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  Shamim Reza named for Bogura Lekhak Chakra Award

  Cultural Correspondent | Updated at 11:30pm on November 20, 2020

  Poet Shamim Reza has been named a winner of Bogura Lekhak Chakra Award for his contribution to Bengali poetry. The award will be handed over...

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  Kali Puja celebrated

  Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha . Dhaka | Updated at 11:13pm on November 14, 2020

  Kali Puja or Shyama Puja, the second largest festival of Bengali Hindu community, was celebrated across the country on Saturday night amid religious fervour. In...

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  Shooting for ‘Pritilata’ begins

  Cultural Correspondent | Updated at 10:04pm on November 02, 2020

  The shooting for ‘Pritilata’, a biopic dramatising the life of Pritilata Waddedar who embraced martyrdom as the first Bengali female revolutionary during the anti-British movement...

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  Durga Puja ends with immersion of idols

  Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha . Dhaka | Updated at 12:36am on October 27, 2020

  The five-day celebration of Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of the Bengali Hindu community, ended on Monday with immersion of the Goddess Durga in...

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  In conversation with GH Habib

  Dhrubo Sadiq | Updated at 12:00am on September 01, 2020

  Translator GH Habib has made a name for himself as a translator of world literary gems. Habib, with his flair for what many call cultural...

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  Pahela Baishakh celebrated without outdoor programmes

  Tapos Kanti Das | Updated at 10:46pm on April 14, 2020

  Bangladesh celebrated Pahela Baishakh, the first day of the Bengali new year 1427, on Tuesday amid restrictions on outdoor programmes throughout the country due to...

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  A close encounter with Hashem Khan

  | Updated at 09:27pm on March 19, 2020

  Two important truths came out of the conversation with the country’s ace painter Hashem Khan. In a recent interview with New Age, the artist dismissed...

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  ‘Amader Cinema’ begins in Jagannath University

  Rabiul Alam | Updated at 12:00am on February 10, 2020

  A three-day film festival featuring popular Bengali films began at the auditorium of Jagannath University on Sunday. Professor Junayed Halim, chairman of film and television...

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  Zahir Raihan made significant contribution to Bengali literature: speakers

  Rakib Hasan | Updated at 09:50pm on January 31, 2020

  Late eminent filmmaker-freedom fighter Zahir Raihan was not only a prominent filmmaker but also a major novelist who depicted sufferings of the marginalised in society,...

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  Local spice consumption can save foreign currency

  Mohammed Ataur Rahman | Updated at 12:00am on December 25, 2019

  SPICY food is the tradition of Indian civilisation from time immemorial. Flavouring foods and making them tasty by adding different plant parts during cooking or...