DHAKA: With no other new wide releases at USA box office this weekend, the Lionsgate franchise film The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 is poised to have the biggest opening of the year. The third entry in the massively successful Hunger Games franchise opened at 4,151 theaters across

DHAKA: Honduras beauty queen Maria Jose Alvarado was fatally shot as she tried to escape her sister’s jealous boyfriend, police and reports said on Wednesday, hours after the siblings were found dead beside a river.Alvarado, 19, who had been due to fly to London to compete in the

DHAKA: Hollywood A-lister Angelina Jolie says she plans to give up acting after a ‘few more’ films and switch her focus to directing.Jolie walked the red carpet in Sydney with husband Brad Pitt this week at the premiere of her new movie, World War II epic ‘Unbroken’, which was

DHAKA: Cultural Affairs Ministry and Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy will organize a four-day ‘Russian Cultural Festival’ in the country from Friday. Cultural Affairs Minister Asaduzzaman Noor told the media at a press conference held at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy in city’s Segun

DHAKA: Honduras beauty queen Maria Jose Alvarado, 19, and her sister Sofia Trinidad, 23, have been found dead. Officials say, reports the BBC. The two women went missing on Thursday, after they were spotted leaving a party in the Santa Barbara region. Alvarado had been due to compete

DHAKA: A tree-day ‘Chashi Nabanna Utsab’ highlighting the traditional harvest festival of farmers will be begun from November 20. Some 35 stalls will be setup at the festival which will remain open from 7:00am to 8:00pm till November 22 at Ramna Batamul. Banglanews24.com and Dhaka

DHAKA: Australian actor Chris Hemsworth is the Sexiest Man Alive, American magazine People said.The honor was announced on the late night television show hosted by Jimmy Kimmel on ABC and the magazine itself, The Straits Times publishes this report on Wednesday.With his face at first

DHAKA: After breaking box office records, Walt Disney Co’s animated film ‘Frozen’ is also scoring ticket sales records for a touring ice-skating show. Disney On Ice Presents Frozen, which started touring in the United States last September, has sold 250,000 tickets on the first day

DHAKA: Britain’s Benedict Cumberbatch and A-list veteran Julianne Moore took top honours Friday at the Hollywood Film Awards, billed as the official start of Tinseltown’s annual prizes season.The best film award went to thriller Gone Girl starring Ben Affleck as a husband accused

DHAKA: Keeping up with its trend of getting international celebrity, ‘Bigg Boss’ is apparently now trying to rope in Kim Kardashian. The reality star is currently in news for her topless pictures, shot for a magazine, that have gone viral. ‘Discussions are on and details are being

DHAKA: Singer Rihanna says her new album will be ‘great’. She has been recording all year and she is ready to share her new work with her fans. ‘You start over-thinking things at times. I try to battle myself and outdo everything I’ve done,’ dailystar.co.uk quoted Rihanna as

DHAKA: Nabanna Utsab, the traditional harvest festival, is being celebrated across the country, on the first day of Agrahayan of Bangla calendar that falls on Saturday. Jatiya Nabanna Utsab Utjapan Parshad, the celebration committee, arranges day-long cultural programs to celebrate the

DHAKA: Nabanna Utsab, the traditional harvest festival, will be celebrated across the country, on the first day of Agrahayan of Bangla calendar that falls on November 15.Jatiya Nabanna Utsab Utjapan Parshad, the celebration committee, will arrange a day-long cultural program to mark

DHAKA: The ‘Keeping Up With The Kardashians’ star Kim Kardashian West believes the popularity of the show has ‘evolved’ through the family’s presence on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.When asked if she would exist without social media, she said, ‘I don’t think so... I

DHAKA: Nabanna Utshab, the traditional harvest festival, will be celebrated across the country, on the first day of Agrahayan of Bangla calendar that falls on November 15. Jatiya Nabanna Utsab Utjapan Parshad, the celebration committee, will arrange a day-long cultural program to mark

DHAKA: Film actor Ferdous has been made Brand Ambassador of RFL, the largest company of Bangladesh producing cast iron, furniture, electronic, PVC and Plastic household products. M Rashedur Rahman, Chief Operating Officer of Rangpur Metal Industries Ltd (RMIL), a sister concern of

DHAKA: A collection of dresses and outfits worn by Madonna during her career in music and film helped a celebrity auction raise $3.2m.The highest lot was a jacket from Desperately Seeking Susan, which fetched $252,000, while a gown from her Material Girl video reached $73,125.The

DHAKA: A host of stars turned out to see four cinematic veterans honoured at the Governor’s Awards in Los Angeles.Actor and musician Harry Belafonte, Irish actress Maureen O’Hara, Japanese director Hayao Miyazaki and French screenwriter Jean-Claude Carriere were celebrated at the

DHAKA: Hollywood star Robin Williams was suffering from increase in paranoia when he committed suicide by hanging himself, coroners said on Friday, adding that he had no alcohol or illicit drugs in his system. There were also signs that the comic actor, who had recently been diagnosed

DHAKA: Star Cineplex arranged the Dhaka premiere of action, adventure and thriller movie ‘Roar: Tigers of the Sundarbans’ at its hall in Bashundhara City Shopping Mall in city’s Panthapath area. The movie, premiered on Friday evening, will be screened at 11:00am, 1:40pm, 4:30pm,