A 7,000-year-old mummy was found in El Laucho beach at the foothills of Morro de Arica in northern Chile; La Tercera newspaper reported, according to Xinhua. The students were part of an archaeology workshop and were investigating the site of a landslide caused by the 8.2-magnitude earthquake that hit the region April 1. The students […]
Bengal Foundation’s new cultural centre titled “Daily Star – Bengal Arts Precinct” commenced its journey at The Daily Star Centre in Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue with an exhibition titled ‘Poradrishti’ featuring work by master artist SM Sultan on Friday evening. The collection of SM Sultan’s works has been accumulated from the personal collection of Abul […]
How many people can say that they’ve spent all their schooling days in Rabindra Bharati – from early primary school days to Masters? It was a surprise to me to learn that Arnob, one of the most talented musicians of our generation, studied fine arts at Rabindra Bharati. Study what you may – music comes […]
Bangladesh will not get duty- and quota-free market access to the USA unless it regains the generalised system of preferences facilities. “If ever there were duty-free, quota-free regime in America, it would be implemented most likely through GSP. So, [if] Bangladesh does not have the GSP privileges, then it would be hard to implement [the] […]
Production of the Ambassador, the first car to be made in India, has been halted. Hindustan Motors said it had suspended work at its plant outside the city of Kolkata, blaming weak demand and financing problems. Modelled on the Morris Oxford, the design of the Ambassador has changed little since it first went into production […]
No one has heard anything official about its supposed $3.2 billion purchase of Beats from Apple yet and now Billboard reports there’s a good reason for that. According to Billboard’s sources, Apple was not at all happy about a video posted by actor Tyrese Gibson where a couple of weeks ago in which Beats founder […]
Ruposhi Bangla Hotel and Igloo are jointly organising a-10 day ice cream festival started from May 22 to May 31 at the East Wing lobby of the hotel, says a press release. This festival will feature some brand new flavors of IGLOO ice cream to add to the festivity of the event. In this connection, […]
Police arrested Jannatul Ferdaus Neela, girlfriend of key offender Nur Hossain inside Narayanganj seven-murder circumstance, by the woman Siddhirganj house inside yet another killing circumstance. The lady, women councilor (reserved seat) involving Narayanganj 4, 5 and 6 no. wards, has been arrested about 7: 00 ‘m Monday for her alleged link inside a circumstance of […]
The Guru actor decided to join his wife and daughter at the prestigious film festival yesterday and tweeted about the warm feeling of reuniting with family.After rumours of Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai’s alleged separation started doing rounds, the Dhoom:3 actor actively expressed his frustration on Twitter and said that there was no truth in […]
The quality of education in private universities still remains a big question as the University Grants Commission (UGC) finds no respite in its struggle to curb the opening of unauthorised campuses by some private universities. UGC sources said that they have issued legal notices to several private universities — Darul Ihsan University, Prime University, Northern […]
‘Cox’s Bazar will be developed as a special economic zone and a special tourist spot’ Planning Minister AHM Mostafa Kamal yesterday said the government will develop a special economic zone in Cox’s Bazar considering its tourism and economic potentials. “Cox’s Bazar will be developed as a special economic zone and a special tourist spot,” the […]
An Exchange of Note (EoN) is likely to be signed between Dhaka and Tokyo during Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s four-day visit to Japan beginning Saturday night. An Exchange of Note (EoN) is likely to be signed between Dhaka and Tokyo during Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s four-day visit to Japan beginning Saturday night. According to official […]