British-Bangladeshi writer, director, actor and playwright, Leesa Gazi has dedicated her career to presenting powerful stories told from a woman's perspective, via theatre and film.

The 2013 film Mrittika Maya, helmed by Gazi Rakayet, won national awards in 17 categories including best director, best music director, best supporting actor, best actor in a negative role, best story and best scriptwriter.

Film festivals are an opportunity to be introduced to great filmmakers from all over the world.

Today marks the 65th birth anniversary of the legendary mime artiste and film actor, Partha Pratim Majumder, who will be seen in a new Indian film shortly.

Disney is in the early development stage of The Hunchback of Notre Dame live-action movie, based on Disney's animated film and Victor Hugo's 1831 novel, Notre-Dame de Paris.

The inaugural ceremony of the group art exhibition titled, Guru-Shishsho: Shishsho- Guru (Preceptor-Disciple: Disciple-Preceptor) is all set to commence today at 5:30 pm at La Galerie, Alliance Française de Dhaka. It is the first group exhibition by The Oriental Painting Studio Bangladesh.

Professional Photographers Affiliation Bangladesh (PPAB) organised Bangladesh Photographers Award 2019, which is a part of World Photographic Cup 2019 – an international photo competition.

Drama serial 'Hajar Botrish' will be broadcast today on ATN Bangla at 8 pm. Directed by Pantha Shahriar, it features Abul Hayat, Runa Khan, Afran Nisho and Aparna Ghose among others.

The Rolling Stones will be among the headliners for the 50th anniversary of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival.

Ronesh Dasgupta was not only an eminent writer, journalist and cultural activist of Bangladesh, but also one of the founding members of Bangladesh Udichi Shilpigoshthi.

Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA) organised a musical soiree titled 'Surer Chhowa' at its Music and Dance Centre Auditorium on January 15. Singers and instrumentalists of the academy performed an array of group and solo songs at the event. Liaquat Ali Lucky, Director General of BSA planned the programme. Photo: Courtesy

Theatre troupe Padatik Natya Sangsad turns 41 on January 21. To celebrate the anniversary, the theatre troupe will host a festive rally tomorrow.

Superstar Apu Biswas was ushered into the film industry by acclaimed director Amjad Hossain. She has acted in numerous commercially successful films in her career.

Sabila Nur has carved a space for herself in the showbiz industry with her remarkable acting skills. Known for her striking confidence, the young star has many critically acclaimed television ventures to her credit. She opens up about her upcoming projects in a recent chat with The Daily Star.

Shakib Chowdhury, Gibran Tanwir, Alif Alauddin and Farooq Shams – four friends who had set out on a lighthearted journey of talking about pop culture, have inadvertently started one of the most popular web shows in Bangladesh, Geek Myth.

Noted actor Zahid Hasan has proved himself as a director with many projects in the past. A new television serial under his direction, titled, Hulusthul TV, will be shot soon. The serial will be filmed in Sirajganj and Dhaka.

An array of topics on women in film was discussed at the fifth Dhaka International Conference on Women in Cinema 2019. The conference was organised at Alliance Française de Dhaka by Rainbow Film Society, in association with the Women and Gender Studies department of the University of Dhaka (DU), as a part of the 17th Dhaka International Film Festival (DIFF).

Considered a pathbreaker in the field of Bangladeshi TV visuals and cinema, Mostofa Sawar Farooki seems to be in focus once again for his much awaited film, 'Shonibaar Bikel' (Saturday Afternoon). Recently winning the Fazlul Haque Smirti Award, the storyteller decided to have a quick chat with us about the film and the controversies surrounding it, invented and spread by overrated groups on social media.

Television serial 'Chhayabibi' will be aired on Boishakhi Television at 9:20 pm tonight. Written and directed by Sajjad Hossain Dudul, it stars Siddiqur Rahman and Monira Mithu among others.

An acclaimed theatre production titled, Two Strangers Versus Oleander Flower will be staged at the Studio Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on January 17 and 18. The 40-minute long play is set to be staged in two shows (7 pm and 8 pm) every day.