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

DHAKA: British director Ken Loach’s film ‘I, Daniel Blake’ has won the Palme d’Or at Cannes Film Festival. It was the 79-year-old’s second award for best picture at the festival after 2006’s ‘The Wind That Shakes the Barley’, reports the BBC. Loach attacked the

DHAKA: Star Cineplex arranged the premiere of ‘The Angry Birds’ at STAR Zone in Bashundhara City Shopping Mall in city’s Panthapath area on Thursday evening (May 19). This animation, action, family and comedy Hollywood movie will be screened at 10:50am, 1:50pm and 3:10pm from May

DHAKA: Star Cineplex will arrange the premiere of ‘The Angry Birds’ at STAR Zone in Bashundhara City Shopping Mall in city’s Panthapath area on Thursday (May 19). The show of this animation, action, family and comedy Hollywood movie will begin at 6:45pm on the day. The Angry

DHAKA: South Korean author Han Kang won the prestigious Man Booker International Prize 2016 for “The Vegetarian,” a novel about a woman who gives up eating meat. The Man Booker International Prize celebrates non-English language books translated and published in the United Kingdom.

DHAKA: Ukraine’s Jamala has won this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, held in Stockholm, Sweden. The country scored 534 points with its song 1944, about the deportation of Crimean Tatars under Josef Stalin, reports the BBC. Australia finished second with 511 points, while Russia

DHAKA: Bangladesh Minister for Cultural Affairs Asaduzzaman Noor opened a Bangladesh cultural show at the auditorium of Western Province Aesthetic Resort in Colombo in Monday (May 9) evening. The ceremonial inauguration of the show by traditional lighting of candles were also