Culture

News Hour: The death last year of actor Carrie Fisher, best known for her role as Princess Leia in the “Star Wars” franchise, was due to sleep apnea and other causes, the Los Angeles County Coroner’s...

News Hour: Pop superstar Katy Perry has made history by becoming the first user to garner 100 million followers on Twitter, the social media platform announced. “Today we #WITNESS history,” Twitter said Friday in a tweet,...

News Hour: John Avildsen, the Oscar-winning director whose blockbuster films like “Rocky” and “The Karate Kid” championed the ascent of underdogs, has died. He was 81 years old. The filmmaker died of pancreatic cancer at Cedars-Sinai...

News Hour: A deadlocked Pennsylvania jury battling to reach a verdict in Bill Cosby’s sexual assault trial was to deliberate a fifth day Friday as to whether or not he drugged and molested a woman more...

News Hour: Noted singer and Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendro artiste Abdul Jabbar’s first musical album “Kothai Amar Nil Doria” has been released online. The album contains nine songs written by Md Amirul Islam and composed by...

News Hour: Digital content creator The Viral Fever, (TVF) known for creating popular web-series Permanent Roommates, Pitchers, Tripling has announced that its founder, Arunabh Kumar has decided to step down as TVF, chief executive officer. He...

News Hour: The 21st edition of the Dubai International Holy Quran Award (DIHQA) held with rich culture programmes at different venues at Dubai. 13 years old Bangladeshi boy Mohammad Tariqul Islam wins the top prestigious Dh250,000...

News Hour: Singer Adele was among people who gathered on Wednesday night close to a London tower block that was destroyed in a catastrophic fire, according to posts on social media. Twelve people have been confirmed...

News Hour: A 24-year-old YouTube singer with a teen fan base has been charged with using social media to solicit explicit videos from two young female fans. Austin Jones was charged with two counts of production...

News Hour: Bob Dylan has been accused of borrowing heavily for part of the Nobel Literature Prize lecture he finally delivered to the Swedish Academy last week. The singer-songwriter’s remarks on how the book “Moby Dick”...