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  Let us celebrate Eid at home: celebs

  Tanzil Rahaman | Updated at 10:33pm on May 11, 2021

  Celebrities belonging to different fraternities urged all to celebrate the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr at home with their family members like the past year as the country’s...

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  Iraq’s heritage battered by desert sun, state apathy

  Agence France-Presse . Ain Tamr | Updated at 11:02pm on May 10, 2021

  One of the world’s oldest churches is crumbling deep in Iraq’s desert, another victim of years of conflict, government negligence and climate change in a...

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  Art collectives dominate UK Turner Prize shortlist

  Agence France-Presse . London | Updated at 11:02pm on May 08, 2021

  The 2021 Turner Prize jury has selected a shortlist made entirely from artist collectives for the first time, Tate Britain, which organises the award, announced...

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  Tagore’s 160th birth anniversary being celebrated virtually

  Cultural Correspondent | Updated at 01:02pm on May 08, 2021

  The 160th anniversary of the birth of the Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore is being celebrated virtually today due to the Covid situation...

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  Germany to return looted bronzes to Nigeria next year

  Agence France-Presse . Berlin | Updated at 11:01pm on April 30, 2021

  Germany plans to hand back ancient pillaged artworks known as the Benin bronzes to Nigeria next year, Culture Minister Monika Gruetters said Thursday. Most European...

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  World Dance Day observed on limited scale

  Cultural Correspondent | Updated at 11:40pm on April 29, 2021

  The severity of the Covid outbreak affected the celebrations of World Dance Day, which was observed on a limited scale this year on Thursday. Many...

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  Recitation artiste Farzana Islam dies of Covid-19

  Cultural Correspondent | Updated at 05:40pm on April 26, 2021

  Recitation artiste Farzana Islam Dina died of Covid-19 early Monday while undergoing treatment at a Dhaka hospital. She was 48. Her husband Shahidul Islam Nazu...

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  Cover artists are ill paid in Bangladesh: Sabyasachi 

  Tanzil Rahaman | Updated at 10:02pm on April 25, 2021

  Renowned cover artist Sabyasachi Hazra said it is very difficult for anyone to make a living only designing books as cover artists are ill paid...

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  Malaysian artist arrested for allegedly insulting queen

  Agence France-Presse . Kuala Lumpur | Updated at 01:52am on April 25, 2021

  A Malaysian artist has been arrested for allegedly insulting the queen by posting a satirical playlist online, police said, fuelling concerns about a widening crackdown...

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  Birshreshtha Ruhul Amin Library to receive govt grant

  Cultural Correspondent | Updated at 01:46am on April 25, 2021

  Birshreshtha Ruhul Amin Library in Noakhali will be included in the list of libraries that receive annual grants from the government. The announcement was made...