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  Bangla Academy accords reception to former officials

  Cultural Correspondent | Updated at 12:00am on December 05, 2019

  Bangla Academy accorded reception to its former officials at a programme held at Abdul Karim Sahitya Bisharad Hall of the academy on Tuesday. The programme,...

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  Ceramic artworks explore nature, contemporary issues

  Cultural Correspondent | Updated at 12:00am on December 05, 2019

  Forty six students of the ceramic department of Dhaka University are portraying everyday objects, human relationship, nature and contemporary issues at a five-day group exhibition...

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  Rare Gauguin from Tahiti period up for auction in Paris

  Agence France-Presse . Paris | Updated at 10:51pm on December 03, 2019

  A rare canvas by French post-impressionist artist Paul Gauguin from his period on the Polynesian island of Tahiti is set to go on auction in...

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  3-day Bharatanatyam festival under way at Chhayanaut

  Cultural Correspondent | Updated at 10:47pm on December 03, 2019

  A three-day Bharatanatyam festival titled ‘Rongarpon 2019’ featuring dance performances accompanied by Carnatic music recitals commenced at Chhayanaut auditorium...

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  Dance troupes pay tribute to Jhunu

  Cultural Correspondent | Updated at 10:44pm on December 03, 2019

  Leading dance troupes paid tribute to Ekushey Padak-winning late eminent dancer Rahiza Khanom Jhunu at a programme held at Music and Dance Centre of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy...

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  I see hope in underprivileged children: Bipasha Hayat

  Cultural Correspondent | Updated at 09:36pm on December 02, 2019

  ‘Today’s children are tomorrow’s leaders’. Noted actress, model and painter Bipasha Hayat is a firm believer in the saying. Bipasha, who has been working for...

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  ‘Proma O Labonne Ovik Osman’ launched in Chattogram

  Staff Correspondent . Chattogram | Updated at 10:51pm on December 01, 2019

  A book, named ‘Proma O Labonne Ovik Osman’, on cultural activist Ovik Osman was launched on Friday in Chattogram. Ovik Osman is a poet, dramatist,...

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  Quamrul Hassan’s birth anniversary today

  Cultural Correspondent | Updated at 12:00am on December 02, 2019

  Today is the 98th birth anniversary of late eminent artist Quamrul Hassan. Hassan was called Patua for his fascination with age-old traditions that he portrayed...

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  2-day SM Sultan Utsab begins in Narail

  United News of Bangladesh . Narail | Updated at 12:00am on December 01, 2019

  A 2-day ‘SM Sultan Utsab-2019’ began amid festivity at the Zila Shilpakala Academy premises in Rupganj on Saturday. The festival commenced with launch of a...

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  Shilpakala holds programme to facilitate jatra

  Cultural Correspondent | Updated at 10:01pm on November 29, 2019

  Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy organised a 2-day programme to facilitate jatra at its Studio Theatre Hall on Thursday and Friday. A total of seven jatra troupes...