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  Madhusudan Dutt’s death anniv today

  Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha . Dhaka | Updated at 12:00am on June 29, 2019

  The 146th death anniversary of legendary Bengali poet Michael Madhusudan Dutt will be observed today. On January 25 in 1824, Madhusudan Dutt was born to...

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  Sufia Kamal’s 108th birth anniv today

  Cultural Correspondent | Updated at 12:00am on June 20, 2019

  The 108th birth anniversary of poet Sufia Kamal will be observed today.A pioneer of Bengali women’s emancipation, Sufia Kamal, also founder president of Bangladesh Mahila...

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  Medieval poet Alaol remembered

  Cultural Correspondent | Updated at 12:00am on June 15, 2019

  Poet Syed Alaol, one of the most influential poets of the medieval Bengali literature who earned the epithet ‘wise poet’ for his ability to fuse...

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  Early ‘Tintin’ cover sells for $1.1m

  Agence France-Presse . Washington | Updated at 12:00am on June 10, 2019

  An original drawing used for the first published ‘Tintin’ cover was sold at auction on Saturday in Dallas for $1.12 million, the Heritage Auctions house...

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  Home of Kadare becomes a museum

  Agence France-Presse . Tirana | Updated at 12:00am on June 10, 2019

  Ismail Kadare draws the curtain to bring a shaft of light into the Tirana apartment where he wrote furiously during the dark days of communism...

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  Orwell’s ‘1984’ turns 70

  Agence France-Presse . London | Updated at 12:05am on June 09, 2019

  Seventy years after its publication, George Orwell’s classic dystopian novel ‘1984’ continues to fascinate readers, in particular youngsters growing up in...

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  Shilpakala to celebrate Tagore, Nazrul birth annivs after Eid

  Cultural Correspondent | Updated at 12:00am on May 28, 2019

  Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy will celebrate the 158th birth anniversary of Nobel Laureate poet Rabindranath Tagore and 120th birth anniversary of National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam,...

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  Nazrul’s birth anniv celebrated in Manikganj

  Shahjahan Biswas . Manikganj | Updated at 12:00am on May 27, 2019

  Manikganj district administration celebrated national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam’s 120th birth anniversary organising a discussion programme and a cultural show at Teota Zamindarbari premises on...

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  Nazrul will always be relevant: seminar

  Cultural Correspondent | Updated at 12:00am on May 27, 2019

  Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam will always be relevant to us for his poems, songs and writings that address diverse issues, said Soumitra Shekhar, professor of...

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  Nazrul’s birth anniversary celebrated

  Cultural Correspondent | Updated at 12:00am on May 26, 2019

  The 120th birth anniversary of national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam was celebrated in the country on Saturday in a befitting manner.Born on May 25, 1899...