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Bill Cosby guilty, faces maximum 30 years' jail

Bill Cosby guilty, faces maximum 30 years' jail

-- 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...

Bruno Mars, Britney Spears to perform at US Grand Prix

Bruno Mars, Britney Spears to perform at US Grand Prix

-- 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...

Classical evening with Alif Laila Saturday

Classical evening with Alif Laila Saturday

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...

German musician hands back award in anti-Semitism row

German musician hands back award in anti-Semitism row

-- 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...

Actor Asif Rahman sent to jail

Actor Asif Rahman sent to jail

-- 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...

Austin Powers movies' Mini-Me, Verne Troyer, dies

Austin Powers movies' Mini-Me, Verne Troyer, dies

-- 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. "...

Natalie Portman snubs 'Jewish Nobel' over recent events in Israel

Natalie Portman snubs 'Jewish Nobel' over recent events in Israel

-- 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....

Electronic dance music star Avicii dies at 28

Electronic dance music star Avicii dies at 28

-- 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...

Copperfield reveals ‘Lucky 13’ magic trick in court

Copperfield reveals ‘Lucky 13’ magic trick in court

-- 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...

Festivals aim to go plastic-free by 2021

Festivals aim to go plastic-free by 2021

-- 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...

Actress Eva Longoria gets Hollywood star

Actress Eva Longoria gets Hollywood star

-- 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...

Ananta Jalil stands by Rajib’s family

Ananta Jalil stands by Rajib’s family

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...

Indo-Bangla photo exhibition begins in city

Indo-Bangla photo exhibition begins in city

-- 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...

Fifth Folklore Summer School workshop wraps up

Fifth Folklore Summer School workshop wraps up

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...

Actress kidnapped by North Korea dies

Actress kidnapped by North Korea dies

-- 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...

SRV’s ‘51 Fender fetches $250,000 at auction

SRV’s ‘51 Fender fetches $250,000 at auction

-- 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...

Roger Waters denounces White Helmets as propaganda tool

Roger Waters denounces White Helmets as propaganda tool

-- 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...

'Full Metal Jacket' sergeant Ermey dead at 74

'Full Metal Jacket' sergeant Ermey dead at 74

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...

Film fans mourn director Milos Forman

Film fans mourn director Milos Forman

-- 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...

Colour of Alpona

Colour of Alpona

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...

Bill Gates, Angelina Jolie most admired man, woman

Bill Gates, Angelina Jolie most admired man, woman

-- 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...

Bollywood actresses, Pakistani icons among world's most admired

Bollywood actresses, Pakistani icons among world's most admired

-- 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...

Actress Sridevi gets posthumous national award

Actress Sridevi gets posthumous national award

-- 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...

Nepali New Year also starts first day of Baishakh

Nepali New Year also starts first day of Baishakh

-- 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...

Pahela Baishakh is celebrated across South and Southeast Asia

Pahela Baishakh is celebrated across South and Southeast Asia

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...

It's the day to hit the Refresh Button

It's the day to hit the Refresh Button

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...

Bao – Pixar’s first short film by woman

Bao – Pixar’s first short film by woman

-- 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...

Hotel auditions ‘should be banned’

Hotel auditions ‘should be banned’

-- 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...

IGCC’s musical evening of ‘Nazrulgeeti’ Saturday

IGCC’s musical evening of ‘Nazrulgeeti’ Saturday

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...

Concert marks Aga Khan's Diamond Jubilee Celebration

Concert marks Aga Khan's Diamond Jubilee Celebration

-- 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...