UN Women, the entity of the United Nations that works for gender equality, has organised a concert on March 8 at Mukto Moncho in Rabindra Sarobar to celebrate International Women's Day, says a press release. Chirkut, one of the most popular bands in Bangladesh, will perform in the concert on the theme of “Women, Peace and Security”.

Marking International Women's Day (March 8), Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA) regularly organises a gamut of programmes. This year to pay tribute to great women, BSA in association with artists of the University Of Development Alternative (UODA) has organised a group art exhibition titled “Madhabilata” at Gallery No. 1 of National Art Gallery of

“Ferdousi Priyabhashini was a free will. During her twilight months, she went through many physical complications. She always held the conscience of Liberation War in all the phases of her art and life. She was an active voice for the justice of war criminals and human rights. A piece of Bangladesh is represented in every work by her. We have lost a vital voice of our Liberation War,” said Cultural Affairs Minister Asaduzzaman Noor.

Tiffany Haddish will star with Tika Sumpter and Omari Hardwick in Tyler Perry's comedy “The List.” Perry is directing from his own script and producing. Paramount Players has already set a November 2 release date for the film. Haddish will portray a wild woman who gets released from prison and reunites with her sister, played by Sumpter. Sumpter's character is in an online relationship with a man that may be “catfishing” her.

Department of Theatre and Performance Studies of University of Dhaka are staging "Panjore Chandroban" (Lunatic Asylum), written by Shahman Moishan and directed by Professor Israfil Shaheen. The play has been staged at the Experimental Theatre of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy from 6th to 9th March at 7 pm each evening. Masters' students of the department are performing in the play, says a press release.

On a recent visit in Rajbari town, The Daily Star correspondent found that the district's largest cinema hall, Bushundhara at Boropul Mor area, had been brought down as the cinema hall authorities had sold out. The hall will make way for a multi-storied building.

A press conference was held at Chhayanaut Bhaban regarding the 37th Jatiya Rabindrasangeet Sammelan. General Manager of the Sammelan Bulbul Ahmed presented a statement at the event, which was presided over by the Sammelan's President Sanjida Khatun. Also present among others from the Sammelan were vice presidents Abul Hasnat, Mita Haque, Moinuddin Nazir, Laisa Ahmed Lisa, Treasurer Nasehun Amin, and member of the secretarial

Bollywood diva Katrina Kaif provided her fans with a glimpse of her upcoming film “Zero”, in a look beyond her usual repute.

A group art exhibition titled “Shohor Nama” was inaugurated at the Daily Star-Bengal Arts Precinct on March 2. The exhibition

As the dim lights brightened and the door slid open, the remaining 19 contestants marched into the Super Chef kitchen with the anticipation of the second week of Rupchanda-The Daily Star Super Chef 2018.

Guillermo Del Toro's fantasy romance “The Shape of Water”, about a mute cleaning woman falling in love with a sea creature, backed up its 13 nominations at the 90th Academy Awards, taking back four Oscars including Best Picture and Best Director.

Bollywood actor Jacqueline Fernandez, who was said to have been replaced in “Kick 2”, says if filmmaker Sajid Nadiadwala has confirmed her presence in the upcoming film, then she will be starring alongside superstar Salman Khan in it.

Netflix has been focusing more and more on films in recent years, and one of these projects is a superhero movie that the streaming giant is recruiting some talent for.

Marking the International Women's Day (IWD) this year, a special concert has been arranged this year in the capital where only women are invited. Universal Medical College Hospital is organizing this “Concert for Women” at Dhanmondi's Sultana Kamal Women's Complex on Thursday, March 8.

The incandescently vibrating soprano is worn down nearer a burnished alto after a half century of committed music-making and activism. Yet the takeaway from Joan Baez's latest album – following her well-earned 2017 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – is how essential her work remains, according to Will Hermes of Rolling Stone magazine. The album, “Whistle Down The Wind”, released on March 2.

Bangladeshi dance company Srishti Cultural Centre delivered a well-received performance at the Philippine's capital Manila on February 28, in a cultural programme organised by Asad Alam Siam, Ambassador of Bangladesh to the Philippines.

ATN Bangla will premiere “Shonabhan” tonight at 11:30, a new drama series based on the stage play “Shonabhaner Pala”, by Bogra Theatre. The play has been written by Taufiq Hasan Moina and adapted into a screenplay by Kazi Sushmin Afsana in Bogra dialect, and jointly directed by SM Shaheen and Shahid Mithu.

The northern district town of Nilphamari is buzzing with art and artists, in the run-up to the Jatiyo Rabindra Sangeet Sammelan that is set to take place in the town at the end of this week. A delegation of 16 fine arts students, under the guidance of Md Harun-ar-Rashid Tutul, assistant professor of the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka, arrived in the town on March 1 to paint the roadside walls and give the city

Not many people may know this, but bungalows, found today all over the world and a ubiquitous symbol of a tasteful, luxurious life,

A lot has happened to Ariana Grande since the release of “Dangerous Woman” in 2016. Worst and most famously, her concert in