Azam Khan’s numerous Eid projects

Earlier this year, actor Azam Khan started working on his Eid projects. Before the countrywide lockdown started, he has able to finish a number of tele-fictions. Few of his projects were completed later, maintaining safety guidelines and at a limited capacity. He has been a part of 14 different Eid projects this year.
17 May 2021, 08:50 AM

Azam Khan’s numerous Eid projects

Earlier this year, actor Azam Khan started working on his Eid projects. Before the countrywide lockdown started, he was able to finish a number of tele-fictions. Few of his projects were completed later, maintaining safety guidelines and at a limited capacity. He has been a part of 14 different Eid projects this year.
17 May 2021, 08:46 AM

Roger Waters shows support to Hamza Choudhury for waving Palestinian flag

After Hamza Choudhury won the FA Cup, England’s oldest league with his team Leicester City, he was seen holding the Palestinian flag with his teammate Wesley Fofana, in solidarity with the Palestinian people after a series of bombings of Israel.
17 May 2021, 04:39 AM

Taneem Rahman Angshu’s Eid special series ‘Golpo Golpo Khela’ features seven thrilling stories

National Award-winning director Taneem Rahman Angshu has come up with seven short films for the television series, “Golpo Golpo Khela”. The screenplays of the short films are written by Sakib Hasan Badhon.
16 May 2021, 10:30 AM

Parambrata Chatterjee and Raima Sen pair up for Bangladeshi song ‘Aaj Ai Kotha Diley’

Parambrata Chatterjee and Raima Sen, a popular duo of West Bengal films, were featured in a Bangladeshi song, for the first time. The song is planned and produced under the banner of TM Productions by Farzana Munny, the chairperson of the company.
16 May 2021, 09:45 AM

Salman Khan threatens legal action against viewers pirating "Radhe"

Salman Khan's latest action flick, "Radhe: Most Wanted", is his lowest rated movie on IMDB, with an embarrassing current rating of 2.1.
16 May 2021, 06:54 AM

Ellen DeGeneres to end TV show, says she needs 'break from talking'

Ellen DeGeneres, one of America’s best-known talk show hosts, said on Wednesday she will end her daytime show in 2022, saying that after 19 years it was time to do something different.
16 May 2021, 06:05 AM

My lighthouse: Tribute to musicologist Azad Rahaman

Azad Rahaman, my dearest Abbu, left for his eternal abode on May 16, 2020. He was laid to rest on top of his mother’s grave at the Azimpur Graveyard in Dhaka.
16 May 2021, 05:12 AM

Tahsan and Mithila will appear live on “Saturday Night Surprise” today

After years, noted actor and musician Tahsan Khan and model turned actor Rafiath Rashid Mithila will appear together on the Eid special live show “Saturday Night Surprise” hosted by noted stand-up comedian, columnist, and anchor Naveed Mahbub. The show, organised by Evaly, will be held today at 9:00 pm on Evaly’s official Facebook page.
15 May 2021, 11:13 AM

Curtains down: 46 cinema halls in Tangail closed down in 15 years

There were 51 cinema halls in Tangail in the 1990s. But only five managed to survive while 46 could not due to lack of audience.
14 May 2021, 12:26 PM

Mosharraf Karim to star in West Bengal film "Hubba"

Critically-acclaimed Bangladeshi actor Mosharraf Karim will feature in the title role of West Bengal Education Minister-cum-actor Bratya Basu’s next directorial venture. The film will be about an underworld don in the state’s Hoogly district.
12 May 2021, 06:23 AM

Jago FM Celebrity Café to feature Chanchal Chowdhury, Samina Chowdhury, and Apu Biswas

Jago FM will have Chanchal Chowdhury, Samina Chowdhury, and Apu Biswas in their special episodes of Celebrity Café this Eid. Arranged and hosted by Tanvir Tareq and produced by RJ Uday Chowdhury, the special episodes will air for three days at 10 pm from Eid day.
12 May 2021, 04:54 AM

Six singers from two Bengals sing of love and courage

On the occasion of Eid, virtual programs are being broadcasted by several channels. A star-studded song will be aired on BTV’s Ananda Mela, where Tapan Chowdhury, Kumar Bishwajit, Chandan Sinha, Raghav Chattopadhyay, Joy Sarkar and Usha Uthup gave their voices. “Esho Esho Shundore”, penned by Kabir Bakul and composed by Emon Chowdhury, will air on the channel this Eid.
11 May 2021, 15:09 PM

Shows to watch on television this Eid

Despite the hindrances due to the ongoing pandemic, top television channels of the country have come up with an array of special programmes for this Eid-Ul-Fitr. The Daily Star brings you a compilation of some of the finest television shows that will be aired throughout the festive season.
11 May 2021, 09:32 AM

Bongo introduces seven original Telefilms based on books

Bongo recently announced “BoB” (Based on books), where 7 telefilms adapted from the best sellers of the Ekushey Boi Mela 2020 will be showcased this Eid.
10 May 2021, 10:49 AM

Tisha and Apurba team up after 14 years

Popular actors Nusrat Imrose Tisha and Ziaul Faruq Apurba have worked together in many notable television projects, including “Bidhoba”, “Bhalobashi Bhalobashi”, and “Megh Balika”, among others. They last shared the screen in Naeem Imtiaz Neyamul’s “The Rain” in 2007. After a long break of over a decade, the much-loved onscreen pair are coming together this Eid for a television project, directed by Shihab Shaheen.
10 May 2021, 08:52 AM

DhakaYeah wins Alliance Française Pakistan - People’s Choice Award at Lahore Digital Arts Festival

Lahore Digital Arts Festival (LDF) celebrates Pakistan’s digital culture by gathering a community of artists and audiences to explore the convergence of art and technology. LDF intends to initiate conversations revolving around the accessibility of art and other mediums of creative exchange. The festival, organised last month, brought together people from different backgrounds with a hope to enhance digital creativity and diversify art in Pakistan and South-Asia.
10 May 2021, 08:02 AM

Kamal Ahmed’s ‘Prothom Prem’ released on Tagore’s birth anniversary

Noted singer Kamal Ahmed's 19th audio album, "Prothom Prem" was released under the banner of Music Of Bengal on the birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore (May 8, 2021). The album is available as an audio jukebox on the YouTube channel of Music Of Bengal. Hardcopies of the album have been released simultaneously. “Prothom Prem” features 10 songs on love by Rabindranath Tagore.
9 May 2021, 07:00 AM

Dhor Nirbhoy Gaan: Chhayanaut's tribute to Tagore

Marking Rabindranath Tagore’s 160th birth anniversary, Chhayanaut organised a virtual cultural programme. Titled Dhor Nirbhoy Gaan, the theme of the event was to hope, and to be brave. Artistes performed works by Tagore, which sing praise of life and the joy of living, bravery, and hope. The virtual concert featured musical performances, dances, poetry recitals and more. It aired on Chhayanaut's YouTube channel tonight.
8 May 2021, 16:58 PM

Rezwana Chowdhury Bannya and Samiul Islam Poluck voice “Keno Chokher Jole Bhijiye Dilem Na”

To commemorate Rabindranath Tagore’s 160th Birth Anniversary, Dhroopad, a Bengali American cultural organization based in Washington DC, is releasing a music video featuring legendary Rabindra Sangeet exponent Rezwana Chowdhury Bannya and elocutionist Samiul Islam Poluck.
8 May 2021, 16:19 PM