DHAKA: Bangladesh film star Shakib Khan, in a live interview with a private TV channel on Tuesday, finally admitted film actress Apu Biswas as his wife. Shakib Khan came up with this remark on Tuesday night, in response to Apu’s claim that he is her husband and also the father of her

DHAKA: Film star Shakib Khan on Tuesday finally admitted Apu Biswas as his wife as extreme social outcry emerged against him following her bombshell claim in a live TV interview a day earlier. Shakib Khan came up with this statement in several media this noon (April 11). He said,

DHAKA: Apu Biswas, a popular film actress of Bangladesh, has revealed an unprecedented and shocking story about her personal life claiming another popular film actor Shakib Khan as her husband and father of her 8 months old son.  In a live interview with private TV channel News24, Apu

After pairing with model Piya Bipasha and Tanjin Tisha, popular musician Habib Wahid will share screen with TV actress and model Mithila, in the music video of his brand new song ‘Ghum’. While talking with Banglanews, director Tanim Rahman Angshu informed that shooting of the song

Amid long-cherished expectation of the movie-loving people, the movie based on the life of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman will be made by joint venture initiative of Bangladesh and India.   The movie will be released in 2020. The announcement came after

DHAKA: Popular Bangladeshi actoress and model Joya Ahsan starring Tollywood Indian Kolkata film ‘Bisorjon’ has been awarded with national film prize in India, according to an official announcement Friday (April 7).  The film, directed by Koushik Ganguly, bagged the prize in

DHAKA: Renowned Indian classical singer Kishori Amonkar passed away on Monday (April 3) at the age of 84. She breathed her last at her home in central Mumbai, according to family sources. Born on April 10, 1932, Amonkar was recognised as one of the foremost singers in the Hindustani

DHAKA: Indira Gandhi Culture Centre (IGCC) has organised a program ‘An Evening with Poet Syed Al Farooque and Singer Nahid Nazia’ at Sufia Kamal Auditorium of Bangladesh National Museum in Dhaka on Saturday (April 1). The program will be started at 6 Pm on the day, says a press

DHAKA: Noted Bangladeshi film actor Mizu Ahmed died of cardiac arrest inside a Dinajpur-bound train on Monday night (March 27). He was 64. The first namaj-e-janaza of Mizu Ahmed was held at Panthapath in Dhaka around 10:00 am and the second namaj-e-janaza was held at Bangladesh Film

KOLKATA: Renowned West Bengal folk singer and leader of the band “Dohar” Kalika Prasad Bhattacharjee was killed in a car accident while five others were critically injured on Tuesday (March 7)   The accident happened on the Durgapur Expressway at Gurap in Hooghly district while the

Moonlight has won best picture at the Oscars - but only after an error saw La La Land initially declared the winner. The La La Land team was in the middle of their acceptance speeches when the mistake was discovered and rectified, reports the BBC. PriceWaterhouseCooper, the

America has banned a 21-year-old Syrian behind an Oscar nominated documentary from entering the country. Khaled Khatib did most of the filming for a British movie called The White Helmets. It’s a 40 minute Netflix documentary about the Syrian Civil Defence, volunteers who risk

Dressed all in black with her face exposed, Fatima Mohammed Hussein has come to Saudi Arabia's first Comic Con event dressed as Bat Girl. “The minute I stepped in, I couldn't believe this is happening here,” she told CNN. “It's a big move for Saudi to have something

DHAKA: Bangladesh’s renowned filmmaker Mostofa Sarwar Farooki on Saturday (February 18) hoped the indefinite suspension of NoC issued to his upcoming film ‘Doob: No Bed of Roses’ will be revoked by the government very soon. In a facebook post in his verified page, Farooki has

DHAKA: Pakistan has banned Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan’s latest movie, Raees, its distributor in Pakistan says. The film, which also stars Pakistani actor Mahira Khan, was scheduled to open across Pakistan on 2 February. The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) has

“Dear Atiqur, I know that you have a poetic mind. The lyrics of the song `Sometimes Somewhere’ is quite relevant now. This could be a divine reply to the recent activities of Donald Trump.” Above was the comment of Elvira Carvalho, a social activist from Portugal who worked for

DHAKA: Miss France is the new Miss Universe. Decked out in a gold-sequined gown, 24-year-old dental surgery student Iris Mittenaere beat 12 other finalists to take the crown. As Miss Universe, she will be campaigning for dental and oral care around the world. “This sash is not only

DHAKA: The High Court on Sunday (January 29) sentenced that three Indian channels -- Star Jalsha, Star Plus, and Z-Bangla -- will be broadcasted in Bangladesh. An HC bench comprising Justice Moyeenul Islam Chowdhury and Justice JBM Hassan declared the verdict dismissing the writ

DHAKA: Sir John Hurt, the two-time Oscar nominated star of the Elephant Man, has died at the age of 77, his agent confirmed. The English actor was born in Derbyshire and became a critical and commercial success in films like Midnight Express, Alien and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy,

DHAKA: Actor and performance artist Shia LaBeouf has been charged with misdemeanor assault and a harassment violation after getting in a scuffle during a rally against Donald Trump early Thursday (January 26) morning, according to New York Police Department spokesman Sgt. Thomas