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  Mick Jagger swaps stage for set in art thriller ‘The Burnt Orange Heresy’

  Reuters . Venice | Updated at 12:00am on September 10, 2019

  Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger swaps the stage for a film set in ‘The Burnt Orange Heresy’, a thriller about a dishonest and greedy art...

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  PM stands by ailing Andrew Kishore

  Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha . Dhaka | Updated at 12:00am on September 10, 2019

  Prime minister Sheikh Hasina has given financial assistance of Taka 10 lakh to eminent singer Andrew Kishore for his treatment on Sunday. ‘The prime minister...

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  Two novels by Masud Ahmed launched

  Cultural Correspondent | Updated at 12:00am on September 10, 2019

  Two novels by writer-cultural activist Masud Ahmed namely Bikel Shesher Alo and Pranprapat were launched at Sufia Kamal auditorium of Bangladesh National Museum on Sunday....

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  Mehreen pays tribute to Nazrul, Tagore

  Cultural Correspondent | Updated at 12:00am on September 10, 2019

  Popular singer Mehreen Mahmud has paid tribute to national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam and Nobel laureate poet Rabindranath Tagore by releasing an album. The album...

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  JU students stage The Alchemist

  Cultural Correspondent | Updated at 12:00am on September 10, 2019

  Jahangirnagar University drama and dramatics department 2nd year students staged Brazilian novelist Paulo Coelho’s The Alchemist at National Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on...

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  Photography exhibition showcases life in Ukhiya

  Cultural Correspondent | Updated at 12:00am on September 10, 2019

  A five-day group photography exhibition featuring photographs by youths from Ukhiya of Cox’s Bazar commenced at Bangladesh National Museum on Monday. The exhibition titled ‘Building...

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  Tom Hanks and J-Lo strippers raise pulses at Toronto festival

  Agence France-Presse . Toronto | Updated at 12:00am on September 09, 2019

  Scantily-clad strippers and softly-spoken kids’ TV stars were on show Saturday as the Toronto film festival hit its stride with a wide range of hotly anticipated premieres...

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  ‘Joker’, Polanski win top prizes at Venice film festival

  Agence France-Presse . Venice | Updated at 12:00am on September 09, 2019

  ‘Joker’, a daring take on the comic book villain starring Joaquin Phoenix, won the Golden Lion for best film at the Venice film festival Saturday with Roman Polanski controversially taking...

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  Short film festival celebrates cultural diversity, peace

  Cultural Correspondent | Updated at 12:00am on September 09, 2019

  A two-day short film festival titled ‘Short Film Festival on Cultural Diversity and Peace 2019’ began at TSC Auditorium of Dhaka University on Sunday. Dhaka University Film Society has...

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  Dhaka Padatik stages Katha 71

  Cultural Correspondent | Updated at 12:00am on September 09, 2019

  Theatre troupe Dhaka Padatik staged its liberation war-based play Katha 71 at Studio Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on Saturday. The play, written by Kumar Pritish Bal and...