Sushmita Sen has announced that she is returning to films, nearly a decade after her last Bollywood outing, Anees Bazmee’s No Problem (2010).
Category: Art & culture
Miss South Africa wins 2019 Miss Universe crown
Miss South Africa was crowned Miss Universe on Sunday in Atlanta after a lavish ceremony filled with glitter and heartfelt speeches about female empowerment.
‘Gondi’ features Rupankar’s song
Culture Desk Popular singer from Pacchim Bangla, Rupankar Bagchi has joined Fakhrul Arefin Khan’s second movie ‘Gondi’. He gave voice to a song of this movie titled ‘Tobu Dupaye’.
Egypt uncovers large stone slabs of Pharaonic temple
Cairo, Dec 7 – Xinhua/UNB – Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities announced on Friday that it has discovered a number of huge archaeological stone blocks near Giza pyramids west of the capital Cairo.
‘Tales of the Old Dhaka’ group painting show at AFD Tuesday
The European Union National Institutes for Culture (Alliance Française de Dhaka, British Council Bangladesh, Goethe-Institut Bangladesh), EU Delegation, Embassy of Spain, Dhaka South City Corporation, Bulbul Academy of Fine Arts, and Institute of Architects Bangladesh cordially invite you to celebrate…
“Jumanji: The Next Level” leads Chinese mainland box office
“Jumanji: The Next Level,” a sequel to the 2017 American adventure comedy film “Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle,” topped the Chinese mainland box office Friday, according to the China Movie Data Information Network Saturday.
Hanif Sanket breaks silence on controversy doctor couple
Culture Desk Television host and media personality Hanif Sanket is in the limelight since the broadcast of the Rangamati special episode of the popular magazine show ‘Ityadi.’ In the show, Hanif Sanket brought to light the selflessness and supreme example…
Miles to perform at a gala concert on December 24
Culture Desk Popular Bangladeshi band Miles is going to perform at a gala concert in celebration of its 40th anniversary. The concert will be held at Bashundhara International Convocation Center (BICC) in Dhaka on December 24.
Manisha Koirala says ‘forever grateful’ to get second life
Manisha Koirala won the battle with ovarian cancer in 2014 and she is “forever grateful” for it.
Video game maker to pay $10 million in gender bias case
DECEMBER 03, 2019, AP/UNB- The maker of popular video game League of Legends has agreed to pay $10 million to female employees to settle a broad gender discrimination case.
Rock tragedy: Music superstars, small suburb forever linked
Finneytown, December 02, 2019 – The concrete bench in a small northern Cincinnati suburb depicts a guitar, with the message “My Generation” just below it.
Jaaved Jaaferi joins for film Coolie No 1
Known for his comic roles, actor Jaaved Jaaferi is all set to tickle the funny bone of the audience once again as he joined the ensemble cast of the remake of the 1995 hit film Coolie No. 1. The new…
‘Channel i Band Fest 2019’ kicks off today
Culture Desk To celebrate the month of victory, Channel i is going to organise the 6th ‘Channel i Band Fest 2019’ at its premises on today.
Fundraising concert announced for Andrew Kishore
Entertainment Desk A concert to raise funds for Andrew Kishore’s treatment has been announced. The concert will be held on December 20 at New York’s Queens Palace.
Two-day SM Sultan Utsab-2019 begins in Narail
NARAIL, NOVEMBER 30, 2019 – A Two-day-long SM Sultan Utsab-2019 began amid festivity at the Zila Shilpakala Academy premises in Rupganj on Saturday. The festival started with a children’s art competition at 8am.
Female comic superhero of India back
A female superhero will use her powers to fight sex crimes in India and the stigma that trafficking survivors face, in the third instalment of a comic series due to be released this week.
Rahat Fateh Ali Khan sings Bangla song
Culture Desk Celebrated singer of the sub continent Rahat Fateh Ali Khan has sung a Bangla song for the first time in his career.
Film ‘No Dorai’ gets censor certificate
Culture Desk Bangladesh’s first surfing film ‘No Dorai’ faced an obstruction regarding the permission for its release from Bangladesh Film Censor Board.
Artist Firoz Mahmud has been nominated for COAL prize from France
Culture Desk Bangladeshi artist Firoz Mahmud has been nominated for COAL prize from the Coalition for Art and Sustainable Development (COAL) organisation who work in the fields of contemporary art, sustainable development and research in order to promote the emergence…
Tiffany is latest jewel for French luxury group LVMH’s crown
PARIS, NOVEMBER 26, 2019 – French luxury group LVMH has agreed to buy New York jeweler Tiffany & Co. for $16.2 billion, adding a famed star to its portfolio that already boasts Louis Vuitton, Christian Dior and Bulgari.
Debojyoti Mishra composes background music of ‘Gondi’
Culture Desk Editing of the second film ‘Gondi’ by Fakhrul Arefin Khan, the maker of ‘Bhuban Majhii’, is underway.
Fauzia Khan’s two documentaries screened at Goethe Institute
DHAKA, NOVEMBER 25, 2019 – Two documentary films of independent documentary filmmaker, film editor and educator Fauzia Khan were screened at Goethe-Institut Bangladesh on Sunday.
Music legend Mobarak Hossain Khan passes away
Dhaka, Nov 24 – Renowned Bangladeshi musicologist, classical musician and writer Mobarak Hossain Khan (81) breathed his last on Sunday at his residence in West Rampura in the capital. Reenat Fauzia, educationist and daughter of the Swadhinota Padak- winning classical…
Salim Merchant claims YRF haven’t paid royalties for 4 years
Musician Salim Merchant, of the composer duo Salim-Sulaiman, shocked Bollywood buffs on Thursday by alleging that the prestigious production house Yash Raj Films (YRF) has not paid him royalties despite having collected the same.
ATM Shamsuzzaman, Masud Ali Khan pairs for Ityadi
Culture Desk Veteran actor ATM Shamsuzzaman fought for his life at a hospital in the city for four months. While he was at the hospital, renowned host Hanif Sanket used to pay regular visit to him and during one of…
Dress of Diana up for sale
A midnight blue velvet gown worn by Princess Diana when she danced with actor John Travolta at the White House is being put up for sale, an auction house said Monday.
Spanish play Dilemmas With My Flamenco Tailcoat charms crowd
‘Dilemmas With My Flamenco Tailcoat’, a Spanish solo play written, acted and directed by Spanish theatre artist Valeria Tejero Navas was staged on Monday at the international theatre festival ‘BotTala RonggoMela 2019’ and mesmerized audiences with its unique presentation of…
Group art exhibition ‘Odds and Ends’ at AF Dhaka Tuesday
A group art exhibition titled ‘Odds and Ends’ by a group of students from the Faculty of Fine Art, University of Dhaka will open at Galerie Zoom of Alliance Francaise, Dhaka on Tuesday, 19 November 2019 at 5.30 pm.
Jayanta Chattopadhyay receives Naren Biswas Padak
Culture Desk This year’s Naren Biswas Padak has been conferred to renowned elocutionist Jayanta Chattopadhyay on November 16 for his immense contribution to recitation and acting.
Time extended for exhibition on PM Hasina at Shilpakala
Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy’s special exhibition on the life and works of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, titled ‘Sheikh Hasina – Bangladesh Er Shopnosharathi’ has been extended due to visitors’ demand.It will now be concluded on November 30.