Monday, 07 Oct, 2024

Entertainment

Siam-Pori together in ‘Biswa Sundori’

DHAKA: Small screen director Chayanika Chowdhury has picked Siam Ahmed and Pori Moni for her maiden silver screen venture, making it first screen share for the two Dhallywood sensations.  A star-studded announcement ceremony of the film titled ‘Biswa Sundori’ held at Sonargaon

Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt are already engaged!

Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt's romance is literally on the top of the sky.  Ranbir accepted that he is in a relationship with Alia Bhatt but also termed it 'very new'. However the relationship has now blossomed and the couple has taken their next step. They are already

Local Ad in foreign TV channel: 2 orgs show caused

DHAKA: The government started taking actions against those involved in the promotion of local advertisements in foreign television channels for violating its prior restriction.  The Information Ministry on Monday (April 1) issued show cause notice to two cable network service

No local Ad in foreign TV channels from April 1

DAHKA: The government has issued restriction on broadcasting local advertisements in foreign television channels, which will be effective from April 1. Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud made the announcement while addressing a discussion titled ‘Private TV Channels in Crisis’ at

Ranbir Kapoor, Alia Bhatt win big at 64th Filmfare Awards

Bollywood superstars Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt won the best actor awards for their roles in the films "Sanju" and "Raazi" respectively at the 64th Filmfare Awards 2019 on Saturday. The film 'Raazi' won five awards including the category of Best Film, Best Director. The

Shahnaz Rahmatullah laid to rest

DHAKA: Celebrated singer Shahnaz Rahmatullah was buried at Banani Military Graveyard following a Namaz-e-Janaza at a Baridhara mosque after Johr prayer. The Namaz-e-Janaza held at 2:45 pm Sunday (March 24). Shahnaz Rahmatullah died of a heart attack at her Baridhara residence in the

Shahnaz Rahmatullah passes away

DHAKA: Celebrated singer Shahnaz Rahmatullah has died of a heart attack at her Baridhara residence in the capital city around 12am Sunday (March 24). She was 67. Singer-songwriter-music director Shafiq Tuhin confirmed the matter to Banglanews. “She had no cardiac problems in the

HC bans movie, drama based on Jahalom’s life

DHAKA: The High Court imposed a ban on making any film or drama based on the sufferings of Jahalom who was jailed for three years without any guilt.   The ban will remain active until disposal of a related rule issued by the HC. The HC bench of Justice Nazrul Islam Talukder and

ACC seeks ban film making on Jahalom’s tragic tale

DHAKA: Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed a plea with the High Court seeking ban on making any film based on the life of Jahalom who was jailed for three years without any guilt.  ACC lawyer Khurshid Alam Khan confirmed the matter Tuesday (Mar 19). An HC bench of Justice

Vidya Balan willing to star in Sridevi biopic

DHAKA: Bollywood actress Vidya Balan says she is open to the idea of essaying the role of Sridevi in her biopic as a tribute to the late actress.  Vidya talked about it during an episode of the show Starry Nights 2. Oh! hosted by Komal Nahta. When the host asked if she would play

Sadia Nabila to play cop in 'Mission Extreme'

DHAKA: Australia-based Bangladeshi actress Sadia Nabila will appear as an officer of special police force in cop action thriller ‘Mission Extreme’. Scriptwriter-director of the film Sunny Sanwar disclosed the news at a teaser poster opening ceremony at a city restaurant beside

Ek Jamuna: Habib Ft Liza single coming out tomorrow

DHAKA: Singer-composer Habib Wahid has taken a latest move in which he will be tuning and composing for various artists consecutively and the listeners will get one new song every month released on Habib’s Music Lounge. The move, meanwhile, has started with Habib Ft Porshi song

Jennifer Lopez engaged to baseball star boyfriend

Singer Jennifer Lopez and former Yankeee Alex Rodriguez are getting married, the pair announced on Instagram Saturday night.  Rodriguez posted an image of an engagement ring on a woman's hand with the caption "she said yes" while Lopez posted the same photo captioned with heart

NZ, Canada, Australia radio stations stop playing MJ songs

Radio stations in Australia, Canada and New Zealand have become the latest to ban Michael Jackson from the air after horrific abuse claims.  Sydney's Nova Entertainment on Thursday became the latest radio group to announce they are taking the late 'King of Pop' off the air

Kylie Jenner, 21, now world's youngest billionaire

American reality television personality, model, entrepreneur, socialite, and social media personality Kylie Jenner has become the world's youngest self-made billionaire, according to Forbes billionaires' list. The youngest Kardashian family member is making her fortune from her

ABM Sumon plays sacked army spy in web series

DHAKA: Actor-model ABM Sumon has played the role of an expelled army spy in a web series tilted ‘Dhoka’.  The Anonno Mamun directed web series was shot in picturesque locations of Bali, Indonesia, recently. Sumon took part in the shooting from Feb 2 to Feb 22. He hinted

Nirab joins ‘Banglasia 2.0’ cast mates in Malaysian premiere

DHAKA: Dhallywood actor-model Nirab Hossain joined the Malaysian premiere of his much-awaited action-comedy ‘Banglasia 2.0’ in Malaysian city of Petaling Jaya Tuesday (Feb 26) night. The movie was premiered at two theaters of TGV Cinemas in Sunway Pyramid shopping mall amid

Air strikes: Pakistan boycotts Indian movies

No Indian movie will release in Pakistan, the government announced following air strikes by the Indian Air Force (IAF) on terror training camp on the Pakistani soil. Pakistan's Information and Broadcasting Minister Fawad Chaudhry on Tuesday announced a boycott of Indian movies as

Ariana Grande eclipses Selena Gomez as Instagram's most-followed woman

Ariana Grande racked up yet another top spot on Monday (Feb 25), surpassing Selena Gomez as the most-followed woman on Instagram. Previously, Gomez held the title with 146,267,801 followers, but as of press time, Ari had barely eclipsed her fellow pop star with 146,286,173 followers.

Lady Gaga takes home Oscar for “Shallow” song

The Oscars went ga-ga for Lady Gaga as the songstress-turned-actress took home Oscar gold for co-writing the song “Shallow” for the latest Hollywood iteration of A Star is Born. Lady Gaga (nee Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta), wrote the music and lyric with Mark Ronson, Anthony