India–Bangladesh will commemorate Bangabandhu s historic speech at Kolkata
Gautam Lahiri, New Delhi
2nd February, 2021 07:49:20
India and Bangladesh will jointly commemorate first ever visit by Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman to Kolkata on February 6.
The commemoration event will take place at historic Brigade parade ground. In 1972, Bangabandhu made his first visit to Kolkata on February 6. Indian Prime Minister Mrs Indira Gandhi received him at the then Dumdum Airport.
Both the leaders addressed a mammoth rally on that Brigade parade ground. During that visit, it was decided that India would withdraw its army from Bangladesh by March 1972.
Accordingly on March 1, India declared withdrawal of army from Bangladesh.
Govt to build modern Cineplexes countrywide: Murad
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Hasan MP today said the incumbent government led by Prime Minister
Sheikh Hasina has taken initiative to build information complexes
along with the Cineplex across the country.
“Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has not only declared the film sector
as an industry, but also has taken a pragmatic step to modernize the
sector … The government will construct information building along
with the modern Cineplex countrywide,” he said.
The state minister was speaking at a programme on “Exhibition and
Discussion on the Liberation War based film ‘A Great Father’ ”
organized by Bangamata Sangskritik Jote at Bangladesh Film Archive
Monday, 28 Dec 2020 07:22 AM MYT Nabab LLB star Shakib Khan was arrested by the Bangladesh police. AFP pic
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DHAKA, Dec 28 A Bangladeshi film director has been arrested and charged after a scene depicting police harshly interrogating a rape victim and highlighting attitudes towards violence against women in the conservative nation sparked the ire of the force.
The first half of
Nabab LLB, a fictional courtroom drama about rape and the treatment of victims starring megastar Shakib Khan, was released on a local streaming service in mid-December.