Although noted actor Khairul Alam Sabuj started out his career on the stage, his popularity primarily grew through television.

Popular actor Nusraat Faria Mazhar tested positive for Covid-19 recently.

South Korean director Kim Ki-duk, who won the top award at the Venice Film Festival in 2012 but later faced allegations at home of hitting an actress and trying to force her into shooting off-script sexual scenes while making another movie, has died in Latvia. He was 59.

Ekushey Padak winner and multiple-time National Film Award-winning eminent filmmaker Tanvir Mokammel’s seventh feature film, “Rupsha Nodir Baanke” (Quiet Flows the River Rupsha) released today.

Siam Ahmed and Pori Moni starrer “Bishwoshundori” released in theatres today. It is director Chayanika Chowdhury’s debut film. It will be screened in 25 theatres all over the country.

A television commercial directed by internationally acclaimed filmmaker Mostofa Sarwar Farooki went viral on social media recently.

To celebrate the Victory Day of Bangladesh, Gems of Nazrul will release their 14th production internationally at 12:01 am on December 16, 2020.

Finland based Bangladeshi motivational speaker Dr Mojibur Doftori previously penned a book on career success, which was published in 2019 by the UK’s Oxford-based Powerhouse Publications.

Salim Khan, the proprietor of Sangeeta, a well-known audio production company in the country, passed away at the age of 55, at 7 am today. He was undergoing treatment for Covid-19 at Impulse Hospital in Dhaka.

United Nations’ 16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence is observed worldwide every year from November 25 to December 10.

To mark the International Anti-Corruption Day on December 9, 2020, Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) organised the 15th edition of ‘Anti-Corruption Cartoon Competition and Exhibition 2020’ recently. The theme for this year’s competition was, “Coronavirus Mokabelay Durniti” (Corruption in dealing with coronavirus).

“No Man’s Sky”, a story crafted by Bishwo Shahitto Kendro (BSK) playwright Bulbul Hasan and director Syeda Saima Ahmed, depicts coming of age in this most unprecedented time of Covid-19. Aired on November 20 as part of Season of Bangla Drama 2020 festival, the play was greeted with great level of audience appreciation.

Popular Bangladeshi actor Pori Moni has been included in Forbes Asia magazine’s ‘100 Digital Stars’ list. The list consists of the most influential celebrities on social media and the digital space, who are “as famous online as they are on stage and screen”, as per the prestigious magazine.

Celebrated actor Arifin Shuvoo is currently shooting for the Zee5 original, “Contract”, directed by Tanim Noor and Krishnendu Chattopadhyay with Parthe Sarkar as an associate director.

Directed by Atanu Ghosh, the critically acclaimed film, “Robibaar” (On a Sunday), recently won two awards at the Madrid International Film Festival 2020.

Jessore’s Monihar is one of the most popular movie theatres in the country. The place is known for releasing films simultaneously with the theatres in Dhaka. It has a long-standing legacy of its own. Today marks Monihar’s 37th anniversary.

A film on Father of the Nation, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s life -- a Bangladesh-India joint venture commemorating his 100th birth anniversary, is in the making. The shooting for this much anticipated film was scheduled to start in March this year, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic the shoot is now scheduled to start in January next year.

Dhaka International Guitar Festival 2020 will commence from tomorrow online. The event partners are Calcutta International Classical Guitar Festival, Cooperacion Espanola, Instituto Cervantes, Tonebase, Embassy of Portugal, Embajada De Espana En India and Johannes Moller.

The recent surge in the number of rape cases has outraged the nation, as activists around the country continue to protest against such heinous crimes. In light of these events, a mass rally to raise awareness on violence against women and the prevention of rape was arranged recently at the premises of Noakhali’s Shilpakala Academy by Jaago Bangladesh and several other central organisations, including Noakhali Rural Development Society (NRDS).

While the government has recently announced a welfare fund for film artistes, no such initiative is being taken for television artistes in this regard.