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Actress Nia Sharma called her longtime friend Ravie Dubey her bestie for his birthday. She posted a bunch of pictures and videos from his party on Instagram, joking she made the strict guest list. She celebrated their fourteen-year friendship, calling its evolution a move from annoying to...

The new actress Aneet Padda wrote a super-long and glowing birthday post for her co-star Ahaan Panday. She put up some unseen photos and videos for his twenty-eighth birthday. Her message on social media gushed about the future she imagines for him from their film Saiyaara. She described a...

Director James Cameron is still annoyed about an old awards show joke from comedian Amy Poehler. He recently called the bit an ignorant dig during a New York Times interview. The joke happened back at the Golden Globes ceremony. Poehler was co-hosting with Tina Fey when she referenced fellow...

A UN rights expert issued a sharp warning about mob violence against media and cultural groups in Bangladesh. Irene Khan, the UN special rapporteur on free expression, said the attacks on The Daily Star and Prothom Alo newspapers, plus the Chhayanaut cultural center, happened for a reason. She...

A court in Dhaka just approved another five days of police custody for a suspect linked to a political assassination. The suspect is Md Kabir, who police say worked with the main shooter, Faisal Karim Masud. They are the prime accused in the killing of Sharif Osman Hadi. Hadi was a...

A Chinese mining firm just got booted from a deal in Zimbabwe after a High Court decision. The company, Ming Chang Sino Africa Mining Investment, along with Fuel Africa and an individual named Wang Ke, got removed from a mining agreement with Gwampa Mining. Justice Bongani Ndhlovu in the...

The student wing of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party at Dhaka University threw a big event for Tarique Rahman. The Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal unit called it Prattabartan 25, a mix of a march and a concert. A huge crowd of the group's members turned out across the campus in the afternoon. Their...

That airport in Dhaka, Hazrat Shahjalal International, is locking down for a full day. Group Captain SM Ragib Samad, the airport's executive director, put out a notice about the new rules. For twenty-four hours, starting in the evening, nobody gets inside unless they are a traveler with a...

Bangladesh's railway service is cancelling three normal train lines for a full day to make room for special services. Those suspended services are the Rajbari Commuter line between Rajbari and Poradaha, the Rohanpur Commuter from Rohanpur to Rajshahi, and the Dhalarchar Express running between...

Ties between India and Bangladesh have gone seriously downhill since last year. A recent report from an international group points to the ousting of former leader Sheikh Hasina as the main trigger. India had strongly backed its government for fifteen years, a stance that built up significant...

A big hotel group on Hvar is finishing a total remake of one of its properties. The Sirena hotel, tucked away in its own bay near Hvar Town, has been completely redone ahead of its reopening next year. This continues a long investment push by Suncani Hvar Hotels, the island's main employer...

Two more people got murdered on Monday night in Guruve, with police hunting a main suspect. A mother and her daughter, who was in high school, were killed in Bhosha Village. Another child in the home survived by hiding. The Mashonaland Central police spokesperson confirmed the incident and said...

The tourism minister told airport workers to be nicer to people coming into the country. She said staff at entry points create the first impression for visitors and returning citizens, especially during the busy holiday travel period. She specifically highlighted the importance of the diaspora...

A bus full of Zimbabwean passengers almost died in a huge crash in South Africa. The cross-border coach smashed into a tanker truck and a car near Makhado town on the N1 highway. A local transport department spokesperson said the bus driver got badly hurt and went to the hospital. Everyone else...

The government set up a bunch of ambulances at accident hotspots for the holidays. They positioned twenty-seven advanced units at major highway danger zones, with more standard ambulances on standby nationwide. A dedicated free emergency line is active at 591. Officials revealed the plan during...

Farmers are being told to plant hard and mix up their crops with all this rain. Government officials are pushing to use the good wet season for a huge harvest. Whether people say the current La Nina pattern means normal or even above average rainfall, which is the second year in a row for these...

The biggest stock on the local exchange might jump ship. Econet Wireless plans a voluntary delisting from the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange, which would pull its roughly seventeen billion ZiG market value off the board. The company cited its shares trading at a major discount compared to similar...

The party's Women's League got a three-million-dollar fund this year for projects. Their administrative secretary discussed the group's role and plans. She stated the league acts as the core support structure, handling recruitment and local organizing to strengthen community presence. Their...

That house music thing is rolling back into Bulawayo. The Garden of House event is hitting again, set for a Christmas Eve party. The crew running it, Bulawayo Exclusive Events, says buzz is growing for this regular fixture. They are calling it an All White Party this time to match the holiday...

Bulawayo businesses need to link up directly with the giant new steel plant at Manhize. The call comes from a senior official who stated the city must become a core part of this modern steel value chain to regain its former industrial strength. The one point five billion dollar Dinson Iron and...