“Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” dominated the weekend box office, debuting to a boisterous $75 million and launching a new cinematic franchise.

Popular singer Fahmida Nabi has just wrapped up shooting for a TVC for a home textile brand. In the commercial, she will be seen as herself, going about her day from morning till evening.

Noted Bangladeshi rock bands Artcell, Lalon and Warfaze enthralled music lovers with a mind-blowing musical performance on Chittagong University (CU) campus on Sunday.

The photo exhibition will be inaugurated by Cultural Affairs Minister Asaduzzaman Noor. He will be accompanied by Mahfuz Anam, Editor and Publisher of The Daily Star -- and Abrar Anwar, CEO of Standard Chartered, Bangladesh.

"Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" dominates the weekend box office, debuting to a boisterous $75 million and launching a new cinematic franchise.

Together with Celebrating Life Festival Director and The Daily Star's Editor of Showbiz – Rafi Hossain, Bitopi Das – Head of Corporate Affairs at Standard Chartered Bank Bangladesh, has directed Celebrating Life contest and festival.

Renowned Kathak artiste Munmun Ahmed and her students of Rewaz Performers' School are all set to showcase their performance on the fourth night (November 27) of the fifth Bengal Classical Music Festival 2016.

The first International Weavers Festival closed on Saturday night at the capital's Army Museum field, with a display of indigenous taaNt (handloom) and Mirpuri Benarasi fabrics.

A weeklong second National Dance Drama Festival 2016 is now on at National Theatre Hall Auditorium of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA).

A publication titled “MONIR”, focusing on the unique and significant aspects of the work of Bangladeshi-Spanish artist Monirul Islam: Selected Works from 1966 to 2016 was launched on November 19 at Dhaka Lit Fest 2016.

President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday demanded an apology from the cast of "Hamilton" for appealing from the stage to Mike Pence to "uphold our American values" while the vice-president-elect was attending a performance of the Broadway hit.

In a bid to offer support to ailing or terminally ill artistes, November 19 saw the inaugural ceremony of the launching of Shilpi’r Pashey Foundation at The Westin Dhaka.

A few weeks ago, it was announced that “Deadppol” director Tim Miller would not return for the sequel due to creative differences.

Pandit Jasraj is one of the most decorated living figures of Indian classical music. The legendary singer is not just a decorated classical vocalist with a vocal range covering three and a half octaves, but also an innovator.

Bangladesh National Museum (BNM) has organised an exhibition titled “Soul to Soul”, featuring works of Nicola Strippoli Tarshito at Nalinikanta Bhattashali Gallery of Bangladesh National Museum. The exhibition delineates a voyage of discovery through the threads of Bengal embroidery.

Celebrating Life, a competition jointly organised by The Daily Star and Standard Chartered Bank, and directed by Rafi Hossain (editor of Showbiz, The Daily Star)

A duet art exhibition titled “Into the Valley of Beauty” was inaugurated on November 18 at Zainul Gallery-2, Faculty of Fine Art (FFA), University of Dhaka (DU).

“Amar jomi, amar dhan; tukra khanao dibam nay” -- the call of the Santal people were voiced by the performers of Nagarnat in Sylhet, through an interactive street play “Bhumi Putra” staged in front of Sylhet Central Shaheed Minar on Wednesday.

There is a famous quote by Picasso: “Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working.” While not completely agreeing with the legendary painter, I would rather say inspiration exists, but you have to seek it travelling.

The Dhaka Lit Fest comes to a close on Saturday (November 19) at the Bangla Academy, with what promises to be a pulsating, yet