DHAKA: Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre (IGCC) in association with Asian Paints, IRCON and Marico Bangladesh is organising an Evening of Rabindra Sangeet by one of Bangladesh’s prominent exponents, Anima Roy, at 6:30pm on August 30 at the Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre, House No. 35, Road

DHAKA: Actor Ashton Kutcher refuses to leave Mila Kunis’ side as her due date approaches.The ‘Two and a Half Men’ star, 36, has been spending as much quality time as possible with the pregnant ‘Black Swan’ actress, who is expecting a baby girl, recently and can’t wait to

DHAKA: Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon put their differences aside for the sake of the rapper-turned-TV personality’s grandfather when he fell ill weeks after they separated.Last week, Cannon confirmed reports suggesting the couple had split, revealing he and Carey had been living apart

DHAKA: Wednesday is 12 Bhadro, 1421. This day is the 38th death anniversary of National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam – the poet of love, equality, rebellion and renaissance.  He breathed his last at the PG Hospital (now Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University) on the day of 1976 at the

DHAKA: BBC One drama ‘Sherlock’ has won a hat-trick of awards at the US Primetime Emmys in Los Angeles. Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman won best actor and best supporting actor in a miniseries, although neither was present to collect their awards. Stephen Moffat also won

DHAKA: With some twerking and shaking, the leading ladies of pop music dominated the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday, while an emotional Miley Cyrus and a touching moment between Beyonce and her family led the Moonman award wins of the night. Cyrus, who set tongues wagging last year

DHAKA: Oscar-winning British film director Richard Attenborough has died at the age of 90, his son has said. Lord Attenborough was one of Britain’s leading actors, before becoming a highly successful director. In a career that spanned six decades, he appeared in films including

DHAKA: Singer Nicki Minaj has knocked pop star Miley Cyrus off her throne after her ‘Anaconda’ music video became the most watched online.Minaj’s ‘Anaconda’ has broken the record for the most views in 24 hours, snagging the top spot from Cyrus, who previously held the record

DHAKA: The 45-year-old songstress Jennifer Lopez is open to the idea of tying the knot for a fourth time. It could be a possibility that Jennifer Lopez has given up on the idea of being happily married as she has already been involved in three divorces, but the 45 year-old singer is

DHAKA: John Lennon’s killer Mark David Chapman has been denied parole for the eighth time. Chapman, 59, who shot and killed the Beatles legend outside his Dakota Building home in New York in December, 1980, has lost his bid to walk free from prison. A three-member board denied the

DHAKA: With his latest film, Singham Returns garnering a good response, director Rohit Shetty is understandably on a new high these days.But if sources are to be believed, he has another reason to smile - it turns out that he has signed on none other than Kajol opposite Shah Rukh

DHAKA: Belal Ahmed, director of critically acclaimed movie ‘Nandita Narake’, passed away on Monday.The 64-year-old director, who breathed his last at city’s Square Hospital around 11:30am, had been suffering from cardiac arrest, his family sources told banglanews.He, however,

DHAKA: Jackie Chan doesn’t want violence or ‘dirty comedy’ in his movies.The ‘Around the World in 80 Days’ actor considers the films he directs to be like his children, and he has a very strict set of guidelines he makes sure he adheres to when working on a project and it

DHAKA: Sylvester Stallone is preparing to appear in ‘Rambo 5’. Stallone, 68, recently starred in the third instalment of the ‘Expendables’ franchise - in which he appeared alongside the likes of Harrison Ford and Jason Statham - and he’s already working towards starring in

DHAKA: Country’s one of the major playwrights late Selim Al-Deen’s 65th birth anniversary has been celebrated at Jahangirnagar University.JU vice-chancellor professor Dr Farhana Islam on Monday morning placed floral wreath at the playwright’s grave.In her speech, the JU VC said

DHAKA: The physical condition of Singer Nancy, who attempted to commit suicide, now undergoing treatment at Labaid Hospital in the city, improved a little bit on Sunday afternoon. Dr Ali Abrar, coordinator of Labaid Hospital, made disclosure to banglanews. He said, “She is now out of

DHAKA: A 3-day exhibition featuring 39 photographs by Eastern Bank employees is being held at Drik gallery in city’s Dhanmondi area. Bangladesh Bank deputy governor Shitangshu Kumar Sur Chowdhury inaugurated the photo exhibition as chief guest on Thursday. Dr Chowdhury Hasan Mahmud,

DHAKA: Robin Williams was suffering from the early stages of Parkinson's disease at the time of his death, his wife has said.Susan Schneider said her husband had been sober but "not yet ready to share publicly" his struggles with Parkinson's.She added that he had also been suffering from

DHAKA: Star Cineplex screened the 3D version of action, drama and sci-fi movie ‘Dawn of the Planet of the Apes’ at its halls in Basundhara City Shopping Mall in city’s Panthapath area. The inaugural show of this latest Hollywood sequel movie was held Thursday evening. The movies

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Thursday fixed January 27, 2015 as the hearing date of framing charges against singer Arfin Rumi in a case filed by his first wife Lamia Islam Ananya. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Anwar Sadat placed the fixed the date. The plaintiff, Ananya, confirmed the matter