DHAKA: Pakistanis are mourning one of the country’s most famous singers, Amjad Sabri, who was shot dead in Karachi by militants on Wednesday. Sabri performed Qawwali devotional music from the Sufi tradition, an Islamic practice opposed by religious extremists. He died after two

DHAKA: One of Pakistan’s most famous singers, Amjad Sabri, has been shot dead in the southern city of Karachi. Two gunmen fired on his car in the busy Liaqatabad area, police said. Sabri died on his way to hospital. It is not yet clear who was behind the killing, reports the BBC.

DHAKA: Bollywood star Salman Khan has been given a week to apologize after he told reporters his filming schedule was so grueling he felt like a “raped woman”. If not, the National Commission for Women (NCW) said he would be issued with a summons, reports the BBC. Khan had

DHAKA: Picasso's Cubist works line the white walls of every leading international art museum, from the Museum of Modern Art in New York to the Tate Modern in London. But now, one of his most seminal works is hitting the auction block, CNN reports on Monday (June 20). Femme

DHAKA: Anton Yelchin, the Russian-born actor who played Chekov in the new Star Trek films, has been killed by his own car at his home in Los Angeles. Police said it struck him after rolling backwards down the steep drive at his Studio City home, pinning him against a brick postbox

DHAKA: ‘La La Land’, starring Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling, is to open the 73rd Venice International Film Festival. The musical is written and directed by Whiplash’s Damien Chazelle. Chazelle said he was ‘thrilled and honored’ by the festival’s invitation, reports the

DHAKA: A judge has ordered Leonardo DiCaprio to testify in court in the case brought by an ex-stockbroker who alleges ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’ depicted him as a ‘depraved’ drug-fuelled criminal. Andrew Greene claims the character Nicky ‘Rugrat’ Koskoff is based on him.

DHAKA: Band sensation Shafin Ahmed is set to debut on the small screen as an actor this Eid. He will appear in a 6-episode TV drama ‘Rhythm of Life’ from Eid day onwards on Maasranga TV. ‘Rhythm of Life’, written by Ahmed Tahsin Shams, will be directed by Farhad Ahmed.

DHAKA: The hip-hop musical Hamilton has dominated the Tony Awards in New York. A hit show about the life of one of America’s founding fathers, it won best musical, score and lead actor awards, but failed to beat the record of 12 statuettes. Barack and Michelle Obama introduced the

DHAKA: A novel about an eight-year-old Indian boy who moves to the US with his family in the late 1970s has won the 2016 International Dublin Literary Award. Akhil Sharma’s ‘Family Life’ mirrors the author’s own experience of emigrating from India to America as a child, reports

DHAKA: Singer Christina Grimmie, who had competed on the US TV program The Voice, has died of her wounds after being shot in Florida, police say. They say a man opened fire on her when she was signing autographs after a concert in Orlando, reports the BBC. The assailant - who was

DHAKA: As a part of the cultural exchange programs between Korea and Bangladesh, the embassy of the Republic of Korea arranged ‘2016 K-POP Contest Dhaka’. The contest held at Music and Dance Department Auditorium of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy in city’s Segun Bagicha area on

DHAKA: Distinguished academician Professor Syed Jamil Ahmed from theater and performance studies department of Dhaka University (DU) said noted playwright Sayeed Ahmad’s play ‘Milepost’ is still relevant to the socio-political condition of Bangladesh. He made the comment while

DHAKA: A center for the advancement of Southasian culture called ‘Shadhona’ will organize a two-day dance festival by presenting 50th presentation of its ‘Nupur Beje Jai’. The program will be held at Bangladesh National Museum Auditorium from Sunday to Monday (May 29 to 30).

DHAKA: A US judge has ordered actor Johnny Depp to stay away from his estranged wife, actress Amber Heard, after she alleged he assaulted her. Ms Heard said in court on Friday that Depp threw her mobile phone at her during a fight on Saturday, reports the BBC. The judge also said

DHAKA: Star Cineplex arranged the premiere show ‘X-Men: Apocalypse’ on Thursday evening (May 26) at Star Zone at Bashundhara City Shopping Mall in city’s Panthapath area. This action, adventure, fantasy and sci-fi Hollywood latest sequel movie will be screened at 11:30am, 2:30pm,

DHAKA: Film star Johnny Depp and his actress wife Amber Heard are to divorce, US court documents have revealed. Heard, 30, filed for divorce in Los Angeles Superior Court citing irreconcilable differences, reports the BBC. They married 15 months ago and have no children. They

DHAKA: Bangladesh Nazrul Abritti Parishad (BNAP) will organize an evening of cultural program to celebrate the 117th birth anniversary of Bangladesh national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam on Thursday (May 26). The program will begin at 5:30pm on the day at Shawkat Osman Memorial Auditorium of

DHAKA: Star Cineplex will arrange the premiere show ‘X-Men: Apocalypse’ on Thursday (May 26) at Star Zone at Bashundhara City Shopping Mall in city’s Panthapath area. This action, adventure, fantasy and sci-fi Hollywood latest sequel movie will be screened at 6:45pm on the day.

DHAKA: ‘The Angry Birds Movie’ has knocked ‘Captain America’ off the top spot of the North American box office chart in its first week of release. The film, based on the video game, made $39m at the weekend, pushing the Disney Marvel caper into second place in its fourth week