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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...
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Monkey plays video game, with its brain
Agence France-Presse . San Francisco | Updated at 11:13pm on April 10, 2021
Elon Musk’s startup devoted to meshing brains with computers was closer to its dream on Friday, having gotten a monkey to play video game Pong...
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Spain blocks sale of possible Caravaggio painting
Agence France-Presse . Madrid | Updated at 10:57pm on April 09, 2021
Spain blocked the auction of a 17th-century Biblical oil painting in Madrid on Thursday on suspicion it could be a lost masterpiece by the Renaissance...