Entertainment Report :
Bangladesh Television (BTV) has planned to air month-long programmes highlighting the teachings and life of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman to pay homage to the memories of the Father of the Nation in the month of mourning. The programmes are being aired on BTV from August 1 to 31. BTV will also produce special
programmes on the occasion of Sheikh Kamal’s birthday, Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib’s birthday and National Mourning Day. Kando Bangali Kando and Hironmoy Bangabandhu will air everyday from August 1 to 14 at 10:00am and 1:30pm. While a special children’s programme will be telecasted on BTV from August 13 to 15 at 5:10pm. A special programme titled Bojro Kontho on Bangabandhu’s speech will air from August 1 to 31 at 5:35pm. Viewers will also be able to hear the tales from Bangabandhu’s unfinished autobiography and prison diary stories after Bangla news at 7:40pm and 8:00pm. August 15, 1975 – Why this atrocity will be broadcast from August 11 to 15 at 10:00pm.
A special programme of folk music will air every Monday after 10 O’clock news in the month of August. The songs will honour and celebrate the legacy of the Father of the Nation. A special discussion program and documentary programme will air on Sheikh Kamal’s birthday on August 5. BTV will showcase a special documentary and discussion programme on the birth anniversary of Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib on August 7. To commemorate the National Mourning Day, August 15, there will be two musical programmes, two recitation events and a documentary programme. BTV will also air a special mourning day play Ten Coffins and Ifran’s Story, which is written by Iqbal Khorshed and directed by Imam Hossain.
