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Fair prices for farmers: Shykh Seraj

If innovations in agricultural communications mean something for recent developments in Bangladesh's farm sector, one particular programme for farm broadcasting has its good part here. That is Hridoye Mati O Manush. paddy-300
Over the last one decade, Channel i, a first generation satellite TV station, ran this weekly show transmitting valuable farm knowledge and best practices among hundreds of thousands of viewers that include the most vital target audience -- the farmers of rural Bangladesh. The popular show steps into 11th yea...

Yash Raj apologises over Gunday

India’s Yash Raj Films (YRF), in response to the ongoing protests in Bangladesh over its film “Gunday” undermining Bangladeshis, as reported in the article titled “Bangladesh condemns Gunday” published in yesterday’s issue of this page — has expressed its regrets over the matter. photo The message, posted on the blog of YRF (yrfmovies.blogspot.com) says the YRF team “would like to apologise if any disrespect or hurt has been caused to them (Bangladeshi’s)”, adding that the film “was an...

Films on the Liberation War

February is known as the month of love, but in Bangladesh a more important thing is celebrated—the love for the Bengali language. War Picture 21st February has become an iconic event for Bengalis all over the world. It is more commonly referred to as Ekushey February or Ekushey, the day when all Bengalis dress in black and white, murmuring songs of lament. There are many Bangla War movies include combat, survivor and escape stories, tales of sacrifice, studies of the futility and inhumanity of battle, the effects of wa...

Nation paying homage to language martyrs

The nation is observing the International Mother Language Day (Amar Ekushey), paying tribute to the language movement martyrs who fought and died on February 21 in 1952 to make mother tongue Bangla a state language. 21
The whole country is observing the 62nd Martyrs’ Day to commemorate the Language Movement martyrs through various programmes. In the first hour of the day, President M Abdul Hamid paid homage to language movement martyrs placing floral wreaths at the central Shaheed Minar in the capital at 12:01am. Prime Minister Sheikh...

President, PM pay homage

President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina have paid homage to the Language Movement heroes by placing wreaths at the Central Shaheed Minar at one minute past midnight on Friday. PM-shaheedminar-300 Sheikh Hasina has also paid tribute at the altar of the language heroes on behalf of the Bangladesh Awami League. Awami League General Secretary Syed Ashraful Islam, senior AL leaders Amir Hossain Amu, Tofael Ahmed, Tofail Ahmed, Matiya Chowdhuary, among others, were present at the time. Jatiya Sangsad Speaker Dr S...

Plastic fair begins amid export fall

A four-day exhibition of plastic goods to attract international buyers kicks off today in Dhaka while the sector’s export marked a 6.3% decline in the first seven-month figure of the current fiscal year. plastic-fair-460
Finance Minister AMA Muhith is expected to inaugurate the 9th International Plastic Fair 2014 at BangabandhuInternational Conference Centre. Bangladesh Plastic Goods Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BPGMEA)and Chao International Co Ltd is jointly organising the fair. The plastic goo...
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