Women’s ethnic wear e-commerce portal Ishi Maya will enter Bangladesh through a partnership with a local company to sell its merchandise in the neighbouring nation.

Vinayak Online Marketing Private Ltd, which sells merchandise from Gujarat, Rajasthan and West Bengal, through the Ishi Maya platform, will launch a dedicated portal for Bangladesh. It has tied up with Bangladeshi firm Karigari for the same.
“Bangladesh is a key market for Indian women ethnic wear. For this market, we have tied up with a Bangladeshi company. Through this t...
Driving can be a thrill but if you have too much fun on the road, be prepared to pay big or even see the insides of a prison cell. Country’s fastest growing online car classified Carmudi has compared traffic violations in different countries in terms of their penalties and presented them in an info-graphic.
Ashiqur Rahman, Country Manager of Carmudi Bangladesh said, “Driving in an unfamiliar terrain can be dodgy. Sometimes traffic rules that are pretty flexible in your own country can cost you a fortune in another. At Carmudi, we want you to be prepared for your next road trip abroad and avoid unnecessary penalties. This info-graphic gives you a thorough insight into how huge the disparities can be between the 18 different countries Carmudi operates in.”
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With his debut nominated for the top prize at Asia’s biggest film festival, Bangladeshi director Abu Shahed Emon is hopeful that his achievement will help spur on his compatriot filmmakers.
“Jalal’s Story” is the first-ever Bangladeshi film to vie for the New Currents award at the Busan International Film Festival - the event’s main category that offers two prizes of $30,000 to first or second-time directors.
The film follows a young orphaned boy as he faces the harsh realities of life on the fringes of rural Bangladeshi society.

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CBC News show the fifth estate has won a 2014 International Emmy Award for its documentary about the Rana Plaza garment factory collapse in Bangladesh.
Made in Bangladesh, which first aired Oct. 11, 2013, is an investigation that found that dangerous working conditions remained widespread in the Bangladeshi garment industry following the disaster earlier that year that killed more than 1,100 workers at the nine-storey building.

It also found the industry continues to supply major retailers in Canada such as Loblaw and Wal-Mart, de...
Bangladesh’s Oscar selection committee has chosen director Khalid Mohammed Mithu’s “Glow of the Firefly” (‘Jonakir Alo’) as the country’s contender in the Academy Awards foreign language category.

September 24 was the local cut off date for entries and “Firefly” was the only film submitted.
The film is about a woman whose idea of adopting a child is met with opposition from her conservative in-laws. Her outlook on life changes when she meets an avant-garde artist. Bidya Sinha Saha Mim and Ga...
Hindi film ‘Liar’s Dice’, a road drama starring Geetanjali Thapa and Nawazuddin Siddiqui in lead roles, has been selected as India’s official entry to the best foreign film category at the Oscar 2015 awards.

‘Liar’s Dice’, which is Malayalam actress Geetu Mohandas’ feature film directorial debut, beat 29 other films including ‘Mary Kom’ to represent India at the 87
th edition of Oscars next year, Supran Sen, secretary general of the Film Federation of India (FFI), told PTI today.
The other films which were in the race included ‘Shahid...