Entertainment Desk Popular actress Apu Biswas, who has earned huge popularity with her acting skill in the Dhaka film industry, will be appearing as an anchor for the first time in her career. The actress has turned an anchor for…
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Abhishek talks about film with wife Aishwarya
The Bollywood grapevine is abuzz that real life husband and wife Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan are coming together for a film. But Abhishek says they are still in talks and that he would rather have the producer make…
HC questions Maharashtra govt over Sanjay Dutt’s early release
Entertainment Desk Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt is apparently controversy’s favourite child. If online buzz is to believed, the early release of the 57-year-old star from the prison, in 1993 serial blasts case, is now being questioned once again. The Bombay…
Jeet to arrive in Dhaka today
Dhaka – Kolkata’s popular film actor Jeet is set to arrive in Dhaka today with a view to promoting ‘Boss 2’, a joint venture film of Bangladesh and India. -UNB
Kareena will now only do one film in year
Entertainemnt Desk Kareena Kapoor Khan is making her Bollywood comeback post her pregnancy with Veere Di Wedding and we can barely contain our excitement for the same. Bebo, who is now also busy with her personal life looking after baby…
Ranbir Kapoor claims
Imtiaz Ali has announced his next film Jab Harry Met Sejal starring Shah Rukh Khan and Anushka Sharma and is set to release a week earlier on August 4 thereby averting a clash with Akshay Kumar’s Toilet: Ek Prem Katha.…
Melania, Barron move into White House
Melania Trump and son Barron have moved into the White House – five months after her husband Donald took office. Mrs Trump and the couple’s 11-year-old son had stayed behind in New York so Barron could finish the school year.
Injured Sharapova pulls out of Wimbledon
Paris, Jun 11 (AP/UNB) – Maria Sharapova is skipping the grass-court season and will not try to qualify for Wimbledon because she has not recovered from an injured left thigh.
Thugs of Hindostan shooting begins
Katrina Kaif plays a significant role in an upcoming movie Thugs of Hindostan starring Amitabh Bachchan, Aamir Khan and Fatima Sana Shaikh. The film’s shooting has already started in Malta but Katrina who is reportedly busy currently with Tiger Zinda…
Pori Moni in new TVC
Dhaka – Promising film actress Pori Moni has performed as a model in a new television commercial for PRAN Chutney. -UNB
An interview with Arundhati Roy
Arundhati Roy’s 1997 debut novel, The God of Small Things, was a worldwide sensation, and deservedly so. Wildly inventive and fresh, the novel went on to win the Booker Prize and establish her as one of the brightest of a…
Himesh and wife Komal are officially divorced
Himesh Reshammiya, the voice behind popular tracks like Aashiq Banaya Aapne and Tera Suroor, is officially divorced from his wife of 22 years, Komal, now. Himesh and Komal filed for a divorce in December last year. A family court in…
Shraddha begins training for Saina Nehwal biopic
Actress Shraddha Kapoor has begun her badminton training to play champion Saina Nehwal in an upcoming biopic. A sports lover, Shraddha has played football, basketball, handball and badminton in her school days.But to get the nuances of the real life…
Japan passes landmark bill for Emperor Akihito to abdicate
Japan’s parliament has passed a one-off bill to allow Emperor Akihito to abdicate, the first emperor to do so in 200 years.
‘Mobile phone subscribers in BD rose by 8om in 8yrs’
Dhaka, Jun 8 – The country’s mobile phone subscribers rose by nearly 8 crore in the last eight years since 2009 as per statistics placed by State Minister for Posts and Telecommunications Tarana Halim in Parliament on Thursday.
Top S. Korean cinema chain threatens Netflix film boycott
A top South Korean cinema chain said Thursday it would not screen a Netflix-backed blockbuster if the US streaming giant insists on releasing the film online simultaneously. The movie, “Okja,” directed by South Korean director Bong Joon-Ho, sparked controversy at…
Cultural practice’ launched in 18 districts: Noor
Cultural Affairs Minister Asaduzzaman Noor today said ‘cultural practice’ programme under a pilot project has been launched in 18 districts of the country. “We have taken the initiative at secondary level education to build the young generation as cultural minded,”…
Hrithik Roshan to do first biopic
After his home production “Kaabil” opposite Yami Gautam, which was directed by Sanjay Gupta and released in January, Hrithik Roshan will be seen as the Patna-based mathematician Anand Kumar in Vikas Bahl’s next directorial. Tentatively titled “Super 30”, the film…
Directors’ Guild to honor 36 personalities
Culture Desk Directors’ Guild, the organization of television drama makers in Bangladesh is going to honor their own members for the first time. The members of Directors’ Guild are mostly talented actors, drama and film makers. The organization will honor…
Former Chief Adviser Latifur Rahman buries at Banani
Dhaka – Former Chief Justice and Chief Adviser Latifur Rahman was buried at Banani graveyard on Tuesday afternoon. Earlier, the namaz-e- janaza of the former Chief Justice and Chief Adviser to the Caretaker Government was held on the Supreme Court…
Russian librarian locked up
Russian authorities have detained the director of the Moscow Library of Ukrainian Literature, apparently alleging that some of the library’s materials are meant to “incite hatred” toward the Russian people, Human Rights Watch said today. On October 28, 2015, law…
NASA release incredible photos of Saturn
Compared to some of Saturn’s other moons, Mimas is by no means tiny. But, in a breathtaking new image from the Cassini spacecraft, the 246-mile-wide moon appears just a barely-detectable speck in an endless black sky. The stunning photo shows…
Hefajat ameer Shafi shifted to Dhaka hospital
Chittagong – Allama Shah Ahmad Shafi, the ameer of Hefajat-e Islam, was admitted to a hospital in the capital on Tuesday. UNB news agency reported
Anil Kapoor, Aishwarya to collaborate after 17 yrs
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan’s last performance as ‘Saba’ in ‘Ae Dil Hain Mushkil’ was loved and praised by all and now she is all set to come back to the silver screen This time Aish will be seen opposite none other…
Arundhati Roy releases first novel in 20 years
Arundhati Roy’s eagerly-awaited second novel goes on sale Tuesday, two decades after her prize-winning debut “The God of Small Things” propelled her to global fame and launched her career as an outspoken critic of injustice in her native India. Roy…
Ex-Chief Justice Latifur Rahman passes away
Dhaka, June 6 – Former Chief Justice and former Chief Adviser of Caretaker Government Latifur Rahman died of old age complications at a hospital in the capital early Tuesday. He was 81.
Most SSC passouts get chance to enter colleges
Dhaka – At least 95.3 percent applicants have got chance to different colleges – government and non-government – in the first merit list published Monday.
Singer and actor Tahsan in Abaro
Culture Desk In continuation to his efforts, Tahsan will be seen in a telefim titled Abaro Starting his career as a musician, Tahsan Rahman Khan then went to explore several other aspects of the art and entertainment industry, and won…
Sunny supports PC
Showtime Desk Celebrities have refrained from voicing their opinions about the episode. Priyanka Chopra was recently criticised for her attire at Berlin Film Festival during her meeting the Indian PM, Narendra Modi. She became a victim of misogyny after she…
Ariana Grande in Manchester to honour victims with benefit
Manchester, Jun 5 (AP/UNB) — Ariana Grande paid tribute to the city of Manchester, England, on Sunday with an energetic, all-star concert that raised millions for victims of a suicide bombing that tore through her last performance in the city…