Probashbangla24 online Desk : Legendary Indian classical musician Annapurna Devi died at Breach Candy hospital in Mumbai on Saturday, hospital officials said. She was 91. She was declared dead at 3.51 am, they added. She was suffering from age related issues for the past few years, a spokesperson of Annapurna Devi Foundation, Mumbai said.…
Probashbangla24 online Desk : Screenwriter Ray Galton, who co-wrote the landmark British comedy series “Hancock’s Half Hour” and “Steptoe and Son,” has died at 88. Galton’s family said Saturday that he died Friday evening after a “long and heart-breaking battle with dementia.” The London-born Galton was diagnosed with life-threatening tuberculosis as a teenager. In a sanatorium,…
Probashbangla24 online Desk : For a man who undertook a total of 17 fasts during India’s freedom struggle (1913, 1914, 1918, 1919, 1921, 1922, 1924, 1925, twice in 1932 and 1933, 1934, 1939, 1943, 1947, 1948), his longest fast lasting 21 days, the Mahatma’s experiments with food seem as elaborate as his experiments with ahimsa and…
Probashbangla24 online Desk : In a sparkling white cap and oversized sunglasses, 55-year-old retiree Zhang Yongli and dozens of neighbours liven up a Shanghai park by doing the jitterbug, part of a public dance craze that has become China’s national pastime. Every day, an estimated more than 100 million people — dubbed “dancing aunties” as…
Probashbangla24 online Desk : Oscar-winning animator Will Vinton has died at the age of 70 after battling with multiple myeloma for 12 years. Vinton died on Thursday. The news was announced by his children Bildren, Jesse, and Alex in a Facebook post, reported variety.com. Having worked in more than hundred films, Vinton won an oscar for…
Probashbangla24 online Desk : An eight-year-old found a pre-Viking-era sword while swimming in a lake in Sweden during the summer. Saga Vanecek found the relic in the Vidöstern lake while at her family’s holiday home in Jönköping County. The sword was initially reported to be 1,000 years old, but experts at the local museum now believe…
Probashbangla24 online Desk : Ed Sheeran’s ÷ is the most-requested album on Amazon’s voice-activated speakers, the company has revealed. It’s hardly surprising: The record was the UK’s best-seller last year, shifting more than 2.5 million copies. Hit records by George Ezra, Adele and Dua Lipa also feature in the Top 50, which was released to coincide…
Probashbangla24 online Desk : Former Strictly Come Dancing star James Jordan is moving across to ITV to join the line-up for the next series of Dancing on Ice. Professional dancer James will join former Towie star Gemma Collins, actor Richard Blackwood and ex-Westlife singer Brian McFadden on the show Skating stars Torvill and Dean will return…
Probashbangla24 online Desk : Legendary Chicago blues guitarist Otis Rush, whose passionate, jazz-tinged music influenced artists from Carlos Santana and Eric Clapton to the rock band Led Zeppelin, died Saturday at the age of 84, his longtime manager said. Rush succumbed to complications from a stroke he suffered in 2003, manager Rick Bates said. Born in…
Probashbangla24 online Desk : Actress Claire Foy has opened up about her struggles with anxiety, revealing how her career worsened her condition. In an interview with the Guardian the 34-year-old said she had suffered anxiety since she was a child but it “exploded” when she became an actress. Foy recently won an Emmy for her role…