DHAKA: The authorities of Yerawada Central Jail have reportedly confirmed that Sanjay Dutt will be taking a 10-day break.The furlough has been granted to the actor for treatment of a leg ailment, reports The Times of India.He is expected to fly from Pune on a chartered flight belonging to

DHAKA: New legislation which will limit the paparazzi’s ability to photograph stars’ children has become law in the state of California.Bill 606, championed by actress Halle Berry, who testified before the state assembly, sets out to protect the children of those in the public eye.It

DHAKA: Though Nina Ricci’s safe spring-summer 2014 show broke no molds, there were some subtle surprises.The ultra-feminine Paris display from designer Peter Copping in sheer whites and pale blues - and a great, bright peacock blue - drew its inspiration in historic tailoring for

DHAKA: Though Nina Ricci’s safe spring-summer 2014 show broke no molds, there were some subtle surprises.The ultra-feminine Paris display from designer Peter Copping in sheer whites and pale blues - and a great, bright peacock blue - drew its inspiration in historic tailoring for

DHAKA: A three-day group photography exhibition will begin at Dhaka Art Center in city’s Dhanmondi area from September 27.The exhibition titled ‘POV_Prime 50’s : Season 1’ will remain open from 3:00pm to 8:00pm till September 29.A total of 50 photographs will be displayed at the

DHAKA: Legendary Bollywood actor Dilip Kumar, who was recuperating at the Lilavati Hospital in Mumbai, discharged today following improvement in his condition.The 90-year-old thespian was kept in the intensive care unit (ICU) for ten days after he suffered a myocardial infarction (heart

DHAKA: Indian actress Priyanka Chopra has been named as most ‘dangerous’ celebrity online in a survey conducted by a cyber security system.Chopra, who has been part of hit movies like ‘Don’, ‘Agneepath’ and ‘Barfi!’ has replaced Indo-Canadian porn star Sunny Leone in this

DHAKA: After girls like Veena Malik, Claudia, Sunny Leone and Pamela Anderson, it is now neighbourhood Bangladesh model Asif Azim entering India’s Big Boss house. Azim a famous ramp model who hails from Dhaka has created waves on Indian and international ramp scene. He is all set to

DHAKA: Paris fashion week got off to a charmingly chaotic start Tuesday with a rooftop catwalk show, the first by Franco-Cambodian designer Christine Phung, at which fashionistas played ‘spot the model’.Fashion watchers who trekked up the eight flights to the top of Paris’s famed

DHAKA: Kidnapping drama ‘Prisoners’, starring Hugh Jackman and Jake Gyllenhaal, has topped the US box office in its opening weekend.The thriller about two young girls who are abducted, took $21.4m, reports the BBC.Its release continues the shift away from summer blockbusters to the

DHAKA: ‘Breaking Bad’, the brutal saga of an everyman’s ambition turned evil, captured its first best drama Emmy Award on Sunday, while ‘Modern Family’ won its fourth consecutive trophy for top comedy series.‘I did not see this coming,’ said Breaking Bad creator Vince

DHAKA: A selection committee formed by the Bangladesh Federation of Film Societies has chosen helmer Mostofa Sarwar Farooki’s Bengali-language “Television” as the country’s entry in the Academy Awards’ foreign language category.Produced by Bangladeshi shingle Chabial with German

DHAKA: A three-week exhibition titled ‘Unseen Splendour’ with the artworks by Bangladesh’s one of the major artists SM Sultan began at Bengal Shilpalaya in city’s Dhanmondi area.Noted artist Qayyum Chowdhury inaugurated the show Saturday evening.Cultural activist Asaduzzaman Noor

DHAKA: Donatella Versace mixes street wear with sophisticated styles for her new summer collection, dubbing the flashy result ‘urban luxury’.Tough harness tops are paired with demure flared skirts, denim jackets are worn over a delicate floral sheath, and a chiffon dress is held

DHAKA: Actress Kerry Washington, who was nominated for an Emmy for her role in the ABC television drama Scandal, was named the World’s Best Dressed Woman by People magazine on Wednesday.The Straits Times publishes this report on Thursday.Washington, 36, headed a list that included

DHAKA: The world famous writer of all age Rabindrananath Tagore has been recently remembered again hugely in Canada through West Coast Tagore Festival 2013.The South Asian Renaissance man and polymath, Rabindranath Tagore (7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941), was a poet, novelist, musician,

DHAKA: Bengal Shilpalaya will arrange a three-week exhibition titled ‘Unseen Splendour’ with the artworks by Bangladesh’s one of the major artists SM Sultan at its gallery in city’s Dhanmondi area.A total of eighty six artworks by Sultan from professor Abul Kasem Joardar’s

DHAKA: The movie industry is whooshing toward its digital future, but some players are worried about getting stuck in an informational void along the way. The business has long used box-office numbers, which are publicly sliced and diced ad infinitum. Similarly, disc sales and rentals for

DHAKA: Britain’s Man Booker Prize announced on Wednesday that it was expanding to cover all novels written in the English language, saying it would welcome authors whether they come from ‘Chicago, Sheffield or Shanghai’.The 50,000 pound Booker has until now been awarded annually for

DHAKA: Trumpeter Alison Balsom has become the first British woman to win artist of the year at the prestigious Gramophone Classical Music Awards.‘I’m so thrilled. I could not think of a better way to end the best summer of my life,’ she said, reports the BBC.Balsom made her debut at