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Singer-composer Bappi Lahiri dies

Singer-composer Bappi Lahiri dies

-- 2022-02-16 09:26:07

Singer-composer Bappi Lahiri, who popularised disco music in India in the 80s and 90s, has died following multiple health issues, a doctor treating him said on Wednesday, February 16, 2022., He was...

Legendary Bengali singer Sandhya Mukhopadhyay no more

Legendary Bengali singer Sandhya Mukhopadhyay no more

-- 2022-02-15 21:04:19

Legendary Bengali singer Sandhya Mukhopadhyay has died in hospital care at the age of 90, reports bdnews24.com Anandabazar Patrika. She passed away on Tuesday after being hospitalised last month with...

Silence of the Lambs: Hannibal is still the most fearsome antagonist

Silence of the Lambs: Hannibal is still the most fearsome antagonist

Iftekharul Islam 2022-02-15 15:06:51

Horror movies are considered the cult favourites in Hollywood. They draw a large audience and succeed at the box office most of the time; only a few manage to reach the Oscars. In 92 years of Academy...

Rising above shame to embracing independence: Hoichoi’s new series ‘Uttroron’

Rising above shame to embracing independence: Hoichoi’s new series ‘Uttroron’

Lubaba Mahjabin Prima 2022-02-14 17:14:11

What happens when a private video of a woman belonging to a traditional Bengali household gets leaked? Instead of running away in shame and hiding from society, the best course of action should be em...

Live as a good man, or die as a monster - the question that Shutter Island never answered

Live as a good man, or die as a monster - the question that Shutter Island never answered

Iftekharul Islam 2022-02-14 13:04:20

Martin Scorsese is known for his famous gangster-themed films. Even though after his major success in Taxi Driver, he made only two psychological thriller films, Cape Fear and The Departed, although n...

Supreme Court upholds ‘status quo’ order on BFAA's general secretary post

Supreme Court upholds ‘status quo’ order on BFAA's general secretary post

-- 2022-02-14 12:36:34

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has upheld the ‘status quo’ order by the Chamber Court on the Bangladesh Film Artistes Association general secretary’s post and has direct...

German film puts spotlight on Turkish migrants

German film puts spotlight on Turkish migrants

-- 2022-02-14 08:58:06

A film about a German-Turkish mother's quest to free her son from Guantanamo prison poses questions about Germany's attitude towards millions of Turkish migrants who have made the country their home e...

How K-drama dethroned Hindi serials

How K-drama dethroned Hindi serials

Megh Rahman 2022-02-13 16:52:33

Hana dul set! Niga neomu joha ottoke ottoke~ niga neomu yeppeo ottoke ottoke~  Mmmm, look who started humming as the song goes by. Seems like these lyrics can uplift your mood in a jiffy. Y...

Black Sabbath: The first chapter of heavy metal music

Black Sabbath: The first chapter of heavy metal music

Swadhin Shahporan 2022-02-13 12:09:24

On this day 52 years ago, Black Sabbath released their eponymous debut album and shook the earth to its core, giving birth to the heavy metal genre in the process.  Disregarding the hippy-centri...

Two Asian films explore burden of past violence at Berlin Festival

Two Asian films explore burden of past violence at Berlin Festival

-- 2022-02-13 08:47:45

Two southeast Asian films competing at this year's Berlin Film Festival explore what violence does to human beings, one through painful historical narrative and one through fantasy, Reuters reports....

The Crown season 4 delves deep into British Royal Family's  modernisation efforts

The Crown season 4 delves deep into British Royal Family's modernisation efforts

Rassiq Aziz Kabir 2022-02-12 14:40:56

"For Better Or Worse, The Crown Has Landed On My Head. And I Say We Go."  This single quote from Claire Foy, playing Queen Elizabeth in Netflix’s widely acclaimed show  ‘The Cro...

US rapper Snoop Dogg accused of sexual assault

US rapper Snoop Dogg accused of sexual assault

-- 2022-02-11 10:59:13

An unidentified woman has filed a civil lawsuit that accuses American rapper Snoop Dogg of sexual assault and battery after she attended one of his concerts in 2013. The lawsuit was filed on Wednesda...

Think Big scholarship at the University of Bristol

Think Big scholarship at the University of Bristol

FE Online 2022-02-10 16:23:56

The University of Bristol is a member of the prestigious Russell Group of universities in the UK - renowned for their research work. It is ranked in the Top 100 universities in the world, and Top 10 i...

Bangla mime to give local culture a boost

Bangla mime to give local culture a boost

FE REPORT 2022-02-10 10:08:00

An initiative has been launched to promote local culture through Bangla pantomime. Bangla Mime (Pantomime) Research Centre (BMRC) with the slogan of Bangla Mime, the identity of Bangla nationhood,...

Farooki’s "No Land’s Man" gets Prix du Public award in France

Farooki’s "No Land’s Man" gets Prix du Public award in France

-- 2022-02-09 12:22:04

Acclaimed filmmaker Mostofa Sarwar Farooki's first international language film “No Land’s Man” won the coveted Prix du Public (fiction film audience) award at the 28th Vesoul Interna...

Adele, 'Queen of the BRITs', wins big at British music awards

Adele, 'Queen of the BRITs', wins big at British music awards

-- 2022-02-09 10:59:04

Chart-topping superstar Adele won the top three prizes at the BRIT Awards on Tuesday, in the first genderless edition of Britain's annual pop music honours, Reuters reports. Nicknamed "Queen of the B...

'The Power of the Dog', 'Dune' lead Oscar race

'The Power of the Dog', 'Dune' lead Oscar race

-- 2022-02-08 22:11:05

Dark Western "The Power of the Dog" led the field of this year's Academy Awards contenders on Tuesday with 12 nominations for the Netflix Inc film, ahead of the 10 nods for science-fiction epic "Dune....

'Taxi Driver' is still as intriguing as it was 46 years ago

'Taxi Driver' is still as intriguing as it was 46 years ago

Iftekharul Islam 2022-02-08 18:48:22

In the early ‘70s, the Vietnam war ended and the veterans who fought returned to their country. Suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, many veterans found it hard to blend into existing...

“Innovation is the name of any game” - Visionary producer Bijon Imtiaz talks about the local filmmaking industry

“Innovation is the name of any game” - Visionary producer Bijon Imtiaz talks about the local filmmaking industry

Shadique Mahbub Islam   2022-02-08 18:47:27

In our country, or in a broader sense, the Indian subcontinent, the role of a producer in a film project has been more or less confined to financing the project, and nothing else. Films mostly revolv...

Vote-buying scandal: Hearing of Nipun Akter’s appeal against Zayed Khan on Wednesday

Vote-buying scandal: Hearing of Nipun Akter’s appeal against Zayed Khan on Wednesday

-- 2022-02-08 17:32:55

The Appellate Division chamber judge will hear actress Nipun Akter’s appeal against the High Court stay on the Bangladesh Film Artistes Association’s decision to scrap the candidacy of act...

High Court stays decision to cancel Zayed Khan’s candidacy

High Court stays decision to cancel Zayed Khan’s candidacy

-- 2022-02-07 16:11:08

The High Court has issued a stay order on the Bangladesh Film Artistes Association’s decision to cancel the candidacy of actor Zayed Khan for the group’s general secretary post amid allega...

Reaction to Lata Mangeshkar's death

Reaction to Lata Mangeshkar's death

-- 2022-02-06 21:02:30

Lata Mangeshkar, a singer who embodied music and melody for generations of Indians, died on Sunday after being hospitalised for COVID-19 last month. She was 92. Top Bollywood personalities and politi...

Thousands gather in Mumbai to pay respects to Lata Mangeshkar

Thousands gather in Mumbai to pay respects to Lata Mangeshkar

-- 2022-02-06 19:08:12

Thousands of people have gathered in Mumbai to pay respects to Lata Mangeshkar, the beloved singer who defined music and melody for generations of her countrymen, according to bdnews24.com. India&rsq...

Bob Marley: A life in search of peace and harmony

Bob Marley: A life in search of peace and harmony

Iftekharul Islam 2022-02-06 13:23:46

The 1960s was a tumultuous time to live. Shrouded in the Cold War, many crises like the Vietnam War, the Cuban Missile Crisis, Proxy wars in Africa were going on.  Many musicians were protesting...

Lata Mangeshkar passes away

Lata Mangeshkar passes away

-- 2022-02-06 11:28:39

Legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar, known for lending her voice to numerous Indian films, has died at the age of 92, bdnews24.com reports citing PTI. The singer was admitted to the Breach Candy Hospita...

Zayed loses post, Nipun regains shine

Zayed loses post, Nipun regains shine

-- 2022-02-05 22:58:04

Actor Zayed Khan, who was elected general secretary of Bangladesh Film Artists Association last month, has lost his post amid allegations that he paid members to vote for him. An appeals board declar...

Anime women then and now - breaking the stereotypes gradually

Anime women then and now - breaking the stereotypes gradually

MEHENAZ SULTANA 2022-02-05 16:48:51

A woman with a weapon is inspiring and unique - disrupts the stereotypes of girls being as fragile as a flower. However, only wielding a sword does not suffice if a fighter relies on their counterpart...

Iranian director Farhadi ready for awards season

Iranian director Farhadi ready for awards season

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-02-05 08:54:09

Asghar Farhadi, an Iranian Oscar-winning director, is expected to win the awards this year. Farhadi won the Oscar for his best foreign-language film "The Salesman," but boycotted the ceremony because...

Coraline - a beautiful children’s film with horror elements

Coraline - a beautiful children’s film with horror elements

Iftekharul Islam 2022-02-02 12:30:39

Humans are social beings; they crave attention and validation like everyone else. Teenagers often get frustrated when they don’t get their wanted attention.  But what happens when they fin...

Lionel Richie cancels European tour shows

Lionel Richie cancels European tour shows

-- 2022-02-02 09:08:44

US singer Lionel Richie said on Tuesday he was cancelling his upcoming European summer tour concerts due to the ongoing spread of COVID-19, Reuters reports. "As Covid and its variants continue to imp...