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Rebel Poet’s 120th birth anniv today
Cultural Correspondent | Updated at 01:21am on May 25, 2019
The 120th anniversary of the birth of National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam will be observed today.Apart from being a poet, Nazrul was also a lyricist,...
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Cultural orgs set to celebrate Nazrul’s birth anniversary
Cultural Correspondent | Updated at 12:00am on May 25, 2019
Different government and cultural organisations are set to celebrate the 120th birth anniversary of national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam. There will be diverse programmes organised...
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Omani writer wins Man Booker literature prize
Agence France-Presse . London | Updated at 12:00am on May 23, 2019
Jokha Alharthi on Tuesday became the first Arabic author to win the Man Booker International prize for her novel Celestial Bodies which reveals her Omani...
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Poet Hayat Saif remembered
Cultural Correspondent | Updated at 12:00am on May 21, 2019
Recently demised Ekushey Padak winning poet Hayat Saif was remembered at a memorial meeting held at Poet Shamsur Rahman Seminar Room of Bangla Academy on...
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Medieval manuscript finally decoded amid ‘a series of eureka’
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 06:35pm on May 16, 2019
The infamous ‘communist propaganda’ that not only puzzled the Federal Bureau of Investigation during the Cold War period but baffled Alan Turing, the pioneer of...
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Sikandar Abu Zafar remembered
Cultural Correspondent | Updated at 12:00am on May 16, 2019
Poet Sikandar Abu Zafar was remembered at a commemorative programme held at Poet Shamsur Rahman Seminar Room of Bangla Academy on Wednesday.The programme titled ‘Kobi...
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Stan’s ex-manager charged with elder abuse
Reuters . Los Angeles | Updated at 12:00am on May 15, 2019
The former manager of Stan Lee has been charged with elder abuse against the late comic book legend, a Los Angeles court official said on...
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People pay final tributes to Hayat Saif
Cultural Correspondent | Updated at 12:00am on May 15, 2019
Friends, peers and well-wishers paid their last respects to Ekushey Padak winning poet Hayat Saif at Nazrul Mancha of Bangla Academy on Tuesday.Hayat Saif passed...
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Poet Hayat Saif passes away
Cultural Correspondent | Updated at 12:00am on May 14, 2019
Ekushey Padak winning poet Hayat Saif passed away at a city hospital early Monday. He was 76.Hayat Saif breathed his last at 12:15 am on...
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Zainul Abedin pioneered fine arts education: seminar
Cultural Correspondent | Updated at 12:00am on May 12, 2019
A pioneer of modern art movement and education, Zainul Abedin played the most influential role by establishing the country’s first modern art educational institution that...
