Acclaimed director and thespian Syed Salahuddin Zaki’s first film Ghuddi (1980) bagged two national film awards in the categories of best dialogue and best choreography at the 6th National Film Awards.

Celebrating the season of winter and bringing out one of the integral parts of food traditions and food culture in Bangladesh, Le Méridien Dhaka has arranged the Pitha Fest at their all-day dining restaurant, Latest Recipe.

Robert De Niro and Leonardo DiCaprio are coming together for Martin Scorsese’s forthcoming film, Killers of the Flower Moon, an adaptation of David Grann’s 2017 non-fiction book of the same name.

Professor Zakir Hossain Raju, Head of the Department of Media and Communication at IUB, is invited for the second time to join the 49th International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR), being held between January 22 and February 2, as Jury President for Asian Cinema award. He served as jury president for Asian Cinema award in the 44th edition of IFFR in 2015.

One of the most popular comedians in the world, Russell Peters is the first comedian to sell-out Toronto’s Air Canada Centre, New York’s Madison Square Garden, Sydney’s Opera House and many other famous venues.

The ‘Bangladesh Sangskritik Utshab 2020’ concluded at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy yesterday.

Internationally renowned haircare brand TRESemmé’s flagship programme, TRESemmé Bangladesh Fashion Week 2020, starts today. It will be held at International Convention City Bashundhara (ICCB) till January 25.

Ispahani Mirzapore, one of the country’s most popular tea brands, organises the event every year to promote the proper use of Bangla to the young generation with the slogan, ‘Banglay Jago Bhorpur’.

The traditional jatra pala,Rupban, featuring the ancient elements of the art form, was staged at Mymensingh Town Hall, recently.

There have been a lot of great actors, or Nayaks as we say in Bangla, but only one Nayak Raj – Nayak Raj Razzak. The multiple-time National Award winner acted in more than 300 Urdu and Bangla films throughout his career.

Fulki, a cultural and educational institution of the port city, has organised a three-day children-youth cultural festival, which begins today.

Slowly gaining more and more popularity as the cultural hub of Dhanmondi, 3rd Space hosted an insightful art talk recently, where youngsters spent a wonderful weekend afternoon brainstorming how art makes us human, with Najib Tareque.

A lecture by Gaudiya Nritya exponent Rachel Priyanka Perris will be held at Wolfson Lecture Theatre (SWLT), Paul Webley Wing, SAOS University of London, today. The free and open for all event is being hosted by the SOAS Indian Dance Society.

With the slogan, ‘Future in Frames’, this year’s International Children’s Film Festival Bangladesh will take place from January 24 to 31 at the Shawkat Osman Auditorium in Central Public Library.

​Star Melodies, an initiative of The Daily Star to promote Bangla music, will host a special evening, titled Tondrahara Raater Gaan, featuring evergreen nostalgic, romantic songs.

Niyamul Mukta’s Kathbirali, starring Sporshia, was released in 18 cinema halls inside and outside Dhaka, on January 17.

For the past few years, the Art Fest, alternatively known as Charukola Utshab, has been organised at a location outside Dhaka,

The music video for the song, ‘Phuler Naame Naam’, by Momtaz Begum, MP, was released at a press conference held at Zahur Hossain Chowdhury Hall of National Press Club (NPC)

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Cultural organisation Surer Vela in Moulvibazar hosted a solo musical soiree titled, An Evening of Rabindra Sangeet, at M Saifur Rahman Auditorium, Moulvibazar, recently. The evening featured performances by eminent Tagore singer Shreya Guhathakurta from India and renowned singer Nurul Islam.