Thursday, 28 Nov, 2024

Entertainment

2-day Korean film fest from Nov 13

DHAKA: A two-day Korean Film Festival hosted by the embassy of the Republic of Korea and the Korea Foundation will be held on 13 and 14 November at Bangladesh National Museum auditorium in city.Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s international affairs adviser Dr Gowher Rizvi will

Bengali actor Pijush Ganguly passes away

DHAKA: Bengali film, television, and stage actor Pijush Ganguly, who met with an accident last week, passed away at a city hospital early Sunday.Ganguly, 50, was survived by his wife and a son, reports the Business Standard."He died at 2.45 AM because of multi-organ failure and fat

Fakir Alamgir evening held at IGCC

DHAKA: Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre (IGCC) organized a musical evening by prominent singer Fakir Alamgir at 6:30pm Saturday at its office at Gulshan. He, along with other accompanists presented 20 songs during the 2-hour-long program.  Fakir Alamgir is a popular pop singer of Bangladesh

5-day Lalon festival at Cheuria begins

KUSHTIA: The 125th death anniversary of Lalon Shah, preceptor of baul asceticism and composer, is being observed from Friday evening, the first day Kartik of Bengali calander, in befitting manner. To mark the anniversary, Lalon Academy in association with Kushtia district administration

Robi organizes music fest with Mila

DHAKA: Robi, one of the leading mobile operators of the country, organized a music festival for its SMS Tweety subscribers where popular singer Mila performed at a city hotel on Thursday.The event, Robi Music Fest, saw the dazzling performance of Mila, who performed her classic songs as

Jamaican Marlon James wins Booker prize

DHAKA: Jamaican author Marlon James has won the Man Booker Prize for his novel inspired by the attempted assassination of Bob Marley in the 1970s.Michael Wood, chair of the judges, described A Brief History of Seven Killings as the "most exciting" book on the shortlist.The 680-page epic

3-day folk fest to celebrate Champion of the Earth

DHAKA: A cultural organization, Banglar Mukh (Face of Bangla), will organize a three-day folk festival to celebrate Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s achieving of ‘Champions of the Earth’ award.The three-day cultural programs will begin on Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy premises in city

5-day classical music fest from Nov 27

DHAKA: A five-day classical music event ‘Bengal Classical Music Festival Bangladesh’ will kick off on November 27.Main attraction of the festival will be the performance of tobla by Ustad Zakir Hossain and flute by Joyaprada Rammurti. Besides, renowned artistes, both from home and

Bangladesh-India taskforce for film dev

DHAKA: A decision has been taken to establish a joint taskforce between Bangladesh and India for the development of film.The taskforce will work for formulating a policy regarding filmmaking, screening and investment as well as to create an environment of reciprocal cooperation.Commerce

Gazi Nafis wins prize at Intl Pride Photo Awards

DHAKA: Gazi Nafis Ahmed, an artist from Bangladesh, was awarded the third prize at the international Pride Photo Award 2015 held recently in the historic Old Church in Amsterdam.There were 3,800 entries from 60 countries around the world. Pride Photo Award is considered to be the most

Seminar on Bangladesh fashion design in Tashkent

DHAKA: Bangladesh embassy in Tashkent with the cooperation of UNESCO, organized a seminar on Bangladesh fashion design in the embassy chancery on Wednesday.The program was attended by the guests including the spouses of the ambassadors of embassies in Tashkent, UN agencies

‘Photo Shanghai’ opens Friday in China

DHAKA: The second edition of ‘Photo Shanghai’ exhibition will begin at Shanghai Exhibition Centre in Shanghai city of China on September 11.The organizers hope that the show will bring together both the East and West’s most exciting names from the world of fine art photography.This

Dr Enamul Huq made goodwill envoy for child workers

DHAKA: Eminent theatre personality Dr Enamul Huq has been made a goodwill ambassador for child workers.Centre for Services and Information on Disability (CSID) and World Vision made him the envoy.A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed at a press conference at Dhaka Reporters Unity

Steve Jobs film tipped for Oscar

DHAKA: Michael Fassbender has become a front-runner for next year’s best actor Oscar after an early cut of his new Steve Jobs biopic was screened in the US.‘He completely owns the screen,’ said Variety, despite his character being ‘very unlikeable throughout’ the film.‘You get

Music composer Aadesh Shrivastava dies of cancer

DHAKA: Music composer Aadesh Shrivastava, who was battling cancer, passed away on Saturday at around 12.30am. He was 51.Aadesh had been in Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital in Andheri for over 40 days for cancer treatment, reports the Hindu.“Aadesh Shrivastava 51 years old expired at

Korea-Bangladesh designers’ artworks displayed in city

DHAKA: A nine-member delegation led by Korea National University of Arts Professor Park participated in a two-week workshop with students of Graphic Design department of Fine Art Institute of Dhaka University.Eight students from Korea and twenty two students from Bangladesh showcased

Nazrul’s 39th death aniv being marked

DHAKA: Thursday is 12th Bhadro of Bangla calendar year, the 39th death anniversary of National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam.The nation is observing the death anniversary of the poet of love, equality, rebellion and renaissance in a befitting manner.AT the crack of dawn, Poet’s granddaughter

Bangladesh fashion carnival from Aug 24

DHAKA: The Fourth Bangladesh Fashion carnival-2015 will begin from August 26 with the theme "Do Your Eid Shopping with us".The five-day international exhibition of branded clothing and fashion products will be held at Emmanuell's Banquet Hall on Wednesday, which will run till August 30,

Desde Alla wins top Venice festival award

DHAKA: A Venezuelan film set among the chaos and violence of Caracas - Desde Alla, or From Afar - has won the top Golden Lion prize at the Venice film festival.In his debut feature film, director Lorenzo Vigas tells the story of a rich man who gets sexually involved with a young man from

‘MI: Rogue Nation’ hits Star Cineplex

DHAKA: Star Cineplex arrange the Dhaka premiere show of ‘Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation’ at its halls in Bashundhara City Shopping Mall in city’s Panthapath area.This action, adventure and thriller Hollywood action sequel movie had its Dhaka premiere on Thursday evening.It will be