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Spider-Man 3 gets delayed, to release in 2018

The fans of ‘The Amazing Spider-Man 3′ will have to wait longer as the web-casting superhero’s arrival in theatre has been delayed by almost two years. Sony announced the reshuffle in release dates at San Diego Comic-Con. spiderman480The film, which was first scheduled to bow in 2016, will now release in 2018, said the Hollywood Reporter. The studio has instead moved forward the release date of Spider-Man spin-off ‘Sinister Six’, which now opens in theatres November 11, 2016. ‘Sinister Six’ is about the villains in the Spider-Man un...

Jute workers oppose privatisation drive

About 50,000 workers in nine state-owned Bangladesh Jute Mill Corporation (BJMC) factories in the Khulna-Jessore industrial belt staged protests on July 7 and 8 against the government’s plans to privatise the corporation. Workers have threatened to resume the campaign after the end of the Eid-ul-Fitr Muslim religious festival, on July 27. On July 7, workers laid siege to the administrative offices of the nine factories. On July 8, they blocked the railway and highways from Khulna to Jessore for hours, holding demonstrations and rallies. Their protests followed a July 6 strike by private sector jute mill workers, demanding payment of wage arrears and the reopening of closed factories.

IBBL Branches arrange discussion, Ifter in Khulna  

Different Zones and Branches of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited organized discussion on “Taqwa in Economic Life and Islamic Banking” and Ifter Mahfil on the occasion of the holy month Ramadan. KhulnaKhulna Zone and Khulna Branch of the Bank arranged discussion and Ifter mahfil at the Zonal office recently. Md. Mizanur Rahman, MP from Khulna-2 was present in the function as chief guest. Presided over by Abu Nasser Muhammad Nazmul Bari, Executive Vice President and Head of Khulna Zone, the program was attended by Hossain Ali Khandakar, Deputy Secr...

Inside Bangladesh’s cheap cigarette factories

About a year after Sayed Asif Mahmud began hanging around Bangladesh’s bidi factories to document those who make the hand-rolled cigarettes with low-grade tobacco, a cheap and popular alternative for pre-packaged ones across southeast Asia, he stopped. “I’m always in a dilemma with whether I’m the right person to tell someone else’s story,” he tells TIME. “Why am I doing this? For me or for them?” [caption id="attachment_8250" align="alignleft" width="300"]Tobacco Tale Two women remove dust from thrashed tobacco in a factory. Rangpur, February 2008.[/caption] That was in late 2008, as he was finishing h...

RobiI distributes Eid clothes among children at cancer hospital  

Leading mobile phone operator Robi Axiata Limited distributed new clothes as Eid gifts among children undergoing treatment at the Cancer ward of Shishu hospital in the capital today. The gifts were given as part of the company’s Ramadan campaign aimed at enabling distressed children to enjoy the ensuing Eid festival. DSC_8163Befitting with the theme of the campaign “In this Eid, who will you make smile?” the clothes distribution program is set to bring smiles to thousands of under privileged children across the country. The campaign which bega...

Surge in tourists from Bangladesh to India  

Bangladesh continued to top the list of six neighbouring countries in terms of number of foreign tourists arriving in India, Rajya Sabha was informed today. Bangladesh held the apex position in this regard during the last three years. bd-indiaA total of 1,139,238 people from six neighbouring countries Afghanistan, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bhutan and Bangladesh visited India in 2013, Tourism Minister Shripad Naik said in a written reply. There were 4,63,543 visitors from Bangladesh in 2011 which increased to 4,87,397 in 2012 and the number increa...
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