Do you love to text or talk on the the phone while using the treadmill? The findings of a study reveal that using smartphones as you run or walk on the treadmill lowers the intensity of the exercise, resulting in overall less health benefits.Talking or texting while exercising is not a great idea.The findings are important because poor cardiorespiratory fitness ...

Shayan Chowdhury Arnob has released his sixth solo album, Khoob Doob, through a series of album launching events. He reached out to his fans directly and sold the album with autographs. As part of the ongoing drive, he will be at the Jatra Biroti today at 5:00pm. Along with the album, eight black and white paintings, two colour paintings by ...

Looks like this is Elita’s year. Hot off the heels of her successful solo album launch, vocalist/RJ/actor and social media maven Dilshad Karim Elita tied the knot with her longtime beau and frequent collaborator, Ashfaque Nipun, a well known TV director, in a small private ceremony held at the Atrium restaurant on Friday evening. The event, which came as a ...

Indian actress Deepika Padukone has finally reached Dhaka to be part of a Lux campaign programme. Deepika landed at Dhaka Airport around 12:00 noon. Unilever has been promoting its Lux soaps for a long time in Bangladesh while Deepika is one of their brand ambassadors. The popular actress arrived in Dhaka for the first time ever to be a part ...

Troubled actress Lindsay Lohan avoided jail recently as prosecutors said she has completed more than 100 hours of community service that were required following a reckless driving conviction. Earlier this month a judge warned her she could face prison time if she failed to complete the sentence within three weeks. She had only completed about nine of 125 hours at ...

Bollywood actress Madhuri Dixit seems to have landed in a soup for endorsing Maggi, with the Haridwar Food and Drug Administration serving a notice to her on Friday on the claims made in the advertisement.The notice seeks a report from the actress within 15 days on claims made in the advertisement regarding the nutrition value of the `2-minute noodles`, an ...

Viewers’ choice popular news presenter Shamim Ara Munni has been engaged with news presentation for last 18 years. During her childhood she has been attached with dancing. Though she didn’t think about music Munni had to render songs in several occasions of ATN Bangla. After getting many compliments from all Munni has decided to release her debut solo musical album. ...

A year and a half after the first take, Alvi Rahman-directed movie U-turn is finally set for release. The director has a date in his mind, but he is yet to disclose it. “We have applied for the last Friday of May. The final date will be known within a day or two,” said Alvi. On 14 May, U-turn passed ...

Doctors in India has successfully treated a 12 year old swine flu patient using the artificial heart lung machine. Apollo Children’s Hospitals, Chennai’s leading pediatric hospital and the only hospital in Chennai to house an Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) machine exclusively for children with successful outcomes, has helped a critical H1N1 12 year old Soubhashree survive. The entire treatment regime ...

Tao Porchon-Lynch is the world’s oldest yoga teacher. Here, she talks about how she keeps a body of a 30-year-old. “In my head I’m still in my 20s, I don’t feel my age,” says Tao Porchon-Lynch, a French-Indian yogi from the US, who’s a Guinness World Records-certified yoga teacher at 97. She takes classes every day, even after going through ...