During the 63rd Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference (CPC) held from 1st to 8th November 2017, a plethora of cultural events graced the foreign delegates, international representatives and parliamentary speakers present in

Salma Moon, the winner of the first place prize of the Lyrics contest, was honored beyond her words. “I want to express the sincerest of gratitude to The Daily Star and Standard Chartered Bangladesh for allowing me such an opportunity.

“I didn't expect the award at all,” said Hasan Mahmud Prottoy, the first-place winner of the Celebrating Life 2017 Photography Contest. Prottoy's interest in photography began when he used to play around with his father's film camera from a very young age.

I think The Daily Star and Standard Chartered Bank are doing a wonderful job with Celebrating Life. The program has not only honored us, but is promoting art, culture, music and films by rewarding the new generation of artists.

CELEBRATING LIFE 2017 GALA THROUGH PHOTOS

Receiving an award from renowned organizations such as The Daily Star and Standard Chartered is an honor. They always pay respect to the worthy individuals, so their award is a matter of much pride. I will carry this honor with me forever.

10 glorious years of Celebrating Life has seen many winners being crowned in the categories of Film, Photography and Music.

The Daily Star, a proud host of Celebrating Life, is known nationwide as the leading English newspaper.

We apologize for a mistake caused in the previous issue of Star Showbiz.

Bangladesh's first digital television channel, Channel i, had its 19th birthday at 1st October.

Dr. Nashid Kamal is an accomplished individual known for her academic writings and prowess in music and singing.

Celebrating Life, the national competition that highlights young talents in the fields of film making, photography and lyric writing, is set to have its exclusive Gala event on 28th October, at International Convention City Bashundhara's Noboratri Hall.

Not many people travel around the country as a part of their job, so I consider myself extremely fortunate. Since the last 10 years, Celebrating Life has been one of Bangladesh's premier lyric, film and photography competition.

‘Celebrating Life' is a film, photography and lyrics competition held by The Daily Star and Standard Chartered Bank every year since 2008. This year, 'Celebrating Life' has reached is 10th anniversary.

To be very honest, my journey is not one that I would recommend to anybody. It is frankly a journey filled with insecurities.

Cannes is a gathering place of world-class actors and genius directors. However, it can get quite tiresome seeing the same celebrities gracing their presence nearly every year.

Cannes Film Festival reached its 70th year recently, and to celebrate the occasion, we have collected the 70 most interesting moments that occurred in these glorious 70 years. All these have been compiled from Hollywood Reporter.

This year, veteran actor Nicole Kidman was the undisputed queen of the Cannes Film Festival. The 70th iteration of the prestigious festival saw the screening of four of her films, each of which was highly praised.

Last year's successful musical program “Wind of Change” returns this year, following much anticipation and hype.

Last year's successful musical program “Wind of Change” returns this year, following much anticipation and hype.