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10-day reminisce prog ends at Shilpakala
Cultural Correspondent | Updated at 12:00am on July 06, 2019
The 10-day reminisce programme by Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy titled ‘Smriti Shatta Bhabishyat’ ended on Thursday.The concluding day of the event featured commemorative programmes on filmmaker...
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Guillermo Mordillo dies aged 86
Agence France-Presse . Madrid | Updated at 12:00am on July 02, 2019
Argentinian cartoonist Guillermo Mordillo, known for drawing characters with bulbous noses, has died in Spain aged 86, his representatives said Monday. Mordillo’s work appeared in...
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Tutankhamun sculpture’s London auction sparks Egyptian outcry
Agence France-Presse . Madrid | Updated at 12:00am on July 02, 2019
A 3,000-year-old head sculpture of an eternally-young Tutankhamun -- the Egyptian pharaoh known as King Tut -- goes under the hammer this week in London...
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Madame Tussauds owner snapped up by Lego parent
Agence France-Presse . London | Updated at 12:00am on June 30, 2019
Britain’s Merlin Entertainments, owner of Madame Tussauds waxworks and the London Eye Ferris wheel, was snapped up Friday by Lego’s Danish parent Kirkbi for £5.9...
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Newly elected committee begins its journey
Cultural Correspondent | Updated at 12:00am on June 30, 2019
The 21-member newly elected executive committee of Actors’ Equity began its journey through a programme held at National Art Gallery Auditorium of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy...
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Four eminent singers remembered on 5th day
Cultural Correspondent | Updated at 12:00am on June 29, 2019
Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy is paying tribute to 45 late eminent poets, writers, musicians and artistes through a nine-day programme under way at its Music and...
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Charukala Barishal celebrates 32nd founding anniv
Our Correspondent . Barishal | Updated at 12:00am on June 26, 2019
Barishal-based fine arts organisation Charukala Barishal celebrated its 32nd founding anniversary organising a two-day festival. The event, held at Ashwini Kumar Hall in Barishal city,...
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10-day reminiscence prog begins at Shilpakala
Cultural Correspondent | Updated at 12:00am on June 26, 2019
Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy is paying tribute to 45 late eminent poets, writers, musicians and artistes through a ten-day reminiscence programme which began on Monday at...
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Shruti Sylhet holds Barsha Utsab
Zaman Monir . Sylhet | Updated at 12:00am on June 24, 2019
Sylhet-based cultural troupe Shruti Sylhet welcomed the monsoon season organising a Barsha Utsab on Friday at its office in Puran Lane, Sylhet city. Shruti Sylhet...
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Jagger back on stage after surgery
Reuters | Updated at 12:00am on June 23, 2019
Mick Jagger swaggered back to the stage on Friday in his first concert after undergoing heart surgery in April as the Rolling Stones kicked off...