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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...