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  Webinar marks World Heritage Day

  Cultural Correspondent | Updated at 11:29pm on April 20, 2021

  Bangladesh National Committee of the International Council of Museums observed World Heritage Day 2021 organising a webinar recently. The webinar titled ‘Bridging the Biodiversity of...

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  Covid situation bane of stage shows: Pooja Sengupta

  Tanzil Rahaman | Updated at 11:26pm on April 20, 2021

  Turongomi artistic director Pooja Sengupta, also a member of the International Dance Council of UNESCO, said that the Covid situation has been causing a gradual...

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  Saudi Arabia’s city of roses blooms in Ramadan

  Agence France-Presse . Taif | Updated at 12:13am on April 18, 2021

  Every spring, roses bloom in the western Saudi city of Taif, turning pockets of the kingdom’s vast desert landscape a vivid and fragrant pink. In...

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  Michelangelo’s David gets a 3D-printed twin

  Agence France-Presse. Rome | Updated at 12:12am on April 18, 2021

  Standing just as tall but weighing 10 times less, an exact replica of Michelangelo’s statue of David created using 3D printers is covered with marble...

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  Pandemic embrace wins World Press Photo prize

  Agence France-Presse . The Hague | Updated at 11:54pm on April 16, 2021

  Danish photographer Mads Nissen won the World Press Photo of the Year Award on Thursday with his picture of a Brazilian nursing home resident hugging...

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  Online, symbolic events welcome 1428

  Tanzil Rahaman | Updated at 10:56pm on April 15, 2021

  Cultural organisations celebrated Pahela Baishakh, the first day of Bangla year 1428, on Wednesday arranging online and symbolic programmes featuring discussions, songs, recitation and others....

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  Nababarsha celebration over the years

  Culture Desk | Updated at 12:03am on April 14, 2021

  Nababarsha or Bangla New Year celebration has assumed a new dimension in the last three or so decades. In urban centres across the country, people,...

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  Celebs urge all to celebrate Pahela Baishakh indoors

  Rakib Hasan | Updated at 11:59pm on April 13, 2021

  The advent of Bengali New Year 1428 will be celebrated across the country today on a limited scale through online and symbolic programmes. The government...

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  All set to welcome Baishakh 1428 on limited scale

  Rakib Hasan | Updated at 10:58pm on April 12, 2021

  Bengali New Year 1428 will be welcomed on Wednesday through online and symbolic programmes as per decision of the government. Outdoor celebrations of Pahela Baishakh...

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  World’s priciest painting may be a Leonardo after all

  Agence France-Presse . Paris | Updated at 10:52pm on April 12, 2021

  The world’s most expensive painting, the ‘Salvator Mundi’, may be the work of Leonardo da Vinci after all, with several media reports contradicting doubts raised...