- Wednesday, February 26, 2025
Brazilian World Cup winner Ronaldinho has confirmed his upcoming visit to the city of Kolkata, in the Indian state of West Bengal, just ahead of the Durga Puja which is the biggest religious festival of Bengalis in Kolkata. For the three-time Ballon d’Or winner, this will be the maiden visit…
Pakistani star Mahira Khan has tied the knot with businessman Salim Karim in an intimate ceremony in the resort town of Bhurban, Pakistan. Mahira’s manager, Anushay Talha Khan, confirmed the news on her Instagram Stories with a video of the Raees star walking down the aisle. The short clip opens with Mahira,…
Les Dennis and his dance partner Nancy Xu have become the first couple to be eliminated from BBC One’s Strictly Come Dancing 2023 on Sunday night. When last week’s and this week’s scores and votes were combined, Les and Nancy were placed in the dance-off against presenter Nikita Kanda and her professional dance…
Ace filmmaker Shyam Benegal’s upcoming directorial venture Mujib – The Making of a Nation, a biographical drama on the towering legend of Bangladesh Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, will hit theatres worldwide on October 27. The National Film Development Corporation (NFDC) shared the film’s release date and trailer on its official page on…
CONSERVATIVES opened their annual conference on Sunday (1), with the party’s chairman conceding they were “the underdogs” heading into a general election expected next year amid widespread economic woes. The gathering in Manchester will be prime minister Rishi Sunak’s first since he became Tory leader last October, and likely the…
FINANCE MINISTER Hunt poured cold water on growing calls for tax cuts within the Tory party on Monday (2), saying he could not commit to any “inflationary” reduction before the next election. Before his speech at the party’s annual conference in the northern city of Manchester, Hunt was keen to…
INDIA’s squash team celebrated a gold medal gained in dramatic circumstances on Saturday (30) when Abhay Singh came back from two match points down to win the deciding game and so beat rivals Pakistan in the Asian Games men’s team final. After a topsy-turvy final that both sets of players…
THE success rates of ethnic minority led businesses are lower compared to those of their white counterparts despite their enormous contribution to the economy, a new report has revealed. The report called for strong engagement between business leaders, the government and people from ethnic minority backgrounds to boost diversity in…
TATA STEEL aims to complete decarbonisation journey at its plant in the UK in the next three years, the company’s CEO, TV Narendran, said. As part of its decarbonisation plan, the company will shift to low-emission electric arc furnace (EAF) process from the blast furnace (BF) route which is nearing…
AN Indian billionaire and his son were among the six individuals who tragically lost their lives in a plane crash in Zimbabwe last week. Harpal Randhawa, the owner of RioZim, a diversified mining company, along with his son and four others, perished when the plane crashed in the Zvamahande area…
