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Person of the Year at British Bangladeshi event

Judge Khatun Sapnara, who sits in Canary Wharf’s new family court in Westferry Circus, has been named the “Person of the Year” as the British Bangladeshi Power And Inspiration “100 lists” was unveiled at One Canada Square on Tuesday. JudgeFormer Foreign Secretary William Hague announced the first ever winner of the category - “the first person of British Bangladeshi origin in a senior judicial position”. The British Bangladeshi Power & Inspiration 2015 celebrated the success of 100 British Bangladeshi across 20 categories. Other guests at...

APB Foundation Signature Art Prize announced

The Asia Pacific Breweries (APB) Foundation and Singapore Art Museum (SAM) are proud to announce that HoTzyNyen’sPYTHAGORAS (2013) has been awarded the Grand Prize of the Asia Pacific Breweries Foundation Signature Art Prize 2014 worth $60,000. The winners were announced at an awards ceremony at SAM. Guest-of-honour, Mr. Lawrence Wong, Minister of Culture, Community and Youth, was present to grace the occasion. APB Foundation Signature Art Prize 2014... </div><!-- .entry-content --> </article><!-- #post-## --> <div class=

‘Birdman’ soars to victory in Oscars bellwether

Dark comedy “Birdman” boosted its Oscars hopes Sunday after landing the top prize at the 21st Screen Actors Guild Awards, a barometer of likely success at the all-important Academy Awards. The film about a washed up superhero movie star attempting to revive his career on Broadway took the SAG equivalent of the Oscars best picture with victory in the outstanding performance by a cast category. birdmanThe comedy emerged victorious ahead of coming-of-age drama “Boyhood,” Wes Anderson’s screwball caper “The Grand Budapest Hotel,” Worl...

Taking the world to Bangladesh with Asian photo festival

Photographers took hold of the streets to celebrate the opening of one of Asia’s largest photography festivals with singing, dancing and chanting, in Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka, on Friday. photographyA procession from the national press club to Bangladesh’s academy of arts marked the beginning of the eighth edition of the Chobi Mela biannual, which exhibits photographers from around the world, including countries like Turkey, Pakistan, Egypt, Nepal and Iran. For two weeks, photographers from more than 20 countries will be featured, ...

Bangladesh Resorts & Hotels’ new property in Bandarban    

Bangladesh Resorts & Hotels, which is developing the country’s largest hotel - Royal Tulip Sea Pearl Beach Resort & Spa, at Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh - will next start the construction of their third hotel project at Bandarban Hill District in the country. According to Mohammed Aminul Haque Shamim, Managing Director, Bangladesh Resorts & Hotels, they will be developing a luxury holiday resort in Bandarban with duplex villas and five-star facilities. Five-Star-hotel“Bandarban is known as a paradise on earth considering t...

Chasi Nazrul Islam dies

Eminent film director and producer Chasi Nazrul Islam died Sunday in a Dhaka hospital after prolonged illness. He was 73. Chashi Nazrul IslamLabaid Hospital's assistant general manager, corporate communication, Saifur Rahman Lenin said Islam's long battle with cancer came to an end at 6 a.m. Sunday. He was on a life support for a while, bdnews24.com reported. Islam shot into limelight with his first film "Ora Egaro Jon" (They are Eleven), the first film based on the Bangladesh Liberation War. His body was taken to ...
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