Arts-&-Culture
‘Hridoyer Rongdhonu’ to be screened at DIFF Thursday
Dhaka, Jan 16 (UNB) - Adventure movie in Bangla ‘Hridoyer Rongdhonu’ (Life in Rainbow) will be premiered at 17th Dhaka International Film Festival 2019 on Thursday.
Chobi Mela X curtain-raiser on 28 February
Dhaka, Jan15 (UNB) - The tenth edition of Chobi Mela, the most prestigious photography festival in Asia, will begin on 28 February.
Bulgaria's oldest city honored as European culture capital
Bulgaria, Jan 13 (AP/UNB) — Plovdiv, the oldest city in Bulgaria, has been officially inaugurated as the European Capital of Culture for 2019.
Mostofa Kamal's novel ‘The Mother’ to hit Amazon this January
Dhaka, Jan 5 (UNB) – The English edition of novel ‘Jononi’ written by Bangladeshi writer Mostofa Kamal is going to hit internet marketplace Amazon this January.
Ariana Grande, Childish Gambino among Coachella headliners
Los Angeles, Jan 3 (AP/UNB) — The organizers of the 2019 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival have announced the top acts scheduled to appear at the multiday event in April.
German-Jewish author Edgar Hilsenrath dies at 92
Berlin, Jan 2 (AP/UNB) — Edgar Hilsenrath, a German-Jewish writer whose fictional account of the Holocaust from the perspective of a Nazi perpetrator became a best-seller, has died at 92.
Las Vegas to welcome 2019 with superstars, fireworks show
Las Vegas, Dec 28 (AP/UNB) — Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars and Gwen Stefani are among the superstars who will be ushering in the new year with performances at venues on the Las Vegas Strip, while more than 300,000 people are expected to gather on the world-famous corridor Monday to watch eight minutes of fireworks.
At new Museum of Black Civilizations, a call to come home
Senegal, Dec 26 (AP/UNB) — The Museum of Black Civilizations in Senegal opened this month amid a global conversation about the ownership and legacy of African art. The West African nation's culture minister isn't shy: He wants the thousands of pieces of cherished heritage taken from the continent over the centuries to come home.
Queen Elizabeth II riffs on wisdom, family's busy year
Sandringham, Dec 26 (AP/UNB) — Queen Elizabeth II wove personal reflections into the latest edition of her annual Christmas message, saying she hoped her long life brought a measure of wisdom and noting her grandchildren's contributions to Britain's royal family.
After delays, Egypt's new mega-museum set to open in 2020
Cairo, Dec 23 (AP/UNB) — On the Giza Plateau outside Cairo, thousands of Egyptians are laboring in the shadow of the pyramids to erect a monument worthy of the pharaohs.