Eminent Tagore artiste Salma Akbar has always been awed by the melody and lyrics of Tagore songs.

For over three decades, Mita Haq has been enthralling audiences with her rendition of Tagore songs. Born in 1962, Mita Haq received training from maestros such as late Waheedul Haq, Dr. Sanjida Khatun and Ustad Mohammad Hossain Khan. She has 14 solo musical albums released from HMV and Visva Bharati Music Board, India, and 10 released in Bangladesh.

Tagore's early dramas featured only the artistes from his family. He also did excellent work grooming theatre activists.

On August 6, Maasranga Television is hosting a series of special programmes commemorating Rabindranath Tagore's death anniversary.

Renowned Tagore artiste Sadi Mohammad is known for his beautiful rendition in our cultural circuit. Today, this prominent artiste talks about Tagore and his songs in conversation with The Daily Star.

The 2017 Golden Globe Awards next January will be hosted by Jimmy Fallon, marking the first “new” host for the awards show since

While Priyanka Chopra and Deepika Padukone are ruling the international scene with Hollywood biggies Baywatch and xXx, Bollywood actor Sonam Kapoor has expressed the desire to work in Russian, Chinese or French films if the script and her character is good.

What with back-to-back shoots, popular actor Shakib Khan is always on the go. Recently Khan returned from a stint in Kolkata, only to be

Three time national award winner Riaz has many roles lined up before Eid-ul-azha. Recently, he wound up an Eid special TV play “Premika”, in which he co-stars with Peya Bipasha for the first time.

After a hiatus of six years, Bangladesh's critically-acclaimed director Abu Sayeed is all set to stage a comeback to feature films. His new film, "Dressing Table" narrates the tale of a lower middle class woman's journey of self-discovery in multiple roles.

Marking National Mourning Day on August 15, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA) has chalked out a month-long elaborate programme. For starters, BSA director general Liaquat Ali Lucky and other officials inaugurated a group art exhibition at Gallery 3 of National Art Gallery Plaza on August 1.

Rajkumar Santoshi is all set for his next film Battle of Saragarhi. Putting an end to all speculations, Randeep Hooda, who has already proved his capabilities in his last release Sarbjit, is all set to take on new challenges.

Beyoncé hit a career landmark with 11 nominations this year for her visual album Lemonade as MTV revealed the list of nominations for the upcoming Video Music Awards.

Shajal and Aparna will appear together in a new TV play titled “Heroine.”Directed by Shibli, the plot centres on a movie actress who, swept away by fame, forgets her roots and neglects her husband.

A month long solo painting exhibition paying tribute to legendary boxer Mohammad Ali began on July 30 at Bay's Gallery in Radius Centre, in the capital's Gulshan. There are 32 paintings by Proshanto Karmakar tracing Ali's life from youth to old age.

“Mukh O Mukhosh” was erstwhile East Pakistan's first Bangla film. Directed by Abdul Jabbar Khan, the film was released on August 3, 1956.

The traditional 'Kalu Gazir gaan' was held recently at Baro-Sarundi area in Manikganj town.

Disney is moving forward on a remake of the 1984 film Splash with an interesting twist: Channing Tatum will star as the mermaid character that was played by Daryl Hannah, while Jillian Bell will play the character originally played by Tom Hanks.

After a break of one year, actress Nadia returns to BTV to appear in TV play “Ekratri.” The shoot will be held at the premises of

Kolkata International Film Fest will be held this November. Many international directors and actors participate in the festival to