Actor and activist Sean Penn on Saturday vowed to destroy his Academy Awards in public if the award ceremony chooses to not give Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky a platform to speak. While speaking to CNN’s Jim Acosta on Saturday, the 61-year-old actor called on the Academy to give Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky an opportunity to ... Read more
Month: March 2022
Evaly fraud case: Tahsan, Mithila, Sabnam relieved of fraud charges
A Dhaka court finally relieved five people, including actors Tahsan Khan, Rafiath Rashid Mithila and Sabnam Faria, from the charges of a fraud case filed over e-commerce platform Evaly scam. The court, however, accepted the charges brought against Evaly CEO Mohammad Rassel alias Babul, Chairman Shamima Nasrin and two others – vice-president of Evaly Abdullah ... Read more
Action-packed movie RRR re-imagines real-life revolt as an epic superhero battle
After delivering epics like Magadheera, Eega, Bahubali: The Beginning, Bahubali: The Conclusion among others, SS Rajamouli returns with another mega budget spectacle, RRR fronted by Jr. NTR and Ram Charan with Alia Bhatt and Ajay Devgn in pivotal roles. The film is set in the pre-Independence era, with core conflicts created by the demons in the ... Read more
Tigresses finish maiden ODI WC campaign with a 100-run loss
Defending champions England claimed their place in the World Cup semifinals while finally sealing New Zealand’s fate on Sunday. A 100-run win over Bangladesh in Wellington gave England their fourth victory in succession after beginning the tournament with three defeats. Their semifinal opponent was yet to be confirmed, with India playing South Africa in
James Bond gets a gravestone to mark No Time to Die’s ending
No Time to Die spoilers follow from the start. Daniel Craig’s latest James Bond movie No Time to Die does indeed feature the legendary agent dying at the end in an act of sacrifice. The film used the Faroe Islands as the villain Safin’s lair where Bond meets his end, which is why a gravestone ... Read more
Unilever wins World HRD Congress award
Unilever Bangladesh Ltd (UBL) won the award of the “Global Best Employer Brand-2022” in Bangladesh from the World HRD Congress for its efforts in translating and combining vision with action, integrating its HR strategy with business, and cultivating competencies for the future to enable the organisation to be future-fit. The award was handed over to ... Read more
10 women, 3 firms get BASIS Luna Shamsuddoha Award
Ten women and three companies have recently received a “BASIS Luna Shamsuddoha Award” for contributions in their respective fields. The Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services (BASIS) organised the awarding ceremony at Radisson Blu Dhaka Water Garden
Tabu reveals why she doesn’t have a social media presence
Bollywood star Tabu is all for conventional methods. Even though in this age of social media, the presence on the medium has become more of a necessity, for Tabu, an online personality isn’t needed. “A question I am asked constantly is this ‘why are you not on Twitter?” Tabu recently shared with Hindustan Times. “Why ... Read more
Pepsi releases its summer campaign with Salman Khan in double role
Pepsi launched its summer campaign “More Fizz More Refreshing Taste” in Bangladesh featuring brand ambassador Salman Khan. The new TVC campaign extends Pepsi’s new More fizz More refreshing Taste positioning in the country and showcases Salman Khan in a dual role, a press
Walton launches energy saving AC
Walton has launched an energy efficient “Inverna” series air conditioner which received a 5.5 star energy rating certificate from the Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution. The higher a star rating, the more energy efficient the product is. A Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology test found that a one-tonne AC in economy
Bar council election on May 25
The election to Bangladesh Bar Council, the statutory body regulating the country’s lawyers, will be held on May 25 to elect its 14 executive members. The voting will be held from 10:00am to 5:00pm at the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) in Dhaka and all the civil courts at the districts and Bajitpur, Ishwarganj, Durgapur,
Police arrest man fugitive for 22 years
A man, who remained fugitive for 22 years to avoid imprisonment, was sent to jail yesterday for killing his wife on January 10, 2000. The convict is Anwar Hossain, 55, of Dinajpur’s Phulbari upazila, said police. On Thursday, he was brought to Phulbari Police Station with the support of
Shironamhin in Paris
Popular band Shironamhin is set to rock the stage at the maison de’ receptions (pavilion royal) in Paris. The band is set to fly to Paris on March 29 after completing their Chattogram tour from March 26 to 28. The Embassy of Bangladesh in Paris, arranged the special concert to mark the golden jubilee of ... Read more
Theatre celebrates golden jubilee with Independence Day specials
Celebrating the golden jubilee of Bangladesh’s independence and their journey of 50 years, noted drama troupe Theatre has launched a year-long initiative. Marking Independence Day, they will be staging well-known plays. The 204th show of the anti-communal drama, “Meraj Fakirer Ma” (1995), written and directed by Abdullah al-Mamun, was staged yesterday at Bangladesh Mahila Samity
CMCH intern doctor arrested in pornography case
Police arrested an intern doctor of Chattogram Medical College Hospital (CMCH) from the Intern Doctors’ Hostel at CMC early today in a case filed under the Pornography Control Act with Khilkhet Police Station in Dhaka. A team of police from Khilkhet Police Station with the help of Panchlaish Police Station in Chattogram conducted a drive ... Read more
BASIS to promote Bangladesh’s ICT industry in UK
The Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services (BASIS) is planning to hold a special event in London in June to promote the ICT industry of Bangladesh in the United Kingdom. The development comes as BASIS President Russell T Ahmed met Bangladesh High Commissioner to the UK Saida Muna Tasneem at the Bangladesh High Commission ... Read more
Nation observing Independence Day
BSS, Dhaka The nation is celebrating the 52nd Independence and National Day today in a befitting manner. The government has taken elaborate programmes marking the Independence and National Day. President Md Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina gave separate messages extending heartfelt greetings and warm felicitations to the countrymen living both home and abroad ... Read more
Netflix has just made its first ever adults-only movie
The long-awaited fictionalised Marilyn Monroe biopic “Blonde” may finally be available to stream soon – but it will be strictly for adults. The movie has hit the headlines recently after being given an NC-17 rating in the US for sexual content, the equivalent to an 18+ rating here, meaning that it is only for adult ... Read more
Taylor Hawkins, Foo Fighters drummer, dies aged 50
The band are currently on tour Taylor Hawkins, the iconic Foo Fighters drummer, has died, the band has announced. Taking to the band’s official Twitter account, the bandmembers wrote: “The Foo Fighters family is devastated by the tragic and untimely loss of our beloved Taylor Hawkins. “His musical spirit and infectious laughter will live on ... Read more
WWE’s Triple H announces retirement after heart surgery
WWE legend Paul “Triple H” Levesque has announced his retirement from wrestling. Levesque suffered what WWE described as a “cardiac event” last September and spoke for the first time since his hospitalisation on ESPN’s First Take on Friday (March 25). Confirming his retirement, Levesque said he now has a defibrillator in