Dystopian drama The Handmaid’s Tale has scooped three of the major prizes at this year’s Emmy Awards. The show won best drama series, best director for Reed Morano and best actress for Elisabeth Moss. Producer Bruce Miller thanked author Margaret…
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When primary education receive due attention?
Masum Billah Dhaka – Out of about sixty-four thousand government primary schools, twenty-one thousand have been running without their head teachers. A Bengali daily has highlighted this news making it much enriched with many relevant data and information. Though the…
Hema feels Alia is perfect to play Basanti from Sholay
When a leading daily recently asked Hema Malini about whom she thinks can play her iconic character Basanti from Sholay if the film was ever remade, the grandmom-to-be promptly took Alia Bhatt’s name. “Alia Bhatt. I did that movie when…
Arjun has an interesting take on facing
Arjun Kapoor has managed to give us some hits in his journey of five years in Bollywood. He was last seen in Anees Bazmee’s Mubarakan in which the actor played a double role for the first time. But with all…
Marc Jacobs closes uncertain NY Fashion Week
US design icons Marc Jacobs and Michael Kors brought New York Fashion Week to a close Wednesday as the spring/summer 2018 season flits to Europe and some pondered the health of fashion in the US financial capital. Jacobs, considered by…
Celebs raise over 14 million dollars for hurricane relief
Showtime Desk A bunch of American celebrities, ranging from music to movies and television, have teamed up to raise over $14 million during Hand in Hand: A Benefit for Hurricane Relief, a one-hour commercial-free special program on Tuesday. Kicked off…
12 Nobel laureates seek UNSC intervention to end Rohingya crisis
Twelve Nobel laureates, including Prof Muhammad Yunus, and 15 other eminent global citizens in an open letter on Wednesday urged the UN Security Council (UNSC) to intervene immediately to end the human crisis in the Rakhine State of Myanmar. Addressing…
Irrfan Khan’s No Bed Of Roses continues to shine
No Bed of Roses is the only South Asian title in the competition, while another Indian title Kashyap’s The Brawler is playing out of competition in El Gouna. Irrfan Khan starring No Bed of Roses (Doob), the much anticipated film…
Sheikh Jackson’ moonwalks into Toronto film festival
Egyptian director Amr Salama pays homage to the late Michael Jackson in his new film “Sheikh Jackson,” a tale of how a young imam struggles to reconcile his desire to be a better Muslim with his love for the King…
Messi finally conquers Buffon as Barca beats Juve 3-0
Barcelona, Sep 13 (AP/UNB) — Lionel Messi finally added Italy great Gianluigi Buffon on his long, long list of vanquished goalkeepers.
BAU admission test Nov 4
Mymensingh – Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) admission test for 2017-18 students in the first year courses under academic session 2017-18 will be held on 4 Nov.
Box office monster ‘It’ scores record opening
Stephen King wrote “It.” Warner Bros. and New Line made “It.” And audiences seem to love “It.” The new freaky-scary film by that title broke records over the weekend as the largest September opening and largest opening for an R-rated…
Farida Parveen lodges two copyright violation cases, one arrested
Showtime Desk “Our music industry is going through a bad time. Please don’t publish this news.” Acclaimed folk singer Farida Parveen lodged two different cases in Dhaka’s Gulshan and Dhanmondi Thana, alleging the defendants of infringing the copyright law by…
Transformative power of literacy in today’s digitalized society
By Dr Hanif Hassan Al Qassim Geneva, Sept (IPS) – The vision of a literate world has guided the United Nations in its efforts to eliminate illiteracy worldwide. According to UNESCO, the world literacy rate now stands at 91% up…
Michael Jackson’s ‘Scream’ album’s release date revealed
A brand new posthumous album release from Michael Jackson is set to hit shelves this September. Entitled ‘Scream’, it features thirteen songs in all including a bonus mash-up track by The White Panda and comes just weeks after ‘Thriller’ was…
Sukumar Ray’s 94th death anniversary
Bengali poet, fiction writer and playwright Sukumar Ray (1887-1923) was perhaps the most famous practitioner of “literary nonsense” in the subcontinent. He is often compared to Lewis Carroll. His works such as the collection of poems “Abol Tabol”, novella “Ha…
Jake Gyllenhaal finally plays superhero in ‘Stronger’
A man who lost both legs in the Boston Marathon bombings inspired moviegoers Saturday, walking the red carpet at the Toronto film festival for the premiere of “Stronger.” The film, directed by David Gordon Green, tells the true story of…
US country music singers Don Williams and Troy Gentry die
US country music singer Don Williams – who enjoyed great success with his easy-going singing style – has died aged 78 after a short illness. Williams began his solo career in 1971, amassing 17 number one country hits. His songs…
Rajkummar Rao is excited to work with Aishwarya in Fanney Khan
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan’s next much awaited project Fanney Khan started making headlines every since its announcement. The film that is directed by Atul Manjrekar also stars Anil Kapoor and Divya Dutta. But all this while, we all wondered that which…
Hrithiks sister has gone from flab to FAB!
That Hrithik Roshan is a health freak, is a known fact. But looks like it runs in the family after all. His mom Pinky too is equally conscious about her food and gym habits. What’s more his sister Sunaina has…
Tahsan releases Obhiman Aamar
Entertainment Desk Popular musician and actor Tahsan launched his much-anticipated album Obhiman Aamar at GPHouse on Thursday. At the event, Tahsan charted out his future plans to the media during the formal launch of the album. The music video of…
Indian journalist’s murder: The ultimate form of press censorship?
By Manipadma Jena Bhubaneswar, India, Sep 7 (IPS) – Dauntlessly crusading against curbs on freedom of speech, fifty-five-year-old Indian journalist Gauri Lankesh was gunned down at her very doorstep in Bengaluru city on the evening of Sep. 5, taking three…
Int’l workshop on documentary techniques begins in Dhaka
A six-day long international workshop titled ‘Technique of making documentaries and market of joint-venture films’ began at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy in the city on Friday. Dhaka Independent Film Network (DIFN) in association with Bengal Foundation, Cosmos Foundation and Oriental Services…
Suu Kyi can’t be tripped of Nobel Prize – Nobel Institute
The organization that oversees the Nobel Peace Prize says the 1991 prize awarded to Myanmar’s Aung Sang Suu Kyi cannot be revoked. The Norwegian Nobel Institute on Friday said that neither the will of prize founder Alfred Nobel nor the…
Soul star Charles Bradley scraps tour in cancer return
Soul singer Charles Bradley, who has savored commercial stardom in his 60s after decades of scraping by, on Wednesday canceled all upcoming shows due to a new cancer scare. The 68-year-old, who had triumphantly returned to stage after a stomach…
Special show on Firoza Begum’s famous family
Culture Desk The late singer’s family is also full of talented people who are established names in their own fields, the most known being her sons Shafin and Hamin Ahmed Firoza Begum’s legendary status as the preeminent Nazrul Sangeet artist…
How Americanisms are killing English language
A book released this year claims that Americanisms will have completely absorbed the English language by 2120. Hephzibah Anderson takes a look. By Hephzibah Anderson So it turns out I can no longer speak English. This was the alarming realisation…
France court finds topless photos violated royal’s privacy
A French court ruled Tuesday that photographers and gossip magazine executives violated the privacy of Britain’s Duchess of Cambridge by taking and publishing photographs of the former Kate Middleton sunbathing topless.The court in a Paris suburb fined two executives of…
Third ‘Star Wars’ director out amid creative differences
Colin Trevorrow has left as director of the third installment of the “Star Wars” sequels trilogy, Lucasfilm announced on Tuesday, citing differing visions between the filmmaker and studio executives. Trade press and websites had been speculating that Trevorrow, 40, was…
Madonna is happy she moved
Madonna has left the United States and seems pretty content with her decision. The singer recently posted on her Instagram account that she has moved to Portugal. “The energy of Portugal is so inspiring,” Madonna wrote. “I feel very creative…