Sohanur Rahman honored with YAS24 Award in Geneva
Sohanur Rahman honored with YAS24 Award in Geneva

Bangladeshi youth leader and climate activist Sohanur Rahman has received the esteemed Young Activist Laureate Award 2024 at the Young Activists Summit (YAS24), which took place on November 19 at the UN Palais des Nations in Geneva, reports UNB. Sohanur, founder of YouthNet for Climate Justice,...

BCB hands over Tk 20 lakh to SAFF Women's Champions
BCB hands over Tk 20 lakh to SAFF Women's Champions

BCB president Faruque Ahmed handed over a cheque of Tk20 lakh to the SAFF champions national womens football team on Wednesday. Teams captain Sabina Khatun received the cheque on behalf of the team. BCB previously announced a Tk 20 lakh reward for the womens football team in recognition of their...

Conan O'Brien to host 97th Academy Awards at the 2025 Oscars
Conan O'Brien to host 97th Academy Awards at the 2025 Oscars

Emmy Award-winning TV host, writer, producer, and comedian Conan OBrien will serve as the sole host for the 97th Academy Awards on March 2, 2025, Deadline reports. This will be OBriens first time hosting the Oscars. Academy CEO Bill Kramer and Academy President Janet Yang shared their excitement...

Legendary Humayun Ahmed’s 76th birth anniversary today
Legendary Humayun Ahmed’s 76th birth anniversary today

The 76th birth anniversary of prolific author, dramatist, screenwriter and director Humayun Ahmed, will be observed on Wednesday. The polymath, best known for his fictional characterizations and magic-realism based writings, was born in Kutubpur of Netrakona district on 13 November 1948....

Beyonce breaks record for most nominations in Grammy Awards
Beyonce breaks record for most nominations in Grammy Awards

American singer Beyonce Knowelshas become the mostGrammynominated artist of all time, after the Recording Academy announced its nominations on Friday. Beating her husband Jay-Zs record of 88 nominations, Beyonce has a whopping 99 nods under her belt, thanks to her first country album Cowboy...

Jury board for National Film Award 2023 revised
Jury board for National Film Award 2023 revised

The government has reconstituted a 13-member jury board for National Film Award 2023. The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting issued a notification in this regard on Monday. The notification said the jury board formed by the ministry on September 15 has been revised. The revised committee...