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Getty Images Partners with Bangladesh Film Archive to Preserve Historical Footage
Bangladesh Film Archive, under the Information Ministry, and Getty Images, a visual media company from the United States, have inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) aimed at collecting and preserving footage related to the Liberation War and Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
The signing took place at the Getty Images office in New York on Friday, as stated in a media release issued by the ministry on Monday.
Representing their respective sides, Dr. Md Mofakkharul Iqbal, the director of the project on “Collection and Preservation of Audiovisual Documents of the Liberation War from Local and Foreign Sources and Capacity Building of Bangladesh Film Archive,” and Arran Birchenough, Asia Pacific Director (TV and Sales) of Getty Images, signed the MoU.
Senior Secretary to the Ministry of Information Humayun Kabir Khandaker, along with officials from the Bangladesh Embassy in Washington DC and the Permanent Mission of Bangladesh to the UN in New York, were in attendance during the signing ceremony.
Following Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s declaration of independence in the early hours of March 26, 1971, the news spread across various global media outlets.
Throughout the nine-month duration of the Liberation War, numerous international media sources disseminated a wide array of images and news related to the conflict.
Through this MoU, Getty Images will extend its support to the Bangladesh Film Archive in the collection and preservation of these invaluable documents, as outlined in the release.
The Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) has forecasted light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty winds at most places across the Rangpur, Rajshahi, Mymensingh, Dhaka, Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram, and Sylhet divisions. Some areas may experience moderately heavy to very heavy rainfall, according to their latest weather bulletin released on Thursday.
Day and night temperatures are expected to remain nearly unchanged across the country.
The highest rainfall in the country over the past 24 hours was recorded in Kumarkhali, with 104mm of rain by 6 a.m. on Thursday.
The axis of the monsoon trough extends from India’s Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, and West Bengal to Assam, passing through Bangladesh, with one of its associated troughs stretching into the North Bay of Bengal.
The monsoon remains active over Bangladesh and moderate to strong over the North Bay region.
The Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) has forecasted that the mild heat wave currently affecting parts of the country, including the capital, is expected to subside in most areas within the next 24 hours, starting from 9 am today.
“A mild heat wave is sweeping across the divisions of Rangpur, Rajshahi, Dhaka, Mymensingh, and Sylhet, as well as the districts of Jashore, Chuadanga, and Kushtia. It is likely to ease in most regions,” the department reported.
In addition, BMD predicted light to moderate rainfall or thundershowers, accompanied by temporary gusty winds, across most of Rangpur, Rajshahi, Dhaka, Mymensingh, Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram, and Sylhet divisions. Some areas are expected to experience moderate to very heavy rainfall.
Temperatures across the country may drop by 1-2 degrees Celsius during both day and night.
On Monday, Dinajpur in the Rangpur division recorded the country’s highest temperature at 38.6°C, while Bandarban in the Chattogram division saw the lowest temperature at 24.6°C early today.
Meanwhile, rainfall recorded in the past 24 hours, ending at 6 am today, reached 66 mm in Nikli of Dhaka Division.
The sunset in Dhaka is at 5:53 pm today, and sunrise is expected at 5:49 am tomorrow.
Two separate murder cases were filed today in connection with the deaths of a private service holder and a Madrasa student during the anti-discrimination student movement.
The first case was lodged by Ridwan Ahmed with Panchlaish police station, accusing former ministers Dr. Hasan Mahmud, Barrister Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury Naufel, and 127 others for the death of his nephew Sujan, 14. Sujan, the son of Belal Hossain from Beramara village in Noakhali’s Sadar Thana, was a student at Al Jamirul Hayat Madrasa in the city’s Chandgaon area. He was fatally shot in the Muradpur area on July 18.
The second case was filed by Jamal Uddin at Doublemooring police station, accusing 225 individuals, including Dr. Hasan Mahmud and Education Minister Barrister Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury Naufel, for the killing of his elder brother Alam, a private service holder, on August 5.
