It was an otherwise unremarkable evening at The Daily Star – the newsroom not particularly abuzz with headlines as of yet. At least it was, before an entourage of 20+ burst onto the scene, drawing ...

If cinema in Bangladesh or Dhallywood had a superhero, he’d be wearing aviators, a flashy panjabi and answering to one name: Shakib. Born Masud Rana Sheikh in 1979 in sleepy Gopalganj, this ...

Several Bangladeshi films slated for release this Eid-ul-Fitr were initially planned to be shot in India. Producers and directors had made preparatory visits to locations in Kolkata, Hyderabad and ...