DHAKA: An evening of cultural program will be held at Shawkat Osman Smriti Auditorium of Central Public Library on Friday celebrating the 116th birth anniversary of music maestro Sailajaranjan Majumdar.An evening of Rabindra Sangeet titled ‘Barshamangal’ will also be held to mark the

DHAKA: Star Cineplex will arrange the premiere show of action, adventure and sci-fi Hollywood movie ‘Ant-Man’ at its halls at Bashundhara City Shopping Complex in city’s Panthapath area.The show will be held at 6:45pm on July 30.‘Ant-Man’ is a 2015 American superhero film based

DHAKA: Hollywood actor George Clooney launched an initiative on Monday to track down and help bring to justice those funding and profiting from Africa’s deadliest conflicts in a bid to fight corruption in war zones.Clooney joined forces with US human rights activist John Prendergast in

DHAKA: Bollywood star Salman Khan’s latest release ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’ had a strong opening weekend over India’s Eid holiday weekend, proving that he has box-office drawing power despite a recent conviction in a hit-and-run accident case.The film, co-produced by the actor’s

DHAKA: Star Cineplex arranged the premiere show of latest Hollywood movie ‘Minions’ in 3D at Star Zone in Bashundhara City Shopping Mall in city’s Panthapath area.The show of this animation, comedy and family movie was held on Thursday evening.The movie will be screened at 10:50am,

DHAKA: Taylor Swift has reportedly donated $50,000 to the family of a young girl with cancer who used her song ‘Bad Blood’ in GoFundMe video raising money for medical treatment.Naomi Oakes was recently diagnosed with acute myelogenous leukemia, an aggressive form of the disease that

DHAKA: Star Cineplex will arrange the premiere show of latest Hollywood movie ‘Minions’ in 3D at Star Zone in Bashundhara City Shopping Mall in city’s Panthapath area.The show of this animation, comedy and family movie will be held at 8:00pm on Thursday.‘Minions’, a 2015

DHAKA: Kim Kardashian West was racially abused on a plane but advised not to react because it wasn’t ‘worth it’.The 34-year-old reality star, who is expecting her second child, a son, with husband Kanye West, was traveling with daughter North, now two, when an unnamed woman said

DHAKA: American singer Katy Perry is the world's best-paid pop star, according to Forbes magazine.The 30-year-old singer, who was married to British comedian Russell Brand from 2010 until 2012, is the best-placed pop star on Forbes’ annual list of the world’s highest-paid

DHAKA: Oscar-winning actor/director Ben Affleck and his actress wife Jennifer Garner – one of Hollywood’s A-list power couples – announced the end of their 10-year marriage on Tuesday, ending months of rumors.‘After much thought and careful consideration, we have made the

DHAKA: James Horner, the Hollywood composer who wrote the score for the Oscar-winning film hit Titanic, has died in a California plane crash.The two-time Oscar winner worked on three James Cameron films, as well as ‘A Beautiful Mind’, ‘Troy’ and ‘Apollo 13’.Actor and director

DHAKA: Watercolors and drawings by Adolf Hitler have fetched 400,000 euros (Tk 35,035,409) at a German auction.A painting of Neuschwanstein Castle in Bavaria fetched the highest price at Saturday’s sale, selling to a Chinese buyer for 100,000 euros, the BBC publishes this report on

DHAKA: The new Star Wars film has set a new opening night box office record in the US and Canada.Industry experts said, reports the BBC.‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ made £38m ($57m) on Thursday night, beating the previous record of $43.5m held by ‘Harry Potter And The Deathly

DHAKA: Jennifer Lawrence is reportedly set to earn $8 million more than co-star Chris Pratt for appearing in ‘Passengers’.The 24-year-old actress, who’s starred in a string hit movies, including the ‘Hunger Games’ franchise and ‘Silver Linings Playbook’, is set to pocket as

DHAKA: Four independent films on the theme of peace and tolerance in Bangladesh were screened at a film festival at the permanent campus of Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) at Bashundhara residential area in city.Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) and University of

DHAKA: Dame Helen Mirren has been named best actress in a play at the Tony theatre awards in New York.She took home the prize for her portrayal of the Queen in ‘The Audience’, reports the BBC.Dame Helen, a previous Oscar-winner for The Queen, accepted the award saying, ‘Your

DHAKA: K-pop Contest 2015 was held first time in Bangladesh organized by the Embassy of the Republic of Korea on Saturday.Anika Saiara Ali won the contest by his wonderful dance with the song Girl’s Generation.Second Winners are two siblings Yeo Farin and Yeo Farah who danced with the

DHAKA: Star Cineplex arranged a special premiere show of Hollywood action, drama and thriller movie ‘San Andreas’ at its hall at Bashundhara City Shopping Mall in city’s Panthapath area.The show was held on Thursday evening.Screening of the movie will be held 11:00am, 1:30pm, 4:00pm

DHAKA: Star Cineplex will arrange the special premiere show of Hollywood action, drama and thriller movie ‘San Andreas’ at its hall at Bashundhara City Shopping Mall in city’s Panthapath area.The movie will have its Dhaka premiere at 6:30pm on Thursday.‘San Andreas’, a 2015

DHAKA: Television personality Kim Kardashian is pregnant with her second child with rapper Kanye West.The mother of one confirmed the news in a promotional video clip on for her reality TV show on Sunday.‘I just got the blood test back and I am pregnant!’ Kardashian, 34, told her