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Marijuana users react differently to social exclusion: Study

10:30 AM, 28 Mar 2016 Monday

The brains of young adult marijuana users react differently to social exclusion than do those of non-users

People with a conventional name may live longer: Study

10:19 AM, 28 Mar 2016 Monday

A name may have more to it than Shakespeare might have thought when he asked “what’s in a name?”. Researchers have now found that people with a conventional name

I have a knack of choosing wrong people: Kangana

10:12 AM, 28 Mar 2016 Monday

Taking a swipe at her former boyfriend Hrithik Roshan and their controversial legal tussle, actress Kangana Ranaut on Saturday (March 26) said that she does not understand why people have to approach lawyers to resolve the differences in their relationship.

Skill, hard work more important than notoriety: Fakhri

10:01 AM, 28 Mar 2016 Monday

For Nargis Fakhri, there is no shortcut to success or fame. At a time when infamy has become a part of showbiz

I have no interest in Hollywood: Kareena

09:51 AM, 28 Mar 2016 Monday

Popular Indian actors are landing roles in international projects, but actress Kareena Kapoor Khan says she is not eyeing Hollywood.

Body formed to investigate Sundarban fire

09:05 AM, 28 Mar 2016 Monday

The Forest Department on Monday formed a three-member probe body to find out the causes of a fire that broke out at Shikdar Bari Shila in Chandpai Range of the Sundarbans on Sunday.

HC rejects writ against Islam as state religion

08:47 AM, 28 Mar 2016 Monday

The High Court has rejected the writ petition challenging the legality of the constitutional provision recognizing Islam as the state religion.

Nizami to file review petition on Tuesday

08:28 AM, 28 Mar 2016 Monday

Motiur Rahman Nizami, the chief of the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, on Tuesday will file a review petition against the death verdict handed down to him.

3 students kill in lightning

08:15 AM, 28 Mar 2016 Monday

Three madrasah students were killed as a streak of lightning struck them in the district on Sunday night.

SC asks Masud to surrender

08:05 AM, 28 Mar 2016 Monday

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has asked Atikullah Khan Masud, chairman of Globe Janakantha Shilpa Paribar, to surrender before the judge court within a week in a case filed over building design fraud.

5 JMB men get life for serial blast

07:18 AM, 28 Mar 2016 Monday

A Natore court on Monday sentenced four members of Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) to life term imprisonment in connection with a bomb attack in the district of Natore during the countrywide series bomb attack on August 17, 2005.

Twitter abuzz with praise for Kohli

07:10 AM, 28 Mar 2016 Monday

Twitterati was abuzz with praise for Virat Kohli after he single-handedly guided India to the semifinals of the ICC World Twenty20 with a master-class unbeaten 82-run knock in the must-win last group match against Australia in Mohali.

Suicide blast kills 72 in Lahore Park

06:33 AM, 28 Mar 2016 Monday

At least 72 people were killed and more than 233 injured when a suicide bomb ripped through the parking space of a crowded park in Lahore of Pakistan where Christians were celebrating Easter Sunday

Al-Jazeera to slash 500 jobs, many in its home of Qatar

11:54 AM, 27 Mar 2016 Sunday

The Qatar-based news broadcaster Al-Jazeera says it is slashing around 500 jobs as part of a worldwide workforce reduction.

Preity Zinta to return on silver screen after marriage

11:28 AM, 27 Mar 2016 Sunday

Bollywood’s dimpled beauty Preity Zinta, who was last seen in 2013 flick Ishkq in Paris, will be next seen in the upcoming action comedy ‘Bhaiyyaji Superhitt.

184-year-old Tortoise take his first bath

11:13 AM, 27 Mar 2016 Sunday

Jonathan, a 184-year-old tortoise that lives on the volcanic island of Saint Helena, is thought to be the world’s oldest living land creature. As of a few days ago, he might have also been the dirtiest.

Jamaat calls hartal for Monday

10:06 AM, 27 Mar 2016 Sunday

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami enforced dawn to dusk hartal for Monday to denounce a court petition seeking to remove Islam as the country’s official state religion.

Suspended Sylhet mayor freed on bail

09:41 AM, 27 Mar 2016 Sunday

A Habiganj court on Sunday granted bail to suspended Sylhet City Corporation Mayor Ariful Haque Chowdhury in the case filed under the Explosives Substances Act.

4 Bangladeshis killed in Libya

09:28 AM, 27 Mar 2016 Sunday

Four Bangladeshi national have been killed in shooting between two groups on Sunday.

US court to hear Argentine debt injunction appeal on April 13

08:53 AM, 27 Mar 2016 Sunday

A U.S. appeals court will hold a hearing on April 13 to analyze the possible lifting of injunctions that have restricted Argentina from paying off some of its debts