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In a landmark weekend for both Apple and Hollywood, Brad Pitt’s high-octane racing drama F1 roared into the global box office with a strong $55.6 million in domestic earnings and $88.4 million from 78 international markets. This pushes its worldwide total to an impressive $144 million within j...
Netflix’s Korean hit series Squid Game has returned with its third and final season, setting a new record by reaching 60.1 million views within just three days of its release. This marks the highest-ever three-day viewership for a non-English title on Netflix’s weekly Top 10 chart, accor...
Zeenat Rehana, the veteran singer best known for her timeless song ‘Shagorer Teer Theke’, passed away on Wednesday morning at a hospital in Dhaka. She was 81.The first namaz-e-janaza was held after Zohr prayers at Gulshan Azad Mosque, followed by a second namaz-e-janaza at the Channel i ...
Towfique Elahi’s feature film ‘Neelpodmo’ has won the Best Feature Film award at the Tokyo Lift-Off Film Festival 2025. The film, produced by Impress Telefilm and starring Runa Khan, earned international recognition by surpassing several international entries at the prestigious fes...
Bangladeshi rock band Nirjhor celebrated its 25th anniversary with a special concert in Dhaka last Friday evening. The event, titled ‘25th Nirjhor’, was held at the popular venue Jatra Biroti in the capital.The band, which started its journey on June 7, 2000, with a solo concert at the B...
Taiwan’s hip hop sensation Trout Fresh and singer-DJ Waa Wei bagged the top honours at the prestigious Golden Melody Awards, one of the biggest music events for Mandarin chart music, held in Taipei on Saturday.Trout Fresh, whose real name is Lu Shih-hsuan, won the Best Male Singer award, defea...
Daisy Edgar-Jones has been cast in the lead role for a new film adaptation of Sense and Sensibility, one of Jane Austen’s most beloved novels. The film is currently in development under Focus Features.The new adaptation will be directed by Georgia Oakley, best known for her critically acclaime...
Renowned theatre personality Mamunur Rashid is making his much-anticipated return to television with a brand-new drama serial titled ‘Choron Chhuye Jai’. This 100-episode long serial is both written and directed by the veteran artiste himself. The drama is set to premiere on Channel i th...
Fresh from his success with the "Dune" saga, Denis Villeneuve has been tapped to direct the next movie in the storied James Bond franchise, Amazon MGM Studios announced Wednesday.The online retail giant has chosen a filmmaker very much in vogue in Hollywood as he makes his first foray into...
A group art exhibition titled ‘Nandonpot’ has begun at Gallery Chitrak in Dhaka, featuring the works of 31 artists from different generations. The exhibition was inaugurated with the presence of eminent artist Professor Hamiduzzaman Khan, art critic Moinuddin Khaled, and Mohammad Enamul ...
Hollywood stars Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt reunited on the red carpet at the London premiere of “F1,” their first public appearance together in 31 years. The two actors last starred together in the 1994 film “Interview With the Vampire.”Cruise made a surprise appearance to supp...
Celebrities in superyachts sail into Venice this week for the three-day wedding party of Amazon tycoon Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez, despite irate locals who say the UNESCO city is no billionaire's playground.The tech magnate and journalist have reportedly invited about 200 guests to their mult...
Dhallywood superstar Shakib Khan has said that a vested group is working against Bangla cinema to stop its progress. He made this remark on Sunday evening at a special screening of his latest film Taandob, held at Sony Cineplex in the capital.At the event, Shakib Khan said, “Bangla cinema is n...
Popular actress Jaya Ahsan has earned praise for her role in director Raihan Rafi’s Eid-ul-Azha release Taandob. In the film, she plays the character of a journalist named Sayra Ali Khan, and audiences have appreciated her strong performance.On June 20, Jaya Ahsan shared five photos of her cha...
Men’s Fashion Week is returning to Paris on Tuesday with extra excitement as famous designer Jonathan Anderson prepares to show his first collection for Dior. At the same time, Saint Laurent is also rejoining the official fashion week schedule.The spring-summer 2026 season comes during a busy ...
Two Bangladeshi films have been officially nominated at the 21st Kazan International Film Festival in Russia. One is a short film titled The Pair of White Pigeons, directed by Shahriar Azad Shaumik, and the other is an international documentary Mighty Afrin: In the Time of Floods, directed by Angelo...
LOS ANGELES, June 19, 2025 — Pointeworks, a rising nonprofit ballet company, is earning attention for giving women a stronger voice in the traditionally male-led ballet world. Founded by Sophie Williams in 2023, the company creates performance and leadership opportunities for women, both onsta...
Bangladeshi cinema has earned another proud moment on the international stage. Young filmmaker Mahde Hasan’s debut feature film ‘Balur Nagarite’ (translated as ‘Sand City’) has been officially selected for the Proxima Competition at the 59th Karlovy Vary International F...
The small screen audience in Bangladesh always eagerly waits for the new works of popular actor Ziaul Faruk Apurba. Loved on both sides of Bengal, Apurba’s dramas have a huge fan following, and among them, his on-screen pairing with actress Totini has become a favourite for drama lovers.Talent...
The country embraced the arrival of the monsoon on Sunday through colourful celebrations of Barsha Utsab, marking the first day of the Bangla month of Asharh. From Dhaka University’s Bakultala to Nazrul Mancha at Bangla Academy, the festive spirit mixed music, dance, poetry, and urgent environ...
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