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French embassy celebrates World Music Day
Cultural Correspondent | Updated at 07:29pm on June 23, 2019
The French embassy celebrated the World Music Day on the premises of the Embassies of France and Germany at Baridhara on Friday in which the...
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Jagger back on stage after surgery
Reuters | Updated at 12:00am on June 23, 2019
Mick Jagger swaggered back to the stage on Friday in his first concert after undergoing heart surgery in April as the Rolling Stones kicked off a delayed North American tour...
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Chhayanaut welcomes monsoon
Cultural Correspondent | Updated at 12:00am on June 23, 2019
Chhayanaut artistes celebrated the advent of monsoon presenting songs and dances on Friday at Chhayanaut Auditorium in Dhanmondi. The programme, organised by Chhayanaut, titled...
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Selim elected president, Nasim general secretary
Cultural Correspondent | Updated at 12:00am on June 23, 2019
Popular actors Shahiduzzaman Selim and Ahsan Habib Nasim have been respectively elected the president and general secretary of Actors’ Equity. The Actors’ Equity election was held on Friday at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy where...
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Macbeth, Oh My Sweet Land staged on second day
Cultural Correspondent | Updated at 12:00am on June 23, 2019
Indian theatre troupe Chorus Repertory Theatre staged William Shakespeare’s Macbeth and French troupe Thèâtre de Vidy Lausanne and Young Vic London staged Oh My Sweet Land on the second day of...
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Safiuddin Ahmed’s birth anniv today
Cultural Correspondent | Updated at 12:00am on June 23, 2019
Today is the 97th birth anniversary of late eminent artist Safiuddin Ahmed. Different organisations including the faculty of fine arts of Dhaka University, Gallery Chitrak and others will pay tribute to...
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World Music Day celebrated
Cultural Correspondent | Updated at 12:00am on June 23, 2019
Different cultural organisations celebrated World Music Day arranging diverse programmes at various venues in Dhaka on Friday. Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Bangladesh Sangeet Sangathan Samannay Parishad, French Embassy and others held diverse programmes marking...
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Pressure mounts on YouTube to better protect young users
Agence France-Presse . Washington, United States | Updated at 12:05am on June 22, 2019
Millions of children regularly use YouTube to watch video game tutorials, television shows and even to watch random people unbox new toys. But consumer and child protection groups are worried that the...
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Philippe Zdar dies in fall from Paris window
Agence France-Presse . Paris | Updated at 12:05am on June 22, 2019
Electro star Philippe Zdar, one half of the cult French house duo Cassius, has died after falling from a window in Paris -- two days before his latest album is released, his agent...
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Shonibar Bikel and Iti, Tomari Dhaka participates in LIFF
Cultural Correspondent | Updated at 12:05am on June 22, 2019
Mostofa Sarwar Farooki’s unreleased film Shonibar Bikel and omnibus film Iti, Tomari Dhaka will participate in the on-going Leeds International Film Festival (LIFF) in the UK. The festival commenced at...