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Apurbo to present at Late Night Coffee

actor-640Popular TV actor Apurbo will appear at Late Night Coffee tonight at 12:01am on RTV. The TV show is a lifestyle guideline and amusement program with a different celebrity in each episode.

The live program will be presented by Nusrat Faria Mazhar and Abir. Apurbo will share his concept of love and will participate in live conversations with the audience.

The Late Night Coffee programme is desig...

How Google can plan your healthy meal!

food.png-640Type apple vs orange in your google web browser and you instantly get the nutritional information of these fruits, displayed side by side in a chart.

All thanks to a new tool installed by Google.

The tool that appears automatically is especially useful for those who want to plan a healthy meal as they can now easily compare how much calories they would be consuming in a portion of the foods.

The results can a...

Ford’s profit falls 39 percent in first quarter

fordFord Motor Co.’s worldwide sales rose in the first quarter, propelled by growing strength in Asia and Europe. But weakness in North America dragged down the company’s profit.   Its earnings missed Wall Street’s expectations, while revenue beat. Its shares fell 3 percent in premarket trading.   Ford’s first-quarter net income fell 39 percent to $989 million, or 24 cents per share, down from $1.64 billion, or 41 cents per share, in the January-March period a year ago.   That was far ...

Cut fare by 15pc for 1st 2km: PM

unnamed_11Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today asked the concerned authorities to reduce the fare of the newly launched taxicab by 15 percent, showing respect to public opinion.

"Re-fix the first two kilometres' fare at Tk 85 from Tk 100," she said while inaugurating the taxicab service of the Trust Transport Services under the Army Welfare Trust that aims to address the longstanding crisis of quality public transport.

Hasina formally launched the new taxic...

Qatar reviewing World Cup stadium commitment

qQatar organizers are yet to decide whether to build all 12 stadiums outlined in their successful bid to host the 2022 World Cup. The organizing committee issued a statement in response to reports Monday that only eight World Cup stadiums would be constructed, saying that it was customary for hosts to review bid plans before proposing “final host cities and stadia projects” for approval by FIFA, football’s world governing body. “This is the same process that all FIFA World Cup host nations undergo. For Qatar, the process of selecting the final propose...

Joss Whedon releases new film on demand

avg-640Whedon, whose Avengers film made $1.5bn (£892m) at the box office, made In Your Eyes available to rent for $5 (£3).

It is the second release from his "micro studio" Bellwether Pictures, after 2013's Much Ado About Nothing.

"It's exciting for us because we get to explore yet another new form of distribution - and we get $5," he said.Whedon, whose Avengers film made $1.5bn (£892m) at the box office, made In Your Eyes available to rent for $5 (£3).

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