DHAKA: Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio reportedly gave an elephant charity a major boost by handing over a $1 million donation at a fundraising event. The Titanic star made the generous offer during the Sundown Gala in Malibu, California on Saturday, which raised money for the Elephant

DHAKA: Oscar-winning Swedish director Malik Bendjelloul has died at the age of 36. His body was found late on Tuesday in the Stockholm area, police say, the BBC publishes this report on Wednesday. They could not confirm the cause of death but said no crime was suspected. He was best

DHAKA: A documentary titled ‘Timeless Gitanjali’ is set to be released on Friday next (May 16). The movie, directed by an eminent Tagore exponent and researcher Dr Chanchal Khan, will be screened at 6:30 pm on the day at the National Museum. The documentary is sponsored by the

DHAKA: A weeklong European film festival began at Star Cineplex at Bashundhara City Shopping Mall in city’s Panthapath area. A total of 12 movies from 12 European counties are in schedule to be screened during the festival. The festival, to jointly be organized by European Union and

DHAKA: Naila Nayem, a new Bangladeshi model and actress, is going to work in a film for the first time. Naila, who is already got a good number of likers in Facebook, will act as an item girl in the movie titled ‘Run Out’ directed by Tonmoy Tansen. Though, the shooting of the movie

DHAKA: All Bollywood stars know a thing or two about fanfare. Usually, they are the ones being placed on a pedestal, admired and showered with praise. The same applies, of course, for Priyanka Chopra. But, last week, when Priyanka met American pop singer Britney Spears in Las Vegas, she

DHAKA: A weeklong European film festival will be held at Star Cineplex at Bashundhara City Shopping Mall in city’s Panthapath area. A total of 12 movies from 12 European counties will be screened during the festival. The festival, to jointly be organized by European Union and Star

DHAKA: Am eight-day solo photography exhibition titled ‘Innate Identities’ by Gazi Nafis Ahmed began at Bengal Shilpalaya in city’s Dhanmondi area.US ambassador to Bangladesh Dan Mozena inaugurated the show on Saturday evening.Gerben Sjoerd de Jong, ambassador of the Kingdom of the

DHAKA: Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is back to making headlines. Niroshan Devapriya of Sri Lankan origin has claimed that he was in a romantic relationship with Aishwarya. However Ash’s marriage to Abhishek Bachchan has caused Niroshan Devapriya mental stress, reports The Times of India.

DHAKA: Actress Jennifer Lawrence worries fans will ‘get sick’ of her. The 23-year-old actress has been a big screen success in recent years thanks to roles in the ‘Hunger Games’ and ‘X-Men’ franchises, but knows she won’t stay popular forever. She said, ‘Nobody can stay

DHAKA: The ‘Hard Out Here’ hitmaker Lily Allen, who has just released her comeback album ‘Sheezus’, appears to have caught food poisoning as she has a high temperature and has been sick several times.She tweeted, ‘I can’t stop projectile vomiting, also temperature #poisoned

DHAKA: Kim Kardashian has addressed ongoing rumours she has wed fiancé Kanye West in secret. Following speculation that the pair had already tied the knot in a civil ceremony in Los Angeles earlier this month ahead of their planned Paris, France nuptials, Kardashian took to Twitter.com

DHAKA: Blues-rock singer Gregg Allman has taken legal action to stop a film based on his 2012 memoir. His lawyers allege that producers lost their rights to his life story, saying filming of ‘Midnight Rider’ did not begin by 28 February, adding Allman was not paid fully for the film

DHAKA: Marvel sequel ‘The Amazing Spider-Man 2’ has opened at the top of the North American box office with takings of $92m.The superhero Sony film enjoyed the second best domestic debut of the year so far, just behind Disney’s ‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’.The latter

DHAKA: Lily Allen insists she won’t apologise for her ‘Hard Out Here’video. The 29-year-old singer was slammed by critics for having a number of black girls twerking in the promo for her song but was adamant it wasn’t a racist video. She told Q Magazine, ‘I’ve never

DHAKA: Kim Kardashian and Kanye West have reportedly got married. The couple, who got engaged in October, allegedly tied the knot in a private ceremony in Los Angeles this weekend after securing their marriage license last week. A source told Life & Style magazine, ‘Kim and Kanye are

DHAKA: Moviemaker James Cameron and studio executives at 20th Century Fox, Paramount have found themselves at the centre of a bizarre new lawsuit over a Titanic attraction. Faan Qin claims she came up with the concept for the RMS Titanic – The Experience ride, which offers fans of

DHAKA: Sir Elton John has topped a list of charitable British celebrities after donating millions of dollars to worthy causes last year. The Rocket Man donated a massive $38.4 million to charities in 2013, including $22.4 million raised by gigs for his Aids foundations, making him the

DHAKA: A soiree of Rabindra Sangeet by Shwapnil Shojib was held at Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre (IGCC) in city’s Gulshan area on Saturday evening. The program was organised by Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre in association with Asian Paints, IRCON and Marico Bangladesh. Born in 1991 at

DHAKA: The Supreme Court Sunday dismissed the leave to appeal filed by Imam Gazzali Trust challenging the High Court order that asked it to vacate the ancestral house of Bangla movie legend Suchitra Sen for setting up a memorial museum. The bench of Appellate division headed-by Justice