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Sep22021 by TS ReportNo Comments

KrayonMag’s much-awaited virtual photo exhibition has begun

The two-week-long online photography exhibition "New Normal through My Eyes," organized by KrayonMag, began on September 1 and will run until September 14 at the EMK Center in Dhaka, with participation from students from several prominent institutions' Photography Clubs around the nation. The collaborating institution of the program is the University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB). As part of this event, online masterclasses and webinars were held on 19th and 20th August for students. The master class on August 19 was led by renowned photographer Saiful Haque Omi. He spoke on Bangladesh's photography industry, its growth, and its prospects. Saiful Haque said “Why do we take pictures? Our aspiration of photography lies within our answers.” The other master class was led by KM Asad, ...

Sep12021 by TS ReportNo Comments

Samsung TV: 15 years of Glory in Leadership and Innovation

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From monochrome to color, analog to digital, and digital to smart TVs, Samsung Electronics has always been there for all the key historical moments that took place development of the television. Samsung has incorporated groundbreaking technologies with out-of-the-box innovative ideas while catering to a wide range of customers' needs that led to upholding the global no. 1 brand for television for the last 15 years. In 1998, Samsung released its initial 'world's first television with the launch of the 55-inch projection TV. Samsung's first securing of this title was mainly brought due to its support to lead the global transition from analog to digital television. Whether it is color accuracy, design, or image quality, Samsung has continued leading the television industry with progres...

Aug312021 by TS ReportNo Comments

Television producer Sohag Masud

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Television producer Masuduzzaman Sohag. He is known as Sohag Masud. He is currently working as a senior producer at RTV. After joining RTV, he is the producer of the Women's Day honors program 'Alokit Nari Sammanona' and the folk song reality show 'Banglar Gayen'. On the occasion of Eid, he performed the musical program 'Studio Bangla Gayen'. Regarding his work, Sohag Masud said, "In this age of digital, the challenge now is to create content in such a way that it has a digital advantage in mind along with television." Before RTV, Sohag Masud worked for Ekushey Television for 9 years and gave many popular programs to the viewers. Notable among them are Shakib vs Shakib, Simple Love Story, Salman Muktadir Live, With Nazim Joy, Story Short Songs, Cine Hits, Roop Lavanya and Musical...

Aug212021 by TS ReportNo Comments

Is ‘curry’ racist?

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AN ASIAN food blogger’s call to cancel the word ‘curry’ for its ties to British colonialism has sparked debate about the use of the term. Several US-based food bloggers have argued the term ‘curry’ should be boycotted due to its connotations with imperialism and racism. In a viral video earlier this month, Chaheti Bansal shared a recipe but urged people to ‘cancel the word curry’. ‘There’s a saying that the food in India changes every 100km and yet we’re still using this umbrella term popularized by white people who couldn’t be bothered to learn the actual names of our dishes,’ said Bansal, who lives in California. Fellow blogger Nisha Vedi Pawar, who has more than 38,000 followers, echoed Bansal’s sentiment. ‘It’s just like for American food,’ she said. ‘You wouldn’t want everything di...

Aug182021 by TS ReportNo Comments

Today is the birthday of mime actor Nithor Mahbub

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Nithor Mahbub is a Bangladeshi mime artist and also journalist. During Duronto TV's popular show Duronto, he became widely known as a mukaku. Leaving her face behind a dark white make-up, she has taken place in the hearts of people with her aesthetic performance. Now, Nithor Mahbub is charming the viewers by acting in TV dramas from time to time. However, due to the situation, Corona has been forced to stop all her mime activities since the beginning of last year. He said that he is now engrossed in writing while sitting at home. He is regularly sharing his writing on Facebook. If any of them are more acclaimed, various online magazines are also publishing them subject to permission. Besides, he is regularly publishing his writings on a Facebook page called 'Bhabanar Alpana', wit...

Aug122021 by TS ReportNo Comments

Channels should have a proper policy for drama: Zakir Hossain Uzzal

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Popular playwright of this period Zakir Hossain Uzzal. He is the author of many such popular plays like- Ai shohor ta amar jonno na, Bou chor, Bou pagol, jamai pagol, jamai shoshur, Bondhu amora tin jon, Boka Khoka, Chilekothar sangsar, Topkon-o surjo dobeni, Meger upore, Chherapal, Shamantar jonno orchid, Cinderella, Uraman, Hatkhola, Anandagram, Vagabond, Raju 420, Shunyataya, Lucky Thirteen, Pichutan, Peer Alir ponchom biye, Ainamati, Kusumer shopno, Tolpar etc. Rezaur Rahman Rizvi interviewed him on contemporary issues. How many of your plays have been aired last Eid? Got pretty good Sara as always. In particular, many have praised the seven-episode drama series 'Baganbari' aired on Boishakhi Television, the drama 'Live Star Lavlu Bhai' aired on ATN Bangla and the single drama ...

Aug112021 by TS ReportNo Comments

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

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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...

Jul292021 by TS ReportNo Comments

Asif Iqbal Khukan, Known as a friend of the disadvantaged people

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The whole world, including Bangladesh, is now plagued by the terrible clutches of Kovid-19. Just as some selfish people like Shahed-Sabrina have been created to satisfy their own interests in this crisis of the nation, some selfless people have also appeared in the golden obsession of selflessness. Whose purpose is to stand by the side of helpless and oppressed people with a little bit of happiness. One such person is Asif Iqbal Khukan. Whose benevolent mind is always busy in the intoxication of benefiting the disadvantaged people of the society. During this difficult time of coronation, this man has been giving various advice including going to people's houses wearing masks and maintaining social distance. He is inspiring the people of the village in health awareness in various wa...

Jul292021 by TS ReportNo Comments

History of the Olympic Laurel

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The 2020 Tokyo Olympic Laurel has been awarded to the Nobel laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus for his extensive work in sports for development. It was presented to him at the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics on July 23, 2021. The Laurel Trophy presented with this honor contains some of the most invaluable relics of the several thousand-year histories of the Olympics. The most valuable part of the Laurel Trophy in terms of historical and archeological importance is its stone base. It is actually a replica of two ash-blue marble carvings discovered in archeological excavations in 1878 and 1860 at Ancient Olympia, Greece. To understand why it is valuable, we must go back in time. It should be remembered that it is around the Panhellenic religious sanctuary at Ancient Olympia that the...