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Colombian pop star Shakira has reached a deal with Spanish prosecutors to settle a tax fraud case, just as her trial was about to begin, BBC reports. The singer has paid a €7.5m (£6.5m) fine – prosecutors had wanted to jail her for eight years and fine her €23.8m (£20.8m) if found guilty. She had faced tax fraud allegations for ...

Three celebrates have been nominated by the Awami League (AL) for the 12th parliamentary election. AL nominated popular actor Asaduzzaman Noor for Nilphamari -2 constituency, singer Momtaz for Manikganj-2, and actor Ferdous Ahmed for Dhaka-10 Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader announced the names of the party’s nominees for 300 parliamentary seats at the Awami League central office on Bangabandhu ...

Acclaimed filmmaker Mostofa Sarwar Farooki’s much-anticipated film ‘Shonibar Bikel (Saturday Afternoon)’ which has been stuck in a censorship dispute for more than four years is now finally getting released for global audiences via the Indian OTT platform Sony LIV. The director confirmed this on Wednesday in a post on his official Facebook profile. “Saturday Afternoon is coming to an OTT ...

American superstar Taylor Swift on Saturday postponed a show in Rio de Janeiro due to extreme heat, after a fan died at the singer’s concert the previous night. Saturday’s postponement came after the heat index in the city had risen to as high as 59 degrees Celsius (138 Fahrenheit) Friday, when a 23-year-old fan in the crowd of 60,000 died ...

Jimmy Kimmel has been tapped to host the 96th Academy Awards for the fourth time in 2024. The decision, marking his second consecutive year at the helm, was confirmed by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Kimmel, known for his role as the host and executive producer of “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” expressed his excitement, humorously noting, “I always ...

Salman Khan-starrer “Tiger 3” crossed Rs 100 crore mark at the domestic box office on the second day of its release, production banner Yash Raj Films (YRF) said on Tuesday. Directed by Maneesh Sharma and also starring Katrina Kaif and Emraan Hashmi, the film released on Sunday on the festive occasion of Diwali in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu, AFP reports. ...

EastEnders’ Natalie Cassidy is among stars paying tribute to drama school founder Anna Scher, who has died at 78, having taught names including Daniel Kaluuya, Kathy Burke and Gary Kemp. Scher was widely known for championing young, working-class actors, and founded her school in London in 1968. “She was amazing, I wouldn’t be where I am now if it wasn’t ...

Actress Humaira Nusrat Himu was addicted to gambling, said Rapid Action Battalion (RAB). RAB arrested Mohammad Ziauddin, “lover” of Humaira Nusrat Himu, in connection with her suicide. Ziauddin is also known as ‘Ziauddin Rufi alias Urfi Zia.’ He has been shown arrested in a case filed by Himu’s aunt with Uttara West Police Station. Commander Khondker Al Moin, director of ...

Popular actress of small screen Humaira Himu died on Thursday. Ahsan Habib Nasim, president of Ovinoy Shilpi Sangsad, has confirmed it. He said doctors pronounced Himu as dead when she was taken to a hospital at Uttara in the capital. “I’m going to hospital and then be able to tell in details.” Humaira Himu was seen in many television dramas. ...

The National Film Awards 2022 was announced on Tuesday by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting through a circular. Chanchal Chowdhury received the best actor award in the lead role (male) for the film ‘Hawa’ while Joya Ahsan and Rikita Nandini Shimu jointly got the award for the best actress in the lead role (female) for the film ‘The Beauty ...