New Age

Oscars set to flop in China as Hollywood, politics collide

Agence France-Presse . Shanghai | Updated at 11:56pm on April 16, 2021

The Oscars are the glitziest night of the year in Hollywood and millions across the globe tune in, but they threaten to be a dud...
Cannes film market postponed to June

Agence France-Presse. Paris | Updated at 11:50pm on April 16, 2021

The industry section of the Cannes Film Festival, held online this year due to the pandemic, is being delayed by a month to the end...
Pandemic embrace wins World Press Photo prize

Agence France-Presse . The Hague | Updated at 11:54pm on April 16, 2021

Danish photographer Mads Nissen won the World Press Photo of the Year Award on Thursday with his picture of a Brazilian nursing home resident hugging...
Sajedul Awwal passes away

Cultural Correspondent | Updated at 11:48pm on April 16, 2021

Filmmaker, theatre activist and researcher Sajedul Awwal died of post-COVID-19 complications at his residence in the capital’s Elephant Road on Thursday evening. He was 63....
We are stuck between a rock and a hard place

Rakib Hasan | Updated at 11:48pm on April 16, 2021

Founder of the popular band Shironamhin, Ziaur Rahman Zia said that local bands have found themselves between a rock and a hard place amid the...
Kabori put on life support

Cultural Correspondent | Updated at 12:56am on April 16, 2021

Popular actress Sarah Begum Kabori has been put on life support on Thursday. She is undergoing treatment for COVID-19 at Sheikh Russel National Gastroliver Institute...
Bangla Academy president Shamsuzzaman Khan dies

Cultural Correspondent | Updated at 03:17pm on April 14, 2021

Folklorist and Bangla Academy president Shamsuzzaman Khan died of COVID-19 while undergoing treatment at a hospital in Dhaka on Wednesday noon. He was 81. Bangla...
DU VC mourns death of Shamsuzzaman Khan

Staff Correspondent | Updated at 08:32pm on April 14, 2021

Dhaka University vice-chancellor Md Akhtaruzzaman on Wednesday expressed deep shock at the death of folklorist and Bangla Academy president Shamsuzzaman Khan. In a message, the...