Vesna Vulovic, an air stewardess who survived the highest ever fall by a human being after her plane broke up at 33,000ft (10,000m), has died aged 66. State TV in Vulovic’s home country of Serbia said she was found dead…
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Kareena, Saif bring baby Taimur home
Dhaka: New mom Kareena Kapoor Khan, who welcomed a baby boy on December 20, was discharged from Mumbai’s Breach Candy Hospital on Thursday afternoon. Kareena and son Taimur went home from hospital Friay with Saif by their side. NDTV via UNB.…
Saif, Kareena bring baby Taimur home
Dhaka – New mom Kareena Kapoor Khan, who welcomed a baby boy on December 20, was discharged from Mumbai’s Breach Candy Hospital on Thursday afternoon. Kareena and son Taimur went home from hospital today with Saif by their side, reports…
Aamir to arrange special screening for Shah Rukh, Salman
Aamir to arrange special screening for Shah Rukh, Salman Khan. Superstar Aamir Khan says he has invited his friends and noted actors Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan to watch his soon-to-be-released film Dangal. Awaiting a response from the two…
Ferdousi Majumdar to get Syed Mahidul Islam Award today
Culture Desk Renowned dramatist Ferdousi Majumdar to get Syed Mahidul Islam Award today. “Syed Mahidul Islam Shoron Utshab” marking the 14th death anniversary of the theatre activist will start today at the Experimental Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy in…
Rosatom initiative to teach nuclear science in English
Dhaka – For education of nuclear science in English for foreign students, Russia’s State Nuclear Energy Corporation – ROSATOM has signed an agreement with Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute (PNPI), one of the organizations of NRC “Kurchatov Institute” and St. Petersburg…
Kareena’s fake picture with baby goes viral
Dhaka – A fake picture of Bollywood superstar Kareena Kapoor Khan and her day-old baby boy Taimur is going viral on social media. The picture shows Kareena on a hospital bed, tenderly kissing the baby’s forehead. It looks very grainy,…
Disney hits industry-first $7 billion at box office
A huge debut for “Rogue One” has seen Walt Disney Studios become the first distributor in history to hit $7 billion in annual global box office receipts, it said Monday. The $290 million worldwide opening for the “Star Wars” spinoff…
Miss Puerto Rico takes Miss World crown
Puerto Rico’s Stephanie Del Valle has been crowned Miss World 2016, winning the top prize in the 66th edition of the pageant held this year.
Julia Roberts to star in TV series by Maria Semple
Julia Roberts is heading to the small screen. The actress will star in a limited series based on Maria Semple’s latest book, Today Will Be Different, which hit shelves in October via Little, Brown and Company. Megan Ellison’s Annapurna Pictures…
Michael Phelps BBC Sports Personality 2016: to get laward
Record-breaking swimmer Michael Phelps will be honoured with the lifetime achievement award at Sunday’s BBC Sports Personality show. American Phelps, 31, won his 23rd Olympic gold in his final Games as he bowed out in Rio. The most decorated Olympian of…
Vidya Balan refused to meet producer-director
Entertainment Desk If there’s one thing about Vidya Balan, it’s that you can’t take her for granted. Also the actress is a stickler for time. She values her time and it ticks heroff when others don’t do that. We hear…
Samba gets new rhythms 00 years
Monday nights feel like Saturdays in Rio’s Little Africa neighborhood when the sun sets and the samba starts to play. Surrounded by a mostly young crowd, seven musicians sit around a table with the small four-string guitar called a cavaquinho,…
Bollywood challenges mental health taboo
Media and medical professionals are praising a new Bollywood film for shining a spotlight on the issue of mental health. The coming-of-age drama “Dear Zindagi” (Dear Life) tells the story of a young cinematographer who grapples with commitment issues and…
Deepika , Katrina bonded
Katrina Kaif and Deepika Padukone are said to be not the best of friends in the industry, thanks to common ex-boyfriend, Ranbir Kapoor. But the divas put all such rumours to rest at a recently held awards function where they…
Aditya Roy Kapur to lunch his music album soon
Aditya Roy Kapoor it seems has some hidden talents. Okay not so hidden maybe. But the actor has a thing for music and he can strum the guitar like a pro. On the sets of Aashiqui2, he’d entertain the unit…
Google goes all-in on self-driving cars
By Noah Kulwin Google was the first major tech company to get into self-driving vehicles, revealing its initial prototype in the spring of 2014. Now, two and a half years later, the company is ready turn its research into a…
Patriotic song by Shusmita Anis on the Victory Day
Culture Desk Shusmita Anis has voiced a patriotic song for the coming Victory Day. The song titled ‘E Pran Amar Bangladesh’ is written by Muniruzzaman Munir and composed by Sheikh Saadi Khan. Famous Indian singer and music director Anupam Roy…
Aly Zaker receives lifetime achievement award
Culture Desk The 2nd BotTala Rangomela ended on December 10 at the Dr Nilima Ibrahim Auditorium of Bangladesh Mahila Samity in the city. Local theatre troupe BotTala organised the ten-day theatre festival that featured ten new productions by seven local…
Malaysia crowns new youthful king
Malaysia (AP/UNB) — Malaysia’s new king, a 47-year-old state sultan, ascended the throne Tuesday, becoming one of the youngest constitutional monarch in the Southeast Asian nation’s history.
Ballon d’Or: Ronaldo voted best in the world for 4th time
Madrid (AP/UNB) — After giving a European Championship title to Portugal and another Champions League trophy to Real Madrid, Cristiano Ronaldo ends 2016 with something just for himself — his fourth world player of the year award. Ronaldo on Monday…
Bhasani’s 136th birth anniversary observed
Dhaka – The 136th birth anniversary of Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhasani, a great national leader, was observed on Monday amid various programmes. Born on December 12 in 1880 at Dhanpara village in Sirajganj, Bhasani dedicated his life to establishing…
Hamilton’ mixtape beats Stones on US album chart
A compilation inspired by the Broadway smash hit “Hamilton” opened at number on the US album sales chart, easily outpacing the first Rolling Stones album in a decade. “The Hamilton Mixtape” features interpretations of songs from Lin-Manuel Miranda’s musical by…
Priyanka Chopra to return to Mumbai
Priyanka Chopra is headed to India on the 21st of December for a 12 day long busy schedule. According to a leading daily, Peecee is returning to shoot for the cover of 7 leading magazines as well as for a…
Reformed band Dalchhut back again
Entertainment Desk The talented lead singer of the band Dalchhut, Bappa Mazumder has announced that Dalchhut is all set to come back with renewed zest recently. Bappa informed that after a long break of three years, the members have decided…
Ranbir Kapoor to move into his new home
Entertainment Desk Ranbir Kapoor has been staying at his grandmother, Krishna Raj Kapoor’s bungalow for a while now, but the actor is finally ready to move into his new bachelor pad in Pali Hill. Ranbir will move on the…
‘Don’t dress like Kim Kardashian’ says Queen’s University Belfast
Queen’s University in Belfast has been given a dressing down for advising women not to style themselves like Kim Kardashian West at graduations. An article on its website said women should “think Grace Kelly, not Kim Kardashian”. It also said…
Dylan expresses awe over Nobel Prize, alludes to Shakespeare
Stockholm (AP/UNB) — Bob Dylan has expressed awe at receiving the Nobel Prize in literature and thanked the Swedish Academy for including him among the “giants” of writing.
Obama orders review into ‘Russian hacking’
President Barack Obama has ordered an investigation into a series of cyber-attacks, blamed on Russia, that shook the US election season. The hacks targeted emails at the Democratic Party and a key aide to presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.
Gibson and Hacksaw Ridge dominate Aussie film awards
Mel Gibson and his new movie Hacksaw Ridge have swept the board at the Australian film awards in a return from the wilderness for the “choked up” Oscar-winner. Gibson returned to his Australian roots to direct his first film in…