Cannes 2012: Saudi Arabia’s first female director brings Wadjda to fest
Wadjda, the first-ever film shot in Saudi Arabia, hits the Cannes market as The Match Factory begins pre-sales at Cannes’ Marche du Film on …
The Tagore Mania: Identity Crisis and Anti-Bangladesh Syndrome
Taj Hashmi Simon Fraser University, Canada Published on May 11, 2006 I simply pity …
‘Newlyweds’: A Big, Fat Cross-Cultural Marriage
by Heller McCalpin American literature is rich with books that illuminate our culture from an immigrant’s fresh perspective.…
In an Unlikely Corner of Asia, Strong Promise of Growth
By BETTINA WASSENER COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh — Bangladesh is probably one of the last places in Asia people…
How Bollywood conquered London
15 April 2012 | By Shruti Tripathi Source: London Loves Business What’s behind the glitzy romance between Bollywood…
PM distributes National Film Award: Purnima- best female actor & Sakib Khan- best male actor
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday called upon the filmmakers to portray the rich history, tradition and culture of the Bangalee nation in their films and thus make contributions towards…
Bengali actor Soumitra Chatterjee wins top film award
Chatterjee, 77, who works in the Bengali film industry, was the favourite of India’s Oscar-winning…
Odommo Chattagram: Chittagong jives with festivity
By: The Staff Correspondent The 12-day Odommo Chattagram festival, an initiative of The Daily Star,…
57, 000 die and 3,82,000 crippled due to smoking every year in Bangladesh
About 57,000 people die and 3,82,000 people become crippled due to smoking every year in…
Bollywood doesn’t fascinate me”
There are beauty queens, and then there are beauty queens who are born with a…
Pay me a rupee more than SRK
While a lot has been said and written about the rivalry between Salman Khan and…
3000 education centres of indigenous peoples about to stop functioning in the CHT
Four residential schools and three thousand and five hundred education centres of indigenous peoples across…
