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Monowar Hossain Dipjol cannot perform his duty as general secretary of Bangladesh Film Artistes Association (BFAA) for six months, according to the High Court order. The court, at the same time, directed the authorities concerned to investigate the allegations of irregularities and vote rigging in the election brought by actor Nasreen Akhter Nipun against Dipjol. The court issued a rule ...

An early entry in the Cannes film competition has taken Cannes spectators down a dark path of unwanted motherhood to a shop of horrors with a serial killer twist. Swedish director Magnus Von Horn’s “The Girl With the Needle” — one of 22 movies vying for the top Palme d’Or prize — is at times so hard to watch that ...

Ansar Ahmed Ullah:   An exhibition of profound historical significance, titled ‘Hunger Burns: The Bengal Famine of 1943’, was inaugurated on 11 May at the Watney Market Idea Store. The exhibition was based on Diya Gupta’s book India in the Second World War, which recovers a global history of the Second World War, revealing two-and-a-half million men from undivided India ...

Actor Nasreen Akhter Nipun has filed a writ with the High Court (HC) seeking cancellation of Film Artistes Association election for the term 2024-2026. She also sought a ban on the committee led by Misha Sawdagar and Monowar Hossain Dipjol from performing its duties. Nipun’s lawyer Palash Chandra Roy submitted the petition on Wednesday with the court of Justice Naima ...

Police have recovered the body of a film director from a house on Moghbazar Dilu Road in the capital early Wednesday. The body of MA Awal,60, was retrieved around 12:30am on Wednesday and sent to the Dhaka Medical College morgue for autopsy. Shah Mohammad Awlad Hossain, officer-in-charge (OC) of Hatirjheel police station, on Wednesday said Awal had been ill for ...

Having shaken four continents, Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour finally brings the biggest pop culture icon of the century to Europe from Thursday, starting with a four-night run in Paris. Swift has broken almost every record in music, and her sixth tour is no exception. The Eras Tour, which began in March 2023, is already the first to sell more than ...

Pop idol Madonna gave it all in Rio de Janeiro as she looked back on her four-decade career in a historic show before throngs of joyful fans jammed onto Brazil’s famed Copacabana beach on Saturday night. The 65-year-old singer walked down an elevated bridge from the Copacabana Palace hotel shortly after 10:30 pm (0130 GMT Sunday) to a massive stage ...

Tollywood movie ‘O Abhagi’ starring Rafiath Rashid Mithila was released at the beginning of last April. Anirban Chakraborty produced the movie based on Saratchandra Chatterjee’s ‘Abhagir Swarg’. Mithila won the best actress award for her performance in this movie. The 14th Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival was recently held in Delhi, the capital of India. In the same film festival, ...

Nicole Kidman has said “it is a privilege to make films” after being honoured with an American Film Institute (AFI) Life Achievement Award. Kidman, 56, is the first Australian actor to be given the highest honour bestowed by the organisation. The Moulin Rouge actress was presented with the prestigious award by Meryl Streep in Hollywood. Other stars in attendance included ...

Alejandra Marisa Rodriguez, a 60-year-old Argentine, shattered stereotypes and carved her name into the history books by clinching the coveted title of Miss Universe for the province of Buenos Aires. Her victory, announced on Wednesday, not only celebrates her remarkable journey but also underscores the Miss Universe beauty pageant’s dedication to embracing diversity and inclusivity, reports NDTV. Hailing from La ...