DHAKA: The quirky and talented designer Bibi Russell is in Bangalore of India to participate in the Karnataka Fashion Week Bangalore 2014. Bibi was born in Chittagong, Bangladesh and grew up in Dhaka studying in Kamrunnessa Govt. Girls` High School. Later she earned a graduate degree in

DHAKA: Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan suffered injuries during the shoot of his upcoming film `Happy New Year` in a Mumbai hotel, latest reports said.The injured actor was taken to Nanavati Hospital in Mumbai, reports Deccanchronicle.com.The shoot was taking place at a five-star hotel

DHAKA: Alliance Française de Dhaka will arrange Sumon Yusuf’s maiden photography exhibition titled ‘Life & Struggle of Padma’ at its La Galerie.Inaugural ceremony of the exhibition will be held at 6:00pm on Friday.Professor Abdullah Abu Sayeed, will be present as chief guest while

DHAKA: Two members of Russian protest punk rock act Pussy Riot will appear at a concert promoting human rights in New York City, its organiser has said.Amnesty International says Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova will appear at a 5 February concert in New York’s Brooklyn

DHAKA:  Star Cineplex will arrange the screening of crime, drama and thriller movie ‘Prisoners’ at Bashundhara City on Panthapath.The Dhaka-premiere of this Hollywood blockbuster will be held at 6:45pm on ThursdayDirected by Denis Villeneuve, the film has an ensemble cast including

DHAKA: Film director Mohammad Hannan passed away after suffering cardiac arrest at a Barisal-bound launch while going to village home on Tuesday midnight.Hannan, also former president of Bangladesh Film Directors` Association, breathed his last at 12:00am. ‘His first namaz-e-janaza will

DHAKA: Cop buddy comedy ‘Ride Along’ has easily beaten political thriller ‘Jack Ryan’ to the top of the US box office chart.The film, starring Kevin Hart and rapper Ice Cube, took $41.2m in its first week of release, reports the BBC.‘Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit’, based on Tom

DHAKA: Space drama ‘Gravity’ and ‘12 Years a Slave’ have tied for the top prize at the Producer’s Guild of America awards.It is the first time the guild has declared a tie for best film in its 25-year history, another indicator that this year’s Oscars race is wide open.The PGA

DHAKA: Lanvin headlined the last day of the Paris menswear shows on Sunday with a rock-and-roll inspired collection billed as anti-uniform, before Versace kicks off six days of haute couture.‘Freedom to choose’ was the byword for menswear designer Lucas Ossendrijver, with pants both

DHAKA: The cast of 1970s crime caper ‘American Hustle’ have taken the top prize at the Screen Actors Guild awards.Representing his co-stars, Robert De Niro, Jennifer Lawrence, Amy Adams and Christian Bale, actor Bradley Cooper praised film director David O Russell.‘He is an

DHAKA: A host of Oscar nominees came together for the Critics’ Choice Movie Awards in Los Angeles, which saw Gravity win a record seven prizes.The awards are a likely indicator of Oscar success and have predicted many of the winners in recent years.Gravity was named best sci-fi film,

DHAKA: Selena Gomez’s split from Justin Bieber helped her to turn her career around.The pop starlet felt she had stopped being challenged musically before she was 20 but her painful breakup from the ‘Never Say Never’ singer in January 2013 motivated her to re-evaluate and come back

DHAKA: Friends claim Johnny Depp and Amber Heard are engaged.The 27-year-old actress Amber Heard was seen sporting a black pearl and diamond ring on her engagement finger earlier this week, which she tried to hide from photographers, and although it was claimed it is just a promise ring,

DHAKA: Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre (IGCC) in association with Asian Paints, IRCON and Marico Bangladesh is organising An Evening of Sarod Recital by eminent Bangladeshi artist, M Yousuf Khan.The evening will be held at 6:30PM on Friday, at the Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre, House No.

DHAKA: Star Cineplex premiered Hollywood adventure and fantasy movie ‘The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug’ at its hall at Bashundhara City Shopping Mall in city’s Panthapath area.The movie, which had its Dhaka premiere Thursday evening, will be screened at 10.50am, 1.20pm, 4.00pm,

DHAKA: Steve McQueen’s ‘12 Years a Slave’, con drama ‘American Hustle’ and space movie ‘Gravity’ have all been nominated for best picture at this year’s Oscars.They will compete against British film ‘Philomena’, ‘Captain Phillips’, ‘Nebraska’ and ‘The Wolf of

DHAKA: The Oscar nominations will be announced later, with ‘12 Years a Slave’, ‘Gravity’ and ‘American Hustle’ all expected to be in the running for best picture.But the rest of the shortlist is up for grabs, amidst one of the most competitive fields in years, reports the

DHAKA: Argentine poet Juan Gelman has died aged 83 in Mexico City. He is considered to be one of the greatest authors in Spanish and was awarded the prestigious Cervantes Prize in 2007.Gelman, a left-wing activist and a guerrilla in Argentina in the 1960s and 1970s, lived in Mexico for 20

DHAKA: Legendary Bengali actress Suchitra Sen, who is being treated at the Intensive Therapy Unit of a city nursing home following serious respiratory problems, is still critical but stable and responding to therapy, a doctor said Monday.The ailing icon is on constant oxygen support

DHAKA: Legendary Bengali actress Suchitra Sen, who is being treated at the Intensive Therapy Unit of a city nursing home following serious respiratory problems, is still critical but stable and responding to therapy, a doctor said Monday.The ailing icon is on constant oxygen support