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Popular actress of small screen Humaira Himu died on Thursday. Ahsan Habib Nasim, president of Ovinoy Shilpi Sangsad, has confirmed it. He said doctors pronounced Himu as dead when she was taken to a hospital at Uttara in the capital. “I’m going to hospital and then be able to tell in details.” Humaira Himu was seen in many television dramas. ...

The National Film Awards 2022 was announced on Tuesday by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting through a circular. Chanchal Chowdhury received the best actor award in the lead role (male) for the film ‘Hawa’ while Joya Ahsan and Rikita Nandini Shimu jointly got the award for the best actress in the lead role (female) for the film ‘The Beauty ...

“Leave the World Behind,” an acclaimed novel about ordinary people struggling to cope as a slow and mysterious disaster shuts down the world, felt topical when it was published during the unfurling pandemic of 2020. So the world premiere of its star-studded Netflix film adaptation at AFI Fest in Los Angeles this week, at a time when the world is ...

Veteran stars Rajinikanth and Amitabh Bachchan on Wednesday started filming for TJ Gnanavel’s upcoming movie. The actors, who last worked together in the 1991 film “Hum”, shared the update on the project on social media. Backed by Lyca Productions, the currently untitled movie is billed as an entertainer with a message.

Former London gangster-turned-actor Dave Courtney has died aged 64. Courtney, who claimed to be an associate of the notorious Kray twins, was found dead at his home on Chestnut Rise, Plumstead, in the early hours of Sunday. A post announcing his death on his Instagram account said Courtney “took his own life”. It said: “It is with deep sadness that ...

Two years after escaping her father’s guardianship, Britney Spears recounts her years as a superstar who became a victim of her success in a highly anticipated memoir being published on Tuesday. One revelation from “The Woman in Me” has already made headlines: with Spears saying she felt pressured into having an abortion while dating fellow popstar Justin Timberlake between 1999 and 2002. ...

Three-and-a-half months after she was hospitalised with a bacterial infection that forced the cancellation of her 40th anniversary “Celebration” tour, Madonna returns on Saturday with the start of a 78-date tour. At 65, the singer looks set to put her health woes behind her with a six-month-long tour of Europe and North America starting at London’s 02 Arena. The tour ...

The much-anticipated biopic of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman ‘Mujib: The Making of a Nation’ was released on Friday at 153 theatres across the country. Crafted by renowned Bollywood filmmaker Shyam Benegal, the biographical film portrays the life of the Father of the Nation, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Dhallywood’s popular actor Arifin Shuvoo portrays the title ...

Dhallywood superstar Arifin Shuvoo, who is the title character of ‘Mujib: The Making of a Nation’ – the much-anticipated biopic of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, said that he had done everything possible from his end to portray Bangabandhu in this film. “Shyam Benegal is one of the legendary Bollywood filmmakers who made this biopic. I ...

Senator Mushtaq Ahmed of the Jamaat-e-Islami party called it “shameful”. Caretaker Prime Minister Anwar ul-Haq Kakar even ordered an investigation. Online chatter amongst Pakistani men in particular has been scathing. But what is sparking such outrage? A 24-year-old woman. Erica Robin, a Christian from the city of Karachi, is going to represent deeply conservative Pakistan at the Miss Universe beauty ...