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Bangladesh Film Censor Board
The Bangladesh Film Certification Board is a regulatory agency that is responsible for the censorship of films and is located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Predecessor The Bangladesh Film Censor Board board was set up in 1977 following the framing of Bangladesh Censorship of Film Rules. The agency is responsible for the censorship of locally produced movies and foreign imports, and acts as the registrar of film clubs in Bangladesh. Martuza Ahmed, the secretary of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (Bangladesh), Ministry of Information, is the ex-officio chairman of the board. In 2015, the board blocked ''My Bicycle'' directed by Aung Rakhine, the first film in the Chakma language, Chakma language (a minority language) in Bangladesh. It also blocked a movie about the Rana Plaza collapse, Rana Plaza building collapse in which more than a thousand garment workers died. Another movie was banned in which the villain wore a Mujib coat, a style associated with the founding president ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dhaka
Dhaka ( or ; , ), List of renamed places in Bangladesh, formerly known as Dacca, is the capital city, capital and list of cities and towns in Bangladesh, largest city of Bangladesh. It is one of the list of largest cities, largest and list of cities proper by population density, most densely populated cities in the world with a density of about 34,000 citizens per square kilometers within a total area of approximately 300 square kilometers. Dhaka is a megacity, and has a population of 10.2 million residents as of 2024, and a population of over 23.9 million residents in Greater Dhaka, Dhaka Metropolitan Area. It is widely considered to be the most densely populated built-up urban area in the world. Dhaka is an important cultural, economic, and scientific hub of Eastern South Asia, as well as a major list of largest cities in the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation member countries, Muslim-majority city. Dhaka ranks list of cities by GDP, third in South Asia and 39th in the worl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quazi Nawshaba Ahmed
Quazi Nawshaba Ahmed is a Bangladeshi actress, voice artist, painter, puppeteer, director and a social activist. Background Ahmed studied at the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka. Career Ahmed first acted in the film ''Udhao'' in 2008, which was released on 2013. She also acted in the film ''Chuye dile mon'' (2015) as a special appearance, but this film was not released due to funding issues. She also acted in the films ''Dhaka Dreams'' (2017), ''Dhaka Attack'' (2017), ''Bhubhan Majhi'' (2017), and ''Chandrabati Kotha'' (2017), all of which are in post-production. Ahmed performed the role of a badminton player, Tania, in a short film by Projonmo Talkies, which was released in July 2017 on its YouTube channel. Ahmed founded a theater troupe named ''Together We Can'' in 2018 and she also runs a production studio, ''X Solutions Ltd''. ''Together We Can'' produced a play "Riya, Girl with a White Pigeon", featuring children with special needs from Rajshahi. Ahmed worked ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Government Agencies Of Bangladesh
The Government agencies in Bangladesh are state controlled organizations that act independently to carry out the policies of the Government of Bangladesh. The Government Ministries are relatively small and merely policy-making organizations, allowed to control agencies by policy decisions. Some of the work of the government is carried out through state enterprises or limited companies. Legislative * Jatiya Sangsad ** Office of the Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad ** Sangsad committees ** Parliament Secretariat * Sangsad Television * Sangsad Library Judicial branch Supreme Court * Supreme Court ** Appellate Division ** High Court Division * Chief Justice *Attorney General District Courts Civil Courts * District Judge Court * Additional District Judge Court * Joint District Judge Court * Senior Assistant Judge Court * Assistant Judge Court Criminal Courts *Session Judge Court ** District Judge Court *** District Session Judge Court *** Additional District Session ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Organisations Based In Dhaka
An organization or organisation (Commonwealth English; see spelling differences) is an entity—such as a company, or corporation or an institution (formal organization), or an association—comprising one or more people and having a particular purpose. Organizations may also operate secretly or illegally in the case of secret societies, criminal organizations, and resistance movements. And in some cases may have obstacles from other organizations (e.g.: MLK's organization). What makes an organization recognized by the government is either filling out incorporation or recognition in the form of either societal pressure (e.g.: Advocacy group), causing concerns (e.g.: Resistance movement) or being considered the spokesperson of a group of people subject to negotiation (e.g.: the Polisario Front being recognized as the sole representative of the Sahrawi people and forming a partially recognized state.) Compare the concept of social groups, which may include non-organiz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1977 Establishments In Bangladesh
Events January * January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo). * January 17 – 49 marines from the and are killed as a result of a collision in Barcelona harbour, Spain. * January 18 ** Scientists identify a previously unknown bacterium as the cause of the mysterious Legionnaires' disease. ** Australia's worst railway disaster at Granville, a suburb of Sydney, leaves 83 people dead. ** SFR Yugoslavia Prime minister Džemal Bijedić, his wife and 6 others are killed in a plane crash in Bosnia and Herzegovina. * January 19 – An Ejército del Aire CASA C-207C Azor (registration T.7-15) plane crashes into the side of a mountain near Chiva, on approach to Valencia Airport in Spain, killing all 11 people on board. * January 23 – Prime Minister Indira Gandhi of India calls for fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohammad Nazim Uddin
Mohammad Nazim Uddin is a Bangladeshi writer, publisher, and translator. Due to his specialization in English, he initially translated several popular English novels and later started to write on his own, which made him a popular writer in Bangladesh and India also. He is well known for his books, including ''Rabindranath Ekhane Kokhono Khete Asenni''. Education and early life Mohammad Nazim Uddin was born in Dhaka, Bangladesh. He came out of Dhaka University after studying for one year in the Faculty of Fine Arts and obtaining a post-graduate degree from the Department of Mass Communication and Journalism at the same university. He is the founding publisher of Batighar Prakashani in Bangladesh. Original works Notable among his novels are 'Nemesis', 'Contract', 'Nexus', 'Confession', 'Karachi', 'Jhal(Fake'), '1952 – Nichok Kono Sonkha Noy', 'Pendulum', and 'Keu Keu Kotha Rakhe'. List of some of his basic books and publications: Baig-Bastard Series # Nemesis (February 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashfaque Nipun
Ashfaque Nipun (born 26 August 1980) is a Bangladeshi filmmaker, screenwriter and actor best known for directing ''Mohanagar''. Nipun wrote screenplays for the films ''Dondo Shomash'' (2017); and ''Ei Shohore'' (2019). He directed the television programs '' Mohanagar'' (2021); and ''Sabrina'' (2022). Early life Ashfaque Nipun was born and raised in Chittagong, Bangladesh. His father was an expatriate, working as an electrical engineer in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Career In 2002, Ashfaque Nipun joined a filmmaking workshop hosted by Anisul Haque and Mostofa Sarwar Farooki at Chittagong Film Centre. Later, he moved to Dhaka from Chittagong to begin a career in the entertainment industry. Nipun started his career as assistant director to Mostofa Sarwar Farooki and made his television debut in 2006 in the drama "''2 In 1,"'' as both a director and an actor. In 2007, he acted in ''Uposhonghar'' directed by Mostofa Sarwar Farooki. In 2010, his television series ''Mukim Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shabnam
Jharna Basak (born 17 August 1946), known by her stage name Shabnam, is a Bangladeshi–Pakistani stage and film actress. Actor Waheed Murad introduced her to the Pakistani film industry by offering her a lead role in his film '' Samundar'' in 1968. Shabnam remained active in Lollywood in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. She has been nominated for Nigar awards several times, winning it 13 times (the most for an actress). She has appeared in over 150 films films. She was a leading actress in the Pakistani film industry for 28 years. Shabnam migrated from East to West Pakistan in 1968, and lived in the country until the late 1990s, later she returned to her native Bangladesh. Early life Shabnam was born on 17 August 1946 in Dhaka, in the erstwhile British India in a Bengali Hindu family. Her father was Nani Basak, a football referee from Dhaka. As a young girl, she was more adventurous and tomboyish in nature in comparison to her sister, who was into singing. She would still prac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khijir Hayat Khan
Khijir Hayat Khan is a Bangladeshi filmmaker and actor An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. .... Background At a film festival, Khan won a best screenplay award for his film '' Ora 7 Jon''. In 2024, he became a member of the Bangladesh Films Certificate Board. Filmography Films As director As actor Short films Extremist plot to kill Khan Police arrested two extremists accused of plotting to kill Khan. They said that the extremists targeted Khan because he co-wrote the screenplay " Mr Bangladesh", a film about thwarting terrorists that hit cinemas on 2018. References External links ''Khijir Hayat Khaat IMDb, IMDB'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Khan, Khijir Hayat Living people Bengali film directors Bangladeshi film directors Bangladeshi screenwriters ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zakir Hossain Raju
Zakir Hossain Raju () is a Bangladeshi academic, film critic and filmmaker. He currently serves as a member of the Bangladesh Film Certification Board, Expert Committee member of the Bangladesh Film Archive, Director of the King Sejong Institute, Bangladesh & Head of the Media and Communication department at Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB). He also served as NETPAC jury chair for the Asian cinema category at the 80th Venice International Film Festival, the International Film Festival Rotterdam, and the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival. Early life and academic career Raju was born and raised in Dhaka, Bangladesh. He obtained his Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Mass Communication from the University of Dhaka. Later, he earned his Ph.D. in Cinema Studies from La Trobe University in Australia. Throughout his academic career, Raju has held various positions, including Research Fellow at Transparency International Bangladesh in 2005, Ford Foundation, ASIA Fellow a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Information And Broadcasting (Bangladesh)
The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting () (abbreviated as MoIB) is a branch of the Government of Bangladesh and is the apex body for formulation and administration of the rules and regulations and laws relating to information, broadcasting, the press and films in Bangladesh. It is responsible for releasing government information, media galleries, public domain and government unclassified non-scientific data to the public and international communities. About The Ministry is responsible for all the press and broadcasting arm of the Bangladesh Government. The Bangladesh Film Censor Board is the other important body under this ministry being responsible for the regulation of motion pictures shown in Bangladesh. The current Minister of Information and Broadcasting is Mahfuj Alam Organisation There are 14 agencies and departments under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting of Bangladesh. They are as follows: * Information Commission (Information) ** Department of Press ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Independent University, Bangladesh
Independent University, Bangladesh (, more commonly known as IUB) is a private research university in Bangladesh. It is located in Bashundhara of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Founded in 1993 under the Private University Act, 1992. The university awards bachelor's degrees and master's degrees in a wide variety of subjects within business, humanities, social sciences, information technology, engineering, medicine and space and astronomy. The university has over 19,000 students, both national and international, and is one of Bangladesh's top private universities. It is the first university in Bangladesh to launch deep-sky imaging telescopes. History Independent University, Bangladesh was established in 1993 by A.Majeed Khan with a group of prominent intellectuals and business leaders in the country Vice-chancellors * Bazlul Mobin Chowdhury (1994 – 2011) * M Omar Ejaz Rahman (2012 – 2020) * Milan Pagon (Acting) * Tanweer Hasan (23 February 2022 – 15 August 2024) * Mohamm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
