DHAKA: Award-winning Iranian film director Abbas Kiarostami has died in Paris aged 76. He had been undergoing hospital treatment in France for cancer. Kiarostami stayed in Iran after the Islamic Revolution in 1979 and made more than 40 films, including documentaries. He won the

DHAKA: Star Cinelpex will open a new hall at country’s tourist hot spot Cox’s Bazar to provide the visitors entertainment facilities. The hall will be installed at Hotel Saimon in the district on the occasion of upcmoing Eid-ul-Fitr. Hotel Saimon and Star Cineplex will jointly

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DHAKA: Star Cineplex has released a latest Hollywood movie for the Eid holidaymakers at its halls at Bashundhara City Shopping Mall in city’s Panthapath area. It will also release another movie for Eid. Action and adventure movie ‘The Legend of Tarzan’, was released on Friday

DHAKA: The director of the 1978 Vietnam War film ‘The Deer Hunter’ has died, his friend and former lawyer has confirmed. Double Oscar winner Michael Cimino passed away peacefully on Saturday surrounded by friends and family, the BBC publishes this report on Sunday (July 3).

DHAKA: The organizers of the Oscars have invited a record number of new members to vote in next year’s Academy Awards, in response to criticism of a lack of diversity at this year’s ceremony. Nearly 700 people were invited, with a focus on women and ethnic minorities, reports the

DHAKA: Pop star Adele has conquered the Glastonbury festival with an emotional set, full of generosity and warmth. The crowd in front of the Pyramid Stage stretched as far as the eye could see, as she opened with a note-perfect rendition of Hello. The star changed one of the lyrics

DHAKA: As part of the Cultural Exchange Programs between the Republic of Korea and People’s Republic of Bangladesh, “Charm of Korea VIII” will be performed by seven Korean musicians on July 29 and 30. The performance will be held at National Theater Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala

DHAKA: Pakistanis are mourning one of the country’s most famous singers, Amjad Sabri, who was shot dead in Karachi by militants on Wednesday. Sabri performed Qawwali devotional music from the Sufi tradition, an Islamic practice opposed by religious extremists. He died after two

DHAKA: One of Pakistan’s most famous singers, Amjad Sabri, has been shot dead in the southern city of Karachi. Two gunmen fired on his car in the busy Liaqatabad area, police said. Sabri died on his way to hospital. It is not yet clear who was behind the killing, reports the BBC.

DHAKA: Bollywood star Salman Khan has been given a week to apologize after he told reporters his filming schedule was so grueling he felt like a “raped woman”. If not, the National Commission for Women (NCW) said he would be issued with a summons, reports the BBC. Khan had

DHAKA: Picasso's Cubist works line the white walls of every leading international art museum, from the Museum of Modern Art in New York to the Tate Modern in London. But now, one of his most seminal works is hitting the auction block, CNN reports on Monday (June 20). Femme

DHAKA: Anton Yelchin, the Russian-born actor who played Chekov in the new Star Trek films, has been killed by his own car at his home in Los Angeles. Police said it struck him after rolling backwards down the steep drive at his Studio City home, pinning him against a brick postbox

DHAKA: ‘La La Land’, starring Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling, is to open the 73rd Venice International Film Festival. The musical is written and directed by Whiplash’s Damien Chazelle. Chazelle said he was ‘thrilled and honored’ by the festival’s invitation, reports the

DHAKA: A judge has ordered Leonardo DiCaprio to testify in court in the case brought by an ex-stockbroker who alleges ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’ depicted him as a ‘depraved’ drug-fuelled criminal. Andrew Greene claims the character Nicky ‘Rugrat’ Koskoff is based on him.

DHAKA: Band sensation Shafin Ahmed is set to debut on the small screen as an actor this Eid. He will appear in a 6-episode TV drama ‘Rhythm of Life’ from Eid day onwards on Maasranga TV. ‘Rhythm of Life’, written by Ahmed Tahsin Shams, will be directed by Farhad Ahmed.

DHAKA: The hip-hop musical Hamilton has dominated the Tony Awards in New York. A hit show about the life of one of America’s founding fathers, it won best musical, score and lead actor awards, but failed to beat the record of 12 statuettes. Barack and Michelle Obama introduced the

DHAKA: A novel about an eight-year-old Indian boy who moves to the US with his family in the late 1970s has won the 2016 International Dublin Literary Award. Akhil Sharma’s ‘Family Life’ mirrors the author’s own experience of emigrating from India to America as a child, reports

DHAKA: Singer Christina Grimmie, who had competed on the US TV program The Voice, has died of her wounds after being shot in Florida, police say. They say a man opened fire on her when she was signing autographs after a concert in Orlando, reports the BBC. The assailant - who was

DHAKA: As a part of the cultural exchange programs between Korea and Bangladesh, the embassy of the Republic of Korea arranged ‘2016 K-POP Contest Dhaka’. The contest held at Music and Dance Department Auditorium of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy in city’s Segun Bagicha area on