DHAKA: Prominent singer Chhaya Karmokar will perform in a musical evening in Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre (IGCC) in the capital on October 25. The program will be organized by in association with Asian Paints, IRCON and Marico Bangladesh. Karmokar is an enlisted artist of Bangladesh

DHAKA: The first solo painting exhibition of young artist Monjur Rashid titled “Searching Myself” has begun in La Galerie, Alliance Française de Dhaka on Tuesday. The exhibition will be continued till November 3 Opening ceremony of this exhibition was held at its Café la

DHAKA: US fashion designer Oscar de la Renta, who dressed former first ladies Jackie Kennedy and Hillary Clinton, has died aged 82, BBC reports. De La Renta, who most recently designed Amal Clooney's wedding dress, was diagnosed with cancer in 2006. Born in the Dominican Republic in

US adverting weekly Adweek named six magazines as finalists for its 2012 Hot List on Thursday.2014 was full of bold and innovative cover choices, heightened by major news stories involving race, politics, gender and celebrity, but a few images really broke ground.These were covers that

DHAKA: Jennifer Lopez doesn’t want to find another boyfriend because she is concentrating on looking after her children.The 45-year-old star - who has six-year-old twins Max and Emme from her seven-year marriage to Marc Anthony - insists ensuring her little ones feel loved is the

DHAKA: Actors like Anil Kapoor, Irrfan Khan and Nimrat Kaur may be making inroads into the Hollywood scene, but actor Imran Khan feels the American film industry lacks good roles for Indian talent.‘To be honest, I don't think Indian actors get good roles in Hollywood. You either

DHAKA: US actress Elizabeth Pena, who appeared in films including ‘Lone Star’ and ‘Rush Hour’, has died at the age of 55.Pena was also known for TV shows like sitcoms ‘I Married Dora’ and ‘Modern Family’, in which she played the mother of Sofia Vergara’s character

DHAKA: Television and film actor Neil Patrick Harris will host the 87th Academy Awards in Los Angeles in 2015.The star of TV comedy ‘How I Met Your Mother’ announced the move by posting a cheeky video on Twitter.In it, he says ‘I’m in!’ as he gets off the phone, before circling

DHAKA: Actress Deepika Padukone is ready to work in films beyond Bollywood, but she is not gunning for Hollywood.The versatile Indian actress is instead, keen to do a French or Iranian film, and she has even identified directors she would like to work with, reports

DHAKA: Australian author Richard Flanagan has won the £50,000 Man Booker Prize for his wartime novel The Narrow Road to the Deep North. "It's a remarkable love story as well as story about human suffering and comradeship," said AC Grayling, chair of the judges, reports BBC. Flanagan's

DHAKA: A 1901 self-portrait by Pablo Picasso that has not previously been exhibited in public will go on display in central London this week. Self-portrait (Yo Picasso) depicts the Spanish artist and sculptor at the age of 30, looking directly at the viewer while painting by candlelight.

DHAKA: After starring in two Punjabi films, a Telugu film and the recent Ekta Kapoor production ‘Kuku Mathur Ki Jhand Ho Gayi’, Simran Kaur Mundi (Miss India Universe 2008) has been cast opposite Kapil Sharma in his debut Bollywood film.Filmmakers Abbas-Mustan were looking for a

DHAKA: Gwyneth Paltrow ‘could hardly speak’ in front of the ‘handsome’ Barack Obama. The ‘Glee’ actress admitted to the president of the United States that she was completely awestruck by his good looks, as she attempted to hand him a microphone at a Democratic Fundraiser on

DHAKA: Billboard have announced they will be crowning Taylor Swift 2014’s ‘Woman of the Year’ at their annual ‘Women in Music’ event taking place this December in New York. Swift will become the first artist to win the honour more than once, after previously taking the title in

DHAKA: This year Guardians of the Galaxy swooped into theatres and saved the summer box office, taking over $654 million worldwide. Now Disney is hoping they can transfer some of Guardian’s box office magic to the small screen, with a new animated series to air on their XD channel.

DHAKA: Patrick Modiano, a French historical novelist whose work is largely inspired by Paris under the Nazi occupation, won the Nobel Literature Prize on Thursday.The Swedish Academy said it wanted to celebrate his ‘art of memory’ in capturing the lives of ordinary people under

DHAKA: Maratha Mandir has been running Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (DDLJ), billed as the Bible of Bollywood romance, since its release in 1995 for almost two decades now.The morning show at 11.30am still runs to packed houses everyday. However, this December, the theatre’s managing

DHAKA: Hollywood A-lister Ben Affleck has delivered a spirited defense of Muslims worldwide on a TV talk show hosted by a fellow liberal with little time for the Islamic faith.Affleck, well known for his progressive views, was promoting his latest film ‘Gone Girl’ on HBO’s

DHAKA: Be it for the never-seen-before stunts or scorching chemistry between lead actors Hrithik Roshan and Katrina Kaif, ‘Bang Bang’ is doing extremely well at the box-office.Cashing in on the hype and positive word-of-mouth publicity, the movie has made a whoppping Rs 50 crore in

DHAKA: Star Cineplex will screen ‘The Expendables 3’, as their Eid movie, at Bashundhara City Shopping Mall in city’s Panthapath area. The Dhaka-premiere of this Hollywood blockbuster action, adventure and thriller movie was held Thursday evening. It will be screened at 1:30pm,