The Mayor of the City and County of San Francisco Ed Lee made an official proclamation declaring September 30 as Yunus Day. On this day, San Francisco based Give2Asia Foundation, an organization which has a presence in 25 countries throughout…
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Schwarzenegger gets ‘Golden Icon’ award at Zurich Film Fest
Action star Arnold Schwarzenegger has been honoured with the Zurich Film Festival’s top “Golden Icon” award for his four decades of work both in film and politics. The award celebrates an actor’s or actress’ lifetime achievements. Previous recipients include Diane…
Lady Gaga chosen as Billboard’s woman of the year
Lady Gaga was named woman of the year by music magazine Billboard after a 2015 that saw her channel Julie Andrews at the Oscars, tour with Tony Bennett and highlight the problem of college sexual assaults. Gaga was chosen because…
Yunus congratulates Ban ki Moon
The Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN) Ban Ki-moon chaired a session of MDG advocates, who are his advisors for driving the MDG program globally, and helping him to formulate the SDGs. He was assisted by co-chairs President Paul Kagame of…
News of Prof Yunus’s joining a BNP demo baseless’
There are some reports in a section of the press that Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus has “participated” in a BNP demonstration in New York. This is completely baseless, the Yunus Centre said in a statement in Dhaka.
‘Hotel Transylvania 2’ breaks September record with $47.5 million debut
“Hotel Transylvania 2” easily topped the weekend box office, sinking its teeth into an impressive $47.5 million, and providing a big win for star Adam Sandler and Sony Pictures, the studio behind the animated franchise. Both had endured rough patches…
Australia set to refuse visa for singer Chris Brown
Australia intends to refuse a visa for US singer and hip-hop star Chris Brown, a government spokesman said on Sunday, following through on a threat made last week over the singer’s history of domestic violence. Brown, 26, had been due…
Robert De Niro scores one for baby-boomers as ‘The Intern’
Ben Whittaker is 70, retired and discovers that tai chi classes, learning a new language and visiting his grand-kids isn’t all it’s cracked up to be, so he turns to a new challenge – being “The Intern” at a New…
‘Maze Runner 2’ sprints past Johnny Depp’s ‘Black Mass’ with $30.3 million
Mobsters, mountain climbers, and teenage racers piled into multiplexes this weekend, lifting the overall box office, but preventing any one film from dominating ticket sales. “The Maze Runner: Scorch Trails,” a sequel to last year’s post-apocalyptic young adult hit, fared…
‘Maze Runner 2’ sprints past Johnny Depp’s ‘Black Mass’ with $30.3 million
Mobsters, mountain climbers, and teenage racers piled into multiplexes this weekend, lifting the overall box office, but preventing any one film from dominating ticket sales. “The Maze Runner: Scorch Trails,” a sequel to last year’s post-apocalyptic young adult hit, fared…
More drama, more music promised as hip-hop drama ‘Empire’ returns
Family conflicts, tempestuous romances and power struggles made hip-hop show “Empire” the highest-rated new hit for Fox this year, and viewers can expect a lot more salacious drama in season two. “If season one was built on the premise of…
TV’s new ‘golden age’ bodes well for exciting Emmy Awards
Egotistical politicians, conflicted advertising executives, a prison full of devious women and the bloodthirsty nobles of warring kingdoms. Welcome to the Primetime Emmy Awards, the biggest honours in television, and a ceremony on Sunday that holds the promise of a…
‘Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials’ keeps teens running for their lives
An army of zombie-like attackers keep the teenage protagonists of the “Maze Runner” running for their lives in the second instalment of the dystopian young adult film series. In “Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials,” out in theatres on Friday, the…
Justin Timberlake to raise hair as singing troll
Award-winning singer, actor and heartthrob Justin Timberlake will star in “Trolls”, a DreamWorks animated musical about the spiky-haired Danish dolls, the studio said on Tuesday. Timberlake will play Branch, a “hilariously hardcore survivalist”, joining Anna Kendrick as Princess Poppy in…
‘Perfect Guy’ elbows ahead of ‘The Visit’ with $26.7 million
Thriller “The Perfect Guy” narrowly beat out horror film “The Visit” for first place at the weekend box office, picking up a leading $26.7 million. “The Visit,” M Night Shyamalan’s return to the shock and chills genre that made famous…
Thrills, humour help lure Damon back into space for ‘The Martian’
A skilful combination of suspense and humour in the story of an abandoned astronaut fighting to survive on Mars is what lured actor Matt Damon and “Alien” director Ridley Scott back into space for “The Martian”, the two men said on…
Sundance London offshoot to be held in June next year
The London edition of the Sundance Film Festival will be held in June next year, returning to the British capital after taking a year off, organisers said on Thursday. The fourth edition of “Sundance Film Festival: London” will take place from June…
Two dead, one injured in plane crash on location of Tom Cruise movie
A small plane that was being used in the production of Tom Cruise’s new movie “Mena” crashed in Colombia on Friday, killing two crew members and sending a third to the hospital, according to reports in US and Colombian media. Reuters,…
Plummer plays Auschwitz survivor in Venice film ‘Remember’
Christopher Plummer plays an Auschwitz survivor searching for a former camp guard in a film that explores the themes of memory and undying anger. In Canadian director Atom Egoyan’s “Remember”, competing for the top prize at the Venice Film Festival,…
Yunus opens new HQ of Grameen Koota in Bangalore
Bangalore – Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus today inaugurated the new corporate head quarters of Grameen Koota (GK), one of the largest microfinance organizations in India reaching over one million women members in five states of the country. GK began…
Yunus launches Devi Shetty’s Health City, Cancer Hospital in Mysore
Nobel laureate Professor Yunus inaugurated Centenary Celebrations at University of Mysore by delivering Centennial Lecture at University. It was celebrated as the beginning university’s year-long Centenary Celebrations. This year the university, with over 1,00,000 students, is completing its 100 years.…
Saifur’s 6th anniversary of death observed
The sixth death anniversary of M Saifur Rahman, the country’s longest-serving finance minister, was observed with various programmes on Friday. Leaders and activists of local BNP placed wreaths at the grave of Saifur Rahman at Baharmardan village in Moulvibazar Sadar…
Kazi Zafar’s 1st Namaz-e-Janaza held at Tongi
The first namaz-e-janaza of Jatiya Party (Z) chairman and former prime minister Kazi Zafar Ahmed was held at Biswa Ijtema ground in Tongi on Friday morning. BNP central committee member Hasan Uddin Sarkar, general secretary of JP’s Gazipur city unit…
Raman Magsaysay Awardees of 2015 join Festival Week in Manila
As the 57th Magsaysay Awards season commenced on August 27 to September 2, events and activities of all the awardees will be on livestream, podcast and twitter to give the virtual audience the chance to watch the events in their…
Kazi Zafar Ahmed passes away in massive heart attack
Legendary political leader Kazi Zafar Ahmed is no more. Chairman of his faction of the Jatiya Party the ailing leader suffered a massive heart attack early in the morning and passed away at the United Hospital in Gulshan where he…
Actress Megan Fox files for divorce from Brian Austin Green
“Transformers” star Megan Fox on Friday filed for divorce from actor Brian Austin Green after five years of marriage, a Los Angeles court spokeswoman said.The filing in Los Angeles Superior Court cited irreconcilable differences as the reason for the divorce.
MI5 spied on a Nobel Prize winning author for over a decade
By Katie Engelhart It was 1956 and Doris Lessing — then a writer of growing acclaim and later a Nobel Prize winner — was feeling cagey. She believed that she was being watched. At home, in London, she felt herself…
Zac Efron says new ‘Baywatch’ movie to be raunchy comedy
Former teen idol Zac Efron, who rose to fame in the Disney “High School Musical” franchise, says the upcoming “Baywatch” movie in which he will co-star with Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson will be almost nothing like the 1990s TV series…
Pedro to step in for ill Neymar in Barca’s Super Cup clash
Barcelona will be missing the lethal touch of Neymar in attack for the Uefa Super Cup against Sevilla on Tuesday but they can still call on an unsettled Pedro to provide reliable backup.Pedro has been strongly linked with a move…