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UAE to the Moon: Rashid Rover 2 undergoes key lunar test, seals deal for high-tech cameras Ojana Shohore: New short film by Nasser Siddiqui Industries crippled by lawsuits and harassment Next general polls will be peaceful, festive: Home adviser BB reserve heist: CID recovers $81m from RCBC Three graft cases against Hasina, Tulip: Four more witnesses testify ACC seizes 23 sacks of documents on ex-land minister Saifuzzaman’s foreign assets Senior Secretary Mokhlesur removed from Public Administration Ministry Hostages at risk if assault continues: Hamas Treasure trove of tourism in Bangladesh still untapped
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10-point recommendations raised to ensure occupational safety of tannery workers

A 10-point recommendations, including establishing a 50-bed hospital in tannery industrial estate, has been raised for the occupational safety of tannery workers. Different stake holders, including trade bodies, raised the

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No forex crisis from Jan 2023, Bangladesh Bank Gov says

Dhaka, Nov 17: Bangladesh Bank Governor Abdur Rouf Talukder has said there will be no foreign exchange crisis from January 2023, as the country’s exports and remittances have become surplus

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Russia reveals grain volumes to Asia and Africa

Russia has maintained grain shipments to African and Asian countries, despite Western obstacles that violate the UN-backed food shipments deal reached in July, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Tuesday.

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Sale of jersey, flag goes up as soccer fever grips fans

Traders put on display jerseys and flags of different football-playing countries as their sale has gained momentum ahead of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022. The photo was taken from

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DSE share trading between 10am and 2:30pm from tomorrow

Share trading of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) will be held as per the new office schedule – from 10am to 2:30pm – from Tuesday, an official notification said. The Deputy

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Feni jewellers demand arrest of Arjun Vaduri killers

Jewellers in Feni formed human chain and held rallies protesting against killing of fellow trader Arjun Vaduri and demanding arrest of the killers. Owners of jewellery shops in five upazilas

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IMF loan terms suitable for Bangladesh: Experts

Economic analysts think that the conditions tagged with the IMF loan are suitable for Bangladesh and the conditions should be fulfilled for the greater interest of the country. “I think

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Many banks declining to open LC amid dollar crisis

The commercial banks in the country are facing difficulties in settling import payment obligations, with their holding of foreign currency depleting fast amid an ongoing dollar crisis, bankers and businesspeople

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AstraZeneca returns to profit on higher drugs revenue

British pharmaceuticals giant AstraZeneca on Thursday announced a return to third-quarter profit on increased revenue from sales of its drugs. Net profit for the Covid-vaccine maker came in at $1.64

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IMF team in talks with Bangladesh Bank officials on $4.5 loan

Negotiators from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), now in Dhaka to discuss a $4.5 billion loan to Bangladesh, sat with Bangladesh Bank officials on the second day of their visit

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Special 49th BCS exam to be held on 10 Oct

How to apply for the UAE Green Visa for skilled workers

China’s victory in people’s war against fascism

A real chance for change in Sri Lanka

JAGPA president injured in knife attack outside Gono Odhikar Parishad office

Left-leaning VP candidate loses candidacy in JUCSU polls

Unexpected incidents taking place in some univs, discussion for solution starts: Edn adviser

The megastar plays a philosophy professor shaken by a student’s sexual assault allegation against a colleague in Luca Guadagnino’s new film – and she’s easily the best thing about it. Julia Roberts doesn’t make many films these days. She was in Leave the World Behind in 2023; in 2022, there was her tropical romantic comedy with George Clooney, Ticket to Paradise; and then we have to jump all the way back to 2018 for her previous turn in Ben Is Back. But you can see why she chose to star in After the Hunt, a contentious campus drama directed by Luca Guadagnino (Call Me By Your Name, Challengers). Roberts is on screen for almost every one of its 139 minutes, and she is the monumental centre around which its chaos and controversy swirl. It’s the kind of heavyweight role that gets awards nominations if it goes to the right person – and Roberts is definitely the right person. Her character is Alma, a philosophy professor at Yale University. Striding regally around its leafy quadrangles in a chic white suit that matches her blonde hair, this combatively intelligent alpha female is adored by everyone who knows her. Her husband Frederik (Michael Stuhlbarg) is resigned to the fact that he loves her more than she loves him, and is willing to make whimsical jokes about the imbalance; Hank (Andrew Garfield), a would-be rebellious friend and colleague, is even more flirtatious with her than he is with everyone else; and her favourite PhD student, Maggie (Ayo Edebiri), worships her – which could explain why she is Alma’s favourite PhD student. It seems as if the status quo might soon be upset, though, as either Alma or Hank – or perhaps both – is expected to be granted permanent tenure. But then something far more drastic happens. The day after a boozy party in Alma and Frederik’s book-lined flat, Maggie tells Alma that Hank walked her home and then “crossed a line”. Alma is sympathetic – but only up to a point. There is no evidence of assault, so she isn’t sure whether to trust the word of a new friend over an old one, especially at such a critical moment in her career. And maybe, her thinking goes, lines were crossed at the party anyway, considering that teachers and students were hugging each other while knocking back expensive wine. “Roberts’ Alma is a coiled spring: her steely stillness makes her ferocity all the more powerful” It’s refreshing to see a grown-up Hollywood film that takes on contemporary issues: feminism, cancel culture, identity politics, and the generation gap. But After the Hunt is more of an admirable project than an engaging drama, because it never stops reminding you of how clever it wants to be. Guadagnino keeps showing off his quirky camera angles and intrusive music choices. The screenplay, by Nora Garrett, squeezes too much philosophical jargon into the dialogue, and too many tangential scenes and subplots into the structure. You might think that the alleged assault would be a big enough deal for any film, but Alma is given mysterious abdominal pains and guilty secrets, and Maggie is overloaded with significance as a queer, black, plagiarism-prone young woman with a non-binary partner and rich parents who are major donors to the university. In theory, viewers of After the Hunt should leave the cinema arguing about its subject matter. In practice, they’re more likely to be asking each other what was going on and what it meant. It’s all a bit much, basically. Garfield, miscast as a denim-clad dude who is, it is implied, roughly the same age as Roberts’ character, shouts and swears and waves his arms with a quantity-over-quality approach to acting. Stuhlbarg’s flouncing and sing-song delivery are presumably meant to be irritating, but perhaps not as irritating as they actually are. At the heart of it all, though, Roberts is a different matter. She understands that less can be more. Her Alma is a coiled spring: her steely stillness makes her ferocity all the more powerful and her pain all the more intense. Her muttering is scarier than Garfield’s yelling, and when she glares at someone, they stay glared at. It’s an expertly controlled performance which demonstrates why Roberts has been a Hollywood icon for so long, and why she could well be in line for her second Oscar, 25 years after Erin Brockovich. After the Hunt would have been better if everyone else involved had had some of that control, too.

CA to hold meeting with 7 more political parties this afternoon

BMD predicts flashflood, multiple low pressures in September across Bangladesh

Mohammad Hamiduzzaman MD, Chairman, Editorial Board

M. Abid Rahman, Editor

A K Azad, Bangladesh Bureau Chief

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