Star Cineplex opens branch in Rajshahi

Multiplex theatre chain Star Cineplex is set to launch its seventh branch in Rajshahi today.

The new branch will start screening movies on Saturday.

The cineplex has been constructed at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Hi-tech Park with 172 seats besides an eye-catching environment, a sound system with ultramodern technology and a giant screen.

Director of the “Establishment of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Hi-Tech Park” project Engineer Fazlul Haque said the cineplex has been built in a part of the park at a cost of around Tk 5.25 crore.

Side by side with showing cinema the cineplex will be used for the purposes of project training and audio-visual by the entities concerned.

On December 12 last, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina formally inaugurated Bangabandhu Museum, Joy Silicon Tower and the Cineplex at the hi-tech park.

Engineer Haque said eighty-eight per cent works of the park have so far been completed and six months more time is needed to complete the total work.

There are two portions- Sheikh Kamal IT Training and Incubation Building and Sajeeb Wazed Joy Silicon Tower- in the park.

Construction works of the Sheikh Kamal IT Incubation and Training Centre were completed last year, while the Joy Silicon Tower is now on the final stage, he said.

Haque said ten companies have so far been given spaces in Sheikh Kamal IT Training and Incubation Building, while seven others in Joy Silicon Tower.

He added that the park has been built on around 31 acres of land in Nabinagar area adjacent to Rajshahi metropolis aimed at establishing knowledge-based IT industries together with ensuring an area-based development.

Bangladesh Hi-tech Park Authority is implementing the Tk 335.51-crore project initiated by the Information and Communication Technology Division.

Employment opportunities for around 14,000 youths both male and female will be created upon the successful completion of the project by December, 2022.

The infrastructure development works include land development, a ten-storey silicon tower in the area of 2.70 lakh square feet, a substation building, internal roads and drains, boundary wall and high-speed internet.

The 62,000 square-foot IT Incubation centre with an energy-efficient state-of-the-art office building has multipurpose training facilities, high-quality start-ups, rainwater harvesting and renewable energy sources.