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Birangona women: ‘Tell the world our story’

When writer and actor Leesa Gazi was 17, her father told her a story that would leave an indelible mark. He said that after the end of the 1971 war – the war that gave Bangladesh its independence from Pakistan – he crossed paths with a convoy of trucks full of women. These were the women people had been whispering about, the ones captured from their village homes and interred in rape camps, most having witnessed the death of their family members. He saw hundreds and hundreds of them, standing up in those trucks as they were finally freed, and this was one of the abiding images he carried with him as his country took its first steps into nationhood.

Cycle ride held in city

Mohammadpur Cyclists (MohammadpurCyclists.com) a major cycling group of Dhaka city arranged a ride on last Friday celebrating their second anniversary. Hundreds of cyclists joined this celebration ride and roamed around the city with joy. MDC Cyclist GroupMohammadpur Cyclists is a group continuously promoting cycling through regular rides, social activities and other public awareness campaigns. This group is open for all cyclists, enthusiasts, beginners or people who are interested to start cycling. This group is available...

Bangladesh to join Carnaval International de Victoria

The Honorary Consul of Seychelles in Bangladesh, Md. Amiruzzaman has confirmed that he has successfully negotiated to have a Cultural Delegation from Bangladesh to parade in the 2014 Carnaval International de Victoria in Seychelles. carnival1This year the Carnival in Seychelles is being jointly co-hosted by Seychelles, La Reunion, Madagascar, Mayotte and South Africa KwaZulu Natal and it is seen as the perfect opportunities for countries from the Community of Nations...

Rio 2 comes out today

rio2-640Rio 2 is a 2014 American 3D computer-animated musical adventure-comedy film produced by Blue Sky Studios and directed by Carlos Saldanha. It is the sequel to the 2011 computer-animated film Rio and the studio's first film to have a sequel outside of their existing Ice Age franchise. The title refers to the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro, where the first film was set and Rio 2 begins, though most of its plot occurs instead at the Amazon rainforest.
Featuring the returning voices of Jesse Eisenberg, Anne Hathaway, will.i...

Kailash Kher and Ali Azmat to perform in Dhaka

kalish-kher640A tri-nation concert featuring ace singers from India, Bangladesh and Pakistan—Kailash Kher, Ayub Bachchu and Ali Azmat—is going to be held on April 11 at the Army Stadium in Dhaka.
Grameenphone has organised the concert. The first five thousand registered Star clients of the company from Dhaka, Chittagong, Sylhet, Rajshahi, Jessore, Comilla, Rangpur, Bagura, Khulna, Barisal, Dinajpur and Mymensingh will get the chance to experience the concert. Last year Grameenphone successfully organised a similar co...

I wish I’d had help dealing with fame: Kate Winslet

kat-640‘Titanic’ star Kate Winslet wishes she had been given more support to help her cope with the pressures of early fame.

The Oscar-winning actress said her experience of Hollywood had been “one shock after another”, reported BBC online. “It isn’t easy going through that level of exposure so quickly. “What I do wish is that I had had more support going through those early days. It’s genuinely difficult.
“I was living in my lovely little two-bedroom flat in north London… and suddenly I couldn’t j...
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