Star Cineplex is going to be opened amid a colourful function in Rajshahi today (Friday) and the audience can enjoy cinema from Saturday.
The cineplex has been constructed at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Hi-tech Park with 172 seats besides eye-catching environment, sound system with ultramodern technology and 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 Taka 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 percent works of the park have so far been completed and six months more time is needed to complete the total works. 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 Taka 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 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-feet 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.
Engineer Fazlul Haque said there is also provision of the Cineplex for showing video documentaries to the investors from both home and abroad besides an auditorium.
He said the silicon tower will have multipurpose facilities including two basement parking floors, high standard training, seminar and conference rooms, rentable office spaces and a lounge and recreation area.
All sorts of business environments were ensured for attracting investors from both home and abroad.
As a whole, the park will contribute a lot towards establishing a knowledge-based IT industry in Rajshahi side by side with creating a business environment through attracting domestic and foreign investors.
It will also play a significant role in the national economy through creating opportunities for new IT entrepreneurs besides creating employment scopes, experts hoped.