has emerged in recent weeks after President Enrique Pena Nieto…
World’s oldest space pebbles found in Australia
The tiny meteorites slammed into Earth about 2.7 billion years ago and captured clues to the planet’s early atmosphere. A microscope image shows one of the tiny 2.7-billion-year-old meteorites. About 2.7 billion years ago, tiny meteorites the size of sand…
Thai villagers hail gold mine closure in rare environmental win
Thai villagers on Wednesday celebrated a junta move to shutter a controversial gold mine, a rare blow to big business in a kingdom where environmental concerns are often secondary to profit-making. The Chatree mine complex straddles three provinces in northern…
Pakistan’s dancers take a stand
With her arms stretched out and her hands elegantly curved, the young dancer stamps her feet with aplomb, defying prejudice. Her art is reviled by many in religiously conservative Pakistan, where it is often linked with prostitution. “We constantly have…
Cannes Film Festival kicks off with Woody Allen film
The 69th Cannes Film Festival opened Wednesday amid heightened security and the premiere of a new Woody Allen film, 1930s Hollywood romance Cafe Society. Allen helped kick off the Cannes festivities with some help from the movie’s stars, Kristen Stewart…
Ranbir Kapoor and Katrina Kaif spotted together in Morocco
Entertainment Desk It’s only been a couple of days since Ranbir Kapoor flew to Morocco for Anurag Basu’s Jagga Jasoos. And now, Katrina Kaif has finally reached the city too. It was a long wait for the film’s unit since…
5 Vitamins you’re probably not getting enough of if you’re over 50
Health Desk Life changes a lot as you get older—so why would you expect your nutritional needs to stay the same? Many people who’ve passed the big 5-0 need more of certain vitamins and minerals than they did when they…
Two of Tagore’s works made into films
Culture Desk Rabindranath Tagore continues to inspire filmmakers and on the 155th birth anniversary of the poet, two films are released in theaters. Director Nitish Mukherjee’s “Char Adhyay”, based on Tagore’s celebrated eponymous novel, was released recently. The film, which…
Veena Malik wants to study Islam
Veena Malik, whose appearance in the Indian TV show “Bigg Boss” sparked a row in Pakistan, is now going to devote herself to the study of Islam. Dawn News says she will do this under the guidance of Mufti Naeem…
How this fish survives in a sea cucumber’s bum
In 1975, Victor Benno Meyer-Rochow was diving off the Banda Islands in Indonesia, when he collected a leopard sea cucumber—a cylindrical relative of starfish and sea urchins. It was a large and stubby specimen, 40 centimetres long (16 inches) and…
Thai villagers hail gold mine closure in rare environmental win
Thai villagers on Wednesday celebrated a junta move to shutter a controversial gold mine, a rare blow to big business in a kingdom where environmental concerns are often secondary to profit-making. The Chatree mine complex straddles three provinces in northern…