Free to enter and open to any citizen, aged 18 and over, of a Commonwealth country, the prize accepts short story entries written in English and translated to English, as well as stories written in Bangla, Chinese, French, Greek, Kiswahili, Malay, Portuguese, Samoan, Tamil and Turkish languages. 

Helal Hafiz has been suffering from glaucoma for a long time, alongside complications with his kidney, diabetes and nerve complications.

Chorki has announced a new web film titled "Dui Diner Duniya" featuring Chanchal Chowdhury and Fazlur Rahman Babu in the lead roles. The film is directed by Anam Biswas.

Hansal Mehta’s “Faraaz”, inspired by the Gulshan Holey Artisan Bakery attack, is set to receive its world premiere at the London Film Festival, scheduled to be organised between Oct 5, 2022 and Oct 16, 2022.

Barack Obama is halfway to an EGOT. The former president won an Emmy Award on Saturday to go with his two Grammys.

What point is Lord of the Rings making in 2022? That people are racist and wage wars? The original trilogy, from two decades ago, was making that same point.

Legendary lyricist, director, producer and screenwriter Gazi Mazharul Anwar passed away today at 6:30 am in the morning. He composed over twenty thousand songs during his illustrious career. Three of his songs have made it to BBC's list of twenty best Bangla songs of all time. On the occasion of his 78th birthday, The Daily Star interviewed the Ekushey Padak awardee and multiple-time National Film Award winner at his Baridhara residence in 2021. We are providing the excerpts from the memorable interview here.

Legendary lyricist, director, producer and screenwriter Gazi Mazharul Anwar is no more.

Blender's Choice-The Daily Star OTT & Digital Content Awards 2021 is just knocking at the door, and by tomorrow,  we will know who will be crowned as the Best Actor (Female). But before that lets take look on the contenders who are competing in this category.

Blender's Choice-The Daily Star OTT & Digital Content Awards 2021 is just a day away, and the audience are already excited for the winners. Let us review our nominees in the Best Actor (Male) category.

After releasing nine fusion songs since its launching in February of this year, season one of Coke Studio Bangla came to a conclusion with the launch of the latest song, "Hey Samalo." 

The poster of Jaya Ahsan's upcoming project, "Beauty Circus" was unveiled at a special programme on Wednesday by the Information minister, Dr Hasan Mahmud and Mahmud Didar, the director of the film.

Bollywood actors, Ranveer Singh and Kriti Sanon, have won the top prizes at the 67th Filmfare Awards. They won the awards for ‘Best Actor’ and ‘Best Actress’, respectively. While Ranveer Singh won the award for his sports drama film “83”, Kriti Sanon claimed the Best Actress award for her performance in the film “Mimi”.

Popular actress Sabnam Faria again back to work after a long hiatus with the web film “Dafon” directed by Kaushik Sankar. She completed her shooting in Mirpur on Tuesday. In this web film, she plays Jui.  Apart from her, Runa Khan and Saif Chowdhury will play important roles.

Netflix has unveiled the first-look teaser of the upcoming spy thriller “Khufiya”, which is directed by Vishal Bhardwaj, today (August 29). In the teaser, Azmeri Haque Badhan looks stunning, fierce and mysterious, while donned in a saree.

A new poster for the upcoming film “Weird: The Al Yankovic Story” was revealed on Twitter by none other than Weird Al Yankovic himself. The poster features a striking image of Daniel Radcliffe, best known for his role as Harry Potter, donning the look of Weird Al.

Nawazuddin Siddique’s first look from his upcoming film “Haddi” has created a lot of buzz on the internet. The actor, who plays dual roles in the movie, is seen dressed as a woman in the poster. In a recent interview, Nawazuddin revealed that he now understands why actresses take so much time to get ready for shooting.

With a series of unexpected twists and turns, “Cool Age” reached the climax of its first season. Now, the show has been renewed for a second season, which will release on the OTT platform, Bongo BD along with the Bongo Boom YouTube Channel in December.

Popular television actor Jeetu Ahsan is making a comeback with a thriller series titled “Makal” directed by Animesh Aich. The five-episode mystery thriller will be released on Bioscope in September 8. 

Mejbaur Rahman Sumon directorial film “Hawa” is all set to release in 117 theaters in Canada and America on September 2.