-- 2018-04-27 15:36:04
Comedian Bill Cosby was convicted on Thursday of drugging and sexually assaulting a onetime friend in 2004, marking the first such conviction of a celebrity since the #MeToo movement that has brought...
-- 2018-04-26 13:45:33
US Grand Prix organisers have enlisted Bruno Mars and Britney Spears to boost the crowds with concerts before and after this year’s Formula One race taking place in Austin, Texas. Mars, a 27 ti...
FE Online Desk 2018-04-25 12:23:13
The Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre (IGCC) is organising an evening of Bengali Classical Songs by Ms Alif Laila on Saturday at 6.30 pm at Kobi Sufia Kamal Auditorium in the capital. The programme wi...
-- 2018-04-24 11:42:07
The Berlin-based conductor Daniel Barenboim is returning prizes he has won at Germany’s biggest music awards in a row over what he said were ‘clearly anti-Semitic’ rap lyrics. The I...
-- 2018-04-23 19:38:54
A tribunal in Dhaka on Monday sent actor Kazi Asif Rahman to jail in a case filed for torturing his wife over dowry. Shafiul Azam, Judge of the Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-2, pa...
-- 2018-04-22 13:23:32
Verne Troyer, who is best known for playing Mini-Me in the Austin Powers films, has died at the age of 49. Troyer, who was 2ft 8in (81cm) tall, also played Griphook in the first Harry Potter film. "...
-- 2018-04-21 19:31:10
Actress Natalie Portman has snubbed a prestigious prize known as the "Jewish Nobel," saying she did not want her attendance to be seen as an endorsement of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu....
-- 2018-04-21 10:47:38
Swedish DJ Avicii, one of the world’s biggest dance music stars, has died in Oman at the age of 28. Avicii’s club anthems include Wake Me Up, Levels, and recently, Lonely Together with Ri...
-- 2018-04-20 15:56:57
American magician David Copperfield has been forced to reveal a famous trick after a participant claimed he'd been injured during a Las Vegas performance. British tourist Gavin Cox, 58, filed a negli...
-- 2018-04-19 14:06:58
More than 60 independent British festivals - including Boardmasters and Bestival - have pledged to rid their sites of single-use plastic by 2021. As a minimum, those festivals have committed to banni...
-- 2018-04-18 13:36:10
There were laughs and tears on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Monday as actress Eva Longoria was honored with a star. Friends and family were on hand to fete the 43-year-old, including pop star Ricky...
FE Online Desk 2018-04-18 12:35:02
Businessman-cum-actor Ananta Jalil is willing to help the family of Govt Titumir College student Rajib Hasan, who lost his battle for life on Tuesday. “I would like to bear the educational expe...
-- 2018-04-17 21:13:45
A five-day long photography exhibition titled 'Because I was There-2' began at the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA) in the city on Tuesday. A total of 166 photographs of Bangladeshi and Indian phot...
FE Online Report 2018-04-17 15:10:54
A five-day long International Folklore Workshop titled ‘Fifth Folklore Summer School’ will draw its curtain on Tuesday at the Bangla Academy premises. The closing ceremony of the workshop...
-- 2018-04-17 13:32:39
A South Korean actress, once kidnapped by North Korea and forced to make films for the state, has died at 92. Choi Eun-hee was a leading actress in the South when she was kidnapped under the orders o...
-- 2018-04-16 19:02:02
Blues legend Stevie Ray Vaughan’s Fender Telecaster, used in his first studio recording and early performances has fetched $250,000 at auction in his hometown of Dallas. Heritage Auction spokes...
-- 2018-04-16 18:47:47
Rock legend Roger Waters, former Pink Floyd frontman, denounced the controversial Syrian group White Helmets during a concert, saying they “exist only to create propaganda for jihadists and terr...
BBC 2018-04-16 12:52:44
Actor R Lee Ermey, best known for his role as foul-mouthed Gunnery Sergeant Hartman in Vietnam War film 'Full Metal Jacket', has died aged 74. The former US Marine Corps soldier turned award-winning...
-- 2018-04-15 13:04:18
Film lovers are mourning director Milos Forman, who won Oscars for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Amadeus. The Czech-born film-maker, who was 86, was one of a small number of foreign directors t...
FE Online Desk 2018-04-15 12:10:20
Asiatic EXP arranged "Berger Alponay Baishakh 1425" at the Manik Mia Avenue of Dhaka on the night of 13th April. Starting from 11pm, the Alpona Drawing on the streets was held till dawn where 650 pro...
-- 2018-04-14 12:05:41
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has been named the world's most admired man and Academy Award-winning actress Angelina Jolie the most admired woman in a YouGov survey. Philanthropist Gates and humani...
-- 2018-04-14 12:00:32
The list of World's most admired 2018 by YouGov is out. This year, three Indian actresses Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Priyanka Chopra and Deepika Padukone found a place for themselves in the list of top...
-- 2018-04-14 11:38:52
Assamese-language drama “Village Rockstars” was named the best film of 2017 at India’s National Film Awards on Friday while Bollywood actress Sridevi got the best actress award two m...
-- 2018-04-14 10:38:56
Nepal follows Bikram Sambat as its official calendar and New Year starts on the first day of Baishakh month. In Nepal, preparations have been completed to celebrate its new year 2075 beginning from m...
Helal Uddin Ahmed 2018-04-13 21:14:15
In Bangladesh, three calendars are followed: the Gregorian solar calendar (used officially for all purposes), the Islamic lunar calendar (for religious purposes) and the Bangla calender (used for soci...
Maswood Alam Khan 2018-04-13 21:11:15
The first day of Bangla New Year, Pahela Baishakh stands before us like the first blank page of the first chapter of a 365-page book waiting to be written. It's the day to dust away the forgotten memo...
-- 2018-04-13 17:06:22
The story is simple and sweet: an aging and lonely Chinese mother, suffering from empty nest syndrome, receives an unexpected second chance at motherhood when her homemade dumpling comes to life. Dis...
-- 2018-04-13 16:16:40
Acting auditions should no longer take place in hotel rooms or homes, the leading US actors' union has said. Sag-Aftra, which organises the Screen Actors Guild Awards, has called for an end to the pr...
FE Online Desk 2018-04-12 14:13:13
The Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre (IGCC) will organise an evening of ‘Nazrulgeeti’ on Saturday at 6:30pm at Kobi Sufia Kamal Auditorium in Bangladesh National Museum in city’s Shahba...
-- 2018-04-12 13:04:56
A 'Jubilee Concert' was held in Dhaka recently featuring two of India's most respected and globally renowned artists and composers - Salim and Sulaiman Merchant. The concert was part of a series of c...
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