DHAKA: ‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’ held off a strong debut by ‘Rio 2’ at North America’s box office, muscling out the wild menagerie to retain top spot.Data showed Monday, The Straits Times publishes this report on Tuesday.The latest big-screen blockbuster featuring

DHAKA: People of different ethnicities have been celebrating the first day of Baishakh since time immemorial. This traditional event is called in different names in different nations, mostly in south and south-east Asia.The first day of Baishakh, called Pahela Baishakh, is considered as

DHAKA: Country’s one of the popular theatre groups Palakar will celebrate its 12th founding anniversary by arranging theatre shows under the title of ‘Ghate Ghate Palakar’.The celebration program will begin in the morning on the first day of Bangla New Year that falls on April 14.On

DHAKA: Mintu Dey’s second solo exhibition titled ‘Nature out of colour & water’ is being held at Dhaka Art Center in city’s Dhanmondi area.Liberation war affairs ministry secretary KH Masud Siddiqui inaugurated the exhibition as chief guest Thursday evening.Quazi Sajjad Ali Zahir,

DHAKA: Mintu Dey’s second solo exhibition titled ‘Nature out of colour & water’ is being held at Dhaka Art Center in city’s Dhanmondi area.Liberation war affairs ministry secretary KH Masud Siddiqui inaugurated the exhibition as chief guest Thursday evening.Quazi Sajjad Ali Zahir,

DHAKA: Bengal Shilpalaya will celebrate Bangla New Year with a three-day Baishakhi Utsab on its premises in city’s Dhanmondi area.The festival, to feature music, recitation and instrumental, will begin at 6:00pm on April 13, also the day of Chaitra Sangkranti.The first day’s program

RANGAMATI: The three-day Baisabi Utsab, the prime traditional festival of indigenous people of Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT), began in the three hill districts through floating flowers in rivers Saturday morning.The hilly towns and villages of the three districts – the Rangamati,

DHAKA: Mintu Dey’s second solo exhibition titled ‘Nature out of colour & water’ will be held at Dhaka Art Center in city’s Dhanmondi area.Liberation war affairs ministry secretary KH Masud Siddiqui will inaugurate the exhibition as chief guest at 5:30pm on April 11.Quazi Sajjad

DHAKA: In the hope that the stigma attached to child sexual abuse in India is lifted, Bollywood actress Kalki Koechlin spoke out about her own experience.‘The reason you haven’t heard about it is that I don’t like to talk about it, for me it’s not a one day headline, it’s

DHAKA: ‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’ earned $96m in its opening weekend in the US, claiming the top spot and a new record.The sequel to the 2011 original film about the Marvel superhero, starring Chris Evans, toppled biblical epic ‘Noah’, which stars Russell Crowe.Its

DHAKA: The ‘Ram-Leela’ couple is back! Actress Deepika Padukone will play historical character Mastani with Ranveer Singh playing Bajirao Peshwa in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s ‘Bajirao Mastani’.The casting of Ranveer and Deepika puts an end to months of speculation about who would

DHAKA: American comedian and actor John Pinette has been found dead in a hotel room in Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania.Aged 50, he died of natural causes, the local medical examiner`s office told Associated Press.A veteran of the international comedy circuit, he was also famous for his role in

DHAKA: Deshbangla Theatre will stage a play titled ‘Saras Danay Paran Pakhi’ at the Experimental Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy in city’s Segun Bagicha area.The play, scripted by Rashidul Islam Raja and directed by Irin Parvin Lopa, will be staged at 7:30pm on April

DHAKA: Kenyan actress Lupita Nyong’o has landed her first big beauty deal as the face of cosmetic giant Lancome.The Oscar winner follows in the footsteps of Hollywood superstars Kate Winslet, Julia Roberts, and Penelope Cruz to be named a brand ambassador for the company.‘The 12 Years

DHAKA: The Colombian writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez, winner of the 1982 Nobel Prize for Literature, has been taken to hospital in Mexico City.Garcia Marquez, who is 87, is being treated for a lung and urinary tract infection, said Mexican officials, reports the BBC.He has made few public

DHAKA: The 50-year-old hunk Brad Pitt is planning to tie the knot with Angelina Jolie, who he got engaged to in April 2012, and is hoping the band, which includes brothers Caleb, Jared, Nathan and cousin Matthew Followill, aren’t on tour on the big day.The ‘Sex On Fire’ rockers have

DHAKA: The celebrity couple were reportedly ‘physically separated and emotionally’, and have also ‘always have been comfortable doing things apart’, before announcing their separation.It has been over a week since Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris martin’s ‘Unconscious Uncoupling’

DHAKA: Katy Perry is having hypnotherapy to get over John Mayer.The ‘Roar’ hitmaker was devastated when her two-year romance to the singer ended in February amid claims he had cheated on her, and she is doing everything she can to move on.A source said, ‘Katy was devastated when

DHAKA: Johnny Depp confirmed rumours of his engagement to actress Amber Heard by showing off what he calls a ‘chick’s ring’ on his hand.The actor was asked on Monday if the ring he was wearing confirmed months of rumours that he was engaged.‘The fact that I`m wearing a chick`s

DHAKA: A new Michael Jackson album, featuring eight new tracks from the late artist’s archive, will be released on 13 May.Titled Xscape, the track listing was chosen by Epic Records chairman LA Reid, who trawled through four decades of Jackson’s demos and off-cuts.The tracks were then