The 65th National Film Awards were announced on Friday at Shastri Bhawan in New Delhi. The chairpersons of three juries (Feature, Non-feature and Writing) announced the awards in the various categories. Headed by filmmaker Shekar Kapur, the panel included lyricist…
Dhaka, Apr 14 – Pahela Baishakh, the first day of Bangla calendar year 1425, was celebrated amid traditional festivities and enthusiasm across the country on Saturday.
Pahela Baishakh, the first day of Bangla calendar, will be celebrated across the country on Saturday amid festivity and gaiety.
Mangal Shobhajatra, the traditional procession welcoming Bangla New Year which was started in 1989 by the students and teachers of the Faculty of Fine Art of Dhaka University (DU), will be brought out tomorrow with a different dimension because of…
Entertainment Desk With a slogan like ‘Let the New Year come and past year go, let’s be friend with theater ‘, Swapnadal, one of the leading theater troupe of Bangladesh, is organizing four special performance of their acclaimed production Chitrangada…
Rangamati, Apr 12 – Boisabi Utsab, the biggest traditional festival of tribal people, began in Rangamati through floating flowers in the Kaptai Lake at Chakma Rajbari ghat here early Thursday.
Entertainment Desk To welcome the Bangla New Year 1425 as well as celebrating its silver jubilee, Surer Dhara, a leading cultural organization in the country, is arranging a four-day program from today to April 14. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will…
Entertainment Desk Audience-admired artiste duo Tahsan Khan and Zakia Bari Momo are coming back on the screen once again in a new Pahela Baishakh tele-drama titled ‘Sonali Ilisher Galpo’. The tele-drama is scripted and directed by Sagar Jahan.
Dhaka, April 9 – The inauguration of a solo exhibition entitled PHOTOSEUM, by noted portrait photographer Nasir Ali Mamun, on 10 April 2018, Tuesday, 5:00 pm, at Nalini Kanta Bhattasali Gallery of Bangladesh National Museum, Dhaka.
Entertainment Desk India’s Manushi Chhillar has been named as the face of jewellery group Malabar Gold & Diamonds. This is her first endorsement deal after winning the Miss World crown. The Haryana-born beauty queen, who brought home the world crown…
Entertainment Desk Swapnajaal and Palake Palake Tomake Chai hit cinemas across the country.Giasuddin Selim’s second directorial movie Swapnajaal comes after a long hiatus of over nine years. Selim’s directorial debut film Monpura, which was released in 2009, was a huge…
Dhaka – Despite a strong campaign over the last few years against keeping hilsa on Pahela Baishakh’s morning menu as an ‘artificial’ culture, the demand for the delicious fish among city dwellers looks still very high this year too, pushing…
Cultural Correspondent Sharmin Sultana Sumi, one of most established vocalists of this age has been vital to the band “Chirkutt” for long. She along with the band has won numerous accolades. Now Sumi has got another prestigious award in her…
Legend Kenny Rogers on Wednesday scrapped the final dates on what he has billed as a farewell tour, citing unspecified health concerns. The 79-year-old singer, best known for the hits “Lady” and “The Gambler,” has been “working through a series…
Culture Desk Closeup One star and popular Lalon singer Nasrin Akhter Beauty’s new music video “Prem Sadhona” was released on March 29 on Sangeeta Music’s official Youtube channel. The track penned by Tareq Anando and composed by Sajib Das was…
Culture Desk Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre (IGCC) recently organised a Tagore musical evening by noted Tagore artiste Mahadev Ghose at Sufia Kamal Auditorium of Bangladesh National Museum in the city.
“Bizli,” which claims to be Bangladesh’s first superhero film, produced by and starring Bangladeshi actor Eamin Haque Bobby, received its uncut censor certificate in February and is set to be released in theatres nationwide on April 13.
Entertainment Desk When Babita started telling her struggling stories, she did not need any direction or script. With a slight heavy voice she told how she lost her mother and how Suchonda became the guardian; and now after so long…
Bangladesh National Film Award winner Giasuddin Selim’s much-anticipated film “Swapnajaal” is finally ready for release. The director announced at a Dhaka Club press conference on Wednesday that the film is going to be released at 30 cinema halls across the…
Culture Desk Artist Jahangir Hossain’s 12th solo art exhibition “Life in Mirror” opens today at 5:00pm at DD Gallery in Gulshan.
The Indian film industry is a citadel of secularism where there’s no scope for communal bias, said veteran writer-lyricist Javed Akhtar.
Hit working-class sitcom “Roseanne” returned to US television screens Tuesday after a two-decade hiatus, winning generally positive reviews in a sharply polarized America with a title character who is now a pill-popping, Trump-voting grandma.
Culture Desk Goti Theatre’s latest production “Roktoanchon” will open at the Rangamati Indigenous Community Cultural Center on March 30. The play is written by Ashik Sumon, who is also directing it. The theatre company’s president Moni Pahari said in a…
Culture Desk Zulfikar Russel has received the “Radio Mirchi Music Award.” The lyricist got his first award outside Bangladesh for penning songs for Nachiketa’s solo album “Shabuj Chilo.” Awards in different categories were handed over on March 7 at Nazrul…
Mymensingh, March 23 – Trivuz, a cultural organization of Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) in Mymensingh organized a cultural programme at Shilpacharya Zainul Abedin Auditorium on the campus recently.
Actor Sanjay Dutt has slammed author Yasser Usman and publishers Juggernaut for an unofficial biography on him, saying the book is based on “tabloids and gossip magazines” and hurts his family. The actor, whose life story is already being adapted…
Culture Desk Dhallywood superstars Shakib Khan and Misha Shawdagar Shahid Hasan has finally declared that they will be working together after more than a year in the upcoming film “Captain Khan.” Speculations were made that they might not work together…
Cultural Correspondent Rumana Islam, daughter of renowned artiste and music composer Khan Ataur Rahman, recently rendered songs written and composed by her late father at a solo musical soiree which was held at Sufia Kamal Auditorium of Bangladesh National Museum…
Noted poet, journalist and editor Sikandar Abu Zafar was born on March 19 at Tentulia, under Satkhira district in 1919. He was the editor of the monthly literary magazine Samakal. March 19 marked the 99th birth anniversary of Sikandar Abu…
Entertainment Desk After roaming several international film festivals, the film ‘Matir Projar Deshe’ (Kingdom of Clay Subjects) directed by Imtiaz Ahmed Bijon, is finally going to hit country cinemas on March 23.Popular actors Jayanta Chattopadhyay, Rokeya Prachi, Mahmudur Aninda and…