The Boys star Antony Starr has reportedly been arrested in Spain following an incident of assault and handed a 12-month suspended prison sentence with a fine. According to a report by the New Zealand Herald, the 46-year-old actor, who is from Wellington, assaulted a 21-year-old chef while drunk at a pub in the city of ... Read more
Month: March 2022
DUAA to honour 100 posthumously
Dhaka University Alumni Association is going to accord posthumous honours to 100 dignitaries to celebrate 100 years of the university. They will be awarded at the DUAA’s get-together held at central playground of Dhaka University on March 12. DUAA is observing the centenary with the theme: “Dhaka University
Chakaria Tragedy: Raktim Shil’s last rites held
The sraddha (last rites) of Raktim Shil, the sixth brother who died in the tragic road accident in Cox’s Bazar’s Chakaria upazila, was held yesterday. After fifteen days of fighting for his life, he succumbed to his injuries on February 22. Raktim used to run a small grocery shop at Cox’s Bazar’s Ramu upazila, said ... Read more
Inside the luxury Koh Samui island villa where Shane Warne was found dead
Lauren Ferri, NCA NewsWire Shane Warne had travelled with friends to a luxury island villa with a games room, infinity pool and stunning views of Thailand just hours before his shock death. The 52-year-old spin king was found unconscious at the Samujana Villas resort on the island of Koh Samui in the early hours of ... Read more
South Africa make winning start against Bangladesh in the Women’s Cricket World Cup
Bangladesh fight hard but lose to ‘unconvincing’ South Africa in their first-ever Women’s WC match Seamer Ayabonga Khaka tore through Bangladesh’s batting lineup to get South Africa’s Women’s Cricket World Cup campaign off to a winning start in Dunedin on Saturday. Khaka brought up her 100th one-day international wicket in her 74th match, snaring figures ... Read more
Kim Kardashian And Kanye West Are Official Divorced
Kim Kardashian is a single woman once again after nearly eight years married to Ye, formerly known as Kanye West. In a virtual court hearing on Wednesday, the reality star also officially and legally dropped “West” from her last name. Kardashian, who filed for divorce from the rapper last year, made the request in December ... Read more
Virtual Museum Bangladesh launched
Virtual Museum Bangladesh (VMB), a virtual platform developed to preserve the country’s heritage sites in the digital sphere, was recently launched in the capital. Dr. Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury, Prime Minister’s Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Affairs Adviser unveiled the virtual museum at the Bangamata Begum Fazilatunnesa Mujib Auditorium of the National Museum in Dhaka. The museum ... Read more
Zayed Khan takes oath as BFAA general secretary
Zayed Khan was elected the General Secretary of the Film Artistes’ Association, held on January 28. He defeated his opponent Nipun by 13 votes. Challenging the result, Nipun appealed to re-count the votes. Even after that, Zayed remained undefeated. However, before he could take the oath, on February 5, the Chairman of the appeal board, ... Read more
Alan Donald appointed fast bowling coach of Tigers
Bangladesh Cricket Board has appointed former South Africa pacer Alan Donald as the new pace bowling coach of the national cricket team, confirmed BCB’s cricket operations chairman Jalal Yunus. Jalal also informed that the former South African fast man has signed a contract with the BCB till the 2022 ICC T20 World Cup, scheduled to ... Read more
Kanye West on Why He Threw Microphone During ‘Donda 2’ Event
The artist formerly known as Kanye West says he ditched his microphone during the recent Donda Experience Performance due to frustrations he had regarding a promoter. Speaking on the moment in question during an social media-shared exchange with Sasha A. Berg and Esther Coco Berg on Wednesday, Ye said he was “told” he had to ... Read more
Australian cricket legend Shane Warne passes away at 52
Shane Warne, one of the finest bowlers of all time who revived the art of leg-spin, has died aged 52 following a suspected heart attack. According to initial reports, the former Australian cricketer died of a suspected heart attack. The legendary spinner, who was named as one of Wisden’s Five Cricketers of
Melinda Gates Says Bill Gates’s Work with “Abhorrent” Jeffrey Epstein Led to Divorce
Melinda Gates has revealed how ex-husband Bill Gates’ relationship with the “abhorrent” Jeffrey Epstein led to difficulties in their marriage. Speaking to Gayle King on CBS Mornings, Melinda admitted that infidelity and Bill’s ties with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein played contributing factors in their divorce. “As I said it’s not one thing, it was many ... Read more
Angelina Jolie Makes Impassioned Plea for equal treatment for Ukranian refugees
Special Envoy to the United Nations’ High Commissioner for Refugees and actress Angelina Jolie has shared a message of support for Ukrainians who have had to flee their homes due to Russia’s invasion, as well as refugees worldwide. Turning to her Instagram on Thursday, the actor and UNICEF ambassador noted that one million people have ... Read more
City corporations to oversee construction
Says LGRD minister about buildings in capital, gives directives to tackle Aedes The government is planning to involve city corporations to check whether building owners have constructed their establishments at designated locations, following approved designs. Rajuk, however, will approve the designs, as usual. Local Government and Rural Development (LGRD) Minister Md Tazul Islam said this
Bangladesh loses 7b working hours yearly for global warming: Study
As heat and humidity levels rise throughout the day because of climate change, Bangladesh is losing around 7 billion working hours annually due to extreme heat exposure, a new study reveals. If the global temperature increases by 1 degree Celsius, the country could lose approximately 21 billion working hours, said the study, conducted by researchers ... Read more
Collateral-free loans made available for digital SMEs
There’s some good news for small-and-medium enterprises (SMEs) based online as Shakti Foundation, a microfinance intuition, has joined hands with Delivery Tiger, a courier and parcel service platform, to disburse collateral-free loans among them, including F-commerce companies. Shakti Foundation and Delivery Tiger collaborated to launch the
Imo brings in a new feature ‘iBubble’
Popular instant messaging app imo has recently launched a new feature in Android version of imo called as ‘iBubble’ to empower tech-savvy people to communicate in a more convenient and efficient way, said a press release. This feature will enable friends’ messages to float on screen as bubbles so that users do not miss any ... Read more
Bashundhara Group launches Toggi Fun World
Bashundhara Group has developed a mega theme park ‘Toggi FunWorld’ in the capital, said a press release. The Toggi Fun World was inaugurated with a flash mob show at Bashundhara City Shopping Complex in the capital on Wednesday. The theme park at Bashundhara City Shopping Complex is renovated with
Pran to procure 12,000 tonnes of tomatoes
Pran, an agro-processor of the country and a subsidiary of Pran-RFL Group, has set a target to procure 12,000 tonnes of tomatoes for manufacturing tomato-based products, including sauce and ketchup, for the season. The conglomerate has started collecting and pulping tomatoes at Pran Agro Ltd factories in Natore and the Barind (Varendra) Industrial Park in ... Read more
Berger awards aspiring young architects
Berger Paints Bangladesh Ltd (BPBL) in collaboration with the department of architecture at Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) virtually organised the Berger Award Programme for students of Architecture BUET (BASAB) recently. A total of 22 awardees from the 2016-2017 and 2017-2018 sessions were