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…
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…
Culture Desk To the delight of the audience more than 100 visually impaired people captivated them by reciting poems. .Written by country’s 71 renowned poets depicting different turns of PM Sheikh Hasina. The occasion turned into an enthralling event as…
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 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…
Entertainment Desk “Jodi Ekdin,” produced by Bengal Multimedia Limited, will be released on March 8 International Women’s Day, March 8. Mohammad Mostafa Kamal Raj directed the film. Bangladesh Film Censor Board cleared the film on January 31 without any edits.…
Dhaka, Feb 17 (UNB) – An early morning shower on Sunday caught the book publishers at the Amar Ekushey book fair off-guarded as it damaged huge books at the fair venue. Jalal Ahmed, member secretary of the book fair…
Dhaka, Feb 17 (UNB) – A tri-nation motor rally, marking the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, arrived in Bangladesh on Sunday to spread the message of peace and non-violence. The motor rally, which will also promote the message of…
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…
Dhaka, Feb 16 (UNB)- Huawei, a leading smartphone manufacturer recently announced that Jannatul Ferdous Oishee, winner of ‘Miss World Bangladesh 2018’ crown, will serve as its new product ambassador in the country. From now on, she will participate in different…
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.…
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…
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 15 2019 (IPS) – The global #MeToo movement has put a spotlight on sexual harassment and violence in various industries including the film and music industries. Is it now time for the fashion industry to address these issues…
As a person with a disability, I have never seen myself represented in the vast range of emojis – those small digital images – found on smartphones. There are magician, mermaid and merman, zombie, and vampire emojis. There are thousands…
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…
Culture Desk The jury board made by the Ministry of Information for the National Film Award Competitions 2017 and 2018 yesterday asked the film producers to submit their films by March 7 for taking part in competitions. Bangladesh Film Censor…
by John Scales Avery Only immediate climate action can save the future. If we don’t take action, the collapse of our civilizations and the extinction of much of the natural world is on the horizon. A new book. I have…
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,…
With beginning of the Bangla month Falgun, Amar Ekushey Book Fair wore a festive look as thousands of enthusiastic book lovers and people from all strata thronged the fair at the Divisional Public Library premises in Boyra area by exhibiting…
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…
A Thai television station, Voice TV, provided airtime to candidates critical of Thailand’s military government and was then banned for 15 days during which it will be off air completely. Thailand goes to the polls in a few weeks, and…
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…
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…
Culture Desk The popular Sony Cinema Hall of Mirpur will be the destination for the third Star Cineplex in Dhaka. For this reason a signing ceremony took place on February 11 at Star Cineplex of Bashundhara City Shopping Complex in…
Engineer Md. Anwar Hossain, Secretary, Ministry of Science and Technology unveiled the book titled “Bangladesh in Nuclear Club: Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant in the journey for development” written by himself at the Morok Unmochon Moncho of Ekushey Book Fair today,…
Dhaka, Feb 12 (UNB) – Late singer Bhupen Hazarika’s only son, Tej Hazarika, who lives in USA, has said that they won’t accept Bharat Ratna award conferred on his father in the backdrop of the situation arisen out of Citizenship…
Culture Desk Fagun Haway, the film on the Language Movement of 1952 will be released on February 15 at 52 cinema halls across the country. Members of Censors’ Board have reportedly praised the film. President Abdul Hamid has consented to…
A bold streak of feminism ran through the Grammys gala on Sunday, as women artists dominated in the competition and on the concert stage. Rappers Cardi B and Childish Gambino delivered a history-making night for hip-hop. Gambino — the musical…
Dhaka, Feb 11 (UNB)- As many as 1,403 books have been published in the first 10 days of the ongoing Ekushey Book Fair. The number was 1,363 during the same period last year. With Monday’s publications, the total number of…
If there is one star from the Indian Film Industry who has managed to make a mark in Hollywood as well, it is Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. The global star has always managed to pick up projects in Bollywood and Hollywood…