Hollywood’s awards season reaches its glittering climax on Sunday at the Oscars, with fairy tale romance “The Shape of Water” and dark crime comedy “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” neck-and-neck in the race for the major statuettes.
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Lipstick” debuts on Nagorik TV
Culture Correspondent Bangladesh’s latest satellite channel Nagorik TV had its pilot airing yesterday. Joining its maiden journey is the newest drama series “Lipstick”, directed by Shihab Shaheen and starring popular TV actors Apurba and Momo.
World’s first hand-painted film vies for an Oscar
Vying for an Oscar, “Loving Vincent” is the world’s first animated feature film painted by hand—all 65,000 frames—in the distinct style of Vincent van Gogh.
Moon to have 4G network in 2019
The moon will have its first 4G cell phone network in 2019, the network builder Vadafone said Tuesday. The German branch of the multinational telecommunication company has teamed up with Nokia to do the mission, London-headquartered Vadafone said in a…
Keith Richards sorry for recommending Jagger vasectomy
The Rolling Stones have been rocking together for a half century but the legendary tensions between Keith Richards and Mick Jagger look to be very much alive. Richards apologized Wednesday to his bandmate after the guitarist suggested that the fecund…
Antarctica: a laboratory for climate change
A decade ago, a thick layer of ice covered the Collins Glacier on Antarctica’s King George Island. Now, the rocky landscape is visible to the naked eye, in a region that is both a victim of and a laboratory for…
Asian markets see in March with another sell-off
Asian markets saw in March with sharp losses on Thursday, extending a global sell-off on US interest rate hike fears, with energy firms taking another hit from plunging oil prices. After a couple of weeks of calm, the volatility that…
Bill Cosby’s daughter Ensa dies aged 44
Ensa Cosby, the daughter of comedian Bill Cosby, has died aged 44, a spokesman for the family says. She died from a kidney disease in Massachusetts on Friday, according to spokesman Andrew Wyatt.
Sufi singers perform at Shilpakala Academy
Culture Desk Under the title “Sufi Evening”, Indian troupe Roohani Sisters, comprising Jagriti Luthra and Neeta Pandey, rendered diverse traditional music genres at National Art Gallery auditorium of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on February 26.
British astronaut hails ‘groundbreaking’ Airbus satellite
British astronaut Tim Peake on Monday hailed a “groundbreaking” satellite being built by Airbus which its developers say will bring an unprecedented level of flexibility to space telecommunications. The Eutelsat Quantum satellite is being put together by the multinational company…
Transgender artists make history at the Oscars
Transgender representation in entertainment has made baby steps forward in recent years, but 2018 has seen a history-making giant leap, with two movies involving trans artists in the Oscars race. Chilean actress Daniela Vega has won acclaim for her turn…
‘Swapnajaal’ to be released in March or April
Culture Desk Seven years after the release of his blockbuster romantic tragedy “Monpura,” National Award winning helmer Giasuddin Selim had announced “Swapnajaal” back in 2015. One of the most anticipated Dhallywood films, the film was originally slated to release in…
Cruel climate dilemma for King penguins: feed or breed
Global warming is on track to wipe out 70 percent of the world’s King penguins by century’s end, putting the regal birds on a path towards extinction, researchers warned Monday.
Behind Benin’s cotton harvest, worries over ‘monopoly’
The sleepy town of Bohicon in southern-central Benin roars into life during the cotton harvest between January and March. Enormous trucks piled high with “white gold” trundle down the roads to the town’s cotton-processing plant.
India says farewell to Bollywood icon Sridevi
Thousands of heartbroken fans lined the streets of Mumbai Wednesday as India said farewell to Bollywood legend Sridevi following her shock death from accidental drowning in a Dubai hotel bathtub aged just 54.
We will miss her; no female star has achieved such glories’
Rishi Kapoor remembers his Chandni co-actor Sridevi as a “shy person” who achieved a star status that “made her a superhero”. “I didn’t work with Sridevi until 1984, when we first starred in Nagina. Initially, I thought she was a…
Austria keen to invest in health sector
The Austrian government has expressed its interest to investment in the health sector of Bangladesh. Austrian Ambassador to Bangladesh Brigitte Oppinger Walchshofer made the comment when he met with Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammad Nasim at the latter’s office…
Aishwarya and Abhishek to star in a cop film
Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan are Bollywood’s power couple. However, it has been a while since the two featured sharing the big screen together.
Beast from the East’ sends Europe mercury plummeting
A blast of Siberian weather dubbed “The Beast from the East” sent temperatures plunging across much of Europe early Tuesday as commuters braced themselves for another day of travel chaos. Freezing temperatures have claimed at least seven lives across the…
‘Case closed’ in death of Bollywood star Sridevi
An investigation into the death of Bollywood superstar Sridevi Kapoor, who drowned in her bathtub in a Dubai hotel, has been closed, police said Tuesday.
3-Day fair for women entrepreneurs in city from Mar 8
Bangladesh Bank (BB) will organise a three-day fair in the city from March 8 for the successful women entrepreneurs to display and promote their products.
Corporations key to rescuing nature, says WWF chief
A generation ago, the idea of a veteran international banker leading a global organisation charged with saving the planet’s dwindling and besieged wildlife would have seemed far-fetched. For some, it still does. Even Pavan Sukhdev—recently appointed president of World Wildlife…
Bankers should follow basic concept strictly
Senior bankers have asked their newly recruited cashiers to follow the basic concepts in banking activities strictly to gain success in the profession. They added the junior bankers should know about the banking basic concept and be familiarised with it…
Adnan Ashif’s new song due for Pahela Baishakh
Cultural Correspondent Singer Adnan Ashif has decided to release yet another song for free on YouTube. On the recent Valentine’s Day he released a song titled “Poster.” The singer has for long remained a dimming gem in the music industry.…
‘Notting Hill’ actress Emma Chambers dies at 53
British actress Emma Chambers, who was best known in the U.S. for her role as Honey Thacker in “Notting Hill,” has died of natural causes at the age of 53.
Sridevi had no history of heart attack: Sanjay Kapoor
Sridevi’s brother-in-law and actor Sanjay Kapoor has said the whole family was in shock with the sudden demise of the veteran actor. He also said that she had no history of heart ailment.
ADB partners with DBBL to provide support for trade
The Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) Trade Finance Program (TFP) and Dutch-Bangla Bank Limited (DBBL) on Thursday signed an agreement to provide $10 million in loans annually to support trade in Bangladesh. ADB’s TFP has been operating in Bangladesh since 2004…
Large vessels are fishing 55 percent of world’s oceans
More than half the world’s oceans are being fished by large commercial vessels, particularly from China, according to the first view from space of global fishing practices published Thursday. The report in the journal Science used satellite data to track…
First South Asian Photo Festival ends in Rangpur
The three-day first South Asian Photo Festival-2018 ended at Rangpur Public Library auditorium in the city on Friday evening through colourful closing and prize distribution ceremonies.
Deepika Padukone: Depression is going to be the next big epidemic
Bollywood actor Deepika Padukone said she was not afraid to fail and not afraid to talk about the way she feels. She believes that success and failure are all part of life and everybody fails at one point…