DHAKA: US actress Shailene Woodley has been arrested during a protest in North Dakota against a huge oil pipeline project that will cross four states. BBC reported that the Divergent star was arrested at a construction site as she was broadcasting the protest, which involved about 200

DHAKA: A Bangladeshi movie “Matir Projar Deshe” won the Best Film award in South Asian International Film Festival held in Chicago, USA. Director Imtiaz Ahmed Bizon received the award on October 9. “Matir Projar Deshe” took part in the competition with 14 movies as the only

DHAKA: The Girl on the Train has steamed ahead of its rivals to top the US box office on its opening weekend. The thriller, starring Emily Blunt as an alcoholic trying to solve the mystery of a missing person, took $24.7m - with 68% of the audience made up of women. Last weeks’

DHAKA: Oscar-winning Polish film director Andrzej Wajda has died aged 90. Polish Filmmakers’ Association said he made more than 40 feature films in a career spanning 60 years, reports the BBC. Many of his films - including Kanal, Man of Marble, Man of Iron and Katyn - were

DHAKA: Oboyob Natyadal will stage ‘Pheriwala’ at Studio Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy in city’s Segun Bagicha area on Tuesday (October 11). The show will begin at 7:00pm on the day. Directed by Shahidul H Khan and scripted by Asaduzzaman, the play will be

DHAKA: Kim Kardashian West was held at gunpoint by five men in her Paris hotel room Sunday night and robbed, French officials said. A spokesperson for Kardashian West said the celebrity was “badly shaken but physically unharmed”, reports CNN. A spokesperson for the French

DHAKA: Kim Kardashian West was held at gunpoint in her Paris hotel room Sunday night. Quoting her spokesperson, CNN reports, “Kim Kardashian West was held up at gunpoint inside her Paris hotel room this evening, by two armed masked men dressed as police officers. She is badly shaken

DHAKA: Major cinemas in Pakistan have banned Indian films in what they call an act of solidarity with their country’s armed forces. The film boycotts have been announced in Lahore, Karachi and Islamabad, reports the BBC. The move follows a rise in military tensions between the two

DHAKA UNIVERSITY: A two-day Asian film festival will be held in Dhaka University (DU) in city from October 3. Seven contemporary Asian movies will be screened during the festival to be open for all. Chinese film ‘House of Flying Daggers’ will be screened at 1:30pm and South

DHAKA: Italian police have recovered two famous Van Gogh paintings stolen from an Amsterdam museum in 2002, officials say. The Van Gogh museum in the city said the works were recovered during a “massive, continuing investigation” by Italian prosecutors and organized crime

DHAKA: Korean Film Festival will be held at main auditorium of Bangladesh National Museum in city from October 1 to October 5. The Republic of Korea embassy in Dhaka made the announcement in a press release issued on Thursday (September 22). State Minister for power, energy and

DHAKA: One of Hollywood’s highest profile marriages is over as Angelina Jolie has filed for divorce from husband Brad Pitt. A source familiar with the filing confirmed to CNN. Pitt and Jolie got married in 2014 but their relationship became the subject of speculation in 2004, when

DHAKA: Bangladesh’s popular actor Nirob is travelling to Bangalore in India for shooting a movie named ‘Bala’. He is scheduled to reach the city on Monday evening (September 19). While talking to Banglanews, Nirob said shooting of the movie will begin on Tuesday (September

DHAKA: Bangladesh Film Development Corporation (BFDC) is set to organize elaborate programs on September 29 to celebrate the 45th birth day of late Bangladesh cinema superstar Salman Shah. Salman Shah was born on September 19. The festival dubbed as “Salman Shan Utshab 2016”

DHAKA: Netflix series Master of None has scored its first Emmy, with its co-writer calling for better Asian representation on screen. Alan Yang and Aziz Ansari won the Emmy for outstanding writing for a comedy series for their Parents episode. The episode explored the relationship

DHAKA: To honor her contributions to Bengali songs, West Bengal government will confer this year’s ‘Bangabibhushan’ to legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday (September 17) told reporters at the state Secretariat about the decision taken by

DHAKA: ‘The Modern family’ star Sophia Vergara’s bank account has been bumped by $43 millions in last year making her the highest paid TV performer for the fifth consecutive year. The numbers meaning she held her sovereignty even among male stars, her last year’s earning is

DHAKA: Philippines film The Woman Who Left, a black and white drama by director Lav Diaz, has won the Golden Lion for best film at the Venice Film Festival. It tells the story of a schoolteacher’s thirst for revenge and her feelings of forgiveness after 30 years in jail for a crime

DHAKA: Country’s noted movie screenplay writer Joseph Shatabdi breathed his last at his Sirajganj residence early Thursday (September 7). He was 62. Joseph left behind his wife, two sons, one daughter and many well wishers. The screenwriter had been suffering from a rare type

DHAKA: Legendary singer Lucky Akhand’s three most popular songs are scheduled to be released with music videos on Wednesday (September 07). PRAN Group will release the videos of ‘Abar Elo Je Shondha’, ‘Amay Deko Na’ and ‘Age Jodi Jantam’ on YouTube in the evening. The