The evening featured recollections, poetry recitations, music, dance performances, staged readings, and video screenings from some of Ataur Rahman’s most celebrated productions.

Since the rise of OTT platforms in Bangladesh, Eid seasons have typically brought an array of original web content. This year, however, the line-up appears noticeably thinner. Across local streaming platforms, original productions are limited, with only two new web films, one dubbed foreign microdrama, and several theatrical releases from Eid-ul-Fitr making their digital debut. Notably, no new web series have been announced for the season.

Since its release during Eid, director Abu Hayat Mahmud’s film “Prince: Once Upon a Time in Dhaka” has remained at the centre of controversy.

Nazrul’s “Rebel Poet” identity is too constrained to limit him within a single frame. Nazrul’s poetry moves, shifts beyond even its historical significance. They take rebirth, vertebrate, enter speech, then public conscience, and Nazrul returns as chant—becoming the primary language of people’s struggle for rights, carrying an unyielding spirit in every movement when people most need him.

However, only a handful of the films have visible promotional campaigns so far. Whether all of them will ultimately make it to cinemas remains to be seen. Several teasers, songs and trailers have already been unveiled, building anticipation around the Eid line-up.

The artiste also thanked fans for their support and described the experience as “overwhelmingly emotional”, while expressing gratitude to his former bandmates for standing by him over the years.

According to the team, “Noakhailla Maiya” will be released on May 25 on Oyshee’s official YouTube channel.

Sequins, sweeping gowns, and flashes of cinematic glamour light up the Croisette as guests arrive for the closing ceremony of the 79th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in France.

It is directed by Josim Ahmed and highlights the harsh reality of child abuse.

Directed by Azman Rusho, “Rockstar” stars Sabila Nur, Tangia Methila, and Tariq Anam Khan among others. The film has been produced by Anjan Chowdhury Pintu under the banner of Sun Motion Pictures.

Director Hassan Jahangir challenged the decision in the High Court, and on May 21, a bench led by Justice Habibul Gani granted a three-month stay on the suspension order. The film was cleared for release the following day. It did. To empty seats.

In a stunning final move, the jury bypassed the media front-runners to award the 2026 Palme d’Or to Romanian auteur Cristian Mungiu for “Fjord”.

When former guitarist of Nemesis, maestro Maher Khan, walked out and performed, the room did not quite know what to do with itself.

Coke Studio Bangla has launched its fourth season with a tribute to the national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam, releasing a special opening track ahead of his birth anniversary on May 25.

More than a hundred senior students from both branches welcomed an equal number of newcomers and their guardians through vibrant performances of songs, poetry recitations, rhyme-based music, dance, acting and Bratachari presentations.

One of the major attractions of the event was the performance by Nemesis’ original lineup members, who returned to the stage for the celebration.

Titled “Confluence”, the curated exhibition brings together around 70 selected paintings created in diverse mediums.

Bollywood star Aishwarya Rai Bachchan made a celebrated return to the Cannes Film Festival red carpet, stunning audiences in a sculpted blue couture gown designed by Amit Aggarwal.

Actor Zayed Khan, who is currently based in the United States, has surprised audiences with a new revelation about his latest project. The actor shared that the current mayor of New York City, Zohran Kwame Mamdani, appears alongside him in an upcoming short film.

The scent of raw clay, the warmth of terracotta tones, and the stories of generations-old craftsmanship have come together under one roof at the ongoing folk fair “Songs of Fired Earth” at Alliance Française de Dhaka.