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Shah Rukh Khan tight lipped on Bangladesh Eid attack

Superstar Shah Rukh Khan chose to stay tight lipped on Bangladesh Eid attack, saying he does not want any controversy out of it. SRK’s remarks on intolerance had landed him in trouble last year after he had said that there was ‘extreme intolerance in the country’. “Last year media asked me something simple on my birthday and it became an issue. I did not shah rukh khanenjoy my birthday and I hold that against everyone,” Shah Rukh told reporters here yesterday on occasion of Eid. “Maine kuch aachi, sharif baa...

Radio channel for Bangladesh in India, plans joint content

A Bangla radio service, launched in 1971 during the Bangladesh Liberation Movement and discontinued in 2010, will again go on air on June 28. Officials said that once India restarts the service in its new avatar, Akashvani Maitree, it would be a unique broadcast service in which two nations would jointly create content. The Special Bangla Service of All India Radio had been launched in the wake of the Bangladesh Liberation Movement and played a key role during the war, broadcasting Indian news bulletins radioin Bangladesh. It co...

Harry Potter play gets rave reviews

Harry Potter’s stage debut got a standing ovation from a packed theatre audience in a new London play that imagines the fictional boy wizard as a grown-up father of three, British media reported on Wednesday. “Judging by the whooping and cheering, nobody was disappointed,” Clare Fitzimons wrote in The Mirror after the first showing of “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” at the Palace Theatre. “It was phenomenal, it really was. It lived up to all the hype,” said one fan interviewed by the harryBBC, while another in a Potter-st...

Art competition to mark Environment Day

Bank Asia organized Art Competition at the Faculty of Fine Arts in the University of Dhaka marking the World Environment Day 2016. The theme of the art competition was “Our World”. About 200 children of the employees of the Bank, aged from 2 years to 13 years, participated at the completion held on Friday (3 June 2016). IMG_3072The theme of the art competition was “Our World”. About 200 children of the employees of the Bank, aged from 2 years to 13 years, participated at the completion held on Friday (3 June 2016). Mr. ...

Robi-Yonder digital music entertainment

The music industry of Bangladesh has turned a new page today with the launch of Robi Yonder Music Service for smartphones. Robi’s partnership with New York (USA) based Yonder Music inc., delivers a powerful new total-music experience that combines exclusive content from superstar local artists, and with the rich libraries of local labels, along with a comprehensive collection of international Major Label and Independent music. The Robi Yonder Music Service is free to users; no application charges, no subscription fees and no per-track download charges apply. All Robi Yonder Music app users need is an active

PM hands over National Film Award 2014

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today handed over the National Film Award 2014 through a gala event. Twenty-nine artistes and film professionals have been selected for the National Film Award 2014 in 28 categories for their glorious and outstanding contributions to the film industry. Eminent actor Syed Hasan Imam and actress Rani Sarkar have been selected for lifetime achievements, BSS reports. The film Nekabbarer Mahaproyan of Masud Pathik has been selected as the best film while filmGariwala of Ashraful Alam alias Ashraf Shis...
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