12-day ‘Runway’ fest in Dhaka

Internationally venerable filmmaker Tareque Masud’s final directorial work ‘Runway’ will be screened during Central Public Library meeting house in Shahbagh from Feb 10. The legal holiday will additionally underline a screening of Masud’s reduced movie ‘Nara Sundar’ upon Bangladesh’s fight of autonomy as well as a two-minute special stage upon twenty-one February, general mom denunciation […]

2011 In Movies

Last year upheld with most ups as good as downs for a film courtesy — with a poignant dump in a series of releases. Dhaliwood, a mainstream Dhaka-based film industry, did see a attainment of multiform ultimate faces, along with a recover of Indian films, in 2011. But overall, Dhaliwood unsuccessful to arise from a […]

‘Runway’ opens festival in Kolkata

Runway’, the last film directed by acclaimed Bangladeshi filmmaker Tareque Masud, has been screened as the inaugural film at a Kolkata film festival. The festival — International Forum of New Cinema, a seven-day film carnival, has been organised by India’s largest film society Cine Central to mark its 25th anniversary. Catherine Masud, the wife of the […]

Indefinite transport strike called off

Transport workers called off their indefinite transport strike in 21 districts of South-western region including 10 districts under Khulna division. Earlier on Wednesday, they enforced the strike demanding immediate release of the bus driver Jamir Uddin who was arrested in connection with the deaths of Tareque Masud and Ashfaque Munier Mishuk. Bangladesh Sarak Paribahan Sramik […]

War crime witness lost

Tareque Masud and Mishuk Munier were in the witness list of the trial of war crimes tribunal, which is trying to conduct the trial of the accused Razakars who were involved in genocide and atrocities during the liberation war. Mishuk Munier was 12 in 1971. When his father Prof Munier Chowdhury was taken by the […]