FROM THE ARCHIVES / Cinema has a language of its own: Buddhadeb Dasgupta
Buddhadeb Dasgupta is one of the brightest names in Bengali cinema today. Winner of multiple national and international awards for films like “Bagh Bahadur”, “Tahader Kotha”, “Charachar”, “Uttara” and “Kalpurush”, he is also a highly-regarded poet. The director spoke to The Daily Star during a recent visit to Dhaka.
11 June 2021, 07:26 AM
DSCC mayor defies dogged dog lovers
Despite repeated calls by animal rights groups to not relocate stray dogs of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC), Mayor Barrister Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh’s instructions to relocate canines have been carried out over the last two days.
16 September 2020, 18:00 PM
DSCC mayor defies dogged dog lovers
Despite repeated calls by animal rights groups to not relocate stray dogs of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC), Mayor Barrister Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh’s instructions to relocate canines have been carried out over the last two days.
16 September 2020, 08:17 AM
This city is theirs too
If one can even remember a time before the Covid-19 pandemic, one of the most familiar scenes on the streets of Dhaka were people gathered around tea stalls – snacking, smoking and chatting with friends, colleagues or even total strangers. And almost inevitably around every such gathering would be a friendly canine face or two, waiting eagerly for a kind soul to throw a piece of cookie or cake.
28 August 2020, 18:00 PM
‘Why did I even get tested, if no one would check?’
Ever since the Malaysian authorities imposed a stringent lockdown in the country in March, Asif Rahman had been counting down the days in his small Kuala Lumpur apartment till when he could reunite with his family in Bogura.
18 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Dreams incomplete
From a young age, he believed in helping people in whatever way he could. Whether it was staging protests for the causes he believed in, saving lives of people trapped in building collapses, or rescuing stray animals in distress, he believed in acting upon his beliefs.
25 April 2019, 18:00 PM
Circular Bus Service in Dhanmondi / Launched while in 'test phase'?
While the launch of a circular bus service -- that promises convenient short-distance commutes around Dhanmondi and nearby areas -- has generated excitement among many citizens of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC), they might have to hold their horses for just a little longer.
28 March 2019, 18:00 PM
Justice Habibur Rahman: A life of subdued greatness
His would not be an ordinary life. The year was 1952, and the movement demanding Bangla as a state language of erstwhile East
10 January 2019, 18:00 PM
Atif, Akriti enthrall Dhaka
At the Nabaratri Hall of ICCB in the capital on Sunday, it was a musical evening that had its ups and downs, but the most endearing...
29 May 2016, 18:00 PM
Dwayne Johnson to play “World’s First Superhero”
Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson has been in the thick of Hollywood for a good while.
29 May 2016, 18:00 PM
Apocalypse in Dhaka
Superhero films are all the rave these days, particularly with the battle between the DC and Marvel Cinematic Universe franchises piling up massive numbers in box offices all across the world.
27 May 2016, 18:00 PM
The Prowess of Nazrul's Poetry
Dr. Soumitra Shekhar, professor of Bangla at Dhaka University, is a close observer of Bangla literature, and a literary analyst and critic as well.
24 May 2016, 18:00 PM
AvoidRafa's “Bhaar” released
To anyone who has followed the rock music scene of Bangladesh over the last decade, Rafa is one of the most distinctively
21 May 2016, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh's tribute to Ravi Shankar at Royal Albert Hall
Ravi Shankar, the classical maestro who paid a massive role in popularizing classical music of the East to the world, held a close connection to Bangladesh.
12 May 2016, 18:00 PM
Tagore's encounters with luminaries of the West
Rabindranath Tagore, during his visits abroad, he engaged in intriguing conversations with brilliant minds from across the world – starting from British sci-fi master HG Wells to French dramatist-art historian Romain Rolland to genius German physicist Albert Einstein – where he spoke about the correlation of art and science, international relations and religion, and multiculturalism.
8 May 2016, 08:08 AM
[WATCH] JLo reminds you women only “Ain’t Your Mama”
Pop icon Jennifer Lopez has just put out her new single “Ain’t Your Mama”, an effort to empower women and breaking the gender stereotypes women are subjected to.
7 May 2016, 18:00 PM
Musafir: An action-packed affair
This year is already proving to be a good year for Bangla cinema, with a number of promising films lined up.
3 May 2016, 18:00 PM
Satyajit's Rabindranath connection
On a wintry day at Santiniketan in 1931, one Suprova Debi brought her 10-year old son to be graced by the blessing of Rabindranath Tagore.
30 April 2016, 18:00 PM
First “Snowden” trailer is tense and intense
Oliver Stone, the master of political drama is back after a hiatus, and with the help of Joseph Gordon-Levitt, is sending chills down the spines of viewers in the first trailer of “Snowden”.
28 April 2016, 18:00 PM
[WATCH] First glimpse of “Bhuban Majhi” is quaint and musical
First look of upcoming film “Bhuban Majhi” is released online, and although it’s just a teaser, the Parambrata-Aparna starrer already looks seriously promising.
24 April 2016, 09:54 AM
A close look at the birth of Bangladesh
An in-depth, engaging multimedia exhibition on our Liberation War, titled “1971: Emergence of a Nation”, is currently on at the National Art Gallery of the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. Organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and curated by Amitabh Dewry, the exhibit opened on March 19. Abul
24 March 2016, 18:00 PM
Actress Diti loses battle with cancer
From a simple small town girl with dreams of becoming a singer, she became one of the biggest film stars of her era. And much like the action heroine roles that she made a name for herself with in the '90s, Parveen Sultana Diti was a fearless fighter for most of her life, until the battle with brain cancer got too big on her on March 20, just 11 days before her 51st birthday.
20 March 2016, 18:00 PM
Lights, Camera, Doob!
Anticipation has been building up for the past couple of weeks surrounding Mostofa Sarwar Farooki's latest project “Doob” (titled “No
19 March 2016, 18:00 PM
A fitting tribute to Humayun Ahmed's storytelling genius
Humayun Ahmed reached unmatched heights as a storyteller in his lifetime, not just with his books but his film adaptations as well. And while his films were taken to the big screen by other directors (starting with “Shongkhoneel Karagar”, “Nondityo Noroke” to this year's “Anil Bagchi'r Ekdin”), they have never been quite at the level of those Humayun directed himself.
14 March 2016, 18:00 PM
Chirkutt going to SXSW
Chirkutt has been in the country's music scene for nearly a decade and a half now, although their rise to fame has
4 March 2016, 18:00 PM
IÑÁRRITU MAKES HISTORY, BUT LEO STEALS THE SPOTLIGHT
Alejandro G Iñárritu picked up his second Best Director Oscar for “The Revenant” (making him only the third director with back to back wins) but his film “The Revenant” lost out to “Spotlight” in the Best Picture Race, and Leonardo DiCaprio ended a 23-year wait since his first nomination to pick up an Oscar, on his sixth nod, for his gritty, grimacing role of Hugh Glass in Iñárritu's revenge film.
29 February 2016, 18:00 PM
Finally, Leo grabs the statuette
The academy award is not essentially the ultimate hallmark of Hollywood greatness; pop singer Cher has an acting Oscar while Peter Lorre, Joseph Cotton, Marilyn Monroe, Richard Gere, Samuel L Jackson, Brian Cox, Winona Ryder, Harrison Ford, Keira Knightley, Johnny Depp and Tom Cruise do not have one. And until yesterday morning Bangladesh time, nor did Leonardo DiCaprio.
29 February 2016, 18:00 PM
EKUSHEY ON MIND
1952 was 64 years ago; today's youth is somewhere around the third generation of the Language Movement activists and martyrs. Still,
20 February 2016, 18:00 PM