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Tarin in a musical documentary film about Bangabandhu

On the occasion of National Mourning Day, singer Nishita Barua recently sang a song titled 'Raktamakha Shiri' (Bloody Stairs) about Bangabandhu. The song is written by Sujan Hajong and the melody and music are arranged by Sumon Kalyan. A musical docu-film is being made based on the song 'Raktamakha Shiri'. Actress Tarin Jahan took part in the shooting on August 10. Actress Tarin Jahan has already completed shooting in several places of the capital including Dhanmondi Batrish, Swadhinata Museum, Jagannath Hall, Shikha Chirantan. Tarin said Bangabandhu is the beacon of Bengali consciousness. I have tried to turn the grief of losing Bangabandhu into energy by taking part in this musical docu-film. Here I have tried to present the immortal being of Bangabandhu to the new generation. Pro...

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Filmmaker Tareq Masood’s film essay ‘Film Journey’

Breaking News, Literature

On 13 August 2011, our beloved eminent filmmaker Tareq Masood, filmmaker and journalist Mishuk Munir and three other filmmakers were killed in a horrific road accident in Joka, Manikganj. Which has caused irreparable damage to the film culture of Bangladesh. That void is in no way to be filled. The 10th death anniversary of Tareq Masood and Mishuk Munir will be on August 13. With the day ahead, an extended and revised version of filmmaker Tareq Masood's film essay 'Chalachitrayatra' is going to be published from the publishing house 'Kathaprakash'. Filmmaker Tareq Masood was a thoughtful culturist. Apart from filmmaking, he was also involved in the intellectual activities of the film parliament movement and film practice during his lifetime. Of the many film essays he has written, '...

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Leveraging Digital Healthcare for the Underprivileged

Breaking News, Health

Digital Healthcare Solutions has partnered with USAID’s MaMoni Maternal and Newborn Care Strengthening Project: Emergency Response to COVID-19 Pandemic implemented by Save the Children in association with factories under BGMEA and BEPZA. The initiative has served 150,000 marginalized people of Bangladesh, including the RMG workers and slum dwellers of Dhaka, Gazipur, Narayanganj and Narsingdi with quality healthcare services. Digital Healthcare Solutions is a programme of Grameen Telecom Trust. Since its launch on February 1, the program has reached over 140,000 RMG workers and 10,000 slum dwellers with the free Surokkhito package, where patients received nearly Tk 639,000 so far as financial aid through the Free Health Cashback offers under this package. Apart from this, over 12,500+ ...

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“Memorial Lecture-2021” in memory of Tareq Masood and Mishuk Muni

Breaking News, Feature

On 13 August 2011, filmmaker Tareq Masood, filmmaker and journalist Mishuk Munir and three other filmmakers were killed in a horrific road accident in Joka, Manikganj. On the occasion of the 10th death anniversary of filmmaker Tareq Masood and filmmaker Mishuk Munir, Muviana Film Society and Tareq Masood Memorial Trust have jointly organized a Tarek Masood and Mishuk Munir Memorial and 'Tareq Masood Memorial Lecture 2021'. The event will be held online due to the ongoing epidemic. This year, Sanjay Mukherjee, India's renowned film teacher, writer and film theorist, will deliver the Tareq Masood Memorial Lecture. Lecture topics: Ethnicity, Film and the Third World. The discussion will be attended by Tarek Masood Memorial Trust Chairman Filmmaker Katherine Masood, Film Teacher, Writ...

Aug102021 by News DeskNo Comments

Facebook’s interest in investing in the digital infrastructure sector

Breaking News, Technology

Facebook is working to invest in the digital infrastructure sector in Bangladesh. A high-level virtual meeting on investment was held between Facebook authorities and BTRC on August 9 in the presence of Posts and Telecommunications Minister Mustafa Jabbar. Secretary of Posts and Telecommunications Md. Afzal Hossain and Chairman of BTRC Shamsunder Sikder addressed the meeting. During the meeting, Director General of BTRC Brigadier General Md. Nasim Parvez presented a picture of the progress of the telecom sector in Bangladesh. The Minister for Posts and Telecommunications highlighted the overall progress of the telecom sector in Bangladesh and said that the digital connectivity sector is a thrust sector for investment. Done. He said that the life of the people of the country ha...

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A temporary waiver of the Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights

Breaking News, Health

An article written by Parsa Erfani, Agnes Binagwaho, Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh, Muhammad Yunus, Paul Farmer, and Vanessa Kerry has been published in the British Medical Journal, on 3rd August 2021 titled " Intellectual property waiver for covid-19 vaccines will advance global health equity" which focuses on the importance of a temporary IP waiver to reach global needs. The article states the current vaccination figures show that the percentage of people in high-income countries who have been vaccinated is 46% while 20% in middle-income countries and 0.9% in low-income countries. This is largely due to the acquisition of doses by high-income countries in large quantities as well as production is restricted to a small number of manufacturers. The article states that a clear scarcity of supp...

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REVE Chat Announces WhatsApp Business Channel Integration to Strengthen Its Omni channel Solution

Breaking News, Business

REVE Chat, the global provider of AI enabled omni channel customer engagement platforms, announced the integration with the WhatsApp Business channel to help businesses build personalized relationships and deliver top-notch customer support. REVE Chat platform also supports Live Chat, Chatbots, Facebook, Viber, Telegram etc. as customer engagement channels. WhatsApp is a popular messaging app with more than 2 billion active users. Now with REVE Chat, from the same dashboard, businesses can manage WhatsApp conversations along with other channels like web, Facebook, etc. On the REVE Chat platform, messages to a single WhatsApp Business number can be accessed through multiple agents, can route to different agents as well as managers can monitor the performance of their agents. M Rezaul ...

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Specific proposals by eminent persons to amend the tobacco control law

Breaking News, National

MPs and doctors made specific proposals to amend the tobacco control law. In particular, the negotiators emphasized the need to amend the existing tobacco control law. Barrister Shamim Haider Patwary, MP, Gaibandha-1 and Member, Standing Committee on the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, Advocate Syeda Rubina Akhter Mira, MP, Women's Seat-24 and Member, Standing Committee on the Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism, Professor Dr. Pran Gopal Datta, former Vice-Chancellor, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University and Professor Dr. Sohel Reza Choudhury, Head of Department, Department of Epidemiology and Research, National Heart Foundation Hospital and Research Institute took part in the live discussion program organized by Dhaka Ahsania Mission on the evening of ...

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4 more women entrepreneurs received eSheBee and Edinburgh University Research Fellowship

Breaking News, National

eSheBee Enterprises, a research organization working for grassroots women entrepreneurship development in collaboration with the University of Edinburgh, Scotland had launched Research Entrepreneurs Fellowship. The main goal of the Fellowship is to expand a network of Local Research Assistants (RAs) in rural Bangladesh and increase the capacity of research assistants through pilot projects. Under the fellowship, in the first phase, scholarships are being given to 6 women entrepreneurs from 6 divisions of Bangladesh. In the second phase, scholarships are being given to 4 more women entrepreneurs of Bangladesh. With this, a total of 10 women entrepreneurs got the opportunity of this fellowship. 4 new women entrepreneurs who received fellowships are-Julia Mardi (Rajshahi), Afrin Akther...

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‘The role of Khan Bahadur Ahsanullah in the establishment of Dhaka University is evident’- Speakers at the discussion

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Khan Bahadur Ahsanullah, a prominent twentieth-century academic, Sufi saint and social reformer, obtained his MA in Philosophy from Calcutta University in 1895. Then for 34 long years, he kept himself engaged in teaching and education service and tried to make the backward people of Bengal interested in education especially in English education. Through his diligent efforts, several educational institutions were established in different parts of Chittagong, Cumilla and Brahmanbaria. From 1914 to 1928 he was a member of the Senate, Syndicate, other important committees and councils of Calcutta University. He was nominated a member of an important sub-committee of the Nathan Committee formed in 1912 to formulate the Dhaka University Scheme. Later, Khan Bahadur Ahsanullah was no...