DHAKA: Apu Biswas, Shabnam Bubly, Subhasree and Nusraat Faria starring four separate movies are set to hit the cinema halls on the occasion of upcoming Eid-Ul-Fitr, the largest festival of Muslim community. Dhallywood ace superstar Shakib Khan will be seen sharing the screen in major

Veteran Bangla film actor ‘Nayak Raj’ Razzak will be honored with a lifetime achievement award in ‘Tele Cine Awards’ of Kolkata, early next month. Authorities of Tele Cine Awards earlier confirmed the matter to the actor family, said Razzak’s son Samrat on Friday (May 26).

Noted Dhallywood filmmaker PA Kajol died at a city hospital early hours of Thursday (May 25). He was suffering from liver cirrhosis for a prolonged period. Family sources said that Kajol breathed his last at ZH Shikder Women’s Medical College Hospital in Rayer Bazar area of Dhaka,

Actor Sir Roger Moore, best known for playing James Bond, has died aged 89, his family has announced on Tuesday (May 23). He played the famous spy in seven Bond films including Live and Let Die and the Spy Who Loved Me. Sir Roger's family confirmed the news on Twitter, saying he

Actress Reema Lagoo died of a cardiac arrest in Mumbai a little after 3 am Thursday (May 18). She was 59.  Lagoo had been taken to the Kokilaben Hospital. Her last rite was attended by Aamir Khan, Kiran Rao, Kajol, Rishi Kapoor, Sonali Kurkani and Rakesh Bedi, reports the NDTV.

DHAKA: The list of popular Dhallywood actor Mahiya Mahi’s heroes is quite rich as it is crammed with the exuberant names-- Bappy, Saimon Sadik, Shakib Khan, Arifin Shuvoo, Riaz, Ankush Hazra, and Om Shahani etc. However, breaking the preceding formats of male-dominated characters and

Bollywood Actor-politician Vinod Khanna has died in a Mumbai hospital on Thursday (April 27). He was 70. Khanna was taken to HN Reliance Foundation and Research Centre in Gurgaon some weeks ago, ostensibly for severe dehydration. There were rumors that he was actually being

DHAKA: Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB), in association with Shadhona, a centre for the advancement of South Asian culture hosted a splendid Bharathanatyam, the supreme Indian classical dance program at its own campus in Bashundhara, Dhaka on April 22. Bharathanatyam prodigy

DHAKA: Noted singer-composer and freedom fighter Lucky Aakhand was laid to eternal rest at Martyred Intellectual Graveyard in Mirpur of Dhaka Saturday afternoon (April 22). Lucky’s second namaj-e-janaja was held at the central mosque of Dhaka University at noon. Earlier, his body

DHAKA: The first namaj-e-janaja of noted singer-composer Lucky Aakhand was held at Armanitola ground in older part of Dhaka Saturday morning (April 22). Noted personalities from cultural arena of the country including lyricist Asif Iqbal, Lucky’s son Sabhya Tara and residents of the

DHAKA: Legendary singer-composer Lucky Akhand died on Friday (April 21). Lucky breathed his last around 6 pm at his home in Armanitola, in old parts of Dhaka city. He was 61. The veteran artist was battling with cancer for long. Lucky shifted to home on Thursday (April 20)

DHAKA: Noted musician Prince Mahmud is a familiar name for band and modern Bengali songs. The music maestro usually doesn’t work for playback in films. However, recently, Prince Mahmud tuned a playback song titled ‘Firbo na Ar Ghore’ where popular folk artist Momtaz lent her

DHAKA: Bangladesh film actress Apu Biswas visited her ailing husband Shakib Khan at a hospital in city on Thursday afternoon (April 13) even after their unsettled conflict.   Earlier on the day, film actor Shakib Khan was admitted to the LabAid Hospital in Dhanmondi for liver

DHAKA: Bangladesh film star Shakib Khan, in a live interview with a private TV channel on Tuesday, finally admitted film actress Apu Biswas as his wife. Shakib Khan came up with this remark on Tuesday night, in response to Apu’s claim that he is her husband and also the father of her

DHAKA: Film star Shakib Khan on Tuesday finally admitted Apu Biswas as his wife as extreme social outcry emerged against him following her bombshell claim in a live TV interview a day earlier. Shakib Khan came up with this statement in several media this noon (April 11). He said,

DHAKA: Apu Biswas, a popular film actress of Bangladesh, has revealed an unprecedented and shocking story about her personal life claiming another popular film actor Shakib Khan as her husband and father of her 8 months old son.  In a live interview with private TV channel News24, Apu

After pairing with model Piya Bipasha and Tanjin Tisha, popular musician Habib Wahid will share screen with TV actress and model Mithila, in the music video of his brand new song ‘Ghum’. While talking with Banglanews, director Tanim Rahman Angshu informed that shooting of the song

Amid long-cherished expectation of the movie-loving people, the movie based on the life of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman will be made by joint venture initiative of Bangladesh and India.   The movie will be released in 2020. The announcement came after

DHAKA: Popular Bangladeshi actoress and model Joya Ahsan starring Tollywood Indian Kolkata film ‘Bisorjon’ has been awarded with national film prize in India, according to an official announcement Friday (April 7).  The film, directed by Koushik Ganguly, bagged the prize in

DHAKA: Renowned Indian classical singer Kishori Amonkar passed away on Monday (April 3) at the age of 84. She breathed her last at her home in central Mumbai, according to family sources. Born on April 10, 1932, Amonkar was recognised as one of the foremost singers in the Hindustani