Hundred-year old lamps, coins, hookah and other such antiques were put on display in Pabna on Saturday. The antiques were from the collection of Nazmul Haque Montu. The exhibition was held at the Annoda Gobinda Public Library auditorium. Pabna Deputy Commissioner Md. Mostafizur Rahman inaugurated the three-day exhibition as the chief guest. Convener of the exhibition, ... Read more
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Shadhona to stage dance drama on Jasimuddin’s narrative
Artistes of Shadhona are practicing dedicatedly for the last minute preparation of the troupe’s upcoming production Champaboti, which is based on Jasimuddin’s classic Beder Meye. Adapted by eminent poet-playwright Syed Shamsul Haq, the dance drama will be premiered on Friday evening at the Experimental Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy.
Farooki’s Television wins prize in Italy
Mostafa Sarwar Farooki’s Television has bagged the jury award of the best feature film at the Asiatica Filmmediale 2013. Besides, it also won in the category of the best feature film by audience popular vote at the same festival in Rome, Italy. About 12 feature films participated at the festival held from October 12 to ... Read more
Avatar sequels to begin filming next year
Director Sam Worthington is all signed up to return to Pandora for the various sequels to Avatar, with the star confirming that filming is set to begin in October 2014. James Cameron is thought to be hard at work on pre-production on the sequels, with the second, third and fourth instalments set to film back ... Read more
Low key birthday celebrations for Mahfuz
Noted TV actor and winner of the National Film Award, Mahfuz Ahmed will celebrate his birthday today, though he hasn’t planned any grand celebrations. In fact he will be busy planning his own production film “Zero Degree”, shooting for which begins on November 2. “Birthday celebrations are no big deal in our family. Moreover, my ... Read more
Jibanananda’s death anniversary today
Today is the 59th anniversary of death of the greatest modern poet of Bangla literature Jibanananda Das (February 18, 1899 to October 22, 1954). Initially being influenced by Rabindranath Tagore’s romanticism, Das later developed his unique style of poetry in terms of dealing with nature and writing poems as well as darker themes like depression, ... Read more
I love to act in diverse characters
Bidya Sinha Mim tells New Age Model turned actor Bidya Sinha Mim has performed in diverse characters in around 20 teleplays and serials aired in the past six days in this Eid festival. The popular actor says that she does not confine herself in typical roles and want to test her acting ability in different ... Read more
Yet another average season ends
Child Eid Entertainment On Tv Yet another average season ends Though TV channels air special teleplays and other types of exclusive entertaining programmes in the Eid festivals targeting the adults, these channels broadcast run-of-the-mill programmes for children. Following the trend, different TV channels chalked out stereotypical entertainment options for the children in this Eid. As ... Read more
I want to continue acting till death
Shahiduzzaman Selim tells New Age Popular actor-director Shahiduzzaman Selim will perform in three teleplays today as part of the Eid celebrations programmes chalked out by Boishakhai TV, SATV and Desh TV. Selim plays the lead in Dipankar Dipon’s teleplay Tamannar Janya which will be aired at 8:40 pm on Boishakhi TV. He performs together with ... Read more
Chirkut presents hit numbers today
Popular band Chirkut will perform live at the phono-live concert Close Up 1 Call-er Gaan on Desh TV at 9:45pm today an Eid-Ul-Azha special musical programme. Besides presenting its popular numbers, the band will perform in response to the viewers’ request. Earlier, the band appeared in the similar programme aired on GTV on Thursday. ‘To give ... Read more
The mystic leader still inspires devotees
Five-Day Lalon Fest In Kushtia The mystic leader still inspires devotees The five-day-long Lalon Smaran Utsab 2013 (Lalon memorial festival) which is the largest annual festival by the bauls (traditional singers) commenced on October 16. The festival is taking place at the shrine complex of the most influential spiritual Baul Fakir Lalon Shah at Chheuriya in ... Read more
Zahid Hasan on his acting and directing plans
The noted actor Zahid Hasan will be seen in Eid special drama serial titled False Item. The forth episode of the five-episode drama series will be aired today at 6:15pm on Boishakhi TV. Written by Zakir Hossain Ujjal and directed by Shamim Zaman, the drama series depicts the life of some swindlers who consider themselves ... Read more
Mosharraf Karim-Shimla in short film’s story
Love is the existence of human mind. Besides it, life is nothing else. May be love itself has variations. But human being has to survive with it. On the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha, NTV will air special seven episodes with the theme of love and its existence. With seven Bangladeshi and foreign love stories these seven episodes ... Read more
Sajal’s 9 play on Eid day
First day of Eid-ul-Azha popular TV actor Sajal’s nine plays will go on air in different satellite channels. Among nine plays, three were directed by Ferdous Hasan Rana. These are: “Promila Cricket Coaching,” “Prem Othoba Juddho” and “Saurabh.” These will be aired on RTV, SA TV and NTV respectively. Sumaiya Shimu has performed in first ... Read more
Producers expect success of 4 Eid films
Three actresses compete to be Shakib’s next pair Following business success at the last Eid-ul- Fitr, the producers’ association decided to release less number of big budget commercial films in maximum numbers of cinemas across the country. Four out of eight films finally got clearance from the producers and exhibitors as well to be released ... Read more
Producers prefer quantity
Eid Music Albums Producers prefer quantity A large number of audio and video albums are going to hit the market during the Eid-Ul-Azha and Durga Puja many of which are already in market for the music lovers. Around 70 audio and video albums will reach the market during the Puja and Eid festivals. But the ... Read more
Maliha becomes Khude Gaanraj
Maliha, a schoolgirl from Khulna, was named this year’s Khude Gaanraj at the grand finale held on Friday at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre. Sajib and Rahul respectively secured the first runner-up and second runner-up positions in the fourth season of the reality show of children’s singing competetion named Meridian-Channel-i Khude Gaanraj. Apart from the ... Read more
Kolkata plays host to Bollywood celebs this Durga Puja
It’s a glitzy affair this Durga puja in the city with Bollywood celebrities upping the glam quotient to mark the gala five day festivities, reports NDTV. Be it a promotional event or inaugurating a puja pandal, Kolkata is playing the host to director Mahesh Bhatt, critically-acclaimed actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui and the energetic Govinda. Bhatt, who ... Read more
Alamgir, Runa selected best couples
The celebrity couple singer Runa Laila and actor Alamgir will be the judges at a TV reality show in which they will select best couples. The show titled Ponds Super Couple will be aired in seven consecutive days beginning from the Eid day at 5:50pm on Channel 9 as part of the channel’s weeklong Eid ... Read more
Shibli, Nipa to perform on Eid
Noted dancer duo Samim Ara Nipa and Shibli Muhammad will present different genres of dance at a programme to be aired on the second day of the Eid programme at 10:20pm on Maasranga TV. The dance show titled Jalnupur will also feature 30 dancers of Nrityanchal, the dance school run by Nipa and Shibli. ‘We ... Read more