Housing and Public Works Minister SM Rezaul Karim said, one television channel in the country is telling everyone’s tale showing respect to all, by not showing any niggardliness to anybody and by paying due honor to everyone. This channel (Rtv) has shown the brevity. For that reason Rtv has attained such popularity. He said these after attending the founding anniversary of Rtv on Thursday. SM Rezaul Karim said, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is taking the country ahead. She has showed the courage of authorizing private television channels in the country. Television channels have been performing their responsibilities. Those are guiding the government. Those are criticizing the wrong tasks. The government is being benefitted in this way. He said, Rtv has passed a milestone in the history of country’s private television channels. It is a matter of jealousy to others. AH   

Agriculture Minister Dr. Md. Abdur Razzak said, the content that are being transmitted on Rtv, is helping country’s development and progress. Rtv upholds objective news before the spectators. He said this at the daylong inaugural program on the occasion of 15th founding anniversary of Rtv at Bengal Multimedia Studio at Tejgaon in the capital on Thursday. The minister said, Bangladesh is on the development highway under leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Our vision is to turn the country a middle income country by 2021 and high middle income country by 2030. All the SDG goals will be met by this time. And building a truly hunger and poverty free Bangladesh by the year 2041. We hope that Rtv will help the government actively to achieve the target. On the other hand, after joining the founding anniversary of Rtv Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD) president Hasanul Haq Inu said, Rtv began its journey preserving the culture and heritage of four thousand years with the smell of soil and people of Bangladesh. During it long journey Rtv has preserved the heritage. Foreign Minister Dr. AK Abdul Momen, Housing and Public Works Minister SM Rezaul Karim, Workers Party president Rashed Khan Menon, JSD president Hasanul Haq Inu, Jatiya Party secretary general Mashiur Rahman Ranga, Awami League office secretary Barrister Biplob Barua, Masranga Television news chief Rezanul Haque, Awami League election working committee coordinator Professor Dr. Selim Mahmud, Jatiya Party presidium member Barrister Shamim Haider Patwary and others were present to greet on the occasion of founding anniversary. AH  

Country’s popular satellite television channel Rtv’s Chairman Alhaj Morshed Alam, MP said, Rtv is celebrating its 15th birthday with the image of victorious in the month of victory. Rtv always presents objective news. The contents that suit the country and its people, Rtv creates and presents those. He said this at the inaugural part of the program organized on the occasion of 15th founding anniversary of Rtv at Bengal Multimedia Studio at Tejgaon in the capital on Thursday. Greeting all the staffs of Rtv Alhaj Morshed Alam said, the way how Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is taking the country ahead, Rtv according to its capability, is helping the country to move ahead keeping pace with it. Foreign Minister Dr. AK Abdul Momen, Housing and Public Works Minister SM Rezaul Karim, Workers Party president Rashed Khan Menon, JSD president Hasanul Haq Inu, Jatiya Party secretary general Mashiur Rahman Ranga, Awami League office secretary Barrister Biplob Barua, Masranga Television head of news Rezanul Haque, Awami League election working committee coordinator Professor Dr. Selim Mahmud, Jatiya Party presidium member Barrister Shamim Haider Patwary, Rtv Managing Director Humayun Kabir Bablu, Chief Executive Officer Syed Ashik Rahman and others were present in the program. AH       

Miss South Africa was crowned Miss Universe on Sunday in Atlanta after a lavish ceremony filled with glitter and heartfelt speeches about female empowerment. Zozibini Tunzi, 26, finished first ahead of the Puerto Rican and Mexican finalists in a flashy televised event, hosted by American comic turned TV personality Steve Harvey. Television personalities Vanessa Lachey and Olivia Culpo served as backstage commentators, and a panel of seven women determined the winner. Tunzi earned cheers during her closing speech, a new segment of the competition, in which she talked about wanting to empower young women to feel confident. "I grew up in a world where a woman who looks like me, with my kind of skin and my kind of hair, was never considered to be beautiful," she said. "I think that it is time that that stops today," she said to thunderous applause. Tunzi beat more than 90 contestants from around the globe in the 68th instalment of Miss Universe, which was held in Atlanta's Tyler Perry Studios. The two favorites ahead of the competition, Miss Thailand Paweensuda Saetan-Drouin and Miss Philippines Gazini Ganados, did not make it to the final 10. The Philippines' Catriona Gray, who presented Tunzi with the crown, took home the Miss Universe crown in 2018. Although she did not make the finals, Miss Myanmar Swe Zin Htet made waves last week when she came out as the competition's first openly gay contestant. "I have that platform that, if I say that I'm a lesbian, it will have a big impact on the LGBTQ community back in Burma," Htet told People magazine, using her country's historic name. Homosexuality is illegal in the southeast Asian country and is punishable by up to life in prison. In 2018, the competition also featured Miss Spain Angela Ponce, who blazed a trail as Miss Universe's first transgender contestant. But the pageant has had a controversial past. Multiple contestants have alleged that US President Donald Trump would regularly enter the competitors' changing room while he owned the organization from 1996-2015. Additionally, Miss Universe continues to host the swimsuit competition, which has drawn criticism for objectifying the contestants, although that part of the pageant was not televised. Source: AFP/MSN AH

Ukraine’s leader isn’t just trying to charm U.S. President Donald Trump — he’s set his sights now on Tom Cruise, too. Mission impossible? Maybe not — Cruise is studying possible Ukrainian locations for an upcoming film, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s office. Zelenskiy tapped his roots as a TV and film comedian when hosting Cruise in the Ukrainian presidential headquarters Monday night. As Cruise walked in, he said “You’re good-looking!,” according to video excerpts released Tuesday by his office. The Hollywood star laughed and said “it pays the bills.” Zelenskiy joked about how exhausting it is to be president, and mentioned the stalled peace process for conflict-ravaged eastern Ukraine. The video excerpts included no mention of Trump or the U.S. impeachment inquiry in which Ukraine plays a starring role. Source: AP/UNB AH