DHAKA:  Police recovered body of actor Tanvir Hasan from his residence in city’s Uttara on Friday afternoon (January 18). Police, after recovering the body from Uttara Sector 4, sent it to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) morgue for autopsy. Having supper, Tanvir went to bed

JAHANGIRNAGAR UNIVERSITY: Jahangirnagar University (JU) has dedicated the 2019 edition of its wintertime festival ‘Him Utshob’ to legendary rock singer Ayub Bachchu who passed away in late 2018. Tasbibul Gani Niloy, one of the organizers, confirmed the matter to Banglanews

DHAKA: Singer Kazi Shuvo has opened a restaurant in Mohammadpur of the capital city Wednesday (Jan 16) night. Located opposite the Tokyo Square at Ring Road, the food destination has been named ‘Kalozeera’. While talking to Banglanews, Shuvo said he has followed his

DHAKA: The tenth edition of Chobi Mela, the most prestigious photography festival in Asia, is scheduled to kick off on Feb 28.  In a press conference held at Drik’s new gallery in Panthapath on Jan 15, the organisers updated the media on upcoming festival programs.  The festival

DHAKA: A Dhaka court granted permanent bail to actress Quazi Nawshaba Ahmed, who was behind the bars in a case filed under ICT Act on charge of spreading rumor during the road safety protests in Aug, 2018. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Didar Hossain passed the order after a

DHAKA: Former Shironamhin vocal Tanzir Tuhin’s newly formed band Avash is all set for releasing a new song titled after the band’s name. So, ‘Avash’ will be second song for the band as it released its maiden song ‘Manush-1’ on May 15, 2018.  The self-titled track will

DHAKA: The 17th edition of Dhaka International Film Festival will open Thursday (Jan 10). The festival will continue for 9 days, till 18th of January.  Rainbow Film Society, organizer of the fest, arranged a press briefing at Dhaka Club to make the announcement Wednesday (Jan 9).

The Freddie Mercury biopic "Bohemian Rhapsody" took best picture, drama, over Bradley Cooper's heavily favoured "A Star is Born" in the Golden Globes 2019. Bohemian Rhapsody was the surprise winner of best film - and, in a further unexpected triumph, it's star Rami Malek won

DHAKA: "The Mother", English version of Bangla novel "Jononi", written by renowned Bangladeshi writer Mostofa Kamal, will soon be released in London.  Olympia Publishers of London is publishing the novel in two formats --Paper Book and E-book, said the writer in a press release. 

DHAKA: Bangla Academy has introduced ‘Kobi Jasimuddin Sahitya Puraskar’ in recognition of the Polli Kobi’s vast contribution to Bangla literature. Popular poet Nirmalendu Goon has been awarded the award in its year of inception.    He will be handed over the prize at the

Veteran Bollywood actor-writer Kader Khan has died in Canada due to a prolonged illness, his son Sarfaraz confirmed Tuesday. He was 81.  Kader Khan was admitted to a hospital in Canada on Friday after he complained of breathlessness; his funeral will take place later on Tuesday.

DHAKA: Ray Sawyer - the eye-patch wearing singer with Dr Hook & the Medicine Show in the 1970s - has died, aged 81. Sawyer died in Daytona, Florida, after "a brief illness", according to US website Page Six. The band is best known for the song ‘When You're in Love with a

DHAKA: From Dhallywood star Siam Ahmed to American singer-songwriter Miley Cyrus, the year 2018 saw a good number of celebrities hitting the wedding bell worldwide. With 2018 now ending, Banglanews offers you to sneak peek into the local celebrity wedding once again!  Iresh Zaker

BOGRA: Independent candidate from Bogra-4 constituency Ashraful Hossen Alom, popularly known as Hero Alom, survived a physical assault at a polling center on Election Day Sunday (Dec 30).  A video went viral on social media where Alom was seen heading to a polling center accompanying

KOLKATA: Legendary filmmaker Mrinal Sen has died in Kolkata of West Bengal at the age of 95. He breathed his last at his Kolkata residence on Sunday (December 30). Family sources said he had been suffering from different age-related ailments.  He was a Padmabhushan awardee, a noted

DHAKA: Popular Bangladeshi pop-fusion band Chirkutt is all set for performing in Bangla Utshab 2019 at Nazrul Mancha of Kolkata. The three-day long festival will kick off on Jan 4, with the theme “Dui Bangla: Seemana Bhule, Ek Sur-e.” Chitkutt will perform on the night of Jan 5.

DHAKA: Singer Mahtim Shakib, who has come under the spotlight for his enthralling cover numbers on YouTube, recently has lent voice to a new single. Titled ‘Je Chole Jaowa’, author-lyricist Mahatab Hossain has penned the lyrics. Music director SK Sameer has tuned and composed

DHAKA: The Faculty of Fine Arts of University of Dhaka (DU) is celebrating it's 70th founding anniversary amid huge festivity. To mark the day, hundreds of students, led by DU Vice Chancellor Professor Dr Md Akhtaruzzaman bought out a colourful rally, starting from the premises of

DHAKA: Actress Adhora Khan was signed earlier for director Ispahani Arif Jahan’s new film ‘Dream Girl’. The director recently has finalized actor Roshan to appear against her.   “The deal will be formally inked with him (Roshan) next week,” Jahan said upon picking the

Members of Indonesian pop band Seventeen were among those swept away by the devastating tsunami that struck the Sunda Strait of Indonesia, a moment captured in a terrifying video. The video, which quickly went viral, shows the tsunami striking Saturday during the band’s open-air