Entry by invitation only. Bangabhandu International Conference Center While this concert will be free of charge to the 1800 audience members especially invited to attend, we believe that the message and joy of the performance should be shared on a much broader level and will endeavor to arrange live international television broadcast as well as live outdoor broadcasts at thirteen significant public venues across Bangladesh (television channel which will air the concert Channel I). প্রাণের গান (Songs of the Soul)- [...]
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Songs of the Soul – Dhaka
Dhanmondi Lake Ampetheater – outdoor. (Rabindro Shorobor Open Theater) Saturday, 11 February, 2012 - 5.00pm
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Songs of the Soul – Dhaka
Entry by invitation only. Bangabhandu International Conference Center While this concert will be free of charge to the 1800 audience members especially invited to attend, we believe that the message and joy of the performance should be shared on a much broader level and will endeavor to arrange live international television broadcast as well as live outdoor broadcasts at thirteen significant public venues across Bangladesh (television channel which will air the concert Channel I). প্রাণের গান (Songs of the Soul)- [...]
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Bangladeshi film industry’s fight for survival
The Bangladeshi film industry, known as Dhallywood, is about to face serious competition. Ever since its independence from Pakistan in 1971, local cinema halls have been banned from showing Indian films. It was an attempt to protect the local film-making industry which is worth $20m (£12.9m). But in the coming days, cinema halls here will show three Indian Bengali movies and nine more Hindi movies from Bollywood will be screened later. Even though the move is not permanent, it has [...]
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ঘর আলো করতে নতুন অতিথি আসছেন সালমার সংসার জীবনে
সালমার হঠাৎ করেই বিয়েটা হয়েছিল। ভক্তরা এক দিন পত্রিকার পাতা খুলে তাঁর বিয়ের সংবাদটা পড়ে অবাকই বনে যান। পাঁচ বছর আগে কোজআপ ওয়ান প্রতিযোগীতায় দর্শক যে সালমাকে দেখেছেন, সে ছিল নবম শ্রেণীপড়ুয়া এক বালিকা। তাঁর সহজ-সরল আচরণ, যাদের মনে ধরেছিল, তাদের কাছে সালমা এখনো সেরকই রয়ে গেছেন। তাই হঠাৎ বিয়ের খবরে ছোট্ট মেয়েটির বড় হয়ে যাওয়াই যেন টের পেলেন সবাই। সেই ধারাবাহিকতায় সালমার সংসার জীবনের আরেকটি অধ্যায়ের স�চানা ঘটতে যাচ্ছে। খবরটা নিশ্চিত করলেন সালমা নিজেই। ঘর আলো করতে নতুন অতিথি [...]
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Nistur Bandhu Songs of Praise.
Nistur Bandhu Songs Of Praise came from the Bangladesh, well known Music Industries, Box Electronic, in Sylhet, District, for the first of in kind anniversary in language Bangla almost fourteen hundred years ago, Prophet ‘Mohammad’,-(Saw), first Introduced, “Monar Aynai jay No Maja” the religious song’s after Prophet ‘Adam’ turn the clock back as our Prophet struggle to established ‘Namaj’ which finally return to join in Mosque/Church congregation as they sing the hymns chosen for that first yet to broadcast in [...]
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Katrina Kaif will be a friend always Salman Khan
Salman, seems like the best phase of your life. Wanted, Dabangg, Ready and now Bodyguard up for release – getting better and bigger? I think I’m getting luckier. It’s just that these films had great scripts, with a lot entertainment. Also, everybody doing their jobs to the fullest have made these films actually happen. You’ve made Eid day your own. No, not true. If somebody else had decided this date beforehand, we wouldn’t have come on Eid. We would’ve come [...]
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Cinema halls turn into shopping malls
Cinema halls in the capital city are turning into shopping malls in the backdrop of falling number of quality of Bangla films, further narrowing the already limited scope for entertainment of the city people. All the closed cinema halls, which once were the main means of entertainment for the middle and low income groups, have turned into malls, markets and other commercial ventures providing profitable business, owners said. ‘If the situation continues, owners who still remain with the movie business [...]
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Dedicated dancer Warda Rihab
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গেরিলা : বুকে হু হু কাঁপন ধরায়
বাংলাদেশি হিসেবে আমাদের নির্দিষ্ট কিছু আবেগ আছে। তবে সবচেয়ে বড় আবেগের বিষয় মুক্তিযুদ্ধ_ আমাদের মুক্তির যুদ্ধ। অনেকে বলেন, আমাদের দেশপ্রেম কমে যাচ্ছে। কিন্তু কারো সামনে মুক্তিযুদ্ধ সঠিকভাবে উপস্থাপন করা হলে তার বুক হু হু করে কেঁপে উঠবেই। অজান্তেই চোখের কোণ দিয়ে এক ফোঁটা হলেও জল গড়িয়ে পড়বে। ‘দেশপ্রেম’ শব্দটি তখন সার্থকতা নিয়ে মাথা উঁচু করে দাঁড়াবে। ‘গেরিলা’ যারা দেখেছেন এ বিশ্বাস তাদের। দেশের বেশ কয়েকটি হলে এখন চলছে মুক্তিযুদ্ধের প্রেক্ষাপটে নির্মিত চলচ্চিত্র ‘গেরিলা’। মুক্তিযুদ্ধের কিছু ভয়াবহ দৃশ্য এখানে দেখানো হয়েছে। [...]
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রণবীরের নতুন নায়িকা
অনুরাগ বসুর বহু প্রতীক্ষিত ছবি ‘বরফি’তে দেখা যাবে এক নতুন নায়িকাকে। কলকাতায় এসে অনুরাগ জানিয়েছিলেন, নতুন নায়িকা হিসেবে তিনি বাঙালি মুখ খুঁজছেন। কিন্তু শেষমেশ তিনি বাঙালি নন, নায়িকা নিয়েছেন ভারতের দক্ষিণ থেকে। নায়িকার নাম ইলিনা ডি’ক্রুজ। তামিল ছবির একজন জনপ্রিয় নায়িকা তিনি। এবার অভিনয় করবেন রণবীর কাপুরের বিপরীতে। ছবিতে দেখা যাবে রণবীরকে পাওয়ার জন্য প্রিয়াঙ্কা চোপড়ার সঙ্গে যুদ্ধ করছেন তিনি। ছবির শুটিং শুরু হয়েছে।
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Yet another laurel for Popy
Sadika Parvin Popy has won National Film Award 2009 in the best actress category for her performance in the film Gangajatra. This is for the third time that the celebrated actress of Bangladesh mainstream movie industry has won the national award. The National Film Award 2009 was announced recently through a gazette notification issued by the Ministry of Information. Popy, who came into limelight winning a beauty contest, Lux-Anandadhara Photo Sundari in 1995, has played in more than 100 Bangla [...]
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Shoaib and Sania bring the peace, love and understanding
Sania: India, India, India! Shoaib: Whoa, girl, pipe down. Sania: Or what? You’ll ban me? Coz that’s all you “former” Pakistani cricketers know how to do. Shoaib: Ouch. If only you could serve something that unplayable on the court… Sania: Tennis pun? What next, a volley of abuse? Shoaib: Okay, what are we fighting about again? Sania: We’re not fighting. We’re just trying to tell people that we should be the official mascots of all India-Pakistan matches henceforth. So can [...]
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Arjun Rampal began learning classical music
Bollywood actor Arjun RampalArjun Rampal movie began learning classical. Arjun tgma drums grow down into the film”on”J. Ram of Bangladesh are playing a police officer. To the person they are learning music for Kula Saikia . That is about Arjun rampa Ltd. said that it is right that I am learning classical music for film. This film is tgma drums grow my role in BC Although armed officer, but he knows classical music . mynkrdar color around the truth why [...]
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Light & Sound Show at Suhrawardy Udyan
A light and sound show featuring the Liberation War and other major movements that led to Bangladesh’s independence was held at Suhrawardy Udyan on March 25. The show, titled “Bangladesh-er Hridoy Hotey”, was held to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Independence. Planned and directed by Nasirul Haque Khokon, the show was scripted by Sohel Anwar. Khokon and Junaed Yusuf jointly designed the lights; Ahsan Reza Tushar designed the sound. Members of different theatre troupes took part in choreography that made [...]
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Gorky Sadan’s Tribute to Bangladesh’s 40th Anniversary
To mark the 40th anniversary of Bangladesh’s Liberation War, Gorky Sadan in Kolkata, one of the city’s landmark cultural hubs, will host a three-day festival screening films by Bangladeshi directors Zahir Raihan and Tanvir Mokammel, starting from March 29. Gorky Sadan, located on Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Road, has invited Mokammel to give a talk and screen his documentary film “Tajuddin Ahmad: An Unsung Hero”. Besides Mokammel’s film, Zahir Raihan’s “Stop Genocide” and “Jibon Theke Neya” will also be showcased [...]
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Pundit Jasraj takes audience to eternity
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Bryan Adams to become dad at 51: report
Canadian-born rock star and photographer Bryan Adams is going to become a first-time father — at the age of 51 — a British newspaper reported Sunday. Citing an unnamed “friend and neighbour” in London’s Chelsea district, the Telegraph said Adams’s personal assistant, Alicia Grimaldi, is pregnant and due in May. She would not comment, the Telegraph said. Adams has had a string of hits, published a book of photographs and is active in charitable causes. Grimaldi is also a charity [...]
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The soul of Souls-Partha Barua
Whenever one thinks about the popular band numbers of the ‘90s, one of the songs that surely comes in mind is Keno ei nisshongota, the evergreen song of souls. Let it be the first time listener or a pro, the song with its touchy lyrics and emotional appeal is sure to leave a lasting impression on anyone’s mind. And when a song becomes popular, it popularises the singer with it. And for singer Partha Barua, the song Keno ei nisshongota [...]
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Catching up with S I Tutul
In the contemporary Bangla music scene singer S I Tutul needs no introduction. Often addressed as the ‘Surer Karigar’, S I Tutul’s popularity can be largely attributed to his innovative compositions and songs. Jai Din Jai Ekaki, Valo Lage Raat, Valo Lage Cha(n)d and Keu Prem Korey, Keu Preme Porey are some of the songs which catapulted the singer to instant fame. Shahidul Islam Tutul, popularly known as S I Tutul, started his music career as a keyboardist and a [...]
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Aishwarya Rai, Abhishek Bachchan & Mallika Sherawat at the Oscars
For the first time in the history of the Oscars, there was some serious Bollywood representation at the Oscars. And no, “Slumdog Millionaire” does not count as ‘Bollywood’. We also hate calling it Bollywood. So let us rephrase: the 83rd Academy Awards was the first time a couple of major Indian celebrities were invited to Hollywood’s most prestigious event as attendees rather thannominees. Abhishek and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, often referred to as India’s golden couple, graced the red carpet looking like [...]
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Nirob & Sarika going to marry in November
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Weekend Box Office Report (March 7, 2011)
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Runa Laila Rocks
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Tahsan’s new album “Prottaborton”
বিশ্ব ভালোবাসা দিবস উপলক্ষ্যে জি-সিরিজ ও অগি্নবীণার বিশেষ অ্যালবাম হিসেবে প্রকাশিত হল তাহসানের একক অ্যালবাম‘প্রত্যাবর্তন’। যথারীতি অ্যালবামের সবগুলো গানের সুর ও সংগীতায়োজন করেছেন তাহসান। গানগুলোতেও রয়েছে তাহসান ধাঁচ। লিখেছেন তাহসান, মিথিলা, আর্থিক সজীব, ফয়সাল রাব্বীকিন ও টিআই অন্তর। এবারের অ্যালবামের অন্যতম বৈশিষ্ট হচ্ছে তাহসানের জীবনসঙ্গী হিসেবে মিথিলা কিছু কথা গানটিতে কণ্ঠ দিয়েছেন। এছাড়া ৫টি গানে মাইলস এর ইকবাল আসিফ জুয়েল ও দুটি গানে গিটার বাজিয়েছেন রাজিব। সংগীত মিশ্রণ করেছেন ইকবাল আসিফ জুয়েল ও জুয়েল মোর্শেদ ওরফে জু্য। মুঠোফোন প্রতিষ্ঠান রবি’র [...]
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