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Shela flies to USA
Cultural Correspondent | Updated at 10:00pm on November 29, 2019
Miss Universe Bangladesh 2019 Shirin Akhter Shela has left Dhaka for the USA on November 28 to participate in the 68th edition of the Miss...
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Qayyum Chy’s death anniversary today
Cultural Correspondent | Updated at 12:00am on November 30, 2019
Today is the 5th death anniversary of eminent artist Qayyum Chowdhury. He was born on March 9, 1932 in Feni. He spent his boyhood in...
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Nabanna Utsab begins today
Cultural Correspondent | Updated at 12:00am on November 28, 2019
A three-day ‘PRAN Chinigura Rice Nabanna Utsab’ will begin on Rabindra Sarobar premises in Dhanmondi today. The three-day festival will be arranged by PRAN Group....
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Firoz Mahmud nominated for COAL prize
Cultural Correspondent | Updated at 12:00am on November 28, 2019
Bangladeshi artist Firoz Mahmud has been nominated for France-based COAL prize, which is conferred by Coalition for Art and Sustainable Development (COAL) organisation that works...
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China fans desert K-pop star for ‘liking’ Hong Kong tweet
Agence France-Presse . Beijing | Updated at 12:00am on November 27, 2019
A South Korean pop star has become the latest celebrity to spark anger on the Chinese internet after he ‘liked’ a tweet about the divisive...
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Curtain falls on ‘Ocean Dance Festival’
Cultural Correspondent | Updated at 12:00am on November 27, 2019
The four-day ‘Ocean Dance Festival 2019’ ended in Cox’s Bazar on Monday. The concluding day of the festival featured performances by local and foreign dance...
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Munier Chowdhury’s birth anniversary today
Cultural Correspondent | Updated at 12:00am on November 27, 2019
Today is the 94th birth anniversary of late educationist, playwright, literary critic and political dissident Munier Chowdhury. Different organisations will observe the day...
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People pay last tributes to Mobarak Hossain Khan
Cultural Correspondent | Updated at 12:00am on November 27, 2019
People from all walks of life paid their last respects to Independence Award and Ekushey Padak winning musicologist, musician and writer Mobarak Hossain Khan at...
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Tagore evening held at AFD
Cultural Correspondent | Updated at 12:00am on November 25, 2019
Alliance Francaise de Dhaka organised a cultural show featuring songs and poems of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore at its Nouvelle Vague auditorium in Dhanmondi...
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Stalin’s ‘Chiroshishu Chhora’ launched
Cultural Correspondent | Updated at 12:00am on November 25, 2019
Poet Rezauddin Stalin’s new rhyming book ‘Chiroshishu Chhora’ was launched at a programme held at Sangskriti Bikash Kendra in capital’s Poribagh recently. The programme was...