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If you grew up watching Sisimpur, you probably still remember Tuktuki. Wearing her signature green frock, she became part of almost every Bangladeshi's childhood. Sayma Karim is the girl behind that unforgettable character. Her voice and pe...

Voting has begun in the biennial election of the Bangladesh Film Artiste Association, though the polling centre got off to a quiet start with few voters turning up in the first hour. Polls opened at 9:30am on Friday and will run until 6pm,...

Literature has the power to shape our thoughts. It also brings out deep emotions. It helps steady our fast-moving lives. Bengali literature specifically has a special magic. Its stories carry a warmth that stays with readers for years. For...

Mostafa Monwar died on Monday morning at Square Hospital in Dhaka, where he had been under treatment since mid-June for a pneumonia infection that wore down a body already worn down by age. He was ninety, and the family attributed the death...

Malaysian PM Anwar Ibrahim's office put out a video in late June marking Tarique Rahman's first official visit to Kuala Lumpur as Bangladesh's prime minister. Two minutes forty seconds. Bilateral talks, a state lunch, the usual cultural-exc...

A Dhaka court has granted police two days to question actor Niamot Ullah Bhuiyan, popularly known as Zaher Alvi, in their custody over the death of his wife Afra Ibnat Ikra. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Albiruni Mir made the decision on W...

James Burrows, widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in American sitcom history, has died at the age of 85, his family said in a statement on Friday, Variety reports. Burrows passed away peacefully at home on Jun 19, surro...

National award-winning artist and puppeteer Mustafa Monwar has been undergoing treatment in the intensive care unit (ICU) of a private hospital in Dhaka where he was rushed after his “oxygen level and blood pressure dropped”. H...