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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...