Bangladeshi actor Dilruba Yasmeen Ruhee, having delivered the role of a conduit in the drama of love, intrigue and betrayal in Glamour, feels 2014 was her momentous year having essayed contrasting roles in the Parambrata Chatterjee-starrer and period film Shongram where she was cast alongside Anupam Kher. “In Glamour, my first break in Indian film industry, I play the go-between in the web of lust, passion, greed and murder. My first psycho thriller, a dark film while in Shongram I play a rape victim based in the 1971 Liberation War and how ro...

A function of self-composed poems and recitation tittled ‘Shishire Kabitar Spondon’ was organized by Ghasful, a media house on 7 february ’15, Saturday evening at the prenisses of Sanskriti Bikash Kendro. Top poets of the city met at a function ‘Shishire Kabitar Spondon’ organised by Gashful, a media house on 7 February ’15, Saturday evening at the premises of Sanskriti Bikash Kendro, Paribagh, Dhaka. Presided over by Mahbub Talukdar, the function was started by introductory speech of Ata Sarkar, Internationally r...

A British jury on Thursday convicted former glam rock singer Gary Glitter of a string of sex abuse offences against three young girls in the 1970s. [caption id="attachment_12775" align="alignleft" width="238"] British pop star Gary Glitter arrives at court. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)[/caption] The 70-year-old Glitter, whose real name is Paul Gadd, was found guilty of one count of attempted rape, four counts of indecent assault, and one count of sexual interc...

Bangladesh cinemas will boycott movies starring the nation’s top actor after he led protests against the first screening of a Hindi film in decades in the country, an official said Thursday. Bollywood blockbuster “Wanted” opened in cinemas on the weekend after Bangladesh’s censor board cleared its nationwide release, following a 50-year ban on Hindi-language films. But the screenings sparked protests outside cinemas along with wildcat strikes by hundreds of Dhaka actors, directors and others, who said the release would cripple the local ...

The winners of Bangla Academy Literary Award-2014 have been announced on Thursday. The award recipients are ShihabSarkar (Poetry), ZakirTalukdar (Fiction), ShantanuKaisar (Essay), BhuiyanIqbal (Research), Abu Muhammad DelowarHossain (Liberation War Literature), Mainus Sultan (Travelogue) and Khaled Bin Zainuddin (Juvenile Literature). A five-member jury headed by Rafiqul Islam made the selection. Other members of the jury were AbulHasnat, Syed Manjurul Islam, AsadChowdhury and Hayat Mamud. The awards would be handed over to the nomine...