Culture Desk To celebrate the 20th anniversary of Bloomsbury publishing Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone the British Council has organised Harry Potter Festival from 15-28 October for the Harry Potter Fans across the country. Harry Potter is a series…
Culture Desk The one and only regular musical magazine on music of Bangladesh, Sargam passed 21 years and stepped into 22 on October 1. To celebrate this, discussion, greetings exchange and a grand cultural programme was organised at Sufia Kamal…
The Karan Johar-Kajol patch-up was no whitewashed photo-op. The two have indeed sorted out their differences and if the buzz coming from Karan Johar’s Dharma Productions is to be believed, the two BFFs have shaken hands over another movie deal.…
The five living former US presidents have gathered for a concert in aid of victims of the hurricanes which ravaged the US this year. Barack Obama, George W Bush, Bill Clinton, George HW Bush and Jimmy Carter appeared in Texas…
America’s five living former presidents gathered together for a concert in aid of victims of the hurricanes which ravaged the US this year. Barack Obama, George W Bush, Bill Clinton, George HW Bush and Jimmy Carter appeared in Texas on…
Savar, Oct 21 – Prime Minister’s ICT Affairs Advisor Sajeeb Wazed Joy on Saturday lauded the young entrepreneurs, who have come ahead from marginal societies to pave the way for country’s development, regarding them as “future leaders “.
Entertainment Desk For the last three years the personal life of the Dhallywood film star Apu Biswas has been making the headlines, but not so much her career. Most news stories were about her going missing, her love life, marriage,…
Entertainment Desk Mostofa Sarwar Farooki and Amitabh Reza Chowdhury, two celebrated filmmakers of the country have announced their new films. The next film of Mostofa Sarwar Farooki is going to be titled ‘Saturday Afternoon’ and Amitabh Reza Chowdhury’s next is…
Entertainment Desk The Ambani’s love throwing ‘em lavish parties at their Mumbai residence Antilla. And off late, they’ve been throwing one party after another for our Bollywood celebs. Be it Ganpati or Diwali… the best of Bollywood heads to South…
Culture Desk A press conference was held on October 19 to respond to the recent controversy over eminent director Khan Ataur Rahman. The conference was held at Zahir Raihan Hall of Bangladesh Film Development Corporation in the capital. Veteran film…
As the row over the Hollywood industry and its treatment of women and all actors in general continues, huge A-List starlet Jennifer Lawrence has come out to reveal her own experiences as a young actor. The Hunger Games lead revealed…
by William Mitchell and Thomas Fazi Let’s face it: national sovereignty has become irrelevant in today’s increasingly complex and interdependent international economy. The deepening of economic globalisation has rendered individual states increasingly powerless vis-à-vis market forces. The internationalisation of finance…
Entertainment Correspondent Bringing popular band music straight to the audience, special band-based musical show “Band Gallery” begins today on ATN Bangla at 9:30am. Prominent band music that has been archived by ATN Bangla throughout the years will be played on…
Virtual Reality will change the face of cinema in the next decade — but only if content keeps up with the advances in technology, industry experts at the Busan International Film Festival predict. VR is already being heavily promoted by…
Entertainment Desk The Asian Journalist Human Rights and Cultural Foundation is all set to honor actor Ilias Kanchan with a long due Lifetime Achievement award. The actor will receive this honor for his outstanding contribution to the social movement ‘We…
Entertainment Desk Eminent filmmaker Mostofa Sarwar Farooki will commence production on Bengali- and English- language film Saturday Afternoon in December. Farooki describes the film as “a thriller where the lives of several people collide on one fateful day.” Farooki is…
Saunders takes American author George Saunders has won the 2017 Man Booker Prize, a high-profile literary award, for his first novel, “Lincoln in the Bardo,” – a fictional account of US President Abraham Lincoln burying his young son.
Dmitri Trenin The eyes of the world are on the Middle East. Today, more than ever, this deeply-troubled region is the focus of power games between major global players vying for international influence. Absent from this scene for the past…
Dhaka – The High Court on Monday directed the government to block for six months the internet links of providing ‘Blue Whale Challenge’, which is blamed for triggering suicide among its players across the world.
Culture Desk Dhaka Attack has bagged a profit of three crore taka in the first week of release. As of the first day of the second week the earnings stood at the same rate Dipankar Dipen has claimed. In the…
Two more women have accused Harvey Weinstein of raping them as the top Hollywood producer finds himself increasingly shunned by his peers. British actress Lysette Anthony says he attacked her at her London home in the late 1980s while another,…
Actress and BJP MP Hema Malini feels honoured that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has penned the foreword for her authorised biography Beyond The Dreamgirl. “I am truly honoured that Narendra Modiji has penned the foreword,” Hema tweeted on Saturday. Beyond…
With the Supreme Court refusing to modify its earlier order banning the sale of firecrackers in Delhi and the NCR, a lot of Bollywood celebrities are stepping forward to support a cracker-free Diwali. Amidst all the debate, actress Alia Bhatt…
Los Angeles, Oct 15 (AP/UNB) — In a move virtually unprecedented, disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein’s membership in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences was revoked Saturday by its board.
Aamir Khan’s last release Dangal was a gift to Indian cinema that broke major box office records not only in his homeland (Rs. 385 crore) but in China and Hong Kong too. However, Aamir, 52, who played the role of…
Entertainment Desk Trilling actress Shabana Azmi and her husband Bollywood’ music master Javed Akhter are flying to Dhaka with one of their most popular drama. Blues Communications which invited Bollywood actor Nasiruddin Shah and his family earlier this year has…
Harvey Weinstein’s brother, Bob, has denied media reports that the film production company they co-founded could be closed or sold. “Our banks, partners and shareholders are fully supportive of our company,” he said in a statement. “Business is continuing as…
Three skydivers have died in Queensland after they apparently collided mid-air, say Australian authorities. Paramedics and police were called to Mission Beach, a popular skydiving spot about 140km (87 miles) south of Cairns. Two men in their 30s, and a…
The scandal deluging Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein has deepened after US actress Rose McGowan publicly accused him of raping her. In a series of tweets, McGowan also accused Amazon Studio chief Roy Price of having ignored her when she made…
Award-winning Bangladeshis baul folk singer Kiran Chandra Roy along with a musical troupe from Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy have enthralled the audience at the International Folk Dance and Music Festival organised by Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR). Kiran Roy presented…