“Nazrul Utsav 2022”, a two-day festival honouring the work of National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam, began at the capital’s Gulshan Society Lake Park yesterday. The event, organised by Bangladesh Nazrul Sangeet Sangstha, Arunaranjani, and Gulshan Society, also commemorates the golden jubilee of Bangladesh’s independence. HSBC is the title sponsor of the festival. The event celebrates ... Read more
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Priyanka Chopra invests in vegan ice cream brand
Priyanka Chopra has invested in a vegan ice cream company. The 39-year-old actress – who has been married to former Disney star Nick Jonas 29, since 2018 – took to Instagram to tell her 75 million followers she has teamed up with plant-based ice cream brand Cosmic Bliss. Alongside an image of the ice cream ... Read more
Ryan Reynolds’ new movie The Adam Project has fans saying the same thing
Jennifer Garner and Mark Ruffalo also star in the Netflix film Netflix’s latest film has a pretty impressive cast. Ryan Reynolds, Jennifer Garner, Zoe Saldana and Mark Ruffalo all appear in the brand new movie, The Adam Project, and it seems to have gone down well with fans. The film has strong themes of time ... Read more
Nagar Baul, Euphoria and Strings to perform together in Dubai
Three of the biggest rock bands of the subcontinent- Nagar Baul, Euphoria and Strings will perform on stage for the first time at ‘Dubai Expo 2020’ on March 13. The three renowned bands from Bangladesh, India and Pakistan have already received invitations from the Dubai government. “James and his band members will be flying off ... Read more
Rishi Kapoor’s last film ‘Sharmaji Namkeen’ to debut on March 31
It has been around two years since Rishi Kapoor breathed his last and his massive fan following continues to miss his presence on the big screen. His unfortunate demise has left an unfillable void in the industry. And today, the late actor once again made the headlines after the makers of Sharmaji Namkeen announced the ... Read more
‘Mission Extreme’ to release in Malaysia
Dhallywood superstar Arifin Shuvoo and Miss World Bangladesh winner Jannatul Ferdous Oishee starrer police action thriller film, “Mission Extreme” released simultaneously on December 3 in Bangladesh, as well as the USA, England, France, Ireland, Scotland, and Australia. Now, the Cop Creation film is set to be released in Malaysia. It will be screened at TGV ... Read more
Dua Lipa Hit with Second Copyright Infringement Suit Over Hit Song ‘Levitating’
Dua Lipa is reportedly facing a second copyright lawsuit for her song Levitating, just days after another band accused her of lifting their material. Last week, the One Kiss icon was sued by reggae band Artikal Sound System after they claimed her 2020 smash hit Levitating was a ‘rip off’ of their song Live Your ... Read more
Four books by Fakir Alamgir available in Ekushey Boi Mela
Four books written by the legendary folk singer Fakir Alamgir has been published on the occasion of this year’s Ekushey Book Fair. Last year, on July 23, the Ekushey Padak winner left us for good. Three of the books have been published by Anannya Publishers, and the other from Rhythm Publishers. The books are: “Desh ... Read more
Real bat disrupts screening of ‘The Batman’ in US theatre
Moviegoers in Austin, Texas, got to see more than one type of bat during a screening of The Batman A visitor brought a live bat to a screening of The Batman in Austin, Texas, prompting the staff to pause the film. The incident happened Friday and a video of the incident was posted on Twitter ... Read more
SC clears ways for Pori Moni’s trial in drug case
The Appellate Division on Tuesday cleared the way to resume the trial proceedings in the drug case against actress Shamsunnahar Smrity, who is well known by her screen name Pori Moni, by vacating a High Court order of staying the trial. Now there would be no bar for judge Mohammad Nazrul Islam of Dhaka Special ... Read more
Alia Bhatt set to make her Hollywood debut with Gal Gadot in Heart Of Stone
‘Gangubai Kathiawadi’ actor Alia Bhatt is all set to make her Hollywood debut opposite the ‘Wonder Woman’ star Gal Gadot in a Netflix film titled Heart of Stone. Besides Bhatt, the Tom Harper-directorial also stars Jamie Dornan and Gal Gadot, with other cast members are yet to be confirmed. This development was confirmed by Netflix ... Read more
The Batman Has The Biggest Opening Weekend Of The Year
The Batman raked in $128.5 million (£97.6m) at the domestic box office over the weekend, marking the biggest opening weekend of 2022 so far. As reported by Variety, the DC flick – which stars Robert Pattinson as a moody iteration of the Caped Crusader – saw huge earnings in North America. These were matched by ... Read more
Aamir Khan’s daughter Ira Khan reveals she has NO plans of becoming an actor like her father
Unlike her counterparts, Aamir Khan’s daughter Ira Khan has shared she has no interest in following her father’s footsteps and becoming an actor. The star kid took to Instagram and conducted a Q and A session with her fans and followers. Answering all questions at once, Ira Khan clearly stated that she would not be joining ... Read more
Virtual Museum Bangladesh launched
Virtual Museum Bangladesh (VMB), a virtual platform developed to preserve the country’s heritage sites in the digital sphere, was recently launched in the capital. Dr. Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury, Prime Minister’s Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Affairs Adviser unveiled the virtual museum at the Bangamata Begum Fazilatunnesa Mujib Auditorium of the National Museum in Dhaka. The museum ... Read more
Zayed Khan takes oath as BFAA general secretary
Zayed Khan was elected the General Secretary of the Film Artistes’ Association, held on January 28. He defeated his opponent Nipun by 13 votes. Challenging the result, Nipun appealed to re-count the votes. Even after that, Zayed remained undefeated. However, before he could take the oath, on February 5, the Chairman of the appeal board, ... Read more
Viral ‘Kacha Badam’ singer crashes his new car, rushed to hospital
Viral song “Kacha Badam” singer, Bhuban Badyakar, had a car accident yesterday. The incident happened when he was learning to drive his recently purchased vehicle. Bhuban was rushed to a speciality hospital in West Bengal, according to a tweet from Free Press Journal. According to several media reports, Bhuban suffered injuries to his chest and ... Read more
HC stays trial of drug case against Pori Moni
The High Court on Tuesday stayed the trial proceedings of a narcotics case against film actress Pori Moni for three months. A bench of Justice Mustafa Zaman Islam and Justice Md Salim also asked the government and the police to explain in four weeks why the proceedings in the case against Pori Moni would not ... Read more
Aamir Khan starrer Mogul, is the film shelved?
Aamir Khan announced earlier that he would collaborate with Bhushan Kumar for the biopic of Gulshan Kumar, the founder of T-series. However, there has not been any update about the shooting of the film yet. In an interview with a leading daily, the maker of the film, Bhushan Kumar confirmed that the film is in ... Read more
Print exhibition pays tribute to Language Movement martyrs
Artistes are displaying prints to pay tribute to Bangla language and Language Movement martyrs in an exhibition ongoing at Safiuddin Shilpalay in Dhanmondi. The ten-day group art exhibition is displaying 38 artworks by 30 eminent and young artists. The artworks were selected out of a pool of more than 60 artworks that were submitted to ... Read more
Prachyanat launches website on their 25th founding anniversary
Prominent theatre troupe Prachyanat celebrated their 25th founding anniversary yesterday. On the occasion of International Mother Language Day, their website (www.prachyanat.com) was launched as a part of their year-long silver jubilee celebrations. Noted actors Zahid Hasan, Azad Abdul Kalam, and Shatabdi Wadud, along with avid theatre activist and renowned