1. The Lion above the door The Lion above the door, seeking to figure out what's more, one here and one there, there could be one anywhere...... A door to go through, a view to be seen, it caalls out my name;  just to be set free, It is as if it is a hero, waiting

Sir Elton John says he has planned an entirely new show for his headline performance at Glastonbury this Sunday. The star is playing the festival as the final UK date of his farewell tour, but said fans should expect the unexpected. "I'm starting with a song I haven't

Ayesha Shroff, mother of Bollywood actor Tiger Shroff, has filed a police complaint alleging that she was duped of ₹ 58.53 lakh by a kickboxer who was working as a director of operations in her son's mixed martial arts (MMA) training company. The company gives training in mixed

Actress Safa Kabir through a Facebook post confirmed that she is fine and unharmed and her death information is false. The actual problem was raised when police recovered the hanging body of Ekattorer Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee's president Shahriar Kabir's daughter from

India is set to host the Miss World 2023 competition, as the coveted international beauty pageant makes its return to the country after nearly three decades. The much anticipated 71st edition of Miss World is expected to take place in November this year, the final dates of which are

Actress Jodie Comer abruptly walked off stage during a Broadway performance on Wednesday after saying she had trouble breathing due to wildfire smoke. Comer's one-woman show, Prima Facie, continued after her understudy stepped in to complete the performance. Canada wildfire

Popular playwright and director Mohon Khan passed away on Tuesday night. He was 65. He breathed his last at about 12 midnight while undergoing treatment at Evercare Hospital in Dhaka. Mohon Khan had been undergoing treatment for a long time. He left behind his wife, a son and a

Pyari Begum, the lead female actress of the first ever Bangla feature film ‘Mukh O Mukhosh’, passed away on Tuesday (May 30).  She breathed her last in the afternoon at her Uttara residence. She was 87. Pyari Begum’s son Rabiul Amin confirmed her death news to

The 23rd edition of the International Indian Film Academy Awards, popularly called the IIFA, took place in Abu Dhabi on Saturday night and films like Brahmastra, Gangubai Kathiawadi and Drishyam 2 emerged as the biggest winners.  Brahmastra led the pack by bagging most of the

The winner of a record $2bn (£1.6bn) US Powerball lottery draw is being sued by a man claiming the lucky ticket was stolen from him. Edwin Castro, who lives in California, chose to take last November's jackpot in one lump sum of $997.6m. But now Jose Rivera, a fellow

Tina Turner, the pioneering rock’n’roll star who became a pop behemoth in the 1980s, has died aged 83 after a long illness. She had suffered ill health in recent years, being diagnosed with intestinal cancer in 2016 and having a kidney transplant in 2017. Turner affirmed

Actor Nitesh Pandey, who is known for his role in Om Shanti Om, died in Nashik. As per reports, he died of a heart attack at the age of 50 on Wednesday. Taking to Twitter, actor Gulshan Devaiah shared a picture of Nitesh and paid tribute. He wrote, "Nitesh Pandey: 17 January 1973-

Bulgarian writer Georgi Gospodinov and translator Angela Rodel were named Tuesday winners of the International Booker Prize with the novel "Time Shelter" -- a first for a book in Bulgarian. The prestigious award recognises works of fiction from around the world that have been

The actor Ray Stevenson, who appeared in major TV shows such as Rome, Vikings and Dexter, has died aged 58. He was known for roles in the Thor films and the Divergent series, as well as several UK TV shows like Band of Gold, Peak Practice and Murphy's Law. His US-based publicist

A Dhaka court on Monday granted bail to singer Mainul Ahsan Noble in a fraud case filed with Motijheel Police Station. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Shafi Uddin passed the order. Earlier in the day, DB inspector also the investigating officer of the case Humayun Kabir produced him

You only oppress women," the young woman says to the Taliban fighter. "I told you not to talk," he shouts back, "I will kill you right here!" "Okay, kill me!" she replies, raising her voice to match his. "You closed schools and universities!

Martin Amis, one of the most celebrated British novelists of his generation, has died aged 73. He died of oesophageal cancer at his Florida home, the New York Times said, quoting his wife, the writer Isabel Fonseca. Amis is best known for his 1984 novel Money and the 1989 work

A Dhaka court today (May 20) placed singer Mainul Ahsan Noble on a one-day remand in a fraud case. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Ahmed Humayun Kabir passed the order.  Earlier today, Humayun Kabir, an inspector of Detective Branch of Police and also the investigation officer in

Eminent writer Imdadul Haq Milan's book ‘Selected Short Stories', a collection of English translations, has recently been released.  The book published by Hornbill Press is indeed an ensemble of short stories curated from his prolific treasure trove of the same.

Singer Mainul Ahsan Noble has been arrested by the Detective Branch (DB) of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police on charge of cheating by taking an advance of Tk 1,72,000 without going to an event. A DB official confirmed the matter on Saturday (May 20).  Earlier on May 16, a fraud