Oil prices rose slightly in Asia Friday after the International Energy Agency (IEA) said it saw the crude supply glut easing by year’s end, but trading was cautious ahead of a crunch producers’ summit. The IEA report, released ahead of…
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Long-time Met Opera music director James Levine to retire
Conductor James Levine, who led the Metropolitan Opera for 40 years as its music director, will retire at the end of the current season for health reasons, the company announced Thursday. The 72-year-old Levine, who has conducted more than 2,500…
Ananda Alo honours 12 personalities
Culture Desk Entertainment based fortnightly magazine Ananda Alo celebrated 12 years in production on the very first day of the Bengali New Year 1423 yesterday. The magazine celebrated their birthday celebration along with a prize giving ceremony yesterday. Ananda Alo…
Warming threatens the great barrier reef even more than we thought
The iconic reef depends on protective pulses of warm water to boost its heat tolerance. Climate change may eliminate these “practice runs.” This panoramic image reveals coral bleaching at Lizard Island on the Great Barrier Reef in March 2016. The…
Inky’s daring escape shows how smart octopuses are
The fleeing of a mollusk from a New Zealand aquarium has captivated the world. Here’s how he did it, and what it means. An octopus at New Zealand’s National Aquarium made a break for freedom by slipping out of its…
Music video of Baishakhi song to be released soon
Cultural Correspondent Music video of the song “Elo Re Bhai Notun Shaje Pahela Baishakh” will be released soon over the internet and on satellite channels. It has been sung by Dinat Jahan Munni, Pratik Hasan, Sabbir and Oishi and written…
A colossal snake dies under mysterious circumstances
A 24-foot-long reticulated python was captured just days ago in Malaysia. Members of Malaysia’s Civil Defense Force can be seen holding a big reticulated python caught at a construction site about a week ago. The snake has since died. A…
The big problem with mini Pigs
When pint-size pigs grow bigger than promised, they wind up euthanized or in overburdened shelters. Can education, regulation, and more sanctuaries solve the problem? Daisy Mae, miniature Vietnamese pot-bellied pig lounges in her West St Paul, Minnesota home with her…
China key to record global movie earnings
Movie theaters reaped record earnings around the world last year – $38.3 billion – fueled by China and young people’s spending on cinema tickets, industry data showed Tuesday. Global spending on big screen showings of films was up by 5.2…
Five traditional deshi solutions to beat the heat
Lifestyle Desk With temperatures at a record high, and expected to plateau or even climb over the next week, we’re pretty much in for a roast. Operating on the assumption that not everyone has the luxury of being holed up…
Premiere of Shankhachil held
Cultural Correspondent Indian 63rd National Award winning film Shankhachil is all set to be released in both Bengals on April 14, marking the beginning of the Bengali New Year (Pohela Boishakh). Tollywood superstar Prosenjit Chatterjee was in Dhaka for the…
Black Keys regret inducting Steve Miller in Hall of Fame
Garage rockers The Black Keys have voiced regret over inducting Steve Miller into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, calling the experimental bluesman thoroughly unpleasant. Miller, one of five acts honored by the Hall of Fame on Friday, jolted…
No hilsa this Pohela Boishakh
Culture Desk For the past decade, hilsa, the national fish of Bangladesh, has become an integral part of Pohela Boishakh celebrations. People from the urban regions, in particular, are accustomed to consuming a dish of panta-Ilish, a combination of leftover…
Hate stopping for gas? there’s an app for that
A handful of startups will deliver fuel straight to your car in the latest wave of on-demand services. If this is one of your least favorite tasks, you might soon be able to avoid it by pulling up a smartphone…
Birds on Islands are losing the ability to fly
Before the arrival of humans—and the rats, cats, and other predators that we brought—New Zealand was an idyllic haven for birds. Without ground-dwelling mammalian hunters to bother them, many of the local species lost the ability to fly. There’s the…
Children’s competition held at Shilpakal
Culture Desk Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy is currently holding a cultural competition in almost all the government and non-government primary schools of the country as part of its recent missions to proliferate cultural practices. As part of the competition a contest…
Duchess Kate has Marilyn Monroe moment in India
On the second day of Prince William and Princess Kate’s official royal trip to India and Bhutan, Kate had a Marilyn Monroe moment at a solemn event honoring the war dead. The Duchess of Cambridge, 34, was unable to control…
Beat belly fat with this 45-minute running workout
Health Desk Trying to get rid of extra weight in your stomach? Interval training is proven to blast belly fat. Here’s a 45-minute interval workout you can do on the treadmill (set the incline to one to prevent shin splints)…
Artist Christo in divine stunt on Italy lake
World-renowned artist Christo may be 80, but he boasts the energy of a teenager: after creating umbrella forests, wrapping the Reichstag and decking Central Park in saffron, his new project will see audiences walk on water in Italy. In more…
Beat the heat: Tips to avoid heatstroke
Health Desk The risk of heat-related illness dramatically increased as the environmental temperature in Dhaka and elsewhere of the country climbed to 40 to 41°C or higher. It`s important – especially during heatwaves – to pay attention to the maximum…
Heat disrupts people’s life, livelihood in Rajshahi
Rajshahi Correspondent Normal livelihood of the region, particularly of the vast barind tract, is being affected badly due to the ongoing sultry weather that is being experienced by the people in the current month. An uneasy situation is prevailing everywhere.…
Joy Shahriar’s new single song
Cultural Desk On the occasion of Pohela Boishakh, singer and musician Joy Shahriar has released a brand new single named Ami Nei. The music video of the song will be available today on the singer’s Youtube channel and Facebook page.…
To fight spring allergies eat these
Health Desk The weather is warmer, the birds are chirping, and the flowers are blossoming. But for you? That means your eyes are itchy, your nose is runny, and your head feels like it’s under more pressure than a batter…
Heatwave shuts more than 250 Malaysian schools
More than 250 Malaysian schools were closed on Monday due to a heatwave brought on by the El Nino weather phenomenon which is severely affecting food production and causing chronic water shortages in many countries. Authorities ordered schools in the…
Star Wars’ wins big at MTV awards
Space Opera “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” was the big winner at the MTV Movie Awards on Sunday, taking best film and breakthrough performance for its star Daisy Ridley. It also scooped best villain for Adam Driver’s turn as the…
Priyanka Chopra wins Dadasaheb Phalke Award
Entertainment Desk Actress Priyanka Chopra bags another prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke award. She won the award in the “Best Actress of the Year” category for her role of “Kashibai” in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s magnum opus Bajirao Mastani. Expressing excitement over the…
Neat freak rattlesnakes, other animals that tidy up
From birds that remove their babies’ “dirty diapers” to crows that store their tools, nature is full of orderly species. An eastern bluebird flies away from its nest with a sac of its babies’ poop in Florida. Kids, listen up:…
The weird way climate change screws with your diet
Health Desk If the wonky weather conditions continue, we may have to say goodbye to a number of the healthy foods we love. As humans, food is more than our favorite thing to Instagram and watch on TV. It’s what…
Elephants wiped out on alarming scale in Southern Africa
There’s a new poaching hotspot, and it’s not where people expected. A chunk of territory in southern Africa about the size of France has long been considered one of the last strongholds of the African elephant. The Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation…
Bernie Sanders courts New York with Spike Lee-directed ad
Spike Lee has directed a new campaign spot released Saturday for Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders, with rights activists giving the Vermont senator their endorsement. Director-producer Lee has been a longtime supporter of Sanders; both grew up in New York…