FROM BAITUL MUKARRAM PREMISES: The fourth namaz-e-janaza of ‘Ora Egaro Jon’ famed filmmaker Chashi Nazrul Islam was held after the Zohar prayers at Baitul Mukarram National Mosque in city.Earlier, body of this national award winning filmmaker was brought to the mosque at 12:27pm

DHAKA: Richard Linklater film ‘Boyhood’ has taken top honors at the Golden Globe awards.The movie, which took 12 years to make, won best film drama, with Linklater named best director and Patricia Arquette best supporting actress.British actor Eddie Redmayne won best actor in a

DHAKA: Anita Ekberg, star of ‘La Dolce Vita’, has died aged 83, according to several reports in the Italian media.The Swedish-born actress was branded a ‘sex goddess’ for her performance in Federico Fellini’s iconic movie.A former Miss Sweden, she also appeared in films such as

DHAKA: Ekushey Padak and National Film Award winner noted filmmaker Chashi Nazrul Islam passed away at a city hospital early Sunday. He was 73. Nazrul, who had been suffering from Liver cancer, breathed his last at Labaid Specialized Hospital of the city around 6:00am. Nazrul’s

DHAKA: Ekushey Padak and National Film Award winner noted filmmaker Chashi Nazrul Islam is on life support as his health condition deteriorated Saturday.His younger daughter Anni Islam told banglanews that her father, who has been suffering from cancer, was earlier shifted to

DHAKA: Rod Taylor and actress Rhonda Fleming leaving the premiere of 'Lolita' at LA's Beverly Theatre in 1960 Rod Taylor with actress Rhonda Fleming. Australian actor Rod Taylor, who starred in Alfred Hitchcock's thriller The Birds, has died aged 84, according to reports in the

DHAKA: Suffering from cancer, Ekushey Padak and National Film Award winner noted film maker Chashi Nazrul Islam’s health turned critical again.Akram Hossain, Doctor attending to him said that the condition of the 76-year-old director, admitted to Lab Aid Hospital in the capital for

DHAKA: The people have spoken and superheroes continue to rule the movie pack, as Captain America, Iron Man and Batman were among the top winners at the People’s Choice awards on Wednesday.Iron Man and Avengers star Robert Downey Jr was named favourite movie actor for the fourth

DHAKA: The double Oscar winning Indian composer AR Rahman is celebrating his birthday Tuesday.He literally stormed into the film industry with his fresh music in Roja in 1992 and since then there was no looking back.Winner of double Oscars under the same category, AR Rahman is the first

DHAKA: Actress Cameron Diaz and rocker Benji Madden’s wedding on Monday night have refreshed rumours that she is pregnant.The wedding came two weeks after their reported engagement before Christmas, and they have been dating for only seven months, it is reported.They ‘were married

DHAKA: Theatre group Palakar will arrange the show of ‘Banglar Mati Banglar Jol’ based on Rabindranath Tagore’s ‘Chhinnapatra’ at the National Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy in city’s Segun Bagicha area.The play, scripted by Syed Shamsul Haq and directed by

DHAKA: Internationally acclaimed art critic, President of International Association of Art Critics (AICA), Marek Bartelik, is in Dhaka on a two-week visit and is scheduled to deliver his second lecture of a series.Marek Bartelik will deliver the lecture at the Berlin Hall of Goethe

DHAKA: Little Jimmy Dickens, a diminutive singer-songwriter known for his sense of humor and as the oldest cast member of the Grand Ole Opry, has died at 94.Dickens died Friday at a Nashville-area hospital of cardiac arrest after suffering a stroke on Christmas Day, Opry spokeswoman

DHAKA: British human rights lawyer Amal Clooney claimed in an interview published on Saturday that she was threatened with arrest in Egypt after identifying flaws in the judicial system that later contributed to the convictions of three Al-Jazeera journalists.Clooney, a rights lawyer

DHAKA: ‘PK’ has now become the highest grossing film of all time in the domestic market in just 13 days.PK grossed 181.56 crore rupee nett in week one and has grossed 81.25 crore rupee nett approximately in six days of its second week. The film will cross 275 crore nett in two

DHAKA: Indian noted art theatre personality Heisnam Kanhailal will deliver a lecture as part of series of public lectures on Indological Studies on January 6.Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre (IGCC) in association with Shadhona, a center for advancement of South Asian culture, will organize

DHAKA: The upcoming installment of the Star Wars franchise tops moviegoers’ lists of most anticipated films of 2015, ticket seller Fandango said in what Hollywood watchers expect to be a banner box office year for studios.‘Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens’ highlights a

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Wednesday gave permission to test DNA in the rape case filed by a 19-year actress of Bangla film Naznin Akter Happy against a Bangladesh national cricket team player Rubel Hossain.Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mostafizur Rahman passed the order after hearing on the

DHAKA: The international figures, got lost in 2014 are as following:Roberto Gomez BolanosTo the world, he was known as "Chespirito." Roberto Gomez Bolanos gained fame as a comedian, but he was also a writer, actor, screenwriter, songwriter, film director and TV producer. The legendary

DHAKA: Popular India daily The Times of India suggests its readers to enjoy ten Bollywood movies of 2014. Banglanews24.com presents the list for its readers.01‘Gunday’ stars Ranveer Singh & Arjun Kapoor, as Bikram and Bala, along with Priyanka Chopra and Irrfan Khan, in lead