Dhaka, Feb 3 (UNB) – UNHCR special envoy and Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie has planned to visit Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar district this week to see the situation on the ground and meet Rohingya people. She is likely to…
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Meghan puts notes on bananas sent to needy women in Britain
London, Feb 3 (AP/UNB) — Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, has written personal messages to women being helped by a charity that seeks to help sex workers break free from prostitution. Prince Harry’s wife took the unusual step of writing…
Varun hurts himself on the sets of dance film
Varun Dhawan is one of the most bankable stars of yesterday’s time with several hits to his name. His hardwork and dedication is commendable and thus a lot of big directors want to work with him. Varun landed in Mumbai…
Children’s chatters abuzz book fair
Entertainment Desk The second day of the Amar Ekushey Grantha Mela was abuzz with children’s chatters as the first day of Shishu Prohor (children’s hour) gave them an all round opportunity to enjoy themselves on the fair ground. Children of…
Deepika appointed as new Chairperson of MAMI
Actress Deepika Padukone has replaced producer Kiran Rao as the chairperson of the Mumbai Academy of Moving Image (MAMI), which organizes the Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival with Star. “Kiran Rao had decided to step down (as the chairperson of…
Rohit Shetty considering casting Sonam in his next?
Sonam Kapoor is currently gearing up for the release of Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga alongside Anil Kapoor, Rajkummar Rao and Juhi Chawla. While Rohit Shetty’s last film Simmba starring Ranveer Singh and Sara Ali Khan was a…
Publication ceremony of ‘Satyer Bel-shoot’ held in capital
Dhaka, Feb 01 – The publication ceremony of ‘Satyer belshoot’ a new book by Sohel Mahmud Sagor was held at the Samaj Kalyan Sanity Bhaban in the Mohammadpur area of the capital on Friday. Another book titled Theosophy by the…
33rd Bangladesh Poetry Festival 2019 begins
Dhaka, Feb 1 – The 33rd edition of ‘Jatiya Kobita Utshab’ (national poetry festival) started on Friday at the Dhaka University’s Central Library square. This year’s slogan of the two-day festival is ‘Bangalir joy kobitar joy’ (the victory of Bangali…
Month-long book fair marking Language martyrs’ Day begins
Dhaka, Feb 1 (UNB) – The month-long Amar Ekushey Book Fair, a yearly event for booklovers and publishers, began on the Bangla Academy premises and at adjoining Suhrawardy Udyan in the city on Friday. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the…
Sultan Abdullah sworn in as Malaysia’s new king
Kuala Lumpur, Jan 31 (Xinhua/UNB) — Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah was sworn in as Malaysia’s 16th king in a ceremony at the national palace on Thursday. Abdullah took his oath and signed the instruments of office with the country’s…
Month-long Ekushey book fair begins Friday
Dhaka, Jan 31 (UNB) – The month-long Amar Ekushey Book Fair, a yearly event for booklovers and publishers, will begin on the Bangla Academy premises and at adjoining Suhrawardy Udyan in the capital on Friday. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will…
Fuad’s popular song selected for joint-production film
Culture Desk “Nitol Paye Ilik Jhilik” is a hugely popular song from Fuad. The song was voiced by Rajib. Now the song has been selected for a film named “Prem Amaar-2”. For the film the song has been recorded again…
Zahid, Nadia, Urmila share screen for the first time
Entertainment Desk For the first time in an ongoing drama-serial popular model-actresses Nadia Ahmed and Urmila Srabonti Kar sharing the screen with celebrated actor-director Zahid Hasan titled ‘Don’. Zahid Hasan plays the role of the main protagonist. Jointly directed by…
Grammy-winning singer James Ingram dies
James Ingram, a Grammy winner known for his soulful R&B hits, has died, his friends and colleagues said Tuesday. He was 66 years old. “I have lost my dearest friend and creative partner James Ingram to the Celestial Choir,” performer…
Drama ‘Khoabnama’ staged
Culture Desk A drama titled ‘ Khoabnama ‘ of eminent writer Akhteruzzaman Elias was staged at National Art Gallery Auditorium of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA) in the city on Monday night. Aiming to represent the socio-political scenario of rural pre-partition…
First Indian film museum opens in home of Bollywood
From silent black-and-white films to colourful blockbusters bursting with song and dance, the evolution of Indian cinema is traced by a new museum in the home of Bollywood. Costing 1.4 billion rupees ($19.6 million), India’s first national film museum is…
4 chosen for Bangla Academy Award
Dhaka, Jan 28 – Four personalities have been chosen for the Bangla Academy Sahitya Puroshkar 2018. Director General of Bangla Academy Poet Habibullah Siraji announced the names at a press briefing at the academy on Monday afternoon. The award recipients…
Amitabh, Anil Kapoor at lyricist Sameer’s daughter’s reception
The wedding season in Bollywood continues. Last night lyricist Sameer Anjaan’s daughter’s wedding reception was held in Mumbai and a lot of Bollywood celebs made their presence felt at the function. Our cameras spotted Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan, Jeetendra, Anil…
Ranveer Singh wasn’t the first choice to play Khilji in Padmaavat
Today Padmaavat seems synonymous with the names of Deepika Padukone, Ranveer Singh and Shahid Kapoor. The three star performers aced their respective roles and made it seem like they were the perfect choice to portray those characters. Deepika Padukone’s graceful…
Man held for defaming Bangabandhu, PM in Sylhet
Sylhet, Jan 27 (UNB) – Law enforcers on Sunday arrested a man for ‘making derogatory comments’ about Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and spreading their distorted pictures through Facebook. The arrestee is Abul Kalam, 52, son…
Sidharth Malhotra to play double role
Sidharth Malhotra has a good line-up of films for the year ahead with Jabariya Jodi, Marjaavaan and Vikram Batra biopic in his kitty. The actor has had his share ups and downs over the years but the one thing that…
In wartime Yemen, children find solace in music
The sound of music fills the halls at a school in Yemen’s Taez, where little Nazira al-Jaafari sits at a keyboard as a teacher takes her through the notes. “I love music,” said Jaafari, a pupil at the Al-Nawras school…
Michael Jackson’s estate slams abuse documentary
Park City, Jan 27 (AP/UNB) —Michael Jackson’s estate is blasting a documentary that tells the stories of two men who accuse Michael Jackson of sexually molesting them when they were young boys, calling the film “tabloid character assassination.” A statement…
Oscar-winning ‘Umbrellas of Cherbourg’ composer Legrand dies
Paris, Jan 27 (AP/UNB) — Oscar-winning composer and pianist Michel Legrand, whose hits included the score for the ’60s romance “The Umbrellas of Cherbourg” and the song “The Windmills of Your Mind” and who worked with some of biggest singers…
Queen urges common ground in remarks seen as Brexit nod
London, Jan 26 (AP/UNB) — Queen Elizabeth II has urged people to seek “common ground,” in remarks widely interpreted as a veiled criticism of the toxic debate surrounding Britain’s departure from the European Union. While the monarch didn’t mention Brexit…
Katrina reveals she chose Bharat over ABCD3D
Katrina Kaif wrapped up the shooting schedule of Bharat just a couple of days back for which she had been shooting since almost the mid of 2018. The actress had earlier given the nod to work with Varun Dhawan in…
‘Dhaka Int’l Foto Fest’ begins tomorrow
Entertainment Desk A four-day international photography festival titled “Dhaka Int’l Foto Fest-2019” will begin here tomorrow (January 27). With a view to increasing the practice of the art of photography, Dhaka University Photographic Society (DUPS) is arranging the festival in…
Camel wrestling in Turkey
Erol Bilgin has high hopes. His camel, Kara Elmas (Black Diamond), might not have won the beauty contest the day before, but it might well fare better in the main event, the wrestling competition. The two large camels stand face…
Jimmy Page’s dragon guitar reborn after 50 years on ice
Fender instruments on Wednesday gave the public its first look at its recreation of a Telecaster guitar that Page once painted with a dragon, a long-lost piece of six-string history that marked the guitar hero’s last days in the Yardbirds…
Bangladesh can produce better films
Despite owning some of the world’s largest reserves of hydrocarbons (oil and gas), the Middle Eastern nation of Iran stands out as unique in its region for having captured a place in people’s hearts in every corner of the globe…