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The highly anticipated BPL Music Fest 2025 took centre stage at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, also known as the Home of Cricket, on Monday, building excitement ahead of the upcoming cricketing action. Despite some sound-related challenges during the event, the evening ultimately belonged to Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, whose soul-stirring Qawwali and Sufi performances left the audience spellbound. At 8:50 ...

Anushka Sharma has shared a special note for the celebrated off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin. The 38-year-old has announced his retirement from international cricket (all formats) after the 3rd Test of the Border-Gavaskar trophy. The news of Ashwin retiring with immediate effect in the middle of the five-match Test series came as a shock to his fans. To celebrate Ashwin’s career, Anushka ...

Tabla maestro Zakir Hussain has died at a hospital in the US’s San Francisco, reports Indian broadcaster NDTV. He was 73. Zakir died from complications due to idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, according to a statement from the family. He had been in hospital for the past two weeks and was shifted to intensive care when his condition deteriorated. Zakir’s sister Khurshid ...

Former president of e-Commerce Association of Bangladesh (e-CAB) and actor Shomi Kaiser has submitted a petition to the High Court seeking bail in an attempt to murder case filed with Uttara East Police Station in the capital. The petition was submitted to the branch concerned of the High Court on Sunday (December 8). Police from the Uttara East Police Station ...

The National Security Intelligence (NSI) and Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate (CIID) on Saturday (December 7) seized 733 grams of gold from a drama artiste and a passenger at Shah Amanat International Airport in Chittagong. The market value of the seized gold is Tk 69 lakh. They were arrested from a Dubai-Chittagong-Dhaka return flight (BG 148) of Biman Bangladesh Airlines ...

Actress and former parliament member Suborna Mustafa has been stopped at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, preventing her from travelling to Bangkok for medical treatment. The incident occurred in the morning today, Saturday. A source from Suborna Mustafa’s family confirmed the news. The source stated that Suborna Mustafa was accompanied by her husband director Badrul Anam Saud. After arriving at the ...

Two decades after scoring a surprise holiday season global hit with “Love Actually”, British filmmaker Richard Curtis is bidding to repeat the trick with his first foray into animation. The 68-year-old writer and director has co-adapted his own trilogy of children’s books, and commandeered longtime friend Ed Sheeran into contributing an original song, to bring “That Christmas” to the big ...

Ansar Ahmed Ullah:   The rich maritime heritage of South Asian Lascars, especially Bengali sailors, resonated through the historic Cutty Sark as Bengali folk music and traditional sea shanties came together at this year’s Sea Shanty Festival on 23 November. Local schoolchildren from Lucas Vale Primary School in Deptford took centre stage, performing a Bengali river boat racing song they ...

Marius Borg Høiby, the eldest son of Norway’s Crown Princess Mette-Marit, has been arrested in Oslo on suspicion of rape, Norwegian police reported. The 27-year-old, who is the stepson of Crown Prince Haakon, was taken into custody on Monday night under a preliminary charge. Authorities allege that Borg Høiby engaged in sexual intercourse with someone who was “unconscious or for ...

The first song and official trailer of Dhallywood superstar Shakib Khan– starrer movie “Dorod” have been published. However, the Anonno Mamun-directed movie is set to hit the theatres on Friday. The film’s song was released in two languages “Ei Bhasao” (Bengali) and “Jism Mein Tere” (Hindi) released simultaneously on Monday. Balam and Konal have lent their voice to the Bengali ...