DHAKA: The world's most important film festival is about to start in Cannes with a mix of starpower, art house cinema, Hollywood blockbusters and everything in between, though its director would be happier if the 'selfie' had never been invented.After making a selection from 1,854 films,

DHAKA: A Picasso masterpiece and a Giacometti statue smashed world records Monday for the most expensive art sold at auction, fetching more than US$179 million and US$141 million respectively in New York.Pablo Picasso oil painting, ‘The Women of Algiers (Version 0)’, sold for

DHAKA: Mother is the most precious thing on earth to everyone. But how much of this love for the mother can we really convey in our short span of life.This solid truth once again recurred to us all this evening through the track ‘Ma’ sung by the young artiste Suha Anadil Chowdhury

DHAKA: Can’t get enough of the Avengers? Many of the characters from Marvel Studio’s recent film, ‘The Avengers: Age Of Ultron’, will return in next year’s Captain America: Civil War.According to its official website, Marvel Studios has commenced principal photography for the

DHAKA: Bollywood star Salman Khan's sentence of five years in jail has been suspended by the Bombay High Court pending appeal. That means he will not go to jail Friday and will continue to be out on bail while his appeal against the lower court's order is heard by the High Court.Here are

DHAKA: The Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre (IGCC) is set to organise a Musical Evening of Rabindra Sangeet by “Shurer Dhara” at the center’s auditorium at Gulshan-1 in at 6:30 pm on Saturday (May 9).The High Commission of India informed the matter through a press release in the

DHAKA: Bollywood star Salman Khan on Wednesday gets interim bail for 2 days after being sentenced to 5 years in jail in hit-and-run case.Earlier in the day, the Bollywood star was sentenced to five years in prison after being convicted by a court in Mumbai of killing a homeless man in a

DHAKA: Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre (IGCC) will organize a music evening by Nirjher Chowdhury at its auditorium in city’s Gulshan area.The soiree will begin at 6:30pm on May 8.The High Commission of India issued a press release about the soiree.Nirjher Chowdhury is a promising young

DHAKA: An Indian court has sentenced Bollywood star Salman Khan to five years in jail for killing a homeless man in a 2002 hit-and-run driving incident in Mumbai.The man was among five people who were run over in the incident. The actor was charged with culpable homicide, reports

DHAKA: The book ‘In A Land Far From Home’ By Syed Mujtaba Ali translation of ‘Deshe Bideshe’ by Nazes Afroz launched at Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre (IGCC) in city’s Gulshan area on Monday.Deputy High Commissioner Sandeep Chakravorty unveiled the book.Nazes Afroz, the

DHAKA: Five-day 26th National Rabindra Sangeet Festival has begun on Tuesday at Shawkat Osman Memorial Auditorium in Central Public Library in city’s Shahbagh area.Bangladesh Rabindra Sangeet Shilpi Sangstha, in association with Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre, has organized the festival,

DHAKA: Star Cineplex arranged a special premiere show of ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’ at its Star Zone in Bashundhara City Shopping Mall in city’s Panthapath area.Screening of this action, adventure and sci-fi Hollywood sequel movie was held at its halls on Thursday

DHAKA: English actress Michelle Keegan has been named the sexiest woman in the world by British men’s magazine FHM.The 27-year-old actress is best known for her roles on the BBC series ‘Ordinary Lies’ and the long-running British soap opera ‘Coronation Street’.Her ‘Coronation

DHAKA: Star Cineplex will arrange a special premiere show of ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’ at its Star Zone in Bashundhara City Shopping Mall in city’s Panthapath area.Screening of this action, adventure and sci-fi Hollywood sequel movie will beheld at 7:00pm on Thursday.‘Avengers:

DHAKA: "Fast and Furious" star Vin Diesel confirmed at Universal's CinemaCon panel, an annual event for theater owners, that the next installment to the franchise is happening.The currently untitled eighth chapter will be released April 14, 2017.The seventh film in the franchise, "Furious

DHAKA: A souped-up stunt car driven by the late actor Paul Walker in the first Fast & Furious movie is going up for auction.The 220-horsepower 1993 Toyota Supra, complete with twin nitrous oxide bottles for that extra push, is expected to sell for between $150,000 to $200,000, according

DHAKA: People magazine has anointed Sandra Bullock the world’s most beautiful woman of 2015.The publication revealed on Wednesday, CNN publishes this report on Thursday.Bullock, 50, joins a long line of actresses to receive the honor, including last year’s cover girl, Lupita

DHAKA: In just 17 days, Furious 7 crossed the $1 billion mark at the worldwide box office Friday.It's a new record for the fastest climb to the major milestone. (The Avengers, Avatar and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 crossed $1 billion in 19 days.) Plus, the film is the

DHAKA: As secret agent James Bond, Daniel Craig has a license to kill, but on Tuesday the United Nations gave the British actor a ‘license to save’ by appointing him as the first global advocate for the elimination of mines and explosive hazards.Craig, who has been filming his fourth

DHAKA: Guenter Grass, German Nobel literature prize winner and author of ‘The Tin Drum’, has died aged 87.His publisher said he had passed away at a clinic in the city of Luebeck, reports the BBC.Born in what was then Danzig, Grass served in the German military in World War Two and