New Hendrix album to come out

Sony Legacy Recordings is set to release a new posthumous Jimi Hendrix album called “Both Sides of the Sky” on March 9 next year.
8 December 2017, 18:00 PM

UNESCO recognises Bangladesh's Shital Pati

Shital Pati is a beautiful craft item originating from Bangladesh. About four thousand families from the 100 villages of the greater Sylhet region are traditionally involved with making various crafts items.
8 December 2017, 18:00 PM

DC shake-up in works after “Justice League” stumble

Warner Bros. is planning a shake-up and restructuring of its DC Films operation following the box office disappointment of “Justice League”, Variety reports.
8 December 2017, 18:00 PM

Aswad enchants listeners through mystic songs

The stage of Allaince Francaise de Chittagong (AFC) was illuminated by a dazzling performance of Aswad, a Sufi band, who enchanted the audiences by their songs and instrumental charisma.
8 December 2017, 18:00 PM

Haldaa continues to ride the waves

Since the release of Tauquir Ahmed's “Haldaa” release a week ago, throngs of movie goers are flocking to the cinema halls to get a taste of the sensitive riverine drama. Now it its second week, the movie has opened to the capital's Jamuna Blockbuster Cinemas, and an additional five theatres outside Dhaka.
8 December 2017, 18:00 PM

A lighthouse of Dhakai Cinema

What would you do if you went to a theatre to watch your favourite movie and found all the seats had been sold out? Probably you would return home disheartened and wait for the next show.
7 December 2017, 18:00 PM

Mustafa Zaman Abbasi turns 80 today

Mustafa Zaman Abbasi, a prominent musicologist, writer and television personality of the country, turns eighty today. He was born on December 8, 1937 in Cooch Bihar of West Bengal, and today is a guardian figure of the country's folk music genre.
7 December 2017, 18:00 PM

Immersing in the grace of nature

“Jolokabbo” (Musings in Watercolour) is an ongoing group painting exhibition at Egde Gallery in capital's Gulshan-2. The exhibition is showcasing select watercolours by both prominent and promising artists -- Samarjit Roy Choudhury,
7 December 2017, 18:00 PM

From the Archives: Annisul Huq -- dreamer on a mission

The year 2017 will always have a cloud of grief around it as the country said their final farewell to a galaxy of cultural personalities of the likes of Syed Shamsul Haque, Karunamaya Goswami, Sudhin Das, Kazi Arif, Kuti Monsur, Abdul Jabbar, Razzak, Bari Siddiqui and on November 30 Annisul Huq.
7 December 2017, 18:00 PM

Ryan Reynolds joins live-action “Detective Pikachu”

Ryan Reynolds is on board to star in the first-ever live-action Pokemon film titled “Detective Pikachu” for Legendary.
7 December 2017, 18:00 PM

“I love lazing around the house” - Kona

With a career spanning many years, Dilshad Nahar Kona's melodious voice is well known far and wide. The singer does not shy away from versatility; from being part of a band and then embarking on a successful solo career, the artiste has also briefly dabbled in acting. In a recent interview with The Daily Star, the singer talks about her downtime, and more.
7 December 2017, 18:00 PM

“Chol Palai” hits cinemas today

December is a special month for Bangladeshis, and cinema-goers have been in for a treat with a number of highly anticipated film releases this month. Movie halls are adding another film to their schedules today, as Debashish Biswas-helmed “Chol Palai” hits the big screen.
7 December 2017, 18:00 PM

Saif-starrer “Kaalakaandi” promises edge-of-the-seat thrill

The trailer of “Kaalakaandi”, which is a thrilling dark comedy written and directed by Akshat Verma, was released on Wednesday. Lead actor of the film, Saif Ali Khan had earlier described the project as “very intelligent that is made on a shoestring budget.”
7 December 2017, 18:00 PM

“Let's be outspoken, let's be resilient” - Jennifer Lawrence

Jennifer Lawrence hopes to continue to use her voice for female empowerment. “It's not easy to speak out. It's not easy to face criticism on a global scale. But the fact is I have been given a platform, and if I don't use it, then I don't deserve it,” the actress said at The Hollywood Reporter's annual Women in Entertainment breakfast, presented by Lifetime, held Wednesday morning at Los Angeles' Milk Studios.
7 December 2017, 18:00 PM

New John Green movie adaptation in works

Fox is back in the John Green business. Having hit box office gold with “The Fault in Our Stars”, the studio has optioned the rights to Green's latest tween tale, “Turtles All the Way Down”. The bestseller centers on a 16-year-old high school girl with obsessive
6 December 2017, 18:00 PM

Tessa Thompson to play Whoopi Goldberg's daughter in “Furlough”

IFC Films has acquired US and Canadian distribution rights to the road trip comedy “Furlough”, starring Tessa Thompson and Melissa Leo, The Hollywood Reporter reports. Whoopi Goldberg plays Thompson's onscreen mother, and Anna Paquin, Edgar Ramirez and La La Anthony are also among the cast of the completed movie.
6 December 2017, 18:00 PM

Contemporary dance performance “Rush” at Goethe-Institut today

“Rush”, a contemporary dance production under Goethe Institut's Young Choreographers' Platform, will be staged today at its auditorium at 5pm and 7:30pm today.
6 December 2017, 18:00 PM

Nasir's “Mystery of Innocence” at Gallery Chitrak

Promising artist Khandkar Nasir Ahammed's first solo art exhibition, showcasing several sculptures and watercolours, is now on at gallery Chitrak. Nasir has developed a distinctive art language of his own.
6 December 2017, 18:00 PM

Bari Siddiqui remembered in Mymensingh

A group of baul singers rendered songs of eminent folk singer and flautist Bari Siddiqui at a programme held at Advocate Tareq Smriti Auditorium in Mymensingh on Sunday evening.
6 December 2017, 18:00 PM

The quintessential Dhallywood baddie

The story of his life in itself would make a formidable plot for a 1950s film. A young Ansar officer in the early 1950s, who was once elected the best cadet, was suspended from service following an altercation with a union board chairman.
6 December 2017, 18:00 PM