Culture Desk A week-long Korean Film Festival, featuring nine popular Korean films, started at Bangladesh National Museum from November 19. Organised by the embassy of South Korea in Dhaka, the festival was formally inaugurated on November 20 by cultural affair…
Culture Desk The ninth “Jatra Festival” will end today. The theatre festival for rural dramas started on November 21 at the Studio Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. On each day three back-to-back dramas have been staged during the festival.…
Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan along with her daughter Aaradhya Bachchan and mother Vrinda Rai visited a hospital recently. The actress honoured her father Krishnaraj Rai’s love for children on his birth anniversary by sponsoring surgeries for 100 children born…
Culture Desk Ra’dia Inc. and Kotha Kobita Abritti jointly organised a unique poetry competition programme titled “Kobitar Khojey”. Promising poets receited their self-composed poems. This initiative is designed to make youths of the country vibrant, literate and creative. In this…
India’s largest film event International Film Festival of India (IFFI) will begin Monday in western state of Goa, officials said. During the nine-day event, around 200 films from over 80 countries will be screened. “The 48th IFFI will open with…
Entertainment Desk Shakib Khan is bringing a new film under his own banner SK films. Titled Priotoma and directed by Himel Ashraf, popular Dhallywood actress Bubly will be seen against King Khan in this film, informed the actor. “Himel Ashraf…
After just four days, Taylor Swift has sold more albums in the US than any other artist this year. The star’s sixth album, Reputation, has sold 1.04 million copies in the US since Friday, says Billboard magazine. That puts her…
Culture Desk Bengal Classical Music Festival 2017 will happen finally. After much anticipation the sixth edition of the annual festival has been confirmed to start on December 26 at Abahani Math, Shat Masjid Road in Dhanmandi in the capital. Nearly…
Dhaka, Nov 15 – The 20th Nabanna festival was held at Fine Art Faculty of Dhaka University (DU) campus on Wednesday.
She has been a part of some of Bollywood’s biggest hits like “Namastey London”, “Dhoom 3” and “Ek Tha Tiger”, but her last few films, including “Baar Baar Dekho” and “Jagga Jasoos”, didn’t get an impressive response at the box…
The 7th Dhaka Literary Festival (DLF) will begin on the premises of Bangla Academy here on November 16. The Cultural Affairs Ministry, Bangla Academy and Jatrik Production Limited (JPL) are jointly organizing the three-day literary event that will continue till…
Entertainment Desk Former Lux Channel i superstar Chaity has been absent from the big screen for a while now, but the popular actress is making a comeback in a big screen venture released under the Impress Telefilms banner. After four…
Showtime Desk Actor and producer Monowar Hossain Dipjol has returned to Bangladesh from Singapore following his treatment after 51 days on November 9. According to his daughter, Oliza Monowar, his health has improved and is slowly getting back to his…
Dhaka – ARTCON in association with Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy is organising a two week-long solo art exhibition of artist Mahbub Zamal Shamim titled ‘Jungle of Humanity’ on Friday, 10 November 2017 at 4:30 pm at the ‘Gallery-2’ of National Art…
National award winning actor Sonam Kapoor said she would have loved to be a part of dad Anil Kapoor’s blockbuster film ‘Mr. India.’ The ‘Neerja’ star recently revealed her wish while interacting with fans in a special Q&A session after…
Culture Desk Halda has got the sensor board’s approval. Tauquir Ahmed who is currently in Tunisia has confirmed the news. He has also noted that members of the board have praised the film. Tauquir is currently participating in the 28th…
One of the much talked about and highly anticipated trailers Tiger Zinda Hai is out! And we must say it has all the ingredients of a high octane action masala potboiler Bollywood film. Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif rock the…
Dhaka Reporters’ Unity (DRU) will organise a daylong children-juvenile festival on Friday on the premises of the organization. Off springs of the DRU members will take part in the festival which will feature music, recitation of poems and painting competition,…
Entertainment Desk Abu Sayeed directed film titled ‘Ekjon Kobi-r Mrittyu’ is set to be premiered at Kolkata International Film Festival of this year. The film is about a nature-loving poet who is unable to gaze at the stars in the…
Entertainment Desk One of the lead actresses of the country Purnima will return to the silver screen. “Lal Tip” and “Porobashinee” director, Swapan Ahmed, has recently announced that his new film “Voboghure” has cast Dhallywood actor Purnima in the lead.…
Dhaka – A group art exhibition by Art Stories titled ‘A Delightful Journey’ that has been inaugurated at Alliance Française, on Friday, 3 November. Actor, stage director and theatre producer Ramendu Majumdar attended the ceremony as the chief guest and…
Dhaka – ‘A Delightful Journey’ by Art Stories, a group exhibition, will open at La Galerie, Alliance Francaise, Dhaka on Friday, 3 November at 5.30 pm. The exhibition will continue until 10 November, says an AF Dhaka press release Actor,…
Haiti is still reeling from the 2010 earthquake that killed more than 220,000 people, but from the debris of its devastated towns, a nascent film industry has begun to emerge. At its forefront is Guetty Felin, whose “Ayiti Mon Amour,”…
From zafor firoze <zaforfiroze@gmail.com> Film director Zafor Firoze has been completing his Film study from Malaysia recently. While studying he directed the feature film named ‘A Signature’. This movie artist is from Bangladesh-Malaysia- China and Pakistan. This movie’s executive producer…
Entertainment Desk In order to pay a tribute to the lost superstar of Dhallywood Manna, private television channel RTV has organized a film festival in his honor. The channel will air seven of the demised actor’s films as part of…
Entertainment Desk The top most romantic and talented actress Joya Ahsan will appear as ‘Banolota Sen’ in her upcoming movie ‘Jhora Palok’. The storyline of the movie is the biography of renowned poet Jibanananda Das. In Jhora Palok, Joya will…
Dhaka, Oct 29 – A three-day ‘Dhaka International Folk Festival 2017’ will begin at Bangladesh Army Stadium in the city on November 9.
Entertainment Desk Popular band ‘Aurthohin’ has been out of spotlight for a while as it’s leader Sumon, also known as ‘Bassbaba’, was taking a break from musical activities due to sickness. On June 17, Sumon had an operation on his…
Entertainment Desk Popular actress Purnima will be the judge of a reality show, which is based around finding the best culinary artistes in Bangladesh, for the first time. Two more persons will also be the judges for the show titled…
Culture Desk Classical Dance Festival at BSA next month Caption: Srishti Director and dancer Anisul Islam Hero announces the Srishti-Meena Bazar Dance Drama Festival 2017, to be held from November 1-4, at a press conference on October 23. Centre and…