Culture

“The Studio,” Seth Rogen’s parody of Hollywood, took home the best comedy series Emmy in Los Angeles on Sunday. A number of awards were given to the show, which sarcastically mocks the entertainment industry, including best...

Celebrated Bangladeshi folk singer and the “Queen of Lalon Geeti” Farida Parveen passed away at a hospital in Dhaka tonight, sources confirmed. She was 71. She is survived by her husband and four children, reports BSS....

Prince Harry met his father King Charles III at his Clarence House residence in London on Wednesday, ending a 19-month-long estrangement after the prince appealed for reconciliation earlier this year. Harry, who cut ties with the...

 Imran Haider, the recently appointed Pakistani High Commissioner to Bangladesh, paid Cultural Affairs Advisor Mostofa Sarwar Farooki a courtesy call at his ministry office this afternoon. Throughout the discussion, they conveyed hope that the current amicable...

The head of a high-end lifestyle business and a designer to the stars, Giorgio Armani, an Italian luxury monarch, passed away at the age of 91. “Today, the world lost a giant. Donatella Versace, another Italian...

Chloe Malle will follow Anna Wintour as editor of Vogue, the magazine said Tuesday, resolving an intrigue that has gripped fashion and journalism circles for months. Wintour has sat on the glossy fashion monthly’s throne for...

Russian composer Rodion Shchedrin, whose work included famed ballets such as “Anna Karenina” and “Carmen Suite”, has died at 92, Moscow’s Bolshoi Theatre said Friday, calling his loss an “enormous tragedy”. Shchedrin, husband of late ballet legend Maya Plisetskaya,...

The San Sebastian Film Festival in Spain next month will present Jennifer Lawrence, an Oscar-winning actor and producer, with a lifetime achievement award, the festival’s organizers announced Tuesday. At the festival, where her most recent film,...

Mostofa Sarwar Farooki, adviser for cultural affairs, has advocated for the promotion of indigenous culture. In his verified Facebook post, he stated, “A nation is first colonized intellectually before it is colonized physically.” According to him,...

Hollywood stars and Netflix are set to take the spotlight Thursday on the second day of the prestigious Venice film festival, with George Clooney, Adam Sandler and Emma Stone preparing for high-profile premieres. The rainy skies...