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Aynabaji bags digital marketing award

Aynabaji bags digital marketing award

FE Online Desk 2017-10-16 12:00:00

Aynabaji, a Bangladeshi crime thriller film, has won grand prix in four different categories of the Digital Marketing Award 2017 by Bangladesh Brand Forum recently held at Le Méridien Dhaka....

GOT star Sophie Turner to wed Joe Jonas

GOT star Sophie Turner to wed Joe Jonas

BBC 2017-10-16 11:25:21

British actress Sophie Turner and US singer Joe Jonas are to marry. The pair, who have been together since 2016, both shared the news on Instagram with the same picture of a diamond ring. Turner, wh...

Two more women accuse Weinstein of rape

Two more women accuse Weinstein of rape

-- 2017-10-15 12:00:00

Two more women have accused Harvey Weinstein of raping them as the top Hollywood producer finds himself increasingly shunned by his peers, reports BBC. British actress Lysette Anthony says he attack...

Oscars board expels Harvey Weinstein

Oscars board expels Harvey Weinstein

BBC 2017-10-15 11:25:34

The organisation behind the Oscars has voted to expel Harvey Weinstein following numerous allegations of sexual assault made against the film producer. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences...

Nelly rape accuser dropping charges

Nelly rape accuser dropping charges

AP 2017-10-14 01:45:32

A woman who said the rapper Nelly raped her on his tour bus in a Seattle suburb last weekend is dropping her pursuit of criminal charges. News outlets report that lawyer Karen Koehler said in a state...

New Netflix series Mindhunter more like an extended movie

New Netflix series Mindhunter more like an extended movie

-- 2017-10-13 12:00:00

The new Netflix series Mindhunter (premiered on Friday), partially directed by David Fincher (executive producers Fincher and Charlize Theron) follows two FBI agents (Jonathan Groff and Holt McCallany...

Hollywood studios join Disney’s Movies Anywhere service

Hollywood studios join Disney’s Movies Anywhere service

Reuters 2017-10-12 12:00:00

Five Hollywood film studios have joined together to offer a new service designed to make it easier for consumers to collect digital movies that they can watch at home or on mobile devices, the studios...

BD Film Festival begins in Bishkek

BD Film Festival begins in Bishkek

-- 2017-10-11 12:00:00

A three-day first ever 'Bangladesh Film Festival' was inaugurated in Bishkek in celebration of the 25th anniversary of establishment of diplomatic relations between Bangladesh and Kyrgyz Republic. De...

Georgina Chapman divorcing Weinstein

Georgina Chapman divorcing Weinstein

AP 2017-10-11 01:20:08

Designers Georgina Chapman and Keren Craig are two fashion swans worthy of the red carpet gowns they create for A-list stars. So exactly how will their dramatic luxury brand Marchesa fare in the onsla...

Sylvester Stallone directing ‘Creed 2’

Sylvester Stallone directing ‘Creed 2’

-- 2017-10-10 08:01:07

Sylvester Stallone has announced that he will direct and produce “Creed 2” as a sequel to the 2015 boxing drama starring Stallone and Michael B. Jordan, reports variety.com. On Monday, St...

Bauer to fight Rebel Wilson’s defamation payout

Bauer to fight Rebel Wilson’s defamation payout

BBC 2017-10-09 02:42:19

A magazine publisher will appeal against a A$4.5m (£2.7m; $3.6m) defamation payout awarded to Hollywood actress Rebel Wilson. Wilson was awarded the damages by an Australian court last month af...

Rapper Nelly arrested over alleged bus rape

Rapper Nelly arrested over alleged bus rape

BBC 2017-10-08 01:48:06

Rapper Nelly has been arrested after a woman accused him of raping her on his tour bus following a concert near Seattle. Police in Auburn said they arrested the artist after a woman called emergency...

Tellingly, Aamir Khan speaks of Rohingya crisis

Tellingly, Aamir Khan speaks of Rohingya crisis

FE Online Desk 2017-10-06 12:00:00

Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan has reacted with sorrow in response to a question on the persecution of Rohingyas in Myanmar. He made the reaction at a news conference in Istanbul on Wednesday dated...

‘Glee’ actor pleads guilty of child porn possession

‘Glee’ actor pleads guilty of child porn possession

BBC 2017-10-05 10:22:11

Former Glee actor Mark Salling has pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography. Salling, 35, now faces between four and seven years in prison and has been ordered to pay about $50,000 (£3...

Commercial launch of metro rail likely to miss schedule

Commercial launch of metro rail likely to miss schedule

Munima Sultana 2017-10-04 12:00:00

Some problems, including the ones in the bidding process, are likely cause substantial delays in launching of the much-publicised metro rail. Project sources said commercial launching of mass rapid t...

Jessia crowned new Miss World Bangladesh

Jessia crowned new Miss World Bangladesh

-- 2017-10-04 12:00:00

Jessia Islam was crowned Miss World Bangladesh, after it was stripped of controversial winner Jannatul Nayeem Avril. The decision to dethrone Avril was announced by the contest's judges and organiser...

Winslet reunites with Titanic director in ‘Avatar’ sequels

Winslet reunites with Titanic director in ‘Avatar’ sequels

AP 2017-10-04 10:53:32

It’s a titanic reunion — Kate Winslet is joining the “Avatar” franchise, reuniting the actress with “Titanic” director James Cameron. A spokesperson for 20th Centu...

Singer Tom Petty dies aged 66

Singer Tom Petty dies aged 66

BBC 2017-10-03 12:00:00

US musician Tom Petty has died in California aged 66, says a statement issued on behalf of his family. Petty was found unconscious, not breathing and in full cardiac arrest at his Malibu home early o...

Next film will be biggest yet: Aamir Khan

Next film will be biggest yet: Aamir Khan

-- 2017-10-03 12:00:00

Aamir Khan, the Bollywood superstar with a conscience, says his next movie about a small town teenage girl who uses the Internet to become a singing sensation will be much bigger than his last film, w...

‘Drug peddler’ held with Phensedyl

‘Drug peddler’ held with Phensedyl

-- 2017-10-02 12:00:00

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in a drive arrested an alleged drug pedlar along with 144 bottles of Phensedyl from Bohorom Tantipara village of Sadar upazila on Sunday night. Being tipped of...

‘It’ edges out Tom Cruise film to take No. 1

‘It’ edges out Tom Cruise film to take No. 1

AP 2017-10-02 12:00:00

After dipping to No. 2 last weekend, “It” has regained control of the North American box office in its fourth weekend in theaters. The movie beat out the new Tom Cruise film “Americ...

Motorcycling aspirant crowned Miss World BD

Motorcycling aspirant crowned Miss World BD

-- 2017-10-01 12:00:00

Jannatul Nayeem Avril, a motorcycling aspirant from the port city of Chittagong, has been adjudged as Miss World Bangladesh 2017, report agencies. However, the pageantry has not been held without a h...

Make tourism a catalyst for positive change

Make tourism a catalyst for positive change

FE Online Desk 2017-10-01 11:59:07

  Dhaka Regency Hotel & Resort celebrated ‘World Tourism Day’ recently with the theme-Tourism For All. This year’s theme helped promoting the International Year of Sustaina...

Baldwin mocks Trump’s Puerto Rico response

Baldwin mocks Trump’s Puerto Rico response

-- 2017-10-01 08:07:15

Alec Baldwin’s Donald Trump received an uncomfortable call Saturday night. The cold open for the season 43 premiere of Saturday Night Live mocked Trump’s negative response to San Juan Mayo...

OJ Simpson freed on parole

OJ Simpson freed on parole

-- 2017-10-01 03:58:37

  OJ Simpson, the former American football star and actor, has been released on parole after nine years in a Nevada jail. He had been serving time for armed robbery, assault with a deadly weapo...

George Harrison's sitar sold for $62,500

George Harrison's sitar sold for $62,500

-- 2017-09-29 12:00:00

A sitar owned and played by George Harrison has been sold for $62,500 (£46,581) in the United States, reports BBC. The instrument, purchased from a shop on London's Oxford Street in 1965, was u...

'Playboy' founder Hefner dies aged 91

'Playboy' founder Hefner dies aged 91

-- 2017-09-28 12:00:00

Hugh Hefner, founder of the international adult magazine 'Playboy', has died at the age of 91. Playboy Enterprises Inc on Wednesday said he passed away peacefully at home, from natural causes, report...

US air strike kills Kabul civilians

US air strike kills Kabul civilians

BBC 2017-09-28 11:25:23

A US air strike against militants in the Afghan capital Kabul caused civilian casualties after a missile malfunctioned, officials said. The strike was in support of Afghan troops fighting insurgents...

C’nawabganj Shibir leader held with firearm

C’nawabganj Shibir leader held with firearm

-- 2017-09-28 01:56:28

Detective Branch (DB) of police during a dive arrested  a leader of Islami Chhatra Shibir, student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami, along with a pistol and bullet from Hujrapur Khalghat area in Chapainaw...

GOT stars tying the knot

GOT stars tying the knot

BBC 2017-09-27 12:10:39

Game of Thrones stars Kit Harington and Rose Leslie have got engaged, it has been confirmed. After a huge amount of speculation, an official announcement has been published in the Times newspaper. T...