Kareena Kapoor Khan and Saif Ali Khan became parents to their second child, a baby boy, today.

While the world celebrates International Mother Language Day, the special edition of Chobi Mela, in association with their cultural partner Colomboscope, sets a thought-provoking linguistic intervention through ‘Anatomies of Tongues’.

Asia’s most celebrated photography festival, Chobi Mela, concludes today. Exhibitions at the festival will run from 11 am till 8 pm. The ten-day event started on February 12, 2021.

Reality star and businesswoman Kim Kardashian has filed for divorce from rapper Kanye West after almost seven years of marriage and months of rumors that their relationship had broken down.

The world celebrates linguistic and cultural diversity on International Mother Language Day tomorrow (February 21). With that in mind, The Daily Star brings you a compilation of some notable television shows that will be aired in the country.

Nida Mehboob, Magnum Social Justice Photography grantee and 2019 fellowship awardee, is showcasing her latest work “Shadow Lives” in Chobi Mela’s group exhibition, “[Off] Limits”. She is a photographer and filmmaker based in Lahore, Pakistan. She graduated as a pharmacist before leaving the field and starting photography.

Ever since its inception in 2012, Jog Art Space has been working with artistes and viewers to create a space that allows cultural conversations to bloom. By allowing people to interact and connect, it has blended various art forms into a multidisciplinary street art show. Their collective exhibition, entitled "Cheragi Art Show Bhinno'' is currently underway in "Chobi Mela Shunno”, at DrikPath Bhobon, Panthapath.

Noted architect Bashirul Haq passed away in April 2020. He had designed DrikPath Bhobon, the venue for this year’s “Chobi Mela”. “Wishing Tree”, an exhibition featuring Haq’s seminal works, is being hosted at the festival, in honour of him.

Marking the 47th anniversary of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA), a two-day celebration programme began yesterday at all their branches.

Ekushey Padak and National Film Award winning actor passed away around 9 am today morning, at his residence in Puran Dhaka, at the age of 79. The news was confirmed by S A Haque Alik, General Secretary, Bangladesh Directors' Guild.

“Chobi Mela Shunno”, held from February 12 to 21 in DrikPath Bhobon at Panthapath, introduces a fresh perspective on different art forms to spectators and art lovers.

In spite of a pandemic looming over us, noted poet and painter Shamset Tabrejee was inspired to create a series of new paintings, which are currently being exhibited at Dwip Gallery in Lalmatia, Dhaka.

Eminent personalities, family members and well-wishers, paid a rich tribute to the country’s pioneering classical musician and educationist on his birthday.

"[Off] Limits", a group exhibition currently underway in "Chobi Mela Shunno” at DrikPath Bhobon, features projects by fourteen South Asian artistes. Yasmin Jahan Nupur’s ‘Time could not be kept at bay’ is one of the featured artworks in the exhibition, which includes performance photographs, text display and a video.

Ekushey Padak and National Film Award winning actor A T M Shamsuzzaman was hospitalised after suffering from breathing problems. He was taken to Asgar Ali Hospital in Gendaria on February 17, for treatment. He tested negative for Covid-19. The actor has now returned home.

While walking through the galleries of this year's “Chobi Mela”, one would notice a wall covered with black posters. Right at the centre of each poster, there is a picture of a single tooth. Under the picture, it says ekta boka lokher daat. ekta, a grammatically incorrect phrase. The poster is bizarre and one might even wonder what it was doing there in the first place.

Ekushay Padak and National Award winning actor A T M Shamsuzzaman has been hospitalised after suffering from breathing problems. He was taken to Asgar Ali Hospital in Gendaria last evening, and is currently under treatment, his wife Runy Begum informs The Daily Star.

In its array of collaborative initiatives, “Chobi Mela Shunno” introduced ‘Chapakhana Archive’, a research project. On the fourth floor of the DrikPath Bhobon, an excerpt of a nine-month project, exploring documents and local histories of print in Dhaka and its production technologies, is on display. The framework of the exhibition comes from Mara Züst’s research for her project, ‘Kolkata — City of Print’, in association with Pathshala.

"Go Back To Roots'', a solo project by artist Joydeb Roaja, is currently on exhibit in "Chobi Mela Shunno'' at DrikPath Bhobon, Panthapath. It features 10 artworks, along with a video, and attempts to highlight the cultural identities of indigenous communities in the hill tracts of Chattogram.

Renowned actor-turned-director, Tauquir Ahmed, known for his multiple national award-winning work, is all set to release his brand-new film “Sphulingo”, on March 17, marking the 100th birth anniversary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.