Dhaka, Mar 24 (UNB) – Noted singer Shahnaz Rahmatuallah died of heart attack early Sunday. She was 67. Shahnaz breathed her last at her Baridhaara residence around 1:30am after suffering a heart attack, said lyricist Shafiq Tuhin.
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Ten women get Anannya Shirshodosh award
Dhaka, Mar 23 – Anannya, a fortnightly feminist magazine of Bangladesh, on Saturday awarded 10 women of the country for their outstanding contributions to their respective areas. “Anannya Shirshodosh 2018” awards were handed over to the distinguished women for their…
Three-day Lalon Fair kicks off
A three-day Lalon Fair will kick-off on Wednesday, March 20, at Lalon’s Shrine in Cheuriya, Kumarkhali, of Kushtia district. The fair is being organized as a memorial festival to commemorate the life of Lalon Fakir, with an accompanying village fair.…
Keerthy Suresh to star opposite Ajay Devgn
Entertainment Desk Ajay Devgn is all set to embark on his next, a subject based on the life of Syed Abdul Rahim, revolving around football. The film will be directed by Amit Sharma, whose last directorial, Badhaai Ho made quite…
Paris Jackson slams reports of suicide attempt
Paris Jackson, daughter of the late superstar Michael, struck down rumors that she attempted suicide on Saturday. Assailing “liars” in an expletive-laden tweet. Celebrity news website TMZ initially ran the report saying Jackson, a 20-year-old model, was hospitalized after a…
Japanese woman honored by Guinness as oldest person at 116
Tokyo, Mar 9 (AP/UNB) — A 116-year-old Japanese woman who loves playing the board game Othello was honored Saturday as the world’s oldest living person by Guinness World Records. The global authority on records officially recognized Kane Tanaka in a…
Simpsons’ creators drop classic episode featuring Michael Jackson
The creators of “The Simpsons” have shelved one of the animated series’ classic episodes because it features Michael Jackson’s voice, the show’s executive producer told The Wall StreetJournal Friday. Simpsons producers made the unanimous decision after viewing the bombshell documentary…
Youths in hundreds join Joy Bangla Concert reviving historic March 7
Culture Desk Wearing colorful t-shirts and paper-made bracelets youths in hundreds have joined the long-awaited youth-centric annual “Joy Bangla Concert”, the largest musical extravaganza, at the Bangladesh Army Stadium that started yesterday afternoon. The concert is being staged on a…
Prodigy singer Keith Flint dies
Police said they were not treating the death as suspicious after finding his body on Monday in Essex, northeast of London. Keith Flint, the singer and iconic frontman of British rave scene band The Prodigy, has died at the age…
Ekushey Award winner Polan Sarkar passes away
Ekushey Padak winner Palan Sarker, who was promoting the reading books of his locality by walking to villages after village has passed away at his home on Friday in Rajshahi.
Dr Nawajesh Ahmed receives Lifetime Achievement Award
Culture Desk Late international award winning photographer, noted botanist and writer Dr Nawajesh Ahmed has been awarded for photography on the opening day of the tenth edition of Chobi Mela. Tahmina Khan, Nawajesh Ahmed’s sister, received the award on his…
Mexican filmmaker takes Oscars
Alfonso Cuaron’s big Oscars night — three golden statuettes for his personal film “Roma,” including his second for best director — once again highlights the major success in Hollywood for Mexican filmmakers. Mexican filmmaker Alfonso Cuaron won Oscars for film…
Olivia Colman wins surprise best-actress Oscar
Los Angeles, Feb 25 (AP/UNB) — Turns out Olivia Colman, not Glenn Close, was “The Favorite” at the Oscars. The British actress was a surprise winner as best actress on Sunday night for her role as Queen Anne in “The…
Rami Malek wins best actor Oscar for ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’
Rami Malek on Sunday took home the best actor Oscar. He got it for his wildly popular portrayal of late Queen frontman Freddie Mercury in “Bohemian Rhapsody,” about the iconic Britishband’s rise to fame. He bested a crowded field: the…
Aamir Khan visits Rishi Kapoor
Bollywood veteran Rishi Kapoor who is undergoing medical treatment in New York was recently joined by Aamir Khan. Sharing a picture from the day, Neetu Kapoor wrote, “It’s not how many hours one spends with a person it’s how much…
Audience give thumbs up to Total Dhamaal
Total Dhamaal is the third installment of the hit Dhamaal series. Directed by Indra Kumar, the film stars Ajay Devgn, Riteish Deshmukh, Arshad Warsi, Javed Jaffrey, Madhuri Dixit, Esha Gupta and Anil Kapoor in leading roles. Total Dhamaal continues with…
Kuddus Boyati critically sick
Culture Desk One of the popular Boul singers of the country Kuddus Boyati is critically sick. He was admitted to the National Institute of Chest, Mahakhali in the capital yesterday. He has been suffering from afflictions in his gonadal and…
Filmmaker Muhammad Khasru dead
Culture Desk Muhammad Khasru, a pioneering figure in the movement for decent films in the country has passed away. The filmmaker breathed his last at BIRDEM, Shahbagh yesterday. He was suffering from asthma, diabetes. He had been living in his…
PM hands over Ekushey Award to 21 eminent citizens
Dhaka, Feb 20 (UNB) – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday distributed coveted Ekushey Padak-2019 among 21 eminent citizens for their contributions to their respective fields. The Prime Minister handed over the Ekushey Padak, the second highest civilian award in…
Who votes for the Oscars, how does it work?
The ballots are almost all in! Millions of television viewers around the globe will tune on Sunday. To watch the Oscars, the glitziest night in showbiz, but most don’t know how the winners are chosen. Less than 8,000 people in…
A day that’s been five years in the making: Barack
Mostafa Kamal, Tomorrow is a day that’s been five years in the making. In the aftermath of the killing of Trayvon Martin, I called on Americans to take action on behalf of our nation’s boys and young men of colour.…
Kangana to direct her own biopic
Kangana Ranaut impressed the audience as well as the critics with her act in her latest release Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi. The actress not just mesmerized the audience with her acting skills but she also proved that she can…
Janhvi, Boney, Anil Kapoor perform puja for Sridevi’s death anniv
Sridevi passed away last year on February 24, 2018 under controversial circumstances in Dubai. The news shocked millions of her fans across the globe, who are still mourning for her loss. Yesterday, in accordance with the Hindu calendar, a special…
Al Mahmud to be laid to rest at his hometown Sunday
Dhaka, Feb 16 (UNB) – Al Mahmud, one of the major poets of modern Bengali literature who died on Friday night, will be laid to rest at his hometown, Brahmanbaria, on Sunday afternoon. “We’re taking my father’s body to Brahmanbaria.…
Allow Al Mahmud’s body at Shaheed Minar: BNP asks govt
Dhaka, Feb 16 (UNB) – BNP on Saturday demanded the government that the body of great poet Al Mahmud to be taken the Central Shaheed Minar to enable people to pay their last respects to him. “The government should give…
Roblox, the game platform teaching young kids to code
With its Lego-like avatars and easy-to-learn coding for budding programmers, the online gaming app Roblox has cornered the market in younger gamers, with 80 million monthly users, many of them under 16. Now the platform, which has already taken the…
Make hunger thing of past Pope Francis at IFAD annual meet
Rome, 14 February 2019 – Pope Francis set the tone for the 42nd session of the annual Governing Council of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) by saying that hunger can be made a part of the world’s past,…
Grandmaster Flash wins Polar Music Prize
Grandmaster Flash, one of the pioneers of hip hop and DJ music, on Wednesday shared Sweden’s Polar Music Prize with German violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter and US charity Playing for Change Foundation. The winners will each receive one million Swedish kronor…
Thai party fighting for survival after gaffe with princess
Bangkok, Feb 13 (AP/UNB) — The Thai political party that took the unprecedented and ultimately unsuccessful step of nominating a member of the royal family as its candidate for prime minister was fighting for its political life Wednesday, while the…
Amitabh, Taapsee in Badla trailer
The trailer of Badla starring Amitabh Bachchan and Taapse Pannu . That trailer opens with AB’s voice over, “Badla lena har baar sahi nahi hota, lekin maaf kar dena bhi har baar sahi nahi hota” (It’s not always right to…