Arts-&-Culture
2nd Episode of ‘Bangabandhu Memorial Lecture’ series held at BSA
Dhaka, Aug 20 (UNB) – Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA) took the initiative to discuss the life and works of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman through a lecture series titled Bangabandhu Memorial Lecture and the 2nd episode of this interactive lecture series was held at BSA’s National Theatre Hall on Tuesday.
Poet Shamsur Rahman’s 13th Death Anniversary observed
Dhaka, August 17th (UNB) - The 13th death anniversary of country’s legendary poet Shamsur Rahman was observed on Saturday.
Selim Al Deen’s 70th birth anniversary Sunday
Dhaka, Aug 17 (UNB) – The 70th birth anniversary of Natyacharya Selim Al Deen will be observed with due respect on Sunday.
9,000-year-old settlement unearthed in Zhejiang
Hangzhou, Aug 15 (Xinhua/UNB) -- Colored potteries, tombs and a skeleton were excavated in a Neolithic settlement, dating back 9,000 years, in east China's Zhejiang Province, according to local authorities.
How to love a language: Urdu poet Gulzar Dehlvi spills his literary secrets
Dhaka, Aug 12 (UNB) - Pandit Anand Mohan Zutshi Gulzar Dehlvi walks into the living room of his home in Noida, wearing a white sherwani-churidar, Nehru topi and a pearl chain with two lockets — one of Krishna and one with aayats of the Quran on it. He is frail, he is over 90. But once he starts talking, the practised performer, who has mesmerised millions at mushairas and nashists (literary meets) for seven decades, takes over. The voice is strong and his memory, razor sharp, reports The Indian Express.
Interactive border wall mural tells stories of deported
Tijuana, Aug 10 (AP/UNB) — Lizbeth De La Cruz Santana returned Friday to the Mexican beach where her father entered the U.S. illegally before she was born, this time to put final touches on a mural of adults who came to the U.S. illegally as young children and were deported. Visitors who hold up their phones to the painted faces are taken to a website that voices first-person narratives.
SM Sultan’s 95th birth anniversary today
Dhaka, Aug 10 (UNB) – The 95th birth anniversary of renowned artist Sheikh Mohammed Sultan (SM Sultan) is being observed in a befitting manner on Saturday.
Hillary and Chelsea Clinton writing book on 'Gutsy Women'
New York, Aug 6 (AP/UNB) — Hillary Rodham Clinton and Chelsea Clinton have teamed up for "The Book of Gutsy Women," honoring everyone from scientist Marie Curie to climate activist Greta Thunberg.
Centuries-old bazaar in Syria's Aleppo making slow recovery
Dhaka, Aug 6 (AP/UNB) - Bit by bit, Aleppo's centuries-old bazaar is being rebuilt as Syrians try to restore one of their historical crown jewels, devastated during years of brutal fighting for control of the city.
Rabindranath’s 78th death anniversary being observed
Dhaka, Aug 6 (UNB) - The 78th death anniversary of the Bard of Bengal, Rabindranath Tagore, is being observed on Tuesday.