Culture

On Friday, May 16, the launch event for singer Sheikh Lana’s second album, “Otopor, abar,” took place at the Bishwo Shahitto Kendro auditorium in Dhaka. The album was jointly unveiled by eminent composer and musician Nakib...

Once hip-hop’s flashy impresario, Sean “Diddy” Combs now sports unruly, gray hair and only appears publicly in court, where he will be a regular starting Monday as his federal sex crimes trial gets underway in New...

Russia will hold its “Intervision” music competition in September, organisers announced on Wednesday, after authorities revived the Soviet-era competition that was meant to rival Eurovision. Moscow has been banned from taking part in the Eurovision Song...

A new Oscar for stunts will be handed out when Hollywood’s glitziest party celebrates its 100th birthday, awards officials said Thursday. The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said films...

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences expressed regret on Friday for not standing up for a Palestinian filmmaker who won an Oscar and claimed that Israeli settlers had attacked him. Following criticism of its...

At the end of rapper A$AP Rocky’s trial in Los Angeles on Tuesday, a jury declared him not guilty of two charges of felony assault. If found guilty of the alleged attack on a former acquaintance...

In honor of the late filmmaker Tareque Masud, the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy’s dance and drama department hosted Monishi Shoron. At the occasion, which took place on Sunday night, author A-Al Mamun gave a paper about the...

According to Cultural Affairs Advisor Mostofa Sarwar Farooki, the cultural exchange will help Bangladesh and China’s relationship reach a new level of excellence in the future, reports BSS. “I know that Bangladesh has entered into a...

Congress approved a law last year requiring TikTok’s Chinese owner, ByteDance, to either sell the site or shut it down by Sunday, resulting in an impending shutdown in the US. This week, the US Supreme Court...

As Los Angeles struggles with massive wildfires, the Oscars’ awarding organization announced Monday that it was calling off its upscale nominees’ luncheon. As Hollywood attempts to manage the sad atmosphere during a time when it would...