The Bangladeshi community in Sri Lanka has organized Bangladesh Film Festival in Sri Lanka from March 23-25, a release from the organisers said. The festival will showcase popular films from recent years at the National Film Corporation Hall in Colombo everyday from 3:30pm.
Mostafa Sarwar Farooki’s “Doob” will open Bangladesh Film Festival. The festival will close with another one of Farooki’s films – “Television” and Rubaiyat Hossain’s film “Under Construction.”
Other films at the festival include Morshedul Islam’s “Anil Bagchir Ekdin,” Fakhrul Arefin’s “Bhuban Majhi,” and Amitabh Reza Chowdhury’s “Aynabaji.”
A Sri Lankan man was apprehended at Suvarnabhumi airport for attempting to smuggle wildlife out of the country after three ball pythons were found hidden in his underwear, the Bangkok post reported.
The UK government has unveiled a package of reforms to simplify imports from developing countries which allows for more garments manufactured in Sri Lanka to enter the UK tariff-free.
Read these and more on tomorrow’s edition of the Sunday Times
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