May 2019

Spanish star Antonio Banderas won best actor at the Cannes film festival Saturday for playing his friend Pedro Almodovar in the director's new movie, "Pain & Glory". "Almodovar is my mentor. We have been friends for 40 years... I saw…

Brad Pitt says he would love to work with his "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" co-star Leonardo DiCaprio again. The Quentin Tarantino directorial is the first collaboration between the two Hollywood stars and Pitt, 55, said they had a…

Congress leader Sonia Gandhi has won from Raebareli Lok Sabha seat, defeating her nearest rival, BJP candidate Dinesh Pratap Singh. Gandhi has won by a margin of 1,67,178 votes, the Election Commission's website said. While Gandhi got…

The 13th span of the much-hyped Padma Bridge will be installed on Friday which will make 1,950 metres of the bridge visible. The 13th span is being taken to the pillar by floating crane Tian-E from the Mawa Kumarbhog Construction Yard on…

Kamalapur Railway Station in Dhaka on Friday witnessed long queues of holidaymakers as the sale of advance train tickets by Bangladesh Railway rolled on to third day. Bangladesh Railway began its advance ticket sale on May 22, promising…

In an inhuman act, a 90-year-old woman was thrown out on the road by one of her son. The cruel incident happened on Tuesday night in Masterpara area of Feni Town. The commuters, who observed the travails of the nonagenarian woman…

Riding on a massive Modi wave sweeping through most parts of India, the BJP was set to return to power Thursday as it led in 292 seats while the Congress trailed far behind with 51, according to trends released by the Election Commission…

The BJP was ahead in three of the four crucial constituencies in Uttar Pradesh, including Amethi – the seat of Congress president Rahul Gandhi, as the election results 2019 kept coming. At the time of writing, BJP candidate Smriti Irani…

Natore Jubo League (JL) leader Jamil Hossain Milon, who has been missing since February 1, finally returned home early Thursday. Milon, a nomination seeker from the ruling Awami League (AL) for the chairman post in the Natore Sadar…

The BJP is leading in both the Lok Sabha seats in Tripura as per initial trends, election officials said Thursday. BJP candidate Pratima Bhoumik of the West Tripura Lok Sabha seat has taken a comfortable lead of 1,22,865 votes against…