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Many city dwellers likely to miss watching satellite TV after Aug 31

Many city dwellers are likely to miss watching satellite television channels during the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr as Dhaka Electric Supply Company Ltd has taken steps to remove the risky overhead cables from Abdullahpur to Kuril Biswa Road by August 31.

Cable operators said though DESCO served a notice for the removal of overhead cables from the area by August 31, it was impossible to relocate the cables within such a short time.

Former president of the Cable Operators’ Association of Bangladesh Anwar Parvez told the news agency that there was no adequate infrastructural facility to take the cable lines underground.

If the government takes steps to remove the overhead cables, a huge number of city dwellers will not be able to watch satellite TV channels after August 31 as they would not be able to relocate the cables within the stipulated time, he said.

Parvez said although DESCO had signed an agreement with a private organisation, Fiber@Home, for taking overhead cables underground, it has no capability to take the hanging cables underground properly.

‘We will never hand over our old business to an unknown private company,’ he said.

A senior DESCO official said that they would take decision in this regard today after a meeting with the power ministry.

Earlier, DESCO had asked the cable operators to remove the risky hanging cables from Abdullahpur to Kuril Biswa Road by August 31.

Recently, the government has decided to set up underground cable network system by removing the hanging cables from the electric poles for increasing beauty of the city.

As per the government directive, the DESCO served a notice to the cable operators to remove the risky hanging cables by August 31.

Jackson items on show in Tokyo before Macau auction

Crystal-studded gloves and socks, a set of Jackson five jumpsuits and other items from Michael Jackson’s career went on display in Tokyo on Tuesday ahead of their auction in Macau later this year.

The exhibition features more than 60 items from the late ‘King of Pop’ that will go under the hammer – along with other western pop and Hollywood memorabilia – in the glitzy gambling resort near Hong Kong in October.

‘It’s the best collection of Michael Jackson items that we’ve ever assembled, and all come to us from his family and from friends he gave them to,’ said Darren Julien, chief executive of US-based Julien’s Auctions.

The items include a right-hand black crystal-studded glove, a jacket Jackson wore during filming of a 1984 Pepsi commercial in which he suffered serious burns in an accident, and white cotton socks encrusted with clear crystals.

Also on display is an orange shirt he wore for the 1992 ‘Jam’ video session with basketball legend Michael Jordan and a complete set of red-and-gold jumpsuits he and his siblings – collectively the Jackson 5 – sported in the 1970s.

The exhibition continues in Tokyo until September 6 before travelling to Santiago, Chile. It then heads to Macau for the auction of 115 items on October 9 at the former Portuguese colony’s Ponte 16 gaming resort.

The auction, also to include items from Elvis Presley, Marilyn Monroe, Madonna, Princess Diana and other celebrities, will be the first of its kind in Asia and is expected to fetch over two million dollars, says Julien’s Auctions.

Fans and collectors can participate in real time at www.julienslive.com provided they register before hand.

Kaniz Suborna and Singer SI Tutul in film

Popular singer and musician S. I Tutul and sensational pop singer Kaniz Suborna, for the fist time, have taken part both in the audio and visual part of a film.

This duo will be seen to sing a duet, in the film ‘Moner Ghare Basat Kare.’

Last Saturday, Tutul and Kaniz have taken part in the shooting held in FDC’s 3rd floor. Elated Tutul says, ‘Previously I have taken part in drama. But this is the first time I have sung as well as acted in a film. Hope my fans and viewers would enjoy the film.’

Kaniz Suborna says, ‘I had the experience to lip my own song in a film. So this is only a continuity of my previous venture. This is nice duet and this will surely conquer the hearts of millions.’

Directed by Khorshed Alam and Iqbal Hossain, the film ‘Moner Ghare Basat Kare’ is featuring, among others, popular actor Sakib Khan, heroine Apu Biswas, Chanchala and Misha Saudagar.