DHAKA UNIVERSITY: A two-day Asian film festival will be held in Dhaka University (DU) in city from October 3. Seven contemporary Asian movies will be screened during the festival to be open for all. Chinese film ‘House of Flying Daggers’ will be screened at 1:30pm and South

DHAKA: Italian police have recovered two famous Van Gogh paintings stolen from an Amsterdam museum in 2002, officials say. The Van Gogh museum in the city said the works were recovered during a “massive, continuing investigation” by Italian prosecutors and organized crime

DHAKA: Korean Film Festival will be held at main auditorium of Bangladesh National Museum in city from October 1 to October 5. The Republic of Korea embassy in Dhaka made the announcement in a press release issued on Thursday (September 22). State Minister for power, energy and

DHAKA: One of Hollywood’s highest profile marriages is over as Angelina Jolie has filed for divorce from husband Brad Pitt. A source familiar with the filing confirmed to CNN. Pitt and Jolie got married in 2014 but their relationship became the subject of speculation in 2004, when

DHAKA: Bangladesh’s popular actor Nirob is travelling to Bangalore in India for shooting a movie named ‘Bala’. He is scheduled to reach the city on Monday evening (September 19). While talking to Banglanews, Nirob said shooting of the movie will begin on Tuesday (September

DHAKA: Bangladesh Film Development Corporation (BFDC) is set to organize elaborate programs on September 29 to celebrate the 45th birth day of late Bangladesh cinema superstar Salman Shah. Salman Shah was born on September 19. The festival dubbed as “Salman Shan Utshab 2016”

DHAKA: Netflix series Master of None has scored its first Emmy, with its co-writer calling for better Asian representation on screen. Alan Yang and Aziz Ansari won the Emmy for outstanding writing for a comedy series for their Parents episode. The episode explored the relationship

DHAKA: To honor her contributions to Bengali songs, West Bengal government will confer this year’s ‘Bangabibhushan’ to legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday (September 17) told reporters at the state Secretariat about the decision taken by

DHAKA: ‘The Modern family’ star Sophia Vergara’s bank account has been bumped by $43 millions in last year making her the highest paid TV performer for the fifth consecutive year. The numbers meaning she held her sovereignty even among male stars, her last year’s earning is

DHAKA: Philippines film The Woman Who Left, a black and white drama by director Lav Diaz, has won the Golden Lion for best film at the Venice Film Festival. It tells the story of a schoolteacher’s thirst for revenge and her feelings of forgiveness after 30 years in jail for a crime

DHAKA: Country’s noted movie screenplay writer Joseph Shatabdi breathed his last at his Sirajganj residence early Thursday (September 7). He was 62. Joseph left behind his wife, two sons, one daughter and many well wishers. The screenwriter had been suffering from a rare type

DHAKA: Legendary singer Lucky Akhand’s three most popular songs are scheduled to be released with music videos on Wednesday (September 07). PRAN Group will release the videos of ‘Abar Elo Je Shondha’, ‘Amay Deko Na’ and ‘Age Jodi Jantam’ on YouTube in the evening. The

DHAKA: Popular Bangladeshi performer-cum director Tauqir Ahmed won award in best director category for his work ‘Oggaytonama’ in Kosovo Festival titled “The Goddess on the Throne”. He also received the best script writer award in the festival. Tauqir confirmed about his

DHAKA: Action movie star, writer, director and martial artist Jackie Chan is to be given an honorary Oscar for his “extraordinary achievements” in film. The US film academy also voted to give the awards to editor Anne Coates, casting director Lynn Stalmaster and documentary maker

DHAKA: The namaj-e-janaza of one of the prominent post-1947 Bengali poets, Shahid Qadri, was held at Dhaka University (DU) central mosque after the Zuhr prayers on Wednesday (August 31). People from all walks of life, including socio-cultural organizations, professional bodies,

DHAKA: The namaz-e-janaza of poet Shahid Qadri will be held at central mosque of Dhaka University (DU) after Zuhr prayers on Wednesday (August 31). Later, he will be buried at Mirpur Martyred Intellectual Graveyard. Earlier in the day, people from all walks of life paid their

DHAKA: The body of Ekushey Padak winner USA expatriate poet Shahid Qadri has reached Dhaka on Wednesday morning (August 31). A jet of Emirates Airlines, carrying the body, arrived at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport around 9:00am. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s special

DHAKA: US actor Gene Wilder, famous for his lead role in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, has died at the age of 83. His family confirmed this on Monday (August 29). The comic actor also starred in classic films such as The Producers, Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein.

DHAKA: Bangladesh Book Fair in India's Kolkata is set to begin on September 1 and will continue till September 10. With collaboration of the Ministry Of Cultural Affairs, the 6th book fair has been arranged to introduce the Bangladeshi books and writers to west Bengal. Cultural

DHAKA: The 40th death anniversary of National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam is being marked across the country on Saturday (August 27). On this day (12 Bhadra of Bangla calendar year) in 1976, the poet of love, equality, rebellion and renaissance passed away at the then PG Hospital, now