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Music
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Arts & Entertainment
US judge tosses Blake Lively's sexual harassment case against Justin Baldoni
3 April 2026, 10:39 AM
Arts & Entertainment
50 years on it still echoes, "You talkin’ to me?"
23 March 2026, 18:33 PM
Film
Reflection / A crescent moon for the broken
21 March 2026, 20:00 PM
Feature
Five films vie for Eid audiences, Shakib leads box office push
21 March 2026, 01:14 AM
Entertainment
Tribute / When Chuck Norris died, the myth kept standing
20 March 2026, 22:30 PM
Culture
Reaction / Bollywood at it again, tells Bangladesh’s story without Bangladesh
20 March 2026, 13:02 PM
Arts & Entertainment
‘Where are you?’ The afterlife of a song that outlived borders
18 March 2026, 20:30 PM
Feature
Reflection / How a 21-min qawwali discovered during a video game hunt changed a schoolboy’s musical world
13 March 2026, 18:30 PM
Arts & Entertainment
New Princess Diana docuseries to feature unseen audio recordings
2 May 2026, 12:43 PM
TV & Film
Oscars unveil major rule changes for 2027 ceremony
2 May 2026, 12:43 PM
TV & Film
Shakib Khan-starrer ‘Rockstar’ unveils first animated teaser
2 May 2026, 12:33 PM
Entertainment
Satyajit Ray’s films still resonate as timeless classics
2 May 2026, 12:20 PM
Entertainment
Country’s first Migration Film Festival launched, submissions open
2 May 2026, 11:16 AM
Entertainment
New Valentine’s Day song brings Abir Sadaf and ‘Laage Ura Dhura’ singer together in AI-crafted music video
5 February 2026, 11:57 AM
Music
Special programme at Shilpakala marks Farida Parveen’s birth anniversary
31 December 2025, 06:12 AM
Music
Hania Aamir coming to Bangladesh
16 September 2025, 04:23 AM
TV & Film
AK Ratul laid to rest beside his father
28 July 2025, 05:24 AM
Music
‘Kaanta Laga’ fame Shefali Jariwala dies at 42
28 June 2025, 03:46 AM
Music
Star Cineplex to launch new branch in Uttara this Eid
25 March 2025, 12:30 PM
Entertainment
MUSINGS / The journey of 'Khwabnama' from a novel to a play
24 October 2022, 09:47 AM
Books & Literature
‘Nil Chhaya’ reconjures ghosts of Bengal’s Indigo Revolution
24 September 2022, 09:03 AM
Books & Literature
Padmavati release deferred amid growing uproar
Viacom18, producers of Sanjay Leela Bhansali's period drama “Padmavati”, say they have voluntarily deferred the film's release date.
20 November 2017, 18:00 PM
Jeffrey Tambor departs “Transparent”
Jeffrey Tambor, who played Maura Pfefferman on Amazon's “Transparent”, has exited the series amid sexual harassment allegations
20 November 2017, 18:00 PM
Bruno Mars sweeps seven awards at AMAs
The 2017 American Music Awards were packed with more than a dozen amazing performances onj Sunday night, but after all the
20 November 2017, 18:00 PM
Zahid Hasan joins Indian film “Sitara”
Zahid Hasan has been a powerhouse actor of Bangladeshi television for a few decades, but his big screen projects have been sporadic.
20 November 2017, 18:00 PM
“Joloj 3” opens at AFD
The third installment of the group painting exhibition series titled “Joloj” began on November 17 at the Alliance Française de Dhaka's
20 November 2017, 18:00 PM
Portraits of Lima begins at Shilpakala
An exhibition featuring the works of the late Peruvian photographer Eugene Courret began at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy in Dhaka on 17 November.
19 November 2017, 18:00 PM
Tribute to Nayakraj Razzak and singer Abdul Jabbar
To pay tribute to Nayakraj Razzak and renowned singer Abdul Jabbar, Star Melodies, The Daily Star's regular initiative to promote Bangla music, arranged a special musical soiree.
19 November 2017, 18:00 PM
Majnu Ekjon Pagol Nohe underway
New comedy series “Majnu Ekjon Pagol Nohe” has begun airing every week from Sunday through Tuesday. The series aired its first episode this week on November 12 at 10pm. Scripted by Brindaban Das, the play is helmed by Sanjit Sarkar
19 November 2017, 18:00 PM
Taapsee,Vicky Kaushal in Anurag Kashyap's Manmarziyan
Bollywood actors Vicky Kaushal and Taapsee Pannu will be paired together for director Anurag Kashyap's brand-new version of “Manmarziyan”, reports Times of India. About two years ago, filmmaker Aanand L Rai had booted the project with director Sameer
19 November 2017, 18:00 PM
AC/DC co-founder Malcolm Young dies
Malcolm Young, guitarist and co-founder of Australian legendary rock band AC/DC, died Saturday at the age of 64. Young had been suffering with dementia for the past three years, an illness that forced his retirement from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame-inducted band he founded with his brother Angus Young in 1973.
19 November 2017, 18:00 PM
Three Bangladeshi films at SAARC Int'l Film Fest
The festival will open with Indian film “Pinky Beauty Parlour”, and feature a total of 24 feature-length and short films. India and Sri Lanka have the highest representation at the competition with five filsm each; Nepal has four entries; Bhutan, Afghanistan and Pakistan each have two titles at the festival while Maldives has one.
19 November 2017, 18:00 PM
Rock legends salute Malcolm Young on AC/DC founder's death
Tributes pour in for Malcolm Young, co-founder of the Australian rock band AC/DC, after he passed away aged 64.
19 November 2017, 04:27 AM
BotTala adapts Sukumar work for stage
On the opening day of the ongoing Dhaka Lit Fest, theatre troupe BotTala premiered their new production, “Bonyotherium”, based on Sukumar Roy's story “Heshoram Hushiarer Diary”, at the Nazrul Mancha of Bangla Academy.
18 November 2017, 18:00 PM
Citibank pays tribute to Ferdous Wahid
Citibank Bangladesh organised its annual event “Gaan-e Gaan-e Gunijon Shongbordhona” to celebrate the lifetime contributions of renowned singer Ferdous Wahid. The programme was held at Radisson Blu Dhaka Water Garden on November 17.
18 November 2017, 18:00 PM
STAR MELODIES' MUSICAL SOIREE TODAY
Star Melodies, The Daily Star's regular initiative to promote Bangla music, will present a special musical soiree highlighting songs sung by renowned singer Abdul Jabbar, as well as those lip-synced by Nayak Raj Razzak in his films – today at 6pm at The Daily Star-Bengal Arts Precinct, The Daily Star Centre.
17 November 2017, 18:00 PM
TIGER SHROFF to kick-start shooting for “SOTY” sequel
Tiger Shroff, who is currently busy preparing for “Baaghi 2” opposite Disha Patani, will soon be marching towards Karan Johar's “Student of the Year 2”.
17 November 2017, 18:00 PM
Nova in BTV's first megaseries
For many years, BTV was the only broadcaster in the country, the sole entertainment outlet for generations with its memorable programmes and dramas. The television network is about to break out of its own mold soon, by airing its first megaseries.
17 November 2017, 18:00 PM
Fantastic Beasts 2 - first cast photo, title revealed
Warner Bros. has unveiled the first photo and title for the “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” sequel: “Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald.”
17 November 2017, 18:00 PM
Mahbub Zamal Shamim's “Jungle of Humanity” at BSA
Art gallery ARTcon in association with Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA) has arranged a two-week long solo art exhibition titled “Jungle of Humanity” by artist Mahbub Zamal Shamim at Gallery-2 of BSA's National Art Gallery.
17 November 2017, 18:00 PM
Bangladeshi architecture exhibit to travel through Europe
The S AM Swiss Architecture Museum in Basel, Switzerland in collaboration with Bengal Institute for Architecture, Landscapes and
16 November 2017, 18:00 PM