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A Dhaka court on Wednesday ordered to send actor Siddiqur Rahman Siddique in jail in a case filed for an attempt to kill a rickshaw-van driver Abdul Jabbar Howlader during last year’s student-led July-August Mass Uprising. Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Jakir Hossain passed the order after the investigation officer produced him before the court after a seven-day remand. On ...

A Dhaka court has issued an arrest warrant against television director Chayanika Chowdhury in a cheque fraud case. The order was passed on Tuesday by Judge Md. Bulbul Islam of Dhaka 7th Joint Metropolitan Sessions Court after Chowdhury failed to appear in court for cross-examination. Her lawyer sought a time extension, which the court denied, subsequently cancelling her bail and ...

The highly anticipated South Asian Sounds 2025 festival will take place in London next week, running from 15 to 18 May at the Southbank Centre. The festival opens with maestro Baluji Shrivastav OBE leading Re-Orient in a fusion of Latin, Indian, and jazz traditions. On Friday, composer Sumeet Chopra and UK bhangra star Jaz Dhami will highlight the evolving journey of Punjabi music. Saturday features ...

Marvel’s latest superhero film ”Thunderbolts” stormed to the top of the North American box office over the weekend, pulling in an estimated $76 million, according to industry tracker Exhibitor Relations. The strong opening marks a solid start to the summer movie season. Starring Florence Pugh, Sebastian Stan, Wyatt Russell, and David Harbour as a team of unlikely antiheroes, the film ...

Excitement swept across Rio de Janeiro’s famed Copacabana Beach on Saturday as fans gathered early for a free mega-concert by Lady Gaga, marking her long-awaited return to Brazil. By daybreak, Gaga’s devoted fans—her “Little Monsters”—had already started lining up, braving the heat and crowds. As they arrived from nearby Metro stations, they were met by vendors selling everything from paper ...

A total of 17 actors, including Nusraat Faria, Apu Biswas, Nipun Akter, Ashna Habib Bhabna, and Zayed Khan, have been accused in a case alongside ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina on charges of attempted murder during the Anti-discrimination Movement. The plaintiff, Enamul Haque, initiated the case against 283 people at the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court in Dhaka in March. On ...

Police have requested a 10-day remand for actor Siddiqur Rahman Siddiq in connection with an attempted murder case involving rickshaw-puller Jabbar Ali Hawlader, linked to the anti-discrimination student movement in Dhaka’s Gulshan area. On Wednesday (April 30), Sub-Inspector Abdus Salam, the investigating officer of Gulshan Police Station, submitted the remand plea to the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court in Dhaka. A ...

Model and actress Meghna Alam has been granted bail in a fraud and extortion case filed with Dhaka’s Dhanmondi Police Station. The order came on Monday following a hearing at the court of Additional Metropolitan Magistrate Md. Sanaullah. Court sources confirmed that Meghna’s lawyers — Mohsin Reza, Mahima Bandhan, and Barrister Sadman Sakib — argued for her bail. Considering her ...

By Muhammed Shahed Rahman : An exclusive screening of the critically acclaimed international award-winning Bengali film “Mike,” produced by FM Shaheen and directed by Hasan Zafrul and FM Shaheen, was held at the Genesis Cinema Hall in East London, dedicated to and under the overall supervision of Diaspora 71. The event takes place on Sunday (April 27) from 2:00 PM ...

A controversy has been raised over publishing an Inidan movie named ‘Abir Gulal’, supposed to be release on May 9. The trailer of the movie has already been released on April 1. But the movie will not be released in India centering its hero who is a Pakistani actor, Fawad Khan. Discussions and criticisms sparked after releasing the trailer. The ...