The best actress category at the 95th Oscars is full of great awards season drama, from the surprise nomination of Andrea Riseborough to the potential history to be made if Michelle Yeoh wins, which AP’s film writers predict will happen. All will be celebrated during Sunday’s Academy Awards ceremony, which airs live on ABC beginning at 8 p.m. Eastern. There’s ...

Startup-focused lender SVB Financial Group became the largest bank failure since the financial crisis on Friday, in a sudden collapse that roiled global markets and stranded billions of dollars belonging to companies and investors. California banking regulators closed the bank, which did business as Silicon Valley Bank, on Friday and appointed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) as receiver for ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday offered land for increased investment from Saudi Arabia in the country’s Special Economic Zone (SEZ). She also invited Saudi Arabia to set up an oil refinery in Bangladesh where all kinds of oil including crude can be refined. The premier made the offers when a nine-member delegation led by visiting Saudi Minister of Commerce ...

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has asked why the country’s people are so unhappy when the government has been claiming about development everywhere. “This government of Awami League has not done a single good work. Rice is not available below Tk 70 a kg. Country’s people have now become helpless amid the skyrocketing prices of essentials. Where would ...

Saudi commerce minister Dr. Majid bin Abdullah Al Qasabi arrived in Dhaka on Friday. Foreign Minister Dr. A K Abdul Momen welcomed Qasabi at Bangabandhu Bangladesh Airforce Base at around 05:15 pm. The Saudi commerce minister is visiting Bangladesh to attend ‘Bangladesh Business Summit-2023’ to be inaugurated by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina tomorrow.

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Popular actress Azmeri Haque Badhon, popularly known as a model and television actress in Bangladesh, has been awarded as the best actress for the film titled ‘Rehana Maryam Noor’ in the National Film Awards-2021. Badhon, who won the National Film Awards for the first time, also participated in many film festivals for the film across the world. The film festival ...

It was magnificent display by Bangladesh as they blanked Turkmenistan by 4-0 goals in their opening group H match of AFC U-20 Women’s Asian Cup Qualifiers held today (Friday) at Birshreshtha Shaheed Sepoy Mohammad Mostafa Kamal Stadium in the city’s Kamalapur. In the day’s match, forward Aklima Khatun and mid fielder Sapna Rani struck twice each to secure Bangladesh’s commanding ...

UK’s Indo-Pacific Minister Anne-Marie Trevelyan arrived in Dhaka on Friday (March 10, 2023) to discuss security, democracy, human rights, trade and the Rohingya crisis. Trevelyan will meet Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen as well as hold talks with civil society organisations, humanitarian actors, climate experts, and business groups, report agencies. As Bangladesh continues its development ...

Apart from price hike of chicken, supply constraints have appeared in kitchen markets of the capital. Broiler chicken price has increased by Tk 20 per kg in the kitchen markets overnight making it very difficult for low-income group of people to afford to buy kitchen. However, the prices of egg have declined somewhat. It was found visiting Mohammadpur Townhall Market ...