I remember the first time I heard about "The Summer I Turned Pretty". It was in a group chat with my friends, where two of them were fighting as Team Conrad vs Team Jeremiah. "You have to watch it," they said and I was skeptical at first, dismissing it as just another teen drama. But when I watched the first episode, something clicked. I know it is super embarrassing to be obsessing over a teen drama as a twenty-something year old but this show really had its sweet way of pulling me in. I never thought a show about a teenage love triangle could make me feel like a teenager again, but here I was, waiting eagerly for a new episode each Wednesday.

The 71st edition of the awards turned into a milestone evening for the Hindi film industry, with Shah Rukh Khan and Rani Mukerji both achieving their long-awaited first National Awards.

His realisation while making the show will remain with him forever, as he shared while concluding. “They shaped the entire show and, in many ways, added depth to our own lives, making us realise so much about the world and ourselves. Winning an award for such a work is beyond words.”

Bangladesh Television’s iconic talent hunt programme “Notun Kuri”, South Asia’s first-ever reality show, is kicking off its latest auditions to discover young performers across the country.

British pop star Dua Lipa has reportedly parted ways with her agent after he signed a letter calling for the removal of pro-Palestinian Irish rap group Kneecap from this year’s Glastonbury Festival.

Katrina Kaif and Vicky Kaushal announced their pregnancy with a heartwarming polaroid, where Katrina proudly revealed her baby bump for the first time. 

Actor-director Sanjoy Sarkar Muktonil, leader of the theatre troupe Batighar, has received this year’s “SM Solaiman Pranodona 2025”, an award established by the Theatre Art Unit to recognize young talents in Bangladeshi theatre.

The National Award–winning singer lamented that the works of iconic voices such as Andrew Kishore and Subir Nandi were never properly archived.

Aryan Khan’s debut directorial venture “The Ba**ds of Bollywood” has stormed into Netflix’s global Top 10 rankings, cementing its place as one of the platform’s most talked-about new titles.

“Jimmy Kimmel Live!” will return to ABC tonight after nearly a week off air, the network confirmed Monday (September 22).

Model-turned-actress Sunerah Binte Kamal began her career in modelling and made her silver screen debut with Taneem Rahman Angshu’s “No Dorai” in 2019, earning the National Film Award for her very first performance. Her television debut came in 2022 with the one-off drama “Shunno Theke Shuru”, opposite Tahsan. Last year she returned to television in Ragib Raihan’s “Dabaghore”, alongside Irfan Sajjad, and has since become a regular face on the small screen, with new productions premiering on various YouTube channels every month.

The Jagannath Hall Union organised a cultural programme to celebrate Mahalaya, the auspicious occasion that marks the arrival of Goddess Durga. Titled “Anandamoyir Agomomone”, the event was held at the Prayer Hall of Jagannath Hall, University of Dhaka. This was the second time such a programme took place, the first having been held shortly after the July Uprising last year.

Director Mehedi Hasan Hridoy, who garnered widespread attention last Eid-ul-Fitr with “Borbaad” starring Shakib Khan, is preparing a new action feature titled “Rakkhosh” (Monster).

Solaiman (1953–2001) is widely regarded as a central figure in Bangladesh’s modern theatre movement. Over a career cut short at 48, he wrote, adapted and directed roughly thirty plays and helped institutionalise a blend of folk, musical and political theatre that questioned authoritarianism, social orthodoxy and communal intolerance.

The film tells the story of Yakub, a man who dreamed of becoming a policeman but finds himself on the run after escaping death row during the collapse of a dictatorship. In a country where police are hunted and justice has disappeared, his badge becomes a dangerous burden.

The official trailer of “Saba”, directed by Maksud Hossain and led by Mehazabien Chowdhury, has finally dropped, offering a gripping look at one of this year’s most talked-about Bangladeshi films.

Actor Tom Holland has sustained a mild concussion while filming “Spider-Man: Brand New Day”, temporarily halting production on the highly anticipated Marvel-Sony collaboration.

Dhaka’s theatre troupe Anuswar recently brought a fresh dose of satire to the stage with “Buddhijibir Bashay Shoytan”, a seriocomedy directed by veteran theatre activist, playwright, and actor Mohammad Bari.

Popular singer and actor Tahsan Khan has announced that he will gradually step back from his music career, suggesting that his ongoing tour might be his last. The 45-year-old artiste made the revelation on stage during a concert in Melbourne on Saturday night, telling the audience that he plans to “slowly wind down” his life as a performing musician.

The appointment was confirmed through a notification issued today, undersigned by Abu Saleh Md Mahfuzul Alam, Deputy Secretary of the Ministry of Public Administration.