Babita is a renowned actress of Bangladesh. Her beauty and performence still feels appealing. She has given many hit movies in her career. However, this actress who once flourished in the film industry is no longer seen on the silver screen. Babita revealed the reason. Recently, Babita talked about various issues of film in a media of the country. At that time, the actress said, my fans will be able to see me again on the screen if there is a chance. She also said that, "If a  story is made based on me, I will definitely act. I can never say goodbye to acting." She said, "Currently I am not used to doing the roles that I am asked for. Meanwhile I got an offer to do a movie with Shakib Khan. That movie was supposed to be shot in America, Canada. But I did not agree. Because I don't want to play the role of a mother only." "In our neighbouring countries, Amitabh Bachchan is playing central roles even at this age. Sridevi played the lead role even before her death. But this scenario is very rare in our country. Everyone thinks that, when we get old, we do not get any role except the character of parents. That's why I am away from the movie. If the story is good and heart-touching, the audience will definitely see me again in the cinema." The actress added. Incidentally, Babita was last seen in Nargis Akhter's 'Putro Ekhon Poishawala' movie.  However, she assured that if she gets chance to play any central role in a movie in future, she will surely act in it.

Michelle Yeoh acknowledges she may have confused Emma Stone at the Oscars on Sunday. Yeoh and fellow best actress Oscar winners Sally Field, Jennifer Lawrence, Charlize Theron and Jessica Lange were all on stage to present the award for the category. After Yeoh announced Stone had won for her performance in “Poor Things,” she handed the Oscar statuette to Lawrence, who gave it to Stone. Yeoh took to Instagram Monday to explain the gesture. “Congratulations Emma!! I confused you, but I wanted to share that glorious moment of handing over Oscar to you together with your best friend Jennifer!! She reminded me of my Bae Jamie Lee Curtis. always there for each other!!” she wrote. Yeoh won her own best actress Oscar 2023 for her role in “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” while Jamie Lee Curtis won the Academy Award for supporting actress for her performance in the same film. Stone and Lawrence have been close friends for years. In her acceptance speech, Stone said, “It’s about a team that came together to make something greater than the sum of its parts. And that is the best part about making movies. It’s all of us together.”

Sweden has closed its Embassy in Islamabad for an indefinite period of time due to the “current situation” of Pakistan, according to the official release from the embassy. In the statement, the embassy said, “The Migration Section is not, at the moment, able to handle requests of any kind. Also, we cannot send any documents to our consulates, Gerry’s, Sweden or your home address. We understand that this will cause inconvenience however, the safety of our applicants and staff members is of the highest priority.” The embassy further stated, “We cannot answer any questions regarding re-opening at the moment. If you have questions regarding your case please contact the Migration Agency. Thank you for your patience.” Reacting to the move taken by Sweden’s Embassy, Pakistan Embassy in Sweden tweeted, “Many Pakistani students are applying for Swedish universities this year asked us about the status. We hope they can apply for visa soon Education is an important aspect of our longstanding relationship and students bridge the two countries.” According to ARY News, overseas Pakistanis are unable to call their families in Sweden as the embassy in Islamabad has been closed. The diplomatic sources said normally the issuance of a Swedish visa takes 4 to 6 months. Citing diplomatic sources, a Pakistan-based news channel reported that the Swedish Embassy has also been contacted about the issue by the concerned Foreign Office officials. Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Asad Majeed Khan has been apprised of the situation by the overseas Pakistanis and students. Meanwhile, the sources within the embassy of Sweden said they cannot say anything about the reopening of the embassy at present, reported ARY News. 

The home ministry has decided to change the uniform for Bangladesh police force instead of the current. Trials are going on over different colors and qualities of the dresses. The final decision would be taken for selecting the special one kind following opinions of the experts and trials for nearly a month. According to the sources, the new uniform would be designed with mixed color instead of one color. Besides, the uniform would be same for all units of police forces. It is a routine work to change the uniform of forces. It has been changed after several years of interval. In 2004 and 2009 changes had been brought for the police uniform keeping pace with weather and the globe. The recent decision is a continuous process of that. It was known that in the new uniform emphasis has been given to the quality of cloths. In this regard Bangladesh has analyzed police uniforms of 10 to 15 developed countries. The new uniform would be chosen considering the quality of cloths of those countries. There will be half and full shirts for the new police uniforms. Half shirt uniforms will be for the summer and full shirt uniforms for the winter. About mixed color it was known that criminals often commit crimes by making the uniforms of metropolitan police and district police easily which are one color cloths. If the uniform would be mixed color then the criminals will not be able to make those. About the change of police uniform AIG (media and public relations) Md. Sohel Rana said, trials are going on to change the uniform. Final decision will be taken after completion of the trials. AH  

Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud on Friday said the reason behind the contradictory statement of BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir is needed to be identified. “Mirza Fakhrul is saying that the government is showing one-party attitude and then he is also saying that it is not clear whether there is government in the country. It is necessary to find the reason for his self-contradictory and inconsistent statement,” he said. Hasan, also AL joint general secretary, made the remarks while speaking at a meeting through videoconferencing from his Minto road official residence in the capital. Bangabandhu Sangskritik Jote and Janatar Prottasha arranged the meeting at Jatiya Press Club, remembering former deputy speaker and valiant freedom fighter Col (retd) Shawkat Ali who died at a city hospital on Monday last. Speaking as the chief guest, Hasan said the country is advancing fast under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Bangladesh, he said, has taken place in the list of a few countries that achieved positive GDP growth amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, which is lauded around the world. But a plot against the state has also started as the country making progress during the pandemic, the information minister added. During his speech, Hasan prayed for early recovery of BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi and wished good health for Mirza Fakhrul. At the same time, he urged BNP to find out the reason behind the inconsistent statements of its secretary general. Paying deep respect to late Col (retd) Shawkat Ali, the AL joint general secretary said Shawkat Ali was a freedom fighter, one of the accused in the Agartala Conspiracy Case and a close associate of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. He described Shawkat Ali as one of the key persons in organising the Awami League after August 15, 1975 and a very popular politician. Hasan said the death of Shawkat Ali, a role model for the new generation politicians, is an irreparable loss to the country’s politics. Chaired by Janatar Prottasha president MA Karim, the meeting was addressed, among others, by AL leader advocate Balram Poddar, vice-president of Muktijoddha Samonnoy Parishad Akram Hossain, adviser of AL Dhaka South City Unit Minhaz Uddin Minto, general secretary of Bangabandhu Sangskritik Jote Arun Sarkar Rana and president of Bangabandhu Research Council Lion Md Gani Mia Babul. Source: BSS AH

Rangpur range DIG of Police Devdas Bhattacharja has said that not an intension of theft, rather enmity is the reason behind the attack on Ghoraghat Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Wahida Khanam. He said, Rabiul, an employee of the UNO office and main conspirator of the attack has been arrested. Ladder and hammer used during the attack on Wahida Khanam were recovered. He delivered the information on Saturday. Mentionable, at 3 am on September 3, some miscreants entered the Ghoraghat residence of the UNO after breaking the ventilator and attacked her and her freedom fighter father. They were admitted in Rangpur Medical College and Hospital for treatment. Later as the condition of Wahida deteriorated she was airlifted to Dhaka from Rangpur and was admitted at National Institute of Neurosciences and Hospital in Dhaka. Wahida Khanam’s brother Sheikh Farid filed an attempt to murder case with Ghoraghat police station under Dinajpur district accusing two unidentified attackers. AH

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has informed about the reason of attack on Ghoraghat Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Wahida Khanam. RAB-13 delivered the information at a press briefing in Rangpur on Friday evening. RAB said that the miscreants entered the house of Wahida Khanam with a motive to steal. They attacked her as she tried to bar them from stealing. In the press briefing it was said that the main accused of the attempt to murder case are Asadul Islam, Shantu and Nabirul. They also confess about their association with the incident. In the primary interrogation they said that they entered the house through the ventilator. At that time Wahida woke up and tried to bar them from stealing. Whether they entered the house with a motive to steal or not that will be further investigated. Mentionable, on Wednesday midnight miscreants attacked Ghoraghat UNO and her father at her official residence in Ghoraghat under Dinajpur district. The miscreants attacked them with sharp weapons. Later they were admitted to the Rangpur Medical College Hospital. As the condition of Wahida deteriorated she was airlifted to Dhaka on Thursday. Currently she is undergoing treatment at National Institute of Neurosciences Hospital in the capital. AH 

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Asaduzzaman Mia said, back of traffic police has stuck with the wall. We stand on the dock if accident occurs but cannot answer. As bus a is seized for occurring accident, like that detain pedestrians if they become reason of the accidents. He said these at a view exchange meeting on discipline and consciousness about traffic rules at Mohanagar Natyamancha at Gulistan in the capital on Thursday. The DMP Commissioner said, we have to take some steps for maintaining traffic system. We repeatedly said but no result has come. Now we have to go for applying laws strictly. Legal action will be taken against pedestrians if they become reason of accidents. He said, detain the pedestrians if they become reason of accidents. Detain the persons and show the media, show the people of the country that risking their lives, by not using foot over bridge, by not using zebra crossing while crossing the road they are occurring accidents. At that time the DMP Commissioner talked about the accident that took place two days ago. He said, the bus that pushed Abrar, a student of Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP), had no route permit. There were 27 cases against the bus. He also acknowledged that police have failed to bring discipline in the transport management system in the capital. AH 

From the morning Dhaka North and South City Corporation elections have come under the threat of rain. Most of the voting centers in the capital were voter less due to rain. After casting his vote at IES Higher Secondary School at Uttara sector 5 on Thursday morning the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) KM Nurul Huda mentioned two reasons for low voter turnout. He said, short period or for one year the mayor and councilors will be elected. For this reason there may be less interest for the voters. As there is no participation of all parties and there is no competition among the candidates, so these are also may be reason for low voter turnout. The CEC said, Election Commission is not responsible for low voter turnout in the mayoral by-election and Dhaka North and South city councilor elections. Political parties and candidates are responsible for for this. I have observed comparatively low voter turnout. Whether the environment is fair or not- when newsmen asked about this he said, all out measures have been taken on behalf of the election commission to make the election fair. There is no reason to be not fair. The post of mayor in Dhaka North City Corporation turned vacant following the death of Annisul Huq. In the ongoing by-election five candidates are competing. They are- Awami League candidate Md. Atiqul Islam (Boat), Jatiya Party’s Shafin Ahmed (Plough), Md. Anisur Rahman Dewan of National Peoples’ Party (Mango), Shahin Khan of Progressive Democratic Party (Tiger) and Independent candidate Mohammad Abdur Rahim (Table clock). In the newly included 18 general wards 116 contestants are participating while 45 candidates are contesting in six reserved wards for councilor elections under North City Corporation. On the other hand 125 candidates are contesting in 18 general wards and 24 candidates are participating in six reserved wards under South City Corporation. AH   

Captain Salahuddin M Rahmatullah, Bangladeshi investigator for the US-Bangla aircraft crash in Nepal said, the investigation report of Nepal said that the pilot was smoking in the cockpit. There is nothing to debate in this regard. Because, there is no restriction internationally for not smoking on the aircraft. But there is instruction for not smoking in toilets. So it is not the reason for that accident. He said these at a press conference at the head office of Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) on Monday. CAAB Chairman Air Vice Marshal M Naim Hassan was also present there. Salahuddin M Rahmatullah said, the investigation reports of India and Nepal are baseless which held pilot Abid Sultan responsible for the accident. The air control tower needed to be more alert when the captain was preparing for landing. On March 12 last year flight BS-211 of private airlines US-Bangla crashed in Tribhuvan International Airport in Nepal with 71 passengers on board. 51 people were killed in the accident where 22 were Nepalese, one Chinese and the rest were Bangladeshis. On Monday in a report of New Delhi based news agency Asian News International (ANI) it was said, a commission was formed to investigate the fatal accident and that commission submitted the report on Sunday. In a statement the commission said, there are rules to ban smoking on behalf of the companies for operating domestic and international flights. But according to the information came to the commission Pilot in Command (PIC) of the aircraft was a smoker. According to the information of Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) the pilot was smoking in the cockpit while operation the aircraft. So the accident took place due to inability of the aircraft controller and lack of consciousness over situation by the crew members. AH