Satyajit Ray’s Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne turns 50

    The Telegraph: This is a children’s film, a children’s film and a children’s film,” says Sandip Ray emphatically. And then appends after a pause, “…which adults too can watch.” The director is talking about the film, Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne, that was directed by his father, Satyajit Ray. It turns 50 this year. That Goopy…

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      Boro seedbeds suffer due to winter and dense fog

      DOT Desk: Dinajpur’s Hili, for the last few days,has been enduring extreme weather – more specifically,enduring relentless cold waves and dense fog formations in the area.This has resulted in a sharp decrease in the already cold temperature, reports The Dhaka Tribune. Due to these adverse weather conditions, Boro seedbeds are suffering from winter-related disease. from…

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        BFSA set to launch restaurant gradation programme soon

        DOT Desk: Bangladesh Food Safety Authority (BFSA) will formally launch its restaurant gradation programme in the city on January 20 aiming to help customers identify eateries’ hygiene level, a high official said. “We are set to launch the programme through marking 50 restaurants with four different sticker colours based on their hygiene level,” BFSA Chairman…

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          Can corporations learn to innovate like startups?

          AFP: In 1975, a young Kodak engineer called Steven Sasson showed his bosses a device he’d cobbled together from a portable digital cassette recorder, a Super-8 movie camera, 16 nickel cadmium-batteries and various other components. The device could capture and display a small black and white image on a TV screen. His bosses weren’t impressed….

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            Discontent in JaPa: its charter may see reform

            Hossen Sohel of DOT Jatiya Party Co-Chairman GM Quader has hinted at bringing reforms to the party’s constitution, reports bdnews24.com. The changes may address issues including the overarching powers of party chairman HM Ershad and the procedure of inducting members into its policy-making presidium, he said. The reform proposals will be discussed with Jatiya Party…

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              ‘Phagun Hawa’ to release soon

              DOT Desk: Based on the 1952 Language Movement, the film Phagun Hawa is set to release on February 8, under the banner of Impress Telefilm Limited. The film is adapted from a story named Bou Kotha Kou, written by Tito Rahman. Directed by Tauquir Ahmed, the film was shot in Paikgachha Upazila of Khulna, reports…

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