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Event: Punk rock concert in city on Nov 24

Entertainment Report

A punk rock concert will be held at the Goethe Institut in Dhanmondi in the city on November 24. German young rock band Nulltarif will perform in the concert. The concert is a joint event of the Goethe-Institut, PASCH (Partners for the Future, a new school initiative programme from Germany) and local alternative band, Black.

Concert will start at 6:30pm and gate will be opened from 6:00pm. Ticket price of the show is Tk 99. It will be sold out from November 16 at the Café Tin Drum at the Goethe-Institut in Dhaka.

Nulltarif means 'for free.' It is also the name of a young rock band from the Stuttgart area, the four musicians, Jules, Danny, Denis and Tobi, regularly give away their hearts- wherever they are given free electricity! Their energy, passion and a style they call 'PussyProck may sound lurid and catchy and may mislead you to expect very explicit, juicy lyrics. Then… surprises you to find that the music alternates between philosophy, melancholy, humour and self-irony: "How to make a gift to your special someone, how to bridge the emotional gap between two people, how to live life your way?" - These are the questions that are moving Nulltarif - No wonder therefore, that everyone who has seen them live in concert is amazed by the flow of passion in their music and lyrics.

Event: Discussion on Shilpacharya Zainul Abedin held

Entertainment Report

A discussion meeting and cultural function was held at the ICMAB Building Auditorium in Nilkhet in the city on Sunday to memories Shilpacharya Zainul Abedin. Manab Shilpa-Sahitya-Sangskriti Gosthi organised the function.

Dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts of Dhaka University artist Rafiqun Nabi, artist Prof Hashem Khan, Prof Abdul Matin Sarkar, litterateur and painter Bulbon Osman, Professor of the Institute of Fine Arts of Dhaka University and founder editor of Manab Shilpa-Sahitya-Sangskriti Gosthi Matlub Ali, among others, were present on the occasion. In the meeting, speakers discussed on the life and activities of Shilpacharya Zainul Abedin.

In the programme, a book titled 'Guru Amar Amor Guru, Bakultalar Zainul Abedin O Anya Rachana' was launched.

After discussion, presentation of Lalon songs and musical evening was held.

TV Watch: Je kotha boleni keu on ATN Bangla tonight

Entertainment Report

The 32-epiosde of talk show on existing issues 'Je kotha boleni keu' to be aired on ATN Bangla at 11:30pm on Monday. Nahid Rahman and Khaleda Ahmed have jointly directed the programme, while Jessica Tartila has moderated the show. Invited guests will take part in the show and discuss about the country's present situation and various issues in the show. They will also take part in open discussion. Those issues, which are not to talk, will be discussed in the programme.

Star Bangla on 24-hour air soon

Entertainment Report

Star Bangla, a new television channel, has started to air 24 hours as experimental basis. The chancel started its airing on October 28. It will start its full fledge broadcasting very soon, said Sagor Mahmud Sohel, Senior Executive of Star Bangla.

Star Bangla will air various colourful programmes of Bangladesh and West Bengal including drama, magazine show, movie, game show, children programme, musical programme and documentary, he said.

The down link parameter of Star Bangla is the following: Satellite: Palpa-C2 (113 E), Centre Frequency: 080 Mhz, Symbol rate: 28.125 Msymbol, Polarization: horizontal.

TV Serial: Ntv airs Brishtir Jonno tonight

Entertainment Report

Ntv airs drama serial 'Brishtir jonno' at 9:45pm. Pantha Shahriar has scripted and Amlan Biswas has directed the drama serial.

Aupi Karim, Abul Hayat, Ferdousi Majumder, Tropa Majumder, Shahiduzzaman Selim, Shams Sumon, Shatabdi Wadud, Intekhab Dinar, Raunak Hasan, among others, performed in the serial.

Story of Brishtir Jonno:

Brishti is a simple-minded person in the Dhaka city. Only job can help her to solve many problems in her family.

Because her family depends on her. The story of the drama serial based on the struggle of a family for surviving in the city.

Talk Show: Women in Politics from tonight

Entertainment Report

The first episode of weekly talk show 'Women in Politics' to be aired on ATN Bangla at 6:20pm today. The talk show is based on human rights and social issues. A total of 13 episodes will be aired every Monday on ATN Bangla from now. The United Network Ltd (UNL), a communication and consulting company, has produced the television series sponsored by the CIDA and DANIDA. Shamim Reza of the Department of Mass Communication and Journalism of Dhaka University has moderated the episodes. Fuad Chowdhury, Director of the UNL, said, "UNL's aims to portray positive stories about a free and fair election where women can play an active role in not only in the electoral process but also as free candidates. Before the scheduled election day (December 18), the first episodes of the show will be aired covering case studies and election and political issues."

The programme will cover the good governance, empowerment of women MP's through various possible training and orientation, role of women union parishad members and local government members, he said.

Madonna appeals to fans to donate to Malawi school

Reuters, Los Angeles

Pop diva Madonna is asking fans to donate money so she can build a girls' school in Malawi for underprivileged children.

In a video posted on her Web site, the singer described her inspiration for building the multimillion dollar project. "There are very few girls in Africa in general who are encouraged or allowed to go to secondary school, so after spending a lot of time there I realized that one of the ways I could help is to build a girls' school," said Madonna, who officially adopted a young Malawian boy, David Banda, in May.

"I would really be grateful if you would get involved and help me in any way that you can, with donations, spreading the word, visiting my Web site, reading about the progress that we've made so far," Madonna said in the appeal, which was posted on Thursday. Madonna, 50, is currently on the U.S. leg of her world tour, and is going through a divorce from British film director Guy Ritchie.

Talk show host Oprah Winfrey has also sought to improve the education of African girls, building a $40 million all-girl leadership academy in South Africa. Madonna calls her project The Raising Malawi Academy for Girls. She has also established a charity for Malawi's orphans called Raising Malawi and produced a documentary this year about the plight of children orphaned by the AIDS crisis in one of the world's poorest countries.

Bollywood: Arbaaz dumps wife Malaika for Katrina

Katrina Kaif has many advantages over Malaika Arora Khan. Katrina is the most desirable actor of Bollywood and Malaika has miles to go to reach to the level of Katrina. Casting Katrina brings profit to the filmmakers and no one would like to take the risk by casting Malaika. Arbaaz Khan is venturing into production and wished to cast Katrina in his film but wife Malaika is dead against his decision as she shares a cold vibes with Kat. But Arbaaz like any other producers does not want to incur loss by casting his flop wife.

Arbaaz Khan is adamant that he would not replace Kat with any other heroines and this created a rift between the husband and the wife. Arbaaz's wife Malaika Arora Khan is not happy at all. Says a source, "Apparently, Malaika was supposed to be the lead heroine in Arbaaz's first film as producer. But with the recent success achieved by Katrina, Arbaaz has decided that it would be a better option financially to replace his wife with his brother's future wife." - Agency