Audio market gears up for Eid
September 4, 2010
Music lovers are eagerly waiting for new albums of their favourite singers on this Eid. Different music production houses have already released many solo and mixed albums and are on the way to release more before the Eid.
A number of music albums featuring soundtracks from films will be available in the market this Eid. The soundtracks of Mostofa Kamal Raj’s upcoming film ‘Projapati’ will be one the main Read more
Momtaz IOM’s goodwill ambassador
March 2, 2010
Internationally renowned folk singer Momtaz Begum, MP, has signed up as the International Organisation for Migration’s (IOM) first migration goodwill ambassador.
This was announced at a function at the National Press Club yesterday.
As a Goodwill Ambassador initially for two years, Momtaz will dedicate herself to raising greater Read more
GSE Team Travelogue to RID-5240, California, the Golden State of America
December 6, 2009
A Write-up By Syed Rabius Shams
The Group Study Exchange (GSE) program of The Rotary Foundation (TRF) of Rotary International (RI) is a unique vocational and cultural exchange opportunity for young professionals and businessmen/women in their initial stage of career. Reciprocity is the key to GSE. Each of the paired Rotary District sends and receives a team to each other’s district consisting of five to six persons for four to six weeks. For the GSE program of 2009-10, Rotary International District (RID) 3280, Bangladesh is paired with RID 5240, California, USA.
The program is designed to develop professional and Read more
Fahad, Nasima clinch surfing titles
October 8, 2009
Fahad emerged champion in the men’s event in the first ever surfing competition in the country which concluded today at Kolatoli beach point here.
Aziz became runner-up, while Zafar, Russel and Nazir finished third, fourth and fifth respectively.
Nasima clinched the top position in the girls’ event. Razu finished runner-up, while Ameena became Read more
142 new audio albums this Eid
September 19, 2009
One hundred forty-two new solo, duet and mixed audio albums will be released by nine audio production houses on the occasion of upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr.
The albums of both newcomers and noted singers are in the line during the festival.
Production house Sangeeta will release 40 new albums, Soundtek 30, Fahim Music Read more
Mila’s Redefined hits the music scene
August 31, 2009
The much-awaited album by the young and hip singer Mila was finally launched on August 29 at a local restaurant in Dhanmondi. This is yet another accomplishment by Fuad Al-Muqtadir, who hit the contemporary scene with his extraordinary music. Featuring lyrics by Shahan Kabondho, among others, the Fuad featuring Mila album “Redefined” has been produced by G-series. With a set of 17 tracks, Fuad and Mila showcase, not only their excellence in music production, but also share wit and humorous experiences that the team had gone through over the last few months of writing, recording, Read more
Bangladeshi whizkid on the block
August 23, 2009
Mega-search engine launched to find local contents
First-ever Bangladeshi meta-search engine SearchW3.net, created by a 13-year-old kid, has been launched to help Internet users find local contents and applications easily on the Web.
Shehzad Noor Taus, a student of class seven at Seabreeze International School, created and programmed the meta-search Read more
Love Aaj Kal is about kisses and more
July 6, 2009
Imtiaz Ali openly admits that his upcoming Love Aaj Kal, which stars Saif Ali Khan and Deepika Padukone, has unabashed kissing scenes and shows the lead actors mouthing expletives, but the director insists that it will still be a complete family entertainer. The director says he has included the so-called objectionable scenes in the movie’s promos so that people are already used to it by the time they see the film.
“See, it’s the way you put it in the film and treat it. It’s up to the filmmaker not to make his film some fodder for perversion or lechery.” Ali said.
Ali promises that Read more
Socrateser Jabanbandi captivates the audience
June 12, 2009
The play ‘Socrates-er Jabanbandi’, a seventh production of Drishyapat was staged at the Experimental Theatre Hall of the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy in the city on Monday.
Socrates-er Jabanbandi is adapted by Shishir Kumar Das based on Apologia Sokratous (Defense of Socrates) by Plato. Ali Mahmud gave the direction of the play.
Socrates is the great classical Greek Read more
A mother’s mission impossible accomplished
May 10, 2009
Mothers are always special. Some stand out from others and make us realise that mothers are made in heaven. And a few of them turn out to be mother of all mothers. Shefali Iqbal is among the rare few.
It was about 30 minutes away from midnight in Bangkok. Shefali in her early fifties was running like a spring chicken to manage her still busy Bangladeshi food joint — Monika’s Kitchen. Clad in a simple salwar-kameez and with black headscarf, Shefali looked like any other ordinary woman in Bangladesh. Read more
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