She also looks back on childhood Eid-ul-Azha memories that continue to hold a special place in her heart.

Although she has stayed away from shooting due to illness, several dramas featuring the actress are being aired this Eid. She had completed the shooting before she was admitted to hospital.

Following the announcement, a section of social media users began posting objections, calling for the screening to be halted on religious grounds.

According to cineplex authorities, the surge in advance bookings and heightened Eid enthusiasm among moviegoers prompted the decision to increase the screenings.

Kenneth Iwamasa, 60, admitted to repeatedly injecting Perry with ketamine and helping coordinate access to large quantities of the drug in the weeks leading up to the actor’s death. Prosecutors said he worked alongside two doctors and helped supply more than $50,000 worth of ketamine. Iwamasa had no medical training.

Friday brings a dense Eid television schedule across Bangladeshi channels, with blockbuster films, telefilms, dramas, music shows and magazine programmes filling the day. From Shakib Khan-led films to ensemble drama-heavy evenings, broadcasters continue their multi-day festive programming.

Known for her calm screen presence and thoughtful role choices, Nabila has maintained a steady position in the industry while balancing her personal life and career.

This year, while some stars are celebrating Eid abroad, others have travelled back to their hometowns to reunite with loved ones and enjoy a rare moment of peace away from work.

This Eid, Niloy Alamgir will be seen in several dramas spanning multiple genres, including romance, family stories, and romcoms.

For veteran theatre personality Mamunur Rashid, the roots of acting trace back not to formal training halls or television studios, but to the vibrant world of jatra pala watched on cold winter nights during childhood. The Ekushey Padak-winning artiste says those early performances — filled with dramatic storytelling, elaborate stagecraft, and emotional intensity — first shaped his understanding of the transformative power of acting.

Some of the films are showing in both single-screen and multiplex halls. Others are multiplex-only.

Popular Indian singer-songwriter Anupam Roy is set to return to Bangladesh for a concert in Dhaka after more than two years.

Actor-singer Nusraat Faria has returned to music after a long hiatus with her new folk-pop track “Loke Boley”, released ahead of Eid-ul-Azha.

From romantic dramas and family entertainers to telefilms, celebrity talk shows and festive magazine programmes, viewers will have plenty of options to choose from this Eid-ul-Azha.

Recently, Nazifa Tushi made headlines for her first-ever playback singing performance of “Paglir Prem Jala” at the Roider Gaan concert held at Rabindra Sarobar.

Fifty years after he died in 1976, Zainul Abedin no longer exists as a living presence. What remains is a body of work that has hardened into history, layer by layer: famine sketches, rural labour scenes, scrolls of catastrophe, and figures that still appear to look back at us with unsettling calm.

Bidya Sinha Mim is returning to the big screen this Eid-ul-Azha with her much-anticipated film “Malik”. Known for several acclaimed performances throughout her career, the actress made her silver screen debut in Humayun Ahmed’s “Amar Ache Jol”. Among her most talked-about works remains “Poran”, which was also released during an Eid season.

The second instalment of the widely discussed short film series “Immigrant Diaries”, titled “Eid Mubarak”, has officially been released, drawing praise for its portrayal of the struggles and realities of immigrant life.

For Khairul Basar, “Bonolota Sen”, directed by Masud Hasan Ujjal, has been as much a creative gamble as it has been a career-defining artistic journey — one shaped by uncertainty, fragmented direction, and an unusually long process of discovery.

The movie is an adaptation of a Humayun Ahmed book, but two screenwriters gave it life for the screen