Arts & Entertainment

Analysis / Netflix’s $72 billion Warner Bros deal faces skepticism over YouTube rivalry claim

13 December 2025, 07:03 AM Business

Warner Bros fight heats up with $108 billion hostile bid from Paramount

9 December 2025, 06:23 AM Business

Are Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau dating?

12 October 2025, 17:04 PM Entertainment

Taylor Swift's 'Life of a Showgirl' launches with global promotion

3 October 2025, 08:16 AM Arts & Entertainment

Sanchita Rakhi voices Puja song by Dwijendralal Roy

27 September 2025, 11:20 AM News Bytes

INTERVIEW / Stakeholder engagement vital for interoperable payment system

16 September 2025, 18:00 PM Business

Robert Redford, Hollywood’s ‘Sundance Kid’, rides into the sunset at 89

16 September 2025, 12:55 PM World

Abir Hossain’s sarod chronicles

9 September 2025, 11:24 AM News Bytes

Ed Sheeran showcases debut collection of Jackson Pollock-esque art

10 July 2025, 05:30 AM Music

Featured

Finished ‘The Summer I Turned Pretty’? Let’s find your next binge

3 October 2025, 05:54 AM TV & Film

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Blender’s Choice-The Daily Star OTT & Digital Content Awards 2024 / Why recognition matters for Bangladesh’s invisible storytellers

26 September 2025, 18:05 PM TV & Film

The ‘puppet man’ who taught us to dream

1 September 2025, 03:00 AM Theatre & Arts

Kazi Nazrul Islam’s 49th Death Anniversary / Like an undying phoenix, the spirit of Nazrul lives on

26 August 2025, 18:05 PM Theatre & Arts

Emon Chowdhury on how he bet on ‘Baaji’

25 August 2025, 11:13 AM Music

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There shouldn’t be a set standard for ‘wife material’: Sunerah

11 August 2025, 08:11 AM TV & Film

TV & Film

New OTT platform Doel launches with focus on culture and education

7 hour(s) ago TV & Film

Three Bangladeshi films make Asia’s top cinema list

7 hour(s) ago TV & Film

Working with Rafi has been creatively fulfilling: Gazi Rakayet

8 hour(s) ago Entertainment

Jaya Ahsan plays trauma-haunted doctor in upcoming film ‘OCD’

27 January 2026, 13:52 PM TV & Film

Natalie Portman criticises Oscars 2026 for overlooking women filmmakers

27 January 2026, 12:31 PM TV & Film

Music

Special programme at Shilpakala marks Farida Parveen’s birth anniversary

31 December 2025, 06:12 AM Music

Hania Aamir coming to Bangladesh

16 September 2025, 04:23 AM TV & Film

AK Ratul laid to rest beside his father

28 July 2025, 05:24 AM Music

‘Kaanta Laga’ fame Shefali Jariwala dies at 42

28 June 2025, 03:46 AM Music

Khamkheyali Sabha honours Sanjida Khatun’s legacy with memorial tribute

3 June 2025, 12:44 PM Music

International Jazz Day Special / A jazz sanctuary amidst Dhaka’s familiar chaos

30 April 2025, 11:57 AM Entertainment

Bangladeshi singers to perform in Saudi Arabia’s Dammam

24 April 2025, 06:02 AM Music

Habib Wahid to take the stage in his hometown after 15 years

23 April 2025, 05:22 AM Music

Theatre

Star Cineplex to launch new branch in Uttara this Eid

25 March 2025, 12:30 PM Entertainment

MUSINGS / The journey of 'Khwabnama' from a novel to a play

24 October 2022, 09:47 AM Books & Literature

‘Nil Chhaya’ reconjures ghosts of Bengal’s Indigo Revolution

24 September 2022, 09:03 AM Books & Literature

MUSINGS / How I became Tamijer Baap in ‘Khowabnama’

14 September 2022, 18:00 PM Books & Literature

National dance-drama festival begins at BSA today

20 July 2022, 11:49 AM Theatre & Arts

Prachyanat to stage ‘Khawabnama’ in BSA

9 June 2022, 18:00 PM Entertainment

Theatre celebrates golden jubilee with Independence Day specials

25 March 2022, 18:00 PM Theatre

Runa Laila urges everyone to stay safe

Amidst a pandemic that took the entire world by surprise, it is evident that the most one can do to curve the new Coronavirus, is stay home.

21 March 2020, 18:00 PM

Pandemic-based documentaries you can learn from

Anytime there is a major event, the world watches the news on bated breath.

21 March 2020, 18:00 PM

Several exhibitions delayed

Owing to the rapidly spreading coronavirus, numerous exhibitions, events and festivals around the city have been postponed over public health concerns.

20 March 2020, 18:00 PM

‘Sisimpur’ creates awareness on coronavirus

The much-liked puppet show, Sisimpur, took an initiative to create awareness on keeping children safe from the coronavirus.

20 March 2020, 18:00 PM

A portrait of Bangabandhu exhibited at Uttara

Commemorating Bangabandhu’s birth centenary, the management of Uttara Kallyan Samity, Sector 4, set up a large portrait of the Father of the Nation at the playground of Sector 4, Uttara. Paddo Art Workshop organised this initiative.

20 March 2020, 18:00 PM

Ferdous asks the public to stay home and stay safe

Four-time National Film Award winner Ferdous took up a new movie based on the Father of the Nation, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

20 March 2020, 18:00 PM

Revisit the best in Bangla content at home

As the worries of the coronavirus spreading amongst the masses come to a tumultuous rise, the best you can do to protect yourself and your family, is to simply stay home.

20 March 2020, 18:00 PM

Cannes Film Festival postponed

The Cannes Film Festival, the world’s largest, was forced to postpone its latest edition in May due to the spread of the coronavirus, organisers of the annual event on the French Riviera said recently.

20 March 2020, 18:00 PM

‘Black Widow’ and other blockbusters’ release dates delayed

As the world deals with the coronavirus pandemic, gatherings of any sort are canceled until further notice. Movie theatres and multiplexes are shutting down indefinitely.

19 March 2020, 18:00 PM

STAR Cineplex closes down due to coronavirus concerns

All branches of STAR Cineplex will be closed down, due to concerns over the coronavirus pandemic. According to a press release,

19 March 2020, 18:00 PM

Folk Revolution

Bangladesh Bands Gen Next is a project aimed to promote young and upcoming bands by providing them with a unique platform to express their talents. The programme has selected 26 young bands from Chattogram for its first run.

19 March 2020, 18:00 PM

Release of ‘Bishwo Shundori’ postponed

As the threat of coronavirus continues to worry the world, the release of a number of films were postponed both at home and abroad.

19 March 2020, 18:00 PM

Shamsul Alam Belal on the history of South Asia

Shamsul Alam Belal, a senior journalist of Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS), is also a writer and actor. His fifth book, South Asia- Yesterday,

19 March 2020, 18:00 PM

TV shoots to shut down

Owing to concerns over the coronavirus pandemic, the shooting of all tele-fictions will shut down from March 22 to 31. The Ovinoy Shilpi Shongho, Directors Guild, Television Producers Association and Natyakar Shongho held a meeting recently in this regard.

19 March 2020, 18:00 PM