Packaging films producer Thai Film Industries (TFI) is considering setting up a packing film factory in Bangladesh worth $40m. Based in Thailand, TFI specialises in producing BOPP, CPP films, polyethylene terephthalate and metalised films that is used in printing, lamination and adhesive tapes. The company made a proposal for the construction of the factory to the Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (BEPZA) and the Board of Investment (BoI), reported The Financ...

Cultural affairs minister Asaduzzaman Noor said that the agreement of cultural exchange with Thailand will soon be signed. The minister made the statement at a joint press conference on Wednesday, held after his meeting with Vira Rojpoj Chararat, who is leading the eight-member Thai delegation. Cultural secretary Ranjit Kumar Biswas and Thai cultural affairs ministry Inspector General Surirat Aunhson were present during the discussion. The Thai delegation witnessed Bengali New Year programme at Ramna Batmul in the capital and took part in ‘...

“I observe Shabbat, I say certain prayers, My son was bar mitzvahed but…I haven’t converted to Judaism,” Madonna confessed in an exclusive interview with the Irish Independent, published this week. Q: To what extent would you characterize yourself as Jewish? Would that be a good label? M: [Laughs] No, I don’t affiliate myself with any specific religious group. I connect to different ritualistic aspects of different belief systems, and I see the connec...

India’s decision to ban the telecast of Leslee Udwin’s documentary on the 2012 Delhi gang rape has met with a varied response in the country. Actress and producer Anushka Sharma too believes that the concept of a ban of any kind must be scrapped as people are mature enough to take their own call. “I have not seen the documentary and I can’t comment on various things that people are talking about. But I can tell you broadly as someone who represents the film industry, you should leave to the pu...