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Literature

Amar Ekushey Book Fair begins 1 February

The Amar Ekushey Book Fair 2024 will begin on the Bangla Academy premises and at Suhrawardy Udyan in Dhaka on 1 February. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is scheduled to inaugurate

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Poet Jasimuddin’s 121st birth anniversary today

The 121st birth anniversary of poet and litterateur Jasimuddin, widely revered as the ‘Palli Kobi’, is being observed on Monday. The poet was born on this day in 1903 at

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Picasso masterpiece to fetch $120 mn in November auction: Sotheby’s

The November auction of a Pablo Picasso masterpiece, the late Spanish painter’s “Femme a la montre” from 1932, is expected to fetch at least $120 million, Sotheby’s announced Wednesday. The

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Driftwood art exhibition by sculptor AA Rasha inaugurated in Dhaka’s Dhanmondi

A weeklong solo exhibition of driftwood artworks of sculptor Akhtar Ahmed Rasha highlighting Bangladesh’s Liberation War, women’s empowerment, and nature began at Safiuddin Shilpalay in Dhaka’s Dhanmondi on Thursday. Cultural

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Bir Shrestha Nur Mohammad’s 52nd death anniversary Tuesday

The 52nd death anniversary of Bir Shrestha Nur Mohammad Sheikh will be observed at Nur Mohammad Nagar in Chandibarpur union under Sadar upazila of the district in a befitting manner

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British Museum recovers some of 2,000 stolen items

About 2,000 items are thought to have been stolen from the British Museum, but some of the missing treasures have started to be recovered, chairman George Osborne has confirmed. The

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82nd death anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore today

The 82nd death anniversary of Biswakabi Rabindranath Tagore, who reshaped Bengali literature and music as well as arts of Indian subcontinent with contextual modernism, is being observed today. Tagore died

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Bangladeshi curator participates in Liverpool Biennial

Dhaka-based independent editor and curator Sadia Sartaj Rahman is participating in Liverpool Biennial in the UK, said a press release. Liverpool Biennial is running its 12th edition from 10 June

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‘Kathan: Chhinna Bhinna Itihas’ premiered

Theatre troupe Dania Studio Theatre premiered its production titled Kathan: Chhinna Bhinna Itihas at the Dania Studio Theatre Hall at Dania, Jatrabari in the capital on Saturday. Kathan: Chhinna Bhinna

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Sufia Kamal broke citadel of conservatism: discussion

Discussants at a programme said that poet Sufia Kamal broke the citadel of conservatism and waved the flag of progress at the Poet Shamsur Rahman Seminar Room of Bangla Academy

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