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Amazon in Holocaust row about ‘Hunters’ series, anti-Semitic books

Amazon in Holocaust row about ‘Hunters’ series, anti-Semitic books

-- 2020-02-24 12:03:37

The Auschwitz Memorial criticised Amazon on Sunday for fictitious depictions of the Holocaust in its Prime series “Hunters” and for selling books of Nazi propaganda. Seventy-five years af...

Friends to reunite for one-off special on HBO Max

Friends to reunite for one-off special on HBO Max

-- 2020-02-22 14:38:18

The cast of Friends is to reunite for a one-off special, more than 15 years since the show ended. The episode will air on the HBO Max streaming service, which launches in May. A date is yet to be ann...

Three die on set of Kamal Haasan’s film

Three die on set of Kamal Haasan’s film

-- 2020-02-20 19:37:07

Three people have been killed and nine others injured in a crane accident on the set of actor Kamal Haasan's upcoming film 'Indian 2', reports NDTV. The incident took place after a crane on which the...

India's Bengali actor and former MP Tapas Pal dies

India's Bengali actor and former MP Tapas Pal dies

-- 2020-02-18 10:54:48

Veteran Indian Bengali actor and former Trinamool Congress MP Tapas Paul died of cardiac arrest early Tuesday. He was 61. Paul, who had gone to Mumbai to visit his daughter, complained of chest pain...

South Korean film Parasite makes Oscars history

South Korean film Parasite makes Oscars history

-- 2020-02-10 11:10:10

South Korean film Parasite has been named best picture at this year's Oscars, becoming the first non-English language film to take the top prize. Renee Zellweger won best actress for playing Judy Gar...

Hollywood legend Kirk Douglas dies at 103

Hollywood legend Kirk Douglas dies at 103

-- 2020-02-06 11:01:46

Actor Kirk Douglas, a fixture of cinema for six decades, has died aged 103. The stage and screen actor was well-known for a range of roles, including the 1960 classic Spartacus, in which he played th...

StanChart hosts magical entertainment show

StanChart hosts magical entertainment show

-- 2020-01-27 17:47:28

Standard Chartered Bank organised an exclusive magical entertainment show recently on the occasion of its winter carnival. Almost three thousand bank employees and their family members enjoyed the pr...

Madonna apologises for cancelling London show

Madonna apologises for cancelling London show

-- 2020-01-26 12:59:44

Madonna has said she is "deeply sorry" for cancelling the first London show of her Madame X world tour. The star had been due to begin a run of 15 dates at the London Palladium from this Monday. In...

Engineering univ for rail transport proposed

Engineering univ for rail transport proposed

Munima Sultana 2020-01-23 11:06:06

The Bangladesh Railway (BR) has initiated to establish a railway engineering university under public-private partnership (PPP) amid a dearth of experts to support traditional and modern train transpor...

Half of my listeners Bangladeshi: Anjan Dutt

Half of my listeners Bangladeshi: Anjan Dutt

-- 2020-01-19 18:34:08

Eminent Indian-Bengali actor-filmmaker-musician Anjan Dutt has said half of his music listeners are Bangladeshis that prompts him to travel frequently to Bangladesh to sing his songs for his huge fans...

"Ip Man 4" tops Chinese mainland box office

"Ip Man 4" tops Chinese mainland box office

-- 2020-01-16 18:15:07

"Ip Man 4," the latest installment in the Chinese martial arts film franchise "Ip Man" based on the life of a legendary Wing Chun master, led the Chinese mainland box office Wednesday, according to th...

Oscars 2020: Joker leads with 11 nominations

Oscars 2020: Joker leads with 11 nominations

-- 2020-01-13 20:47:42

The nominations for this year's Academy Awards have been announced, with Joker leading the pack with 11 nods. The comic book villain origin story is up for best picture, best director and best actor...

Justin Bieber reveals he has Lyme disease

Justin Bieber reveals he has Lyme disease

-- 2020-01-09 11:35:07

Canadian pop singer Justin Bieber has revealed he has been diagnosed with Lyme disease. "It's been a rough couple years," the 25-year-old wrote on Instagram, adding that he was also suffering from a...

Michael Jackson accusers can sue, court rules

Michael Jackson accusers can sue, court rules

-- 2020-01-04 13:38:07

Two men who featured in a documentary alleging sexual abuse by the singer Michael Jackson can pursue legal claims against two of his companies, a court has ruled. Wade Robson and James Safechuck clai...

Sue Lyon, actress who at 14 played ‘Lolita’, dies

Sue Lyon, actress who at 14 played ‘Lolita’, dies

-- 2019-12-30 12:31:07

Sue Lyon, who at age 14 played the title character in director Stanley Kubrick's 1962 film ‘Lolita’, has died. Lyon’s longtime friend Phil Syracopoulos told The New York Times she h...

"Ip Man 4" leads Chinese mainland box office

"Ip Man 4" leads Chinese mainland box office

Xinhua 2019-12-29 17:07:09

"Ip Man 4," the latest installment in the Chinese martial arts film franchise "Ip Man" based on the life of a legendary Wing Chun master, led the Chinese mainland box office Saturday, according to the...

Ed Sheeran to ‘take a breather’ from work

Ed Sheeran to ‘take a breather’ from work

-- 2019-12-26 14:53:44

Ed Sheeran has announced he is to take a break from work and social media "until it's time to come back". The chart-topping singer said he would "take a breather to travel, write and read" and would...

NBR cuts AIT to 3.0pc on cement materials import

NBR cuts AIT to 3.0pc on cement materials import

Mohammad Mufazzal 2019-12-23 10:30:08

The government has reduced the rate of advance income tax (AIT) on import of cement raw materials to 3.0 per cent from 5.0 per cent. National Board of Revenue (NBR) issued a SRO (statutory regulatory...

Camila Cabello apologises for past racist language

Camila Cabello apologises for past racist language

-- 2019-12-19 13:02:40

Pop singer Camila Cabello is apologising for past racist language she used on social media. The Grammy-nominated singer wrote on Wednesday that she is sorry for using offensive and hurtful words on s...

Singer Prithwi Raj passes away

Singer Prithwi Raj passes away

-- 2019-12-15 13:13:11

Young singer and music director Prithwi Raj has passed away. He was 34. Prithwi went to his Dhanmondi studio around 10pm on Saturday, said family sources. Finding no response from him till 12:30am o...

Answer lies in ‘long-term funds from stock, bond markets’

Answer lies in ‘long-term funds from stock, bond markets’

FE REPORT 2019-12-13 11:03:16

Vibrant bond and stock markets hold the key to meeting the financing need of the country's private sector in attaining the sustainable development goals (SDGs), discussants said on Thursday. They als...

'Public-private linkup' to help bridge SDG financing gap

'Public-private linkup' to help bridge SDG financing gap

FE REPORT 2019-12-13 09:59:59

Effective partnership with the private sector can help the government lessen the financing gap for achieving sustainable development goals (SDGs), said Mahbubur Rahman, president of International Cham...

'Financial inclusion to cut poverty, inequality'

'Financial inclusion to cut poverty, inequality'

FE REPORT 2019-12-12 14:48:11

Financial inclusion ensures access to finance for all sections of population, including vulnerable and low-income groups, providing suitable financial products that pave the way for alleviating povert...

Planning minister addresses confce on financing for sustainable dev

Planning minister addresses confce on financing for sustainable dev

-- 2019-12-12 13:44:27

Planning Minister M A Mannan speaking at the Ministerial Plenary Session titled 'Inclusive Financing for SDGs in Asia and the Pacific' during the second day Wednesday of 'Asia-Pacific Conference on Fi...

'Tackle climate change, ensure skills development for sustainable growth'

'Tackle climate change, ensure skills development for sustainable growth'

FE REPORT 2019-12-12 13:34:32

Tackling climate change issues and ensuring skills development and employment generation are crucial to attain sustainable growth in the Asia-Pacific countries, including Bangladesh, experts said at a...

Manzur Elahi addresses confce on financing for sustainable dev

Manzur Elahi addresses confce on financing for sustainable dev

-- 2019-12-12 13:28:37

Syed Manzur Elahi, chairman of Apex Footwear Ltd, addressing a plenary session titled ‘inclusive financing for SDGs in Asia and the Pacific’ in a city hotel on Wednesday.

Inclusive finance must for attaining SDGs

Inclusive finance must for attaining SDGs

FE Online Report 2019-12-11 19:01:23

Policymakers and experts on Tuesday stressed the effective mechanism to ensure inclusive financing so that the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) could be attained in Asia and the Pacific region. T...

Challenge lies in bridging SDG financing gap: President

Challenge lies in bridging SDG financing gap: President

FE REPORT 2019-12-11 16:58:42

President Md Abdul Hamid said on Tuesday the main challenge for Bangladesh as well as other developing countries is to fill the financing gap before achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It...

Int'l confce on financing for sustainable dev starts today

Int'l confce on financing for sustainable dev starts today

FE REPORT 2019-12-10 13:18:50

A three-day international conference on financing for inclusive and sustainable development is going to start in Dhaka today (Tuesday). The International Chamber of Commerce, Bangladesh (ICC,B) is or...

South Africa’s Zozibini Tunzi wins Miss Universe 2019 title

South Africa’s Zozibini Tunzi wins Miss Universe 2019 title

BBC 2019-12-09 19:34:35

"I grew up in a world where a woman who looks like me, with my kind of skin and my kind of hair, was never considered to be beautiful. "I think that it is time that that stops today." That's the mes...