DHAKA: Robi, one of the leading mobile operators of the country, organized a music festival for its SMS Tweety subscribers where popular singer Mila performed at a city hotel on Thursday.The event, Robi Music Fest, saw the dazzling performance of Mila, who performed her classic songs as

DHAKA: Jamaican author Marlon James has won the Man Booker Prize for his novel inspired by the attempted assassination of Bob Marley in the 1970s.Michael Wood, chair of the judges, described A Brief History of Seven Killings as the "most exciting" book on the shortlist.The 680-page epic

DHAKA: A cultural organization, Banglar Mukh (Face of Bangla), will organize a three-day folk festival to celebrate Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s achieving of ‘Champions of the Earth’ award.The three-day cultural programs will begin on Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy premises in city

DHAKA: A five-day classical music event ‘Bengal Classical Music Festival Bangladesh’ will kick off on November 27.Main attraction of the festival will be the performance of tobla by Ustad Zakir Hossain and flute by Joyaprada Rammurti. Besides, renowned artistes, both from home and

DHAKA: A decision has been taken to establish a joint taskforce between Bangladesh and India for the development of film.The taskforce will work for formulating a policy regarding filmmaking, screening and investment as well as to create an environment of reciprocal cooperation.Commerce

DHAKA: Gazi Nafis Ahmed, an artist from Bangladesh, was awarded the third prize at the international Pride Photo Award 2015 held recently in the historic Old Church in Amsterdam.There were 3,800 entries from 60 countries around the world. Pride Photo Award is considered to be the most

DHAKA: Bangladesh embassy in Tashkent with the cooperation of UNESCO, organized a seminar on Bangladesh fashion design in the embassy chancery on Wednesday.The program was attended by the guests including the spouses of the ambassadors of embassies in Tashkent, UN agencies

DHAKA: The second edition of ‘Photo Shanghai’ exhibition will begin at Shanghai Exhibition Centre in Shanghai city of China on September 11.The organizers hope that the show will bring together both the East and West’s most exciting names from the world of fine art photography.This

DHAKA: Eminent theatre personality Dr Enamul Huq has been made a goodwill ambassador for child workers.Centre for Services and Information on Disability (CSID) and World Vision made him the envoy.A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed at a press conference at Dhaka Reporters Unity

DHAKA: Michael Fassbender has become a front-runner for next year’s best actor Oscar after an early cut of his new Steve Jobs biopic was screened in the US.‘He completely owns the screen,’ said Variety, despite his character being ‘very unlikeable throughout’ the film.‘You get

DHAKA: Music composer Aadesh Shrivastava, who was battling cancer, passed away on Saturday at around 12.30am. He was 51.Aadesh had been in Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital in Andheri for over 40 days for cancer treatment, reports the Hindu.“Aadesh Shrivastava 51 years old expired at

DHAKA: A nine-member delegation led by Korea National University of Arts Professor Park participated in a two-week workshop with students of Graphic Design department of Fine Art Institute of Dhaka University.Eight students from Korea and twenty two students from Bangladesh showcased

DHAKA: Thursday is 12th Bhadro of Bangla calendar year, the 39th death anniversary of National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam.The nation is observing the death anniversary of the poet of love, equality, rebellion and renaissance in a befitting manner.AT the crack of dawn, Poet’s granddaughter

DHAKA: The Fourth Bangladesh Fashion carnival-2015 will begin from August 26 with the theme "Do Your Eid Shopping with us".The five-day international exhibition of branded clothing and fashion products will be held at Emmanuell's Banquet Hall on Wednesday, which will run till August 30,

DHAKA: A Venezuelan film set among the chaos and violence of Caracas - Desde Alla, or From Afar - has won the top Golden Lion prize at the Venice film festival.In his debut feature film, director Lorenzo Vigas tells the story of a rich man who gets sexually involved with a young man from

DHAKA: Star Cineplex arrange the Dhaka premiere show of ‘Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation’ at its halls in Bashundhara City Shopping Mall in city’s Panthapath area.This action, adventure and thriller Hollywood action sequel movie had its Dhaka premiere on Thursday evening.It will be

DHAKA: Salman Khan-starrer ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’ has crossed the magical Rs 300 crore mark at the Indian box-office, thereby making it the second film to reach the enviable status after ‘PK’.The cross-border drama, directed by Kabir Khan, reached the Rs 300 mark in just 20 days of

DHAKA: Nations is celebrating the 74th death anniversary of Biswa Kabi Rabindranath Tagore on 22nd Srabon of Bangla Calendar that falls on August 6.Death anniversary of Rabindranath, the greatest name in Bangla literature and a profound inspiration in our struggle for a better world, is

DHAKA: Star Cineplex will arrange the Dhaka premiere show of action, adventure and thriller Hollywood action sequel movie ‘Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation’ at its halls in Bashundhara City Shopping Mall in city’s Panthapath area.The event will start at 6:45pm on Thursday.‘MI:

DHAKA: It seems difficult to believe at first that Indian actors Salman Khan, Akshay Kumar and Amitabh Bachchan earn more than Hollywood biggies like Johnny Depp and Dwayne Johnson, but the latest global list by Forbes suggests so.Amitabh, Salman and Akshay feature in the top 10