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Digital ICT Fair 2010 December 29

The Digital ICT Fair-2010, an annual gala exposition of computer and its accessories, begins at the Multiplan Computer City at Elephant Road in the city on December 29.

Multiplan Centre Shop Owners Association is arranging the nine-day fair with the slogan 'Bangladesh in the Light of Technology'. In this connection, the association today held a view-exchange meeting with the journalists at its office at the Multiplan Computer City where different aspects of the fair were highlighted. Speaking on the occasion, Tawfique Ehsan, convener of the fair, said State Minister for Science and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Architect Yafesh Osman will inaugurate the fair, the biggest in Bangladesh.

"The fair has been arranged to make popular the use of computers throughout the country and spread its fruits to the grassroots level as well as build Digital Bangladesh, as envisioned by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, through ICT," he said.

Tawfique said about 400 shops will be set up from the third floor to 10th floor on an area of about 100,000 sft, displaying different brands of computer and its accessories within the range of buyers' capacity. Both brand and cloned PCs, laptops, LCD monitor, mouse, keyboard, CD, speaker, DVD, CD ROM drive, calling card, internet card, mouse pad, pen drive, memory card, printer, scanner will be available at cost-effective prices, Tawfique said.

He said people could buy a complete multimedia PC at a minimum price comparison to other markets as the shops would give special discounts on various computers and accessories.

Besides computer products, Tawfique said, mobile phone and its accessories, MP3, MP4 and digital camera will be displayed at the show. Monwar Hossain Talukdar Shyamol, convener of the media sub-committee, said they have arranged painting competition for children, debate, SMS and quiz competitions for students to give an otherwise look to the event. Besides, there will be raffle draws and gaming zones and free internet browsing centers, seminar, symposium, free online ticket booking and internet browsing for the visitors side by side with showcasing latest computer and ICT products that are available in global market, he said.

Marketing Manager of Qubee Shovan Chakratbarty, Convenor of Event Management Committee Engineer Subrata Sarkar and Covenor of Security Sub-Committee Alhaj Nazrul Islam Hazari also spoke at the view-exchange meeting, among others.

The fair which will remain open for all from 10 am to 8 pm every day will continue till January 6. The entry fee has been fixed at Tk 10 but the school students have free access to the fair, the organisers said. They said Qubee, a WiMax service provider, is the Platinum Sponsor of the fair, while Samsung and Toshiba are its Gold Sponsor and Asus, Gateway, Norton and Hyer are the Silver Sponsors. Satellite TV channel ATN Bangla will telecast the inaugural function of the fair live as the media partner, while Radio Today will provide live update in every hour during the fair, the organizers said.

Zac Efron & Vanessa Hudgens Split

The "High School" romance is reportedly over for Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens. After four years together, the former Disney stars, who played on-screen couple Troy and Gabriella in the hugely successful "High School Musical" series of films, have split.

"It's nothing dramatic," a source told E! Online's Marc Malkin, who broke news of the split. "There's no third party involved." Apparently there was no drama in the break-up, another source told Malkin.

'Liz Hurley Shane Warne Marriage Rumors Husband Arun Nayar Split Pics

Splitsville for Hurley-Nayyar

It is official. Liz Hurley formally announced her break up with her husband Arun Nayyar. While the lady has not said anything about her outings with Aussie cricketer Shane Warne, we hear that it may be the reason for the official announcement.


Shane Warne

The former Australian cricketer posted a statement on his website which he drew attention to using his Twitter account.

Liz Hurley

His disclosure follows that of Ms Hurley who revealed on Sunday through Twitter that her three-year marriage to Arun Nayar is over.

Hurley-Nayyar

Using strikingly similar turn of phrase both Warne and Hurley emphasised that they had been separated for some time and that friends and family were already aware of the situation.

Liz Hurley Vs Shane Warne Vs Arun Nayar  binodon-bd.blogspot.com

"Legendary singer Aretha Franklin pancreatic cancer

Aretha Franklin is to be discharged from hospital this weekend after treatment for pancreatic cancer.

The legendary singer has been told she is "doing better than doctors expected" and has vowed to start touring again next spring.

The 68-year-old star was reportedly told she had less than a year to live after being diagnosed with the disease, which has a survival rate of just five to 10 percent.

Jatrabari Gulistan flyover in Bangladesh

 

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina formally inaugurated the Jatrabari-Gulistan flyover, the biggest project taken up so far under Public Private Partnership, yesterday.

The PM said she had directed to revise the design of the project to integrate with the projected traffic through the Padma Bridge, Dhaka-Chittagong expressway and Narayanganj-Gazipur elevated way.

The Jatrabari flyover would be named after the first Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) mayor (late) Mohammad Hanif, declared the premier at the city's Golapbagh playground.

Belhasa Accom and Associates Ltd, an associate company of the Orion Group and concessionaire of the project, will implement the project at a cost of Tk 1,350 crore on Build-Own-Operate-Transfer (BOOT) basis.

The investor (concessionaire) will transfer the facility to the government after a concession period of 24 years.

The concessionaire would be quick in completing the flyover construction within the tenure of the incumbent government, said the PM, adding that the DCC is the executing agency of the project.

LGRD and Cooperatives Minister Syed Ashraful Islam said, "Revival of the Jatrabari flyover project would not be possible without the prime minister's initiative, as there were many complications."

The revised design of the flyover is of international standard, which would be the most convenient road link, he said.

Chairman of the concessionaire company Mohammad Obaidul Karim said the construction would be completed in two years after the relocation of Wasa, Titas Gas and BTTB utility lines.

Toll for using the flyover would be collected manually and digitally, he added.

The nine-kilometre dual carriageway flyover includes 13 slip roads (exit and entries) and will stretch from the Dhaka-Chittagong highway to Palashi. The minimum height of the flyover would be 5.5 metres while 7.2 metres at level crossing, according to sources.

The facility is also expected to provide faster road connectivity with 30 districts and the Chittagong port.

In 1996, the then Awami League government initiated the Jatrabari flyover and conducted a feasibility study but the succeeding four-party alliance government could not implement the project due to corruption and inefficiency, said the PM.

State minister for LGRD Jahangir Kabir Nanak, local lawmaker Md Habibur Rahman Molla and DCC's Chief Executive Officer Md Abul Kalam Azad, among others, spoke at the inauguration ceremony chaired by Monjur Hossain, secretary of Local Government Division.

Rajasthan Royals demanded over $30million from BCCI as their compensation

The Bombay High Court has upheld the stay  on the termination of Rajasthan Royals issued by the judge hearing the arbitration case between the franchise and the BCCI.The contract was terminated by the Board last October for alleged breaches of the franchise agreement by the Royals including the ownership structure of the team. Earlier the owners of the Rajasthan Royals had filed an arbitration petition against the BCCI with the Bombay High Court in their attempts to get the Royals franchise reinstated . The decision to remove the Royals from next year’s tournament was unanimously agreed after the Governing Council examined the ownership structure at an emergency meeting in Mumbai at the start of October.

According to the show causes issued by the BCCI; the Royals restructured its ownership structure in March 2008 and in January 2009 which resulted in Emerging Media (IPL) Limited; winners of the franchise during the IPL franchise auction in 2008 with no shares in Jaipur IPL Cricket Private Limited, owners of the Royals franchise.Having taken the BCCI to court at the end of last year the Royals won their case and were reinstated by an arbitrator who ruled in favour of the franchise .The spokesman of team said to media that  the Royals would be seeking damages totalling over $30 million after submitting their case to arbitrator Justice B N Srikrishna. The Team believes that the team have suffered a great loss as their brand is being spoiled by the BCCI , the had build their image with lots of hard work and have invested a lot of money in promotion so they need to seek compensation  from BCCI to reimburse it again .  After all this problems again one more problem hit the Royals , it was that the Royals were asked to submit a bank guarantee of almost $20 million to the BCCI before being allowed to take part in the player auction in January.

After the Royals won the case , Justice Srikrishna  penned the case in  favour of the Royals after a three day hearing with the BCCI.An independent arbitrator has given the Rajasthan Royals a new lifeline after he issued a six week stay on the franchise’s expulsion from the Indian Premier League. As per the decision The royals were allowed to take part In IPL’S auction and were  asked to announce the name of four players who they still wish to retain for next years tournament . The decision of court  which favoured Royal’s was dream savior for them . Justice BN Srikrishna after the decision was announced said , “There will be no interference with them exercising rights under the franchise agreement and further added that they will be allowed to participate in the auction without no offences

Superstar Shahrukh Khan Live Concert In Bangladesh

Bollywood actor Shahrukh Khan is about to arrive in Dhaka city at the 9th of December 2010 to perform a Show in Army Stadium at 10th of December 2010. Antar Showbiz Bangladesh will sponsor the show. “King Khan live in Dhaka” has been named the show. A great excitement is being noticed among the people of Bangladesh around the show. The megastar is coming along with 140 Bollywood starts. At the same time there will be frontline Bangladeshi starts on the stage to perform. All in all, this is going to be the biggest show in Bangladesh ever to happen. Though, the price of tickets is higher, still the people of Bangladesh do not want to miss the chance to watch their favorite actor performing on the stage. Even before the tickets started to sell out, people were there to book the tickets.  


Shahrukh’s living in Dhaka: 
Shahrukh khan will stay in Dhaka like a king. He will be flying to Dhaka with his personal charter plane. He will come with his personal makeup mans, 12 body guards and staffs. He will be given a massive special security protection from Shahjala International Airport to the stadium. RABs, Polices, non govt. security force, voluntaries and even some retired army men will be there on the spot to ensure his protection. There will be 16 archway metal detector, 32 handheld metal detector, 3 monitoring cells and 40 CC cameras ON to ensure the security of the show. He will ride on his BMW seven 7 series car on road. A suite has been booked for him in Radison watergarden Hotel, which is situated very near to the performing area. You can expect just like a festive there. It will be like dream came true seeing all the favorite stars together in one stage at the same time.  


"King Khan Live in Dhaka" show on TV:
 Those who will not be having the chance to enter to the stadium can watch the show Live on Boishakhi TV channel. Bosihakhi TV had a deal with the sponsor and they are going to telecast the show live from Army Stadium. The channel is already up to promote the show. There will be giant screens on different location in Dhaka and Chittagong city and the channel will show the latest news from those locations. Boishakhi channel will be telecasting all program from 3pm-1 am. 


Update: Shahrukh Khan is about to arrive in Dhaka : 
According to the fixed schedule, Shahrukh is arriving in Dhaka in 9th December and its today at any time. He will be coming to Dhaka along with his wife Gouri, 2 children ariyan and suhana, Arjun rampal, Rani mukherji, Ganesh hedge, Shefali Jariwala, Neeraj seedhar in the same special aircraft. They will land in Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport and will be welcomed in Radisson Water Garden Hotel. Another group will be flying to Dhaka from Mumbai with 48 members, who will perform dance program in that show. Already 80 rooms have been booked for them in the hotel. The weather is not as good as likable. In a winter morning it has been raining in Dhaka for some hours now. Not much good sign of getting the weather be normal today. So Shahrukh and His team will not be having a greater and enjoyable weather here in Dhaka for today. But I hope, the weather will be better tomorrow in the show time.Just cross fingered.As per as Security concern, the arriving time of Shahrukh has not been confirmed. 


 About “King Khan live in Dhaka” 


show: Performers:India: Shahrukh Khan,Rani Mukherjee,Arjun Rampal, Isha Kopikar, Neeraj Shridhar (Bombay Vikings), Shefali Zariwala, Ganesh Hedge and many more. 

Bangladesh: Shakib Khan, Kumar Bishwajit, Prantor and many more. 

Sponsor: Antar Showbiz 
BangladeshPlace: Army Stadium 
Date: 10th December, 2010 night 
Gate opens: 4 pm 
Ticket Prices: 
Platinum: 25,000 takaGold: 10,000 takaSilver: 5,000 takaBronze: 3,000 taka

Hartal - wrong approaches

 

BNP observed Hartal on 30th November ’10 in protest, as they said, against the price hike, deterioration of law & order situation, torture on the their activists and to save the sovereignty of the country and the freedom of the people but the Government was saying that BNP called the hartal to save Khaleda’s cantonment house (which was given to her family after the assassination of Ziaur Rahman by the then Government wrongly) and to protect her sons from the law (both of whom are accused of corruption).

Whatever the cause, people of Bangladesh were not in a mood to observe the hartal. The hartal will increase their miseries- the economic and personal life will be jeoperdised with this hartal. To create panic few vehicles were torched on the day before the hartal. On the other hand, to nullify the BNP program, Government took all out action program including publicity against the hartal, forcible disruption of BNP procession, indiscriminate lathi charge on the procession and arrest of the activist before , during and after the hartal. Our observation is that BNP is using an important weapon of protest prematurely annoying the public and Government also used unnecessary force to counter the program exposing their inner in-confidence on themselves.