DHAKA: In just 17 days, Furious 7 crossed the $1 billion mark at the worldwide box office Friday.It's a new record for the fastest climb to the major milestone. (The Avengers, Avatar and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 crossed $1 billion in 19 days.) Plus, the film is the

DHAKA: As secret agent James Bond, Daniel Craig has a license to kill, but on Tuesday the United Nations gave the British actor a ‘license to save’ by appointing him as the first global advocate for the elimination of mines and explosive hazards.Craig, who has been filming his fourth

DHAKA: Guenter Grass, German Nobel literature prize winner and author of ‘The Tin Drum’, has died aged 87.His publisher said he had passed away at a clinic in the city of Luebeck, reports the BBC.Born in what was then Danzig, Grass served in the German military in World War Two and

DHAKA: A new documentary on the life of late British singer Amy Winehouse shows the six-time Grammy-Award winner in her younger days discussing her misgivings about fame.A preview of the trailer showed on Thursday, reports The Straits Times.Winehouse died from alcohol poisoning nearly

DHAKA: Star Cineplex arranged the special premiere show of the latest hollywood sequel movie ‘Fast & Furious 7’ at its halls in Bashundhara City Shopping Mall in city’s Panthapath area.Premiere of this action, crime and thriller was held Thursday evening.Moreover, the event featured

DHAKA: The second Hill Film Festival, presenting films by directors with ethnic identities, will begin in Rangamati from April 2.Seven feature films and at least 26 short films are set to be screened at the Cultural Institute auditorium during the festival.Moreover, the festival will

DHAKA: Star Cineplex will arrange the special premiere show of the latest hollywood sequel movie ‘Fast & Furious 7’ at its halls in Bashundhara City Shopping Mall in city’s Panthapath area.Premiere of this action, crime and thriller will be held at 6:30pm on April 2.Moreover, the

DHAKA: For the first of its kind, a weeklong ‘music fair’ will be held on the premises of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy in city’s Segun Bagicha area from April 9.Everyday, the fair, to be organized by Music Industries Owners’ Association of Bangladesh (MIB), will remain open to

DHAKA: Actress Angelina Jolie has had her ovaries and fallopian tubes removed as a preventative measure against cancer.Writing in the New York Times, Jolie said she had the surgery last week as she carries a gene that gave her a 50% risk of developing ovarian cancer.Two years ago, Jolie,

DHAKA: The finalists for the prestigious Man Booker International Prize were announced in Cape Town on Tuesday, with 10 authors from around the world contending for the 60,000 pound prize.The prize is awarded every two years to an author who has published fiction either originally in

DHAKA: A two-day music festival titled ‘Satyen Sen Ganasangeet Utsab’ and a national competition of ‘ganasangeet’ will be held in city from March 27.The festival, to be organized by cultural organization Udichi, will pay tribute to its founder Satyen Sen, said a press release on

DHAKA: Disney has announced it will produce a sequel to its runaway hit Frozen, which last year became the highest-grossing animated film of all time.The Oscar-winning picture made $1.27bn (£857m) at box offices worldwide, and led to record sales of related merchandise.Frozen 2 will

DHAKA: Sir Terry Pratchett, fantasy author and creator of the Discworld series, has died aged 66, eight years after being diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease."The world has lost one of its brightest, sharpest minds," said Larry Finlay of his publishers Transworld. The author died at home,

DHAKA: Star Cineplex organized a special red-carpet premiere of British-American romantic fantasy film ‘Cinderella’ at its hall at Bashundhara City Shopping Mall in city’s Panthapath area Thursday evening.The premiere featured red carpet reception, performance with costumes and

DHAKA: It looks like HBO has caught wind of those "most pirated show in the world" stats Game of Thrones keeps racking up, and it's making a change.Besides launching HBO Now streaming that anyone in the US with internet (and an Apple device) can sign up for, its distribution is changing

Dhaka: The traditional spring festival ‘Holi’, also called as the festival of colors or the festival of love, was celebrated with the flavor of Indian classical music by Dr Saurav Nahar.Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre organized the soiree at 6:30pm on Saturday at IGCC in city’s

DHAKA: In an interim order, the Bombay High Court has restrained the city police from arresting or taking coercive action against Bollywood actor Deepika Padukone in connection with her participation in the controversial AIB Roast show.The order was passed by a bench of justices

DHAKA: Actor Harrison Ford was "banged up" and hospitalized Friday after a 1940s aircraft he was piloting crashed during a forced landing on a golf course, his publicist said."Harrison was flying a WW2 vintage plane today which had engine trouble upon takeoff," Ina Treciokas said."He had

DHAKA: Latest Hollywood sci-fi ‘CHAPPIE’ hit Star Cineplex in Bashundhara City Shopping Mall on Panthapath in city.Dhaka-premiere of movie was held on Thursday evening.The 3D version of the movie will be screened at 11:00am, 1:45pm, 4:30pm and 7:15pm from Friday onwards.CHAPPiE,

DHAKA: A music evening by Dr Saurav Kumar Nahar will be arranged at Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre in city’s Gulshan area.The soiree will be held at 6.30pm on March 7.Dr Saurav Kumar Nahar is an established Hindustani classical vocal music exponent of India who is currently working as a