“The viewers must enjoy my new movie ‘Naiory’ as I will appear before them with a complete new look,” saying this popular hero Amin Khan has challenged about the success of his latest movie. Amin Khan though performed in about 150 movies, never played the role of a boatman in any movie. He said, “For ... Read more
Month: August 2011
Ibrar Tipu directs Baby Naznin’s next album
Ibrar Tipu composed some of the popular songs on Baby Naznin’s album “Shankha Nadir Majhi”, which was released four years back. Now Tipu is working on Naznin’s next solo album. The album will feature a total of 10 adhunik and folk songs. Naznin and Tipu are mutually complimentary about the other’s talent. Naznin says: “Tipu ... Read more
No album from Mila this Eid
For the young music fans of the country Eid is more than a religious festival; it is the time for the new albums, time to be on the lookout for the Eid specials and time to make the list of what to listen to on the day. Fans eagerly wait for new albums during Eid, ... Read more
Banglalink launches folk album Shomorpon today
Shomorpon, a folk music album featuring Habib, Aurthohin and Warfaze, will be released on Banglalink Music Station 5858 today. It is the first album in which these three renowned modern musicians (Habib Wahid, Warfaze and Aurthohin) have been brought together to cover the songs of legendary Bengali folk icons Fakir Lalon Shah, Hason Raja and ... Read more
Abul Hayat on his currentendeavours and more
Renowned actor, director and playwright Abul Hayat is very busy in acting for TV plays these days for which he cannot even mange much time for performing in the theatre and radio plays. Currently he is passing a tight schedule of acting in four plays ‘Bhalobashar Recipe’, ‘Sanibar Raat Dashta Challish Minutes’, ‘Proof Reader’ and ... Read more
‘Long March’ from tonight
New drama serial ‘Long March’ will be aired on popular TV Channel Banglavision from tonight. Masud Sezan directed the serial while the director himself also wrote its story. The cast of the serial included popular actors Mosharaf Karim, Nushrat Imroze Tisha, Aa Kha Ma Hasan, Chadni, Dr Ezaz, Runa Khan, Dr Enamul Haque, Shahnaz Khushi, ... Read more
Humayun Ahmed’s 3 plays in Eid on Channel i
On the occasion of upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr, Channel i will air three plays written by the country’s noted litterateur and playwright Humayun Ahmed. Among the plays, the writer himself directed two titled ‘Nishikabya’ and ‘Rail Gari Jhom Jhom’ while his wife Meher Afroze Shaon directed the third one titled “Khalequzzaman Chowdhury’r Bishwo Record”. The cast of ... Read more
Eid-special directed by Suborna
Only a year back Suborna directed a special TV play for Eid, “Shunya”. Now she is directing a one-hour TV play “Badol Din-er Prothom Kodom Phool” with Bodrul Anam Soud as the playwright. “Shooting is on in full swing at a village in Gazipur. Traupa Majumdar, Sohana Saba, Nisho and Naresh Bhuiyan are donning the ... Read more
Raha wants to work with Nobel
Promising TV actress cum model Sumaiya Azgar Raha is nowdreaming to work with super model Nobel. She said, “I have a dream hidden in my mind that, I wantto work with model Nobel bhaiya. For me it will be a dream comes true. Stillit’s just a wish and I want to make it true. In ... Read more
Lalon’s songs can educate the most educated of minds
Fakir Lalon Shah (1774-1890), was a Bengali philosopher poet. He lived in the village of Chheuria in the district of Kushtia,Bangladesh. Lalon composed numerous songs and poems which describe his philosophy. Among his most popular songs are: khachar bhitor auchin pakhi, jat gelo jat gelo bole, dekhna mon jhokmariay duniyadari, paare loye jao amay, milon ... Read more
International Indigenous Day 2011
Painting competition for children A regional painting competition for primary level students from the ethnic communities was held at the hall room of CARITAS Regional office in the town on July 31. PARLAM (Protection and Establishing Rights on Land of Adibasi in Mymensingh), Manosher Jonno Foundation (MJF) and IPDS jointly organised the competition marking the ... Read more
Fresh water for Buriganga
Project underway to get Jamuna water into the highly polluted river during lean period The government has finally started dredging the Turag river in efforts to bring fresh water to the highly-polluted Buriganga river. The dredging is part of the government’s Tk 945-crore project to connect the Buriganga with the Jamuna river through Turag-Bangshi-Pungli and ... Read more
They ate bread, bathed only once
5 return home, narrate nearly 8 months’ captivity in Afghanistan Ending their captivity for nearly eight months in Afghanistan, five Bangladeshi workers returned home yesterday. Kidnapped on December 17 last year at gunpoint from a remote construction camp near Mazar-i-Sharif, they were freed on August 2 following long-drawn negotiations and diplomatic efforts. Foreign Minister Dipu ... Read more
Six-month maternity leave a must
PM reminds private sector Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday urged the private sector employers to implement six-month maternity leave for their staff. “It is very unfortunate that many private sector employers do not allow six-month maternity leave to the expectant mothers working in their organisations, though all the government offices have
Indigenous issue draws arguments
Against the backdrop of much debate over constitutional recognition of non-Bangalee indigenous communities, Law Minister Shafique Ahmed yesterday said in light of the ILO convention no 169 they are “tribal” people, not “indigenous”. There are two criteria in the International Labour Organization (ILO) convention no 169, he said
Kadar leaves hospital
Dhaka University (DU) student Abdul Kadar, who was tortured brutally in police custody on “false” charges, left Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) yesterday. Doctors of the orthopaedic unit of BSMMU released Kadar around 2:00pm as his physical condition improved, says his friend Anisur Rahman
Price of neglect
When the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) agreed not to host Test matches against New Zealand late last year, they voluntarily signed up for a day like Sunday. On top of their reluctance to play Test cricket for 14 months, the BCB already has a problematic first-class structure in place. If one is to look at ... Read more
Mountain to climb
The Tigers have a long climb ahead after Brendan Taylor’s century put Zimbabwe in control of the one-off Test match at the Harare Sports Club yesterday. The tourists were 112 for three at stumps on Day Four, requiring a further 263 runs with seven wickets in hand after Zimbabwe declared their second innings during the ... Read more
Death penalty upheld
The Supreme Court yesterday upheld death sentences of three outlaws for killing Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD) president Kazi Aref Ahmed and four other leaders in Kushtia 12 years ago. A seven-member bench of the Appellate Division headed by Justice Md Muzammel Hossain also upheld a portion of the High Court verdict that acquitted 10 others ... Read more
Rajuk, DCC among grabbers
River taskforce to seek PM’s help Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) and Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) have been filling up portions of Baunia and Ramchandrapur canals to build roads in another instance of violation of environmental laws by government agencies. The river taskforce yesterday expressed concern over the filling up of the two canals and decided ... Read more