Amid growing demands for theatres and cultural venues in the capital city, three halls in the Old Dhaka have been left unused because of excessive rental rates and poor management. The three halls are: Mohanagar Natya Mancha, Zahir Raihan Sangskritik Kendra and Northbrook Hall (Lal Kuthir). Theatre activists say these halls charge excessively high rates, are poorly managed and often ...

The Eid has once again reaped gold for Bollywood superstar Salman Khan as his latest offering Bajrangi Bhaijaan, which released on Friday, witnessed a big hike at the domestic box office on the festive day. The film amassed Rs36.50 crore on day two, reported Mid-Day Infomenia. After garnering appreciation from the film fraternity, who called Bajrangi Bhaijaan Salman’s “best film ...

Actress Jessica Alba says it’s rewarding to know that her business helps people to live “safer” and “healthier” lives. The “Sin City: A Dame to Kill For” actress has her own eco-friendly business, The Honest Company, which she founded in 2011 and is now worth over $1 billion. And though she enjoys inspiring her fans with her movie roles, she ...

Ansar Ahmed Ullah   Tulip Siddiq MP for Hampstead & Kilburn celebrated Eid with her supporters on 19 July at White House venue, Barking, East London. The event was attended by a huge number of her party activists, supporters and well wishers. Andy Burnham MP, running for Labour leadership, Keith Vaz MP, Chair Home Affairs Select Committee, Shadow Minister for ...

Prime Minister David Cameron has greeted Muslims around the world ahead of their biggest religious festival Eid-ul-Fitr. Bangladesh’s Muslims will celebrate the day after a month-long fast on Saturday, if the moon is sighted on Friday. Cameron urged families and friends who come together to celebrate the festival to think about “the better Britain and world we must build together”. ...

2015 is for Bangladesh cricket what 1971 was for its independence-loving people. It was early Eid for 160 million people as Bangladesh ushered in a new dawn in their cricketing history with a nine-wicket win over South Africa at Chittagong on Wednesday. With three back-to-back ODI series wins at home against Pakistan, India and now South Africa, the Tigers turned ...

women over 70 to be aware of non-lump breast cancer symptomsOne in three women diagnosed with breast cancer each year are aged 70 and over The Founder of the Asian Women of Achievement Awards, Pinky Lilani and Journalist, Yasmin Alibhai-Brown are supporting Public Health England’s ‘Be Clear on Cancer’ breast cancer campaign aimed at women aged 70 and over. The ...

RadhaRaman Society presents spectacular event of Bengali heart-perforating folk music and colourful folk dance in Rich Mix on this Sunday the 19th of July 2015 from 12 noon to 5pm. The unique event will collectively and connotatively expose as well as exude one of the influential Theo-philosophical movements in Indian subcontinent called Vaishnavism. Through the folk music, traditional Dhamail dance ...

By A Shahid : A packed House of Commons celebrated a night of modern British Asian culture when Raja and Rubayyat, the popular singing duo made a rare appearance there at the launch ceremony of forthcoming album and songs. It is not often that music and entertainment stars mix with politicians in this venerable political arena but that’s precisely what ...

Ansar Ahmed Ullah UK Awami League hosted an Iftar Mahfil for the London based Bengali press & media on 9 July held at Café Grill restaurant, Banglatown. The event was attended by a large number of staff working for UK based satellite TVs, radio, newspapers, magazines and websites. Conducted by Secretary Syed Faruk Awami League’s president Sultan Shariff said, as ...