Main Vaapas Aaunga: A quiet film about going home found its way through Bollywood’s noise
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Netflix tumbles as slowing growth, less viewership data spook investors
17 July 2026
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Pop Culture / The real reason Netflix’s ‘I Will Find You’ became a streaming hit
13 July 2026
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Exhibition opens in Alliance Française to support artist Ritu’s cancer treatment
10 July 2026
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Stars pay tribute to 'Total Eclipse' singer Bonnie Tyler
9 July 2026
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Taylor Swift becomes youngest woman in Songwriters Hall of Fame
12 June 2026
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Martin Scorsese is backing an AI startup
3 June 2026
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Happy birthday: Hollywood honors Marilyn Monroe, 100 years on
2 June 2026
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Who really wrote what you loved in Bonolota Express?
27 May 2026
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Film
Resmi Mirza’s song ‘Premer Juddho’ arrives on YouTube after two years
17 May 2026
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Nine years without Nayak Raj Razzak, Bangladesh’s pioneering superstar
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How China’s ‘worst animated film’ became an unlikely rival to 'The Odyssey', 'Spider-Man'
20 August 2026
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Alongside acting, I will embrace this new profession: Tama Mirza
20 August 2026
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Bollywood's 'Laapataa Ladies' writer joins Taneem Rahman Angshu's 'Limbo'
20 August 2026
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TV & Film
Modhumita Cinema Hall to celebrate Dhaka’s 416 years with film festival
20 August 2026
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Under full moon, Shakira thrills 2 million fans on Rio's Copacabana beach
3 May 2026
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James receives special honour at Meril-Prothom Alo Awards
24 April 2026
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Pratul Mukhopadhyay, a personification of Ekushey February’s spirit
20 February 2026
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Special programme at Shilpakala marks Farida Parveen’s birth anniversary
31 December 2025
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Taylor Swift's 'Life of a Showgirl' launches with global promotion
3 October 2025
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Hania Aamir coming to Bangladesh
16 September 2025
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TV & Film
AK Ratul laid to rest beside his father
28 July 2025
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Star Cineplex to launch new branch in Uttara this Eid
25 March 2025
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MUSINGS / The journey of 'Khwabnama' from a novel to a play
24 October 2022
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Books & Literature
‘Nil Chhaya’ reconjures ghosts of Bengal’s Indigo Revolution
24 September 2022
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MUSINGS / How I became Tamijer Baap in ‘Khowabnama’
14 September 2022
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National dance-drama festival begins at BSA today
20 July 2022
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Theatre & Arts
Prachyanat to stage ‘Khawabnama’ in BSA
9 June 2022
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Theatre celebrates golden jubilee with Independence Day specials
25 March 2022
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Main Vaapas Aaunga: A quiet film about going home found its way through Bollywood’s noise
Imtiaz Ali’s film turned memory, Partition and tenderness into an unlikely theatrical success
11 August 2026
Netflix tumbles as slowing growth, less viewership data spook investors
Stock heads for two-year low as analysts cut price targets
17 July 2026
The real reason Netflix’s ‘I Will Find You’ became a streaming hit
The latest Harlan Coben adaptation proves that suspense and emotional stakes can be more compelling than shock value
13 July 2026
Exhibition opens in Alliance Française to support artist Ritu’s cancer treatment
'Urban Images' by Kazi Salahuddin Ahmed will run until July 17
10 July 2026
Stars pay tribute to 'Total Eclipse' singer Bonnie Tyler
The Welsh 'queen of the 80s power ballad' died in a hospital in Portugal at 75
9 July 2026
Taylor Swift becomes youngest woman in Songwriters Hall of Fame
The 36-year-old takes the record from Carole Bayer Sager who was 43 when she was inducted
12 June 2026
Martin Scorsese is backing an AI startup
Renowned filmmaker Martin Scorsese is now an adviser and partner to Black Forest Labs, a German company that builds AI tools for generating images and video from written descriptions.
3 June 2026
Happy birthday: Hollywood honors Marilyn Monroe, 100 years on
More than six decades after her tragically early death, the city was awash with references to the bottle-blonde icon on what would have been her 100th birthday.
2 June 2026
Who really wrote what you loved in Bonolota Express?
The movie is an adaptation of a Humayun Ahmed book, but two screenwriters gave it life for the screen
27 May 2026
Resmi Mirza’s song ‘Premer Juddho’ arrives on YouTube after two years
The accompanying music video has been directed by Shan Shaik and Lata Achariaa. Alongside Resmi Mirza, the video features performances by Imtu Ratish, Shanta Jahan, Protic Hasan, Rumana Islam, Tarika and Jui.
17 May 2026
Documentary on renowned photographer Nasir Ali Mamun wins top award at UK Asian Film Festival
‘Mamun: In Praise of Shadows’, directed by British-Bangladeshi filmmaker Makbul Chowdhury, wins ‘Best Documentary Film Award’
12 May 2026
Under full moon, Shakira thrills 2 million fans on Rio's Copacabana beach
Performed hits like 'Hips Don't Lie,' 'La Bicicleta,' 'La Tortura,' ;Estoy Aqui' on a 1,345 square metres stage
3 May 2026
James receives special honour at Meril-Prothom Alo Awards
The accolade was presented to him by Matiur Rahman, editor of Prothom Alo, and Anjan Chowdhury, managing director of Square Toiletries.
24 April 2026
British PM slams London event for booking Kanye West
Pepsi withdraws its sponsorship of Wireless Festival
5 April 2026
US judge tosses Blake Lively's sexual harassment case against Justin Baldoni
Lively was independent contractor, dooming harassment claim, says judge
3 April 2026
50 years on it still echoes, "You talkin’ to me?"
Half a century later, Scorsese’s “Taxi Driver” remains a quiet autopsy of urban souls learning to live without being seen
23 March 2026
A crescent moon for the broken
Why Eid does not arrive the same for everyone, and how a classic ghazal gives voice to that quiet divide
21 March 2026
Five films vie for Eid audiences, Shakib leads box office push
The lineup includes “Prince: Once Upon a Time in Dhaka”, “Domm”, “Pressure Cooker”, “Rakkhosh”, and “Bonolota Express”.
21 March 2026
When Chuck Norris died, the myth kept standing
Action icon and martial arts maestro dies at 86, leaving behind a legacy
20 March 2026
Bollywood at it again, tells Bangladesh’s story without Bangladesh
Even with Arifin Shuvoo in the lead, web series Jazz City repeats a familiar trope
20 March 2026