Rajshahi, Nov 30 – The Rajshahi University authority has allowed a film producing company to hold a week-long show of its commercial production at the university Kazi Nazrul Islam Auditorium from December 1, drawing a huge criticism among the teachers…
Culture Desk The fourth death anniversary of eminent painter, journalist, cultural personality, educationist and Professor Qayyum Chowdhury will be observed today.
Culture Desk A daylong art camp titled ‘Shonghat Noy Shompriti’ was held at Jahangirnagar University (JU) here today.
A 17-year-old Nepali girl Bandana Nepal danced for 126 consecutive hours to set the Guinness World Records on “Longest Dancing Marathon by an Individual”.
Entertainment Desk A two-day “Rabindra Utshab” (Rabindra Festival) ended here at the National Museum yesterday.
Misinformation, as opposed to disinformation, was chosen Monday as Dictionary.com’s word of the year on the tattered coattails of “toxic,” picked earlier this month for the same honor by Oxford Dictionaries in these tumultuous times.
Entertainment Desk Ramendu Majumdar, former President (worldwide) of the International Theatre Institute (ITI) and now its honorary president honored with ‘ITI Award’ for his outstanding long term commitment to ITI.
The feel-good road-trip drama “Green Book” was named the best film of the year, and its star, Viggo Mortensen, best actor, by the National Board of Review in one of the first in a parade of awards season honors.
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Tuesday announced a 13-men squad for the second and final Test of ongoing West Indies series which will begin here on November 30 at Shere-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium.
Entertainment Desk Veteran actor Ilias Kanchan and Bangladeshi film-maker Rubaiyat Hossain have been selected as the jury members of the Dhaka International Film Festival 2019 .
Culture Desk The 93rd birthday of martyred intellectual, educationist and playwright Munier Chowdhury will be celebrated in the country today.
The premiere of the second serial of the documentary “Wild Edens: Turkey,” that highlights the issue of climate change, took place in Ankara of Turkey recently. Focusing on the flora and fauna in the one-of-a-kind natural habitats of Turkey, the…
Ricky Jay, a magician, historian of oddball entertainers and actor who appeared in “Boogie Nights” and other films, has died. He was 72.
Entertainment Desk Musicians and bands from both West Bengal and Bangladesh paid homage to legendary Bangladeshi rockstar Ayub Bachchu at Patuli Lokosanskriti Mela Ground in Kolkata, West Bengal, on Saturday.
Culture Desk A two-day “Rabindra Utshab” (Rabindra Festival) will begin at the National Museum in the city on November 27 (Tuesday).
Ranveer is already back to the grind after his wedding and a recent reception in Bengaluru.
Entertainment Desk Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will bear all medical treatment costs of critically ill eminent film director Amjad Hossain including air ambulance expenses .
Nothing seems to motivate Cristiano Ronaldo more than the suggestion that other players are better than him.That was evident when Ronaldo skipped the UEFA player of the year award ceremony in August when he learned that former Real Madrid teammate…
Educator Charles-Michel de l’Epee founded the first public school for the hearing-impaired in France. He devoted his life to developing the world’s first sign alphabet for the deaf and is known as the “Father of the Deaf”. Epee is also…
Shah Rukh Khan and AbRam Khan leave Mumbai for their London vacay on Thursday.
For the first time ever, Varun Dhawan and Katrina Kaif are all set to come together on the big screen and impress one an all with their chemistry.
When appeals are in plenty to save millions of underprivileged children across the world, the foreign friends of Bangladesh here have come forward with a unique idea to help those children by raising funds through hosting a fashion show to…
Alia Bhatt has made it clear that her well-wishers have to wait to see her marriage happening whenever it does.
Entertainment Desk Adventure movie in Bangla ‘Hridoyer Rongdhonu’ (Life in Rainbow) has been selected as “View Corner” at Goa Film Bazaar.
From Danielle Nierenberg Greetings from Baltimore, Maryland In the United States, almost 54 million people will travel across the country this Thanksgiving to join their families and friends around the holiday meal. While this classic feast normally features a variety…
Days after French crooner Charles Aznavour’s death last month, the strains of his 1963 hit “For me, formidable” could be heard from the Domtoren (Dom Tower) in the central student city of Utrecht.
Entertainment Desk John Bluthal, who was best known for playing Frank Pickle in the Vicar of Dibley, has died at the age of 89.
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by Jérôme Tanon Alliance Française de Dhaka and ‘Audree’ organise the screening of ‘Zabardast’, an adventure documentary French, with English subtitles film directed by Jérôme Toran on Friday, 23 November 2018 at 5.00 pm at ‘Auditorium Nouvelle Vague’, Alliance Française,…
Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling’s new movie “Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald” enchanted the North American box office over the weekend, taking in around $62.2 million, industry tracker Exhibitor Relations said Monday.