Annual convention: lions Club International Dial 315A1 will hold its 5th annual convention. Chief guest: Finance Minister Shah AMS Klbria. Venue: Hotel Sonargaon. Time; 9:30 am.

Meeting: Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB) In association with Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Bangladesh (ICMAB) will hold the SAFA WTO Sub-Committee meeting. Venue: ICAB Council Hall. Chartered Accountant Bhaban, 100 Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue. Time : 9.30 am.

Installation: The Installation ceremony of Cldap. an organisation of assistant film directors will be held. Venue : BFDC (3rd floor). Time : 10.00 am.

Film show: Three movies Coup de Fourde (Between Us), Tltane and Al No Borel (Empire of passion) will be screened.

Venue : Auditorium of Alliance Francaise de Dhaka, 26 Mirpur Road. Time : 11.00 am. 4.00 pm and 6.00 pm.

SAFA seminar: Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB) in association with Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Bangladesh (ICMAB) will hold the Inaugural ceremony of the SAFA seminar. Venue: Winter Garden. Hotel Sheraton. Time : 4.00 pm.

Art exhibition: Artist Bulbon Islam’s print-making exhibition opens. Venue: Divine Art Gallery. Hotel Sonargaon. Time : 5.30 pm.

Exhibition: A solo exhibition of paintings by expatriate artist Kazi Giasuddin will be Inaugurated. Venue: Bengal Gallery of Fine Arts. Bengal Shilpalav. House No 275/F. Rd No 27 (old). Dhanmondi. Time . 6.00 pm. The exhibition will remain open from 3 pm to 9 pm daily on working days and from 11 am to 8 pm on holidays till May 20.

Painting exhibition: thc second solo painting exhibition by Pintu Islam will begin. Prof Mahmudul Haque. Director. Institute of Fine Arts. Dhaka University will inaugurate the exhibition as chief guest. Venue: Alliance Francaise de Dhaka. Time : 5.30 pm. The exhibition will remain open dally from 9 am to 12 noon and from 5 pm to 8 pm till May 18

Lions Convention: The 5th Annual Convention-2000 of the Lions Clubs International. District -315 Al. Bangladesh will be inaugurated by Finance Minister Shah A M S Klbria. Venue: Sonargaon Hotel. Time : 9.30 am.

Rally: Bangabandhu Sangskrltik Jote will bring out a procession from Ramna Park gate, adjacent to Matshaw Bhaban. to celebrate the birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore. The procession will reach the National Press Club at 11:30 am and a rally will be held there.

Dress exhibition: Shatabdl. a city fashion house will display its traditional crafts like Saree, Salwar Kamiz and Panjabi at a 3-day exhibition. Excerpts from works of Rabindranath Tagore will be inscribed on some of the crafts.

Venue: Gallery of Alliance Francaise de Dhaka. 26. Mirpur Road. Dhanmondi. The exhibition will remain open from 4 pm to 8 pm till May 7.

Vocal classical recitation: High Commission of India presents a vocal classical recitation by Indian artist Sulochana Brahaspati and her Bangladeshi disciples. Venue: High Commission auditorium. House No 25. Road No 2, Dhanmondi R/A. Time: 10:30 am.

DRU talk: Dhaka Reporters Unity (DRU) will hold a talk on Bangladesh-German relations. Venue: DRU auditorium. Segun Bagicha. Time: 11:00 am.

BSA annual conference: The ieih annual conference ding scftTn nue & ahd aniiu’ai ^drieral meeting

of Bangladesh Society of Anaesihesidlo^istsvvill be hefd. Venue: Academy for Planning and Development. Nilkhet. Time: 11:00 am.

Views exchange meet: National Committee for Beijing Plus Five Review (NCBPR). Bangladesh will hold a Views exchange meet between editors and columnists of national dailies on the subject of Increase of reserved seats for women in the parliament. Venue: VIP lounge. Jatiya Press Club. Time: 11:00 am.

Rabindra Sangeet competition: Bangladesh Shishu Academy will hold a Rabindra Sangeet competition for children in observance of Rabindranath Tagore's 139th birth anniversary. Venue: Academy premises. Time: 3:00 pm.

Closing ceremony: The closing ceremony of Bangladesh Sanjukta Tanti Samitees' exhibition of 'Sonargaon Jamdanis' will be held. Venue: Handloom Weavers Service office. House No 69. Road No 9/A, Dhanmondi R/A. Time: 4:00

Satyajit Ray Retrospective: Satyajit Ray a documentary by Shyam Senegal and Kapurush O Mahapurush (The Coward and the Holy Man) by Satyajit Ray will be screened. Venue: Indian High Commission auditorium'. Rd No 2. Dhanmondi R/A. Time: 4:00 pm and 6:00 pm.

SAFA Assembly meeting: The safa Assembly meeting will be held. The Technical sessions of SAFA seminar and valedictory session will also be held. Venue: ICMAB Bhaban, ICAB auditorium and Winter Garden of Hotel Sheraton respectively. Time. 9:30 am, 3:30 pm and 7:00 pm.

Seminar: School of Business of Asian University of Bangladesh will hold seminars on "Corporate Banking." "WTO and Globalisation" and "E-commerce." Chief guest: Science and Technology Minister Lt Gen (retd) Mohammad Noor Uddin Khan in the morning session and Fisheries and Livestock Minister ASM Abdur Rouf in the afternoon session. Venue: School of Business. Asian University of Bangladesh.