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Seminar on war films held
Robab Rosan
More documentary films are needed to project the incidents which took place during the country's war of independence. The documentary films will help the younger generations to know the authentic history of the war.
Speakers stated this at a seminar on the importance of documenting the atrocities, committed by the occupation forces in Bangladesh during the war.
As part of weeklong programme of the Second International Festival of Docufilms on Liberation and Human Rights, the joint organisers Liberation War Museum and Bangladesh Documentary Council arranged the seminar at the compound of the Liberation War Museum in Segun Bagicha in the city on Saturday.
Among others Mafidul Haque of the Liberation War Museum, Fauzia Khan of the Bangladesh Documentary Council, theatre personalities Ramendu Majumdar and Nasiruddin Yousuff, documentary filmmakers Manzare Hasin Murad, Kawsar Chowdhury andYasmin Kabir, and film director Badal Rahman were present at the seminar.
Speakers also talked about the reality, problems and prospects of documentary filmmaking in Bangladesh. They said that some younger filmmakers are working in the field of documentary filmmaking, particularly on the war of independence. But the filmmakers need assistance from different sections of society, they added.
In a written speech, Fauzia Khan proposed that they should work to collect oral history of the war, and to collect footage of the war which were scattered in different parts of the world. She also gave importance to making short length documentary films on the people who were involved in the war. She emphasised the need for disseminating information through the internet and preserve all the documents at the Liberation War Museum.
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Nordic Bangla Poetry Festival held
Cultural Correspondent
Literary exchange between Nordic countries and Bangladesh should be increased to further strengthen the bilateral ties, speakers told a poetry festival on Tuesday.
The observation came at the first-ever Nordic Bangla Poetry Festival held at Alliance Francaise de Dacca in the evening.
Norwegian ambassador Ingebjorg Stofring, attended the occasion as chief guest while deputy head of Swedish embassy Sven Ostberg, and consul of Danish embassy Erik S Johannsen were present as guests of honour.
Poets Rafiq Azad, Mahadev Saha, Sazzad Qadir, Habibullah Sirajee, Muhammad Samad, Dilara Hafiz, Aslam Sani, Masud Rana, Catheleen J Faruq from the USA and Liakat Hossain from Sweden attended the festival as invited guests
Laila Sharmin, Shahadat Hossain Nipu, Fahmida Khatun and Wahida Mitu took part in recitation of Nordic poems in English and Bangla version.
New Age correspondent Anisur Rahman presented an overview on 'Encounter with Nordic and Bangla poetry' at the festival.
The festival features programmes including the launch of a Swedish novel's Bangla version by Liakat Hossain, published by Samar Roy, director of Media Professionals Group.
Alliance Francaise de Dacca programme officer Kazi Abdulah Al Muktadir conducted the programmes.
Ingebjorg Stofring said, 'Poetry gives us a scope to describe the world around us and the world of our mind in an artistic way.'
'Poets both in Bangladesh and Norway have been an important source of inspiration when it comes to national awakening and identity-building,' the Norwegian envoy added.
Mahadev Saha said, 'This festival will be considered as the beginning of literary and cultural exchange with the Nordic countries.'
Speaking on the occasion, Sven Ostberg said contemporary writers Liakat Hossain, Gajendra Kumar Ghose, Dipak Mazumdar and Taslima Nasreen are strongly associated with the Swedish world of literature.
Quoting the Chairman of the Nobel Committee of the Swedish Academy in his presentation speech of Tagore, Swedish diplomat in Dhaka Sven said, 'Concerning our understanding of Tagore's poetry, by no means exotic but truly universal in human character, the future will probably add to what we know.'
'We do know, however, that the poet's motivation extends to the effort to reconciling two spheres of civilization widely separated.'
Sven personally believes that this is as true today as it was in 1913. 'Contemporary authors can and should work to bring Bangla and Swedish culture and civilization closer together.'
Anisur Rahman in his overview said, 'The western world has the idea about the treasures under the land. Can they have a look over our books in the shelf before their eyes?'
'The beginning of Bangla poetry and poetry in Nordic languages found the place at almost the same time. Particularly, our Charyapada and Swedish first literary rudiment Rok Ruenston was written in the same period,' Anisur noted.
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Victory Day programme begins today
Cultural Correspondent
The Liberation War Museum is celebraing Victory Day with a week-long schedule of programmes, including discussions, cultural events, and theatre shows, from today.
The events will take place at the museum's premises at Segun Bagicha, and at the Jalladkhana Mass Graveyard at Mirpur-1 in the city.
On Martyred Intellectual's Day, December 14, the family members of the martyred intellectuals will speak of their memories at 4:00pm at Segun Bagicha. The programme will be followed by a cultural programme titled 'Badhyabhumir Santandal' by 'Chhayanaut'.
The organisers will also arrange a cultural programme on the same day at 4:00pm at Jalladkhana Mass Graveyard. The students of Shaheed Abu Taleb High School, Ahsaniya Mission School and some family members of the martyred intellectuals will participate in the programme. Cultural organisation 'Mirpur Sangskritik Okyo Forum' will stage plays and screen films on the premises of the graveyard. Members of the 'Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra' will take part in a recitation session at 4:00pm on December 15 at Segun Bagicha. Cultural organisations 'Geetanjali' and 'Wrishij' will participate in a soiree of patriotic songs. Cultural programmes will also be held in Mirpur at the same time.
On Victory Day, the organisers will arrange daylong programmes both at Segun Bagicha and Mirpur, beginning at 10:00am. Students of Muktakantha Abriti Academy, Mohammadpur Reparatory School, Dhrupad Kalakendra, Blooming Lotus International School and UCEP-1 will participate in the programmes of the morning at Segun Bagicha. Traditional jatrapala titled 'Andharer Musafir' will be staged by the 'Keya Jatra Unit' of Laxmipur at 6:00pm.
Students of Udayan High School, members of 'Mirpur Sangskritik Okyo Forum' and relatives of the martyred will participate in the cultural events at 10:00am in Mirpur-1.
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Development Issues of Bangladesh-Ill
Human Development and Quality of Life
Development Issues of Bangladesh-!!! has been written with the theme: human development and quality of life in Bangladesh. The two concepts, central to the evolution of a civilized society, are approached from a variety of perspectives that include key global indexes and their role in Bangladesh, various economic, social, and human aspects of development, governance and identity issues, class factions and the potential for democratisation, empowerment and rights, especially of women, the role of a gender development index to account for women and their contributions, rural financial markets, health care, fertility, literacy and education and the potential for e-learning, environmental issues, as well as political economy and finance.
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Bangladesh Development Initiative (BDI), the sponsoring organisation of this book, is a US-based think-tank of scholars and professionals devoted to the generation and dissemination of knowledge on development issues of Bangladesh. BDI's efforts are focused on reaching policy-makers, academicians, politicians, diplomats, businessmen, students, and the wider constituency. Consistent with this objective, BDI has already published two volumes: Development Issues of Bangladesh in November 1996 and Development Issues of Bangladesh-Il in April 2003. The University Press Limited in Bangladesh has published both volumes.
Muhammad Faizul Islam is currently an Adjunct Associate Professor at Southeastern University. Washington, D.C., USA. Dr. Islam is a founding member and senior economist at the United States Department of Homeland Security. He is also the International Business Reviewer for The Wall Street Journal. During his tenure at the U.S. Department of Treasury, he lectured as a Fuibright Senior Specialist at the Ukrainian Academy of Banking. He is the recipient of the 2003 Presidents Council of Integrity and Efficiency, Award for Excellence.
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Studies. His present preoccupation involves capacity development in research methods at the
institutions of higher education in Bangladesh for which he has been supported once as a
Senior Fulbright Scholar and twice as a Fulbright Senior Specialist.
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Channel-i to hold Bijoy Mela
Cultural Correspondent
Channel-i will hold a day-long Bijoy Mela at its premises at Tejgaon on Victory Day.
Eminent personalities from socio-cultural arena will inaugurate the programme at 11:00am. The channel will air the programme live.
'The event will feature a reminiscing about war of independence, music, recitation and screening of war films, said the managing director of the Impress Telefilm Limited, Faridur Reza Sagar at a briefing on Tuesday.
'Twenty noted artist will sketch paintings at the festival. Proceeds from the paintings sales will be donated to the Liberation War Museum, he added.
Cultural organisations including Chhayanaut, Cranti, Surer Dhara, Sur Saptak, Nrityanchal, Dhrubatara and Wrishiz Shilpi Goshti will perform at the programme.
Apel Mahmood, Subir Nandi, Syed Abdul Hadi, Fakir Alamgir, Rowshan Ara Mustafiz, Indramohan Rajbangshi and others will sing while Jayanta Chottapadhay, Kazi Arif and Progga Laboni will recite poems.
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Video film Akjon Radio Jockey'r Golpo released
G-Series has released VCD of a popular NTV video film, 'Shunchen Akjon Radio Jockeyr Golpo' (You're listening to an R J Story). Based on a story by Shafaet Mansur, the screenplay and direction is done by Redwan Roni. Hasan Masud, Dipa Khondoker, Mithila, Rupak Talukdar, Bappi Ashraf, and Shafik Al Mamun played different characters.
The story of the film evolves round the main character Rupak, a man in his late 30s, who got a job as a radio jockey after a long patch of unemployment and soon turned popular. His phone conversation with Meghna ignites distrust in his wife and led to family unrest. At a pick of the row as his wife left him and the girl turned off, Rupak decided to leave the job.
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Ocean Records releases two albums
Cultural Correspondent
The Ocean Records Bangladesh released two music albums -- Amra Garba and Oh Chand recently marking the Eidul-Ul Azha, one of the biggest festivals of the Muslims.
The album, Amra Garba, features eight patriotic songs, composed by Jamal Sheikh.
The numbers of album are Amra Garba, Natun prajanmake, Itihase lekha achhe, Ore Banglar, Krishak chalechhe and O Bangladesh.
Ornab Chatterjee, Tahmina Ahmed, Tanvir Shahin and Soma sing the different numbers.
Oh Chand features nine songs sung by Sreya Ghoshal, Fahmida Nabi, Ornab Chatterjee and Alam Ara Minu. All the tracks have been composed by Jamal Sheikh.
Both the albums are available in the market.
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