The 40th death anniversary of veteran politician Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhasani will be observed across the country tomorrow.Popularly known as “Majlum Jananeta”, the leader of the downtrodden, Maulana Bhasani, passed away on November 17 in 1976.To mark the day,…
Eagles of Death Metal frontman Jesse Hughes on Tuesday made a surprise performance at a London tribute concert to his “dear friend” Nick Alexander, the roadie killed in last year’s Paris attacks. The US rocker performed a solo set and…
Los Angeles (AP/UNB) — Director Bill Condon was only interested in turning Disney’s animated classic “Beauty and the Beast ” into a live-action film if he could use Alan Menken’s Oscar-winning score. He remembers fondly when it came out in…
Culture Desk Nobel Prize winning litterateur VS Naipaul is coming to Bangladesh to attend the Dhaka Literary Festival, to be held at the Bangla Academy during November 17-19. The festival will be inaugurated at 11am. The sixth edition of the…
Hard rock chart-toppers Aerosmith on Monday announced a “farewell” tour for 2017, although they stopped short of saying the shows will be their last. The nearly half-century-old band behind rock classics such as “Dream On,” “Walk This Way” and “Janie’s…
Dhaka – Hollywood supermodel and actress Vanessa Curry has draped herself in Bangladeshi fabrics such as Muslin, Katan and Jamdani, all to be on the cover of the upcoming December issue of LA Fashion, designed by Zoan Ash’s Asma Sultana.…
Actor Parineeti Chopra has her hands full with a lot of projects this year. While she has just wrapped up the shoot of Yash Raj Film’s Meri Pyari Bindu along with Ayushmann Khurrana and already working on her character in…
Leon Russell, who achieved rare fame as a session musician by playing with artists from The Rolling Stones to Elton John and pursuing his own eclectic career, has died. He was 74. Russell, who remained active and had tour dates…
As you know Shilpa Shetty judges a dance reality show on television along with choreographer Geeta Kapoor and Anurag Basu. Recently, on the show they had finished judging all the contestants when they were informed that there’s one more contestant…
New York – Fashion show production was taken to a whole new level last month when Jessica Minh Anh hosted an impressive sky-high ocean catwalk overlooking New York’s famous skyline. Staged on the sun deck of the German cruise ship…
Iconic Egyptian actor Mahmoud Abdel Aziz, who starred in more than 90 feature films and worked under some of Egypt’s most celebrated directors, has died aged 70. Aziz died on Saturday evening “in hospital in Cairo, at the end of…
Sudhurendar Sharma With gender stereotyping deeply embedded in our society, women’s self-esteem is traditionally assumed to be determined by how they perceive themselves in the eyes of others.
Entertainment Desk The 14th International Short and Independent Film Festival-Dhaka will be begun on December 3, featuring over 500 films from around the world. This is the highest number of films featured in a single edition in the history of…
Entertainment Desk Shruti Hassan has been away from the city for a while now. She’s been busy shooting for her dad’s film, Shabash Kundu. Now we hear she’s coming out with a single soon. Shruti is a talented singer. She’s…
Leonard Cohen, the gravelly-voiced Canadian singer-songwriter of “Hallelujah,” ”Suzanne” and “Bird on a Wire,” has died at age 82.Cohen’s management said in a statement Thursday that he has passed away, and a memorial will take place in Los Angeles at…
Alia Bhatt is all praise for the Sonam Kapoor-starrer Neerja but says she would be upset if she does not win an award for her widely acclaimed performance in Udta Punjab. During a recent episode of Koffee with Karan, when…
Cultural Correspondent Bangladeshi documentary film, “Jholmolia – The Sacred Water” directed by Saiful Wadud Helal, will be presented in the documentary section of this year’s 22nd Kolkata international film festival which will be held in Kolkata, India from November 11…
Adele has more than doubled how much she’s worth to be crowned the richest British celebrity under 30. She’s knocked One Direction off the top spot after their three-year run in first place and is now reported to have an…
Actor Brad Pitt is seeking joint custody of his six children in his split from Angelina Jolie, court filings show. The move comes after Ms Jolie asked for full physical custody of all the children, who are aged eight to…
Md. Musfiqur Rahman Sifat, BAU Correspondent Mymensingh – The Bangladesh Agricultural University Journalists’ Association (BAUJA), the first university journalist association of Bangladesh held a two-day annual tour to Sajek valley in Rangamati hill district. I am a member of the…
Entertainment Desk Mr. Perfectionist Aamir Khan and wife Kiran Rao have recently been spotted in Arunachal Pradesh. The couple headed to Mechuka on Wednesday to attend the Mechuka Adventure Festival. Aamir shared an adorable click of the couple snuggled up…
China passed a restrictive and long-discussed film law Monday banning content deemed harmful to the “dignity, honour and interests” of the People’s Republic and encouraging the promotion of “socialist core values”. Booming box-office receipts have drawn Hollywood studios and a…
Sudhirendar Sharma For a country that spends less than 4% of its GDP on healthcare, even war-torn Afghanistan spends 8%, its financially-constrained healthcare system has left millions of people to fend for their own healthy survival.
Dhaka – The Asia Foundation-Bangladesh will organize a book donation event supported by Pubali Bank Ltd. on November 8, 2016, at Moulvibazar Government High School Auditorium. The Asia Foundation will donate approximately 3,500 Bangla and English language books worth 44…
Dhaka – Fawad Khan, wife reveal name of their baby girl in the most adorable way possible, reports The Express Tribune. Pakistani heartthrob Fawad Khan and his wife Sadaf who recently welcomed their second child marked one month of their…
Culture Desk Citibank, Bangladesh is holding its annual “Gaane Gaane Gunijon Songbordhona” for the 12th year on November 5 at Radisson Blu Water Garden hotel to honor the lifetime contribution and 50 years completion of the musical journey of eminent…
Mahfuzur Rahman A press conference is an ideal event where reporters get the opportunity to assert themselves as journalists in real sense. The duty of a good reporter is to gather information to file a good report from any event…
Dhaka – An Afghan woman immortalised on the cover of National Geographic magazine has been denied bail after being arrested on fraud charges. Sharbat Gula, whose haunting green eyes made her famous, fled Soviet-occupied Afghanistan as a child and was…
Dhaka-Fans and different types of organizations and television channels will take the initiative to organize a variety of programmes around the birth anniversary of popular writer Humayun Ahmed on November 13.
The writer of hit film “The Queen” returns to his favorite subject this week with a new Netflix series offering perhaps the most intimate portrait yet of Britain’s head of state. All 10 episodes of “The Crown” will be available…