The 10th edition of Dhaka Lit Fest officially kicked off Thursday morning after a suspension of three years due to the Covid-19 pandemic. State Minister for Cultural Affairs KM Khalid, Nobel laureate Abdulrazak Gurnah, and Indian writer and literary critic Amitav Ghosh inaugurated the

Eminent Rabindra Sangeet exponent Sumitra Sen died at her city residence on Tuesday morning. She was 89. The renowned singer was suffering from broncho-pneumonia and was hospitalised on December 21 but discharged three days later, with her two daughters taking her back to her south

Bangladesh lost some of its glittering stars from the showbiz realm who contributed immense to uplift the country’s music and cinema scenes. As 2022 ends today, Banglanews remembers the celebrities including musician Alam Khan, film director Gazi Mazharul Anwar, actors Masum

Today, we will bid farewell to 2022 and get ready to ring in 2023. The Google Doodle for today commemorates New Year's Eve, a time to reflect the year that went by and anticipate a new beginning in 2023. When internet users click on the Google Doodle, which features the word

Dhallywood actress Mahiya Mahi bought nomination form for a boat symbol to contest upcoming by-polls in Chapainawabganj-2 constituency. The actress said, “If I get the ticket for the contest, I will win by a huge margin of at least 50 thousand votes,” she said. The

The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) has directed the makers of Shah Rukh Khan- and Deepika Padukone-starrer ‘Pathaan’ to implement "changes" in the movie, including its songs, chairperson Prasoon Joshi said on Thursday. The CBFC has asked production

Bangladeshi American poet Shams A. Momin, an author of seven full-length books of poetry in Bengali, is set to read his work at First Tuesdays, a neighborhood reading series. The event will be held on January 3, 2023 at Espresso 77 Café, 35-57 77th Street, Jackson Heights, NY

Thousands of fans of actor Salman Khan gathered outside his residence on his 57th birthday. The police did lathi charge on them. It was a horrifying scene outside Salman Khan’s house this evening.  Thousands of fans of the Dabangg actor had gathered outside his Bandra

Two years after actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s death, a person who was present in the morgue when the actor's body was brought in for a post-mortem, has claimed that Sushant was in fact, murdered. In an interview with TV9 Marathi, mortuary worker Roopkumar Shah said that the

Iran’s Supreme Court has accepted an appeal by rapper Saman Seydi Yasin against his death sentence even as it confirmed the same sentence against another protester, the judiciary said on Saturday. Yasin, a Kurd who raps about inequality, oppression and unemployment, had been

Tahsan Rahman Khan, SD Rubel and Kumar Bishwajit have been named as the top taxpayers in the singers' category for the tax year of 2021-22, according to the National Board of Revenue (NBR). The Department of Internal Resources of the Ministry of Finance, on December 18 through a

Akshay Kumar-starrer Ram Setu will start streaming on Prime Video from December 23, Amazon announced Wednesday. Directed by Abhishek Sharma of Parmanu and Tere Bin Laden fame, the Hindi-language action-adventure movie was released in theatres across India in late October around Diwali.

New day, new look from the upcoming Pathaan song Jhoome Jo Pathaan. On Wednesday, Shah Rukh Khan shared a still from the upcoming track and he revealed that the song will release on December 22 at 11 AM (tomorrow).  In the poster, both SRK and Deepika can be seen dressed in their

Shah Rukh Khan will be seen back on-screen after a gap of four years. His last release was 'Zero' in 2018. But fans can't hold their excitement to see him in a movie - so much so - that even his cameo in 'Brahmastra Part One: Shiva' and 'Rocketery' became a

Sargam Koushal scripted history as she won the Mrs World 2022 title after 21 years while representing India in the beauty pageant. Besting contestants from 63 countries, the 32-year-old secured the crown at the event that took place in Las Vegas. The official Mrs. India's Instagram

Young Icon Imran Hossain starrer 'Deja Vu' Directed by Rayhan Shoshi won the Best Environmental Film Award in the fourth edition of the Nepal Cultural International Film Festival 2022. According to a press release by NCFC, the festival started on 8th December and concluded on

Iranian authorities arrested one of the country’s most famous actresses on charges of spreading falsehoods about nationwide protests that grip the country, state media said Saturday. The report by IRNA said Taraneh Alidoosti, star of the Oscar-winning movie “The

Oscar-winning US actress Angelina Jolie says she is stepping down from her role as an ambassador for the UN refugee agency UNHCR after more than 20 years. "I believe in many things the UN does, particularly the lives it saves through emergency relief," Jolie, 47, said. And

Nora Fatehi has filed a defamation case against fellow actor Jacqueline Fernandez in a Delhi court, claiming she made statements “to destroy her career”. Fatehi and Fernandez have both been questioned in a money laundering case filed against alleged conman Sukesh

BTS star Jin starts his mandatory South Korean military duty on Tuesday, the band's first member to enlist since a hiatus announcement this year left fans heartbroken over the K-pop juggernaut's uncertain future. The septet is widely considered the country's biggest-ever