DHAKA: The book ‘In A Land Far From Home’ By Syed Mujtaba Ali translation of ‘Deshe Bideshe’ by Nazes Afroz launched at Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre (IGCC) in city’s Gulshan area on Monday.Deputy High Commissioner Sandeep Chakravorty unveiled the book.Nazes Afroz, the

DHAKA: Five-day 26th National Rabindra Sangeet Festival has begun on Tuesday at Shawkat Osman Memorial Auditorium in Central Public Library in city’s Shahbagh area.Bangladesh Rabindra Sangeet Shilpi Sangstha, in association with Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre, has organized the festival,

DHAKA: Star Cineplex arranged a special premiere show of ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’ at its Star Zone in Bashundhara City Shopping Mall in city’s Panthapath area.Screening of this action, adventure and sci-fi Hollywood sequel movie was held at its halls on Thursday

DHAKA: English actress Michelle Keegan has been named the sexiest woman in the world by British men’s magazine FHM.The 27-year-old actress is best known for her roles on the BBC series ‘Ordinary Lies’ and the long-running British soap opera ‘Coronation Street’.Her ‘Coronation

DHAKA: Star Cineplex will arrange a special premiere show of ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’ at its Star Zone in Bashundhara City Shopping Mall in city’s Panthapath area.Screening of this action, adventure and sci-fi Hollywood sequel movie will beheld at 7:00pm on Thursday.‘Avengers:

DHAKA: "Fast and Furious" star Vin Diesel confirmed at Universal's CinemaCon panel, an annual event for theater owners, that the next installment to the franchise is happening.The currently untitled eighth chapter will be released April 14, 2017.The seventh film in the franchise, "Furious

DHAKA: A souped-up stunt car driven by the late actor Paul Walker in the first Fast & Furious movie is going up for auction.The 220-horsepower 1993 Toyota Supra, complete with twin nitrous oxide bottles for that extra push, is expected to sell for between $150,000 to $200,000, according

DHAKA: People magazine has anointed Sandra Bullock the world’s most beautiful woman of 2015.The publication revealed on Wednesday, CNN publishes this report on Thursday.Bullock, 50, joins a long line of actresses to receive the honor, including last year’s cover girl, Lupita

DHAKA: In just 17 days, Furious 7 crossed the $1 billion mark at the worldwide box office Friday.It's a new record for the fastest climb to the major milestone. (The Avengers, Avatar and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 crossed $1 billion in 19 days.) Plus, the film is the

DHAKA: As secret agent James Bond, Daniel Craig has a license to kill, but on Tuesday the United Nations gave the British actor a ‘license to save’ by appointing him as the first global advocate for the elimination of mines and explosive hazards.Craig, who has been filming his fourth

DHAKA: Guenter Grass, German Nobel literature prize winner and author of ‘The Tin Drum’, has died aged 87.His publisher said he had passed away at a clinic in the city of Luebeck, reports the BBC.Born in what was then Danzig, Grass served in the German military in World War Two and

DHAKA: A new documentary on the life of late British singer Amy Winehouse shows the six-time Grammy-Award winner in her younger days discussing her misgivings about fame.A preview of the trailer showed on Thursday, reports The Straits Times.Winehouse died from alcohol poisoning nearly

DHAKA: Star Cineplex arranged the special premiere show of the latest hollywood sequel movie ‘Fast & Furious 7’ at its halls in Bashundhara City Shopping Mall in city’s Panthapath area.Premiere of this action, crime and thriller was held Thursday evening.Moreover, the event featured

DHAKA: The second Hill Film Festival, presenting films by directors with ethnic identities, will begin in Rangamati from April 2.Seven feature films and at least 26 short films are set to be screened at the Cultural Institute auditorium during the festival.Moreover, the festival will

DHAKA: Star Cineplex will arrange the special premiere show of the latest hollywood sequel movie ‘Fast & Furious 7’ at its halls in Bashundhara City Shopping Mall in city’s Panthapath area.Premiere of this action, crime and thriller will be held at 6:30pm on April 2.Moreover, the

DHAKA: For the first of its kind, a weeklong ‘music fair’ will be held on the premises of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy in city’s Segun Bagicha area from April 9.Everyday, the fair, to be organized by Music Industries Owners’ Association of Bangladesh (MIB), will remain open to

DHAKA: Actress Angelina Jolie has had her ovaries and fallopian tubes removed as a preventative measure against cancer.Writing in the New York Times, Jolie said she had the surgery last week as she carries a gene that gave her a 50% risk of developing ovarian cancer.Two years ago, Jolie,

DHAKA: The finalists for the prestigious Man Booker International Prize were announced in Cape Town on Tuesday, with 10 authors from around the world contending for the 60,000 pound prize.The prize is awarded every two years to an author who has published fiction either originally in

DHAKA: A two-day music festival titled ‘Satyen Sen Ganasangeet Utsab’ and a national competition of ‘ganasangeet’ will be held in city from March 27.The festival, to be organized by cultural organization Udichi, will pay tribute to its founder Satyen Sen, said a press release on

DHAKA: Disney has announced it will produce a sequel to its runaway hit Frozen, which last year became the highest-grossing animated film of all time.The Oscar-winning picture made $1.27bn (£857m) at box offices worldwide, and led to record sales of related merchandise.Frozen 2 will