lifestyle
Daraz to host “11.11” sale campaign Monday
Daraz Bangladesh, known as the country’s biggest online marketplace and shopping hub, is going to host world’s biggest sale campaign “11.11” in the country on Monday.
Mural of activist Greta Thunberg going up in San Francisco
Teen climate activist Greta Thunberg is staring down at pedestrians in the heart of San Francisco where an artist is painting a massive mural of the Nobel Peace Prize nominee.
Experience Dhaka By Rickshaw
If you have crossed Gulshan 1 circle or got caught in its signal this week, you have surely noticed the colorful rickshaw hoods installed on the north-east triangular island. As a means to promote the ARCASIA Forum 20 taking place in Dhaka this month, Architecture Department of different Universities were asked for installations at different nodes of Dhaka. “Experience Dhaka by Rickshaw” is BRAC University’s Architecture Department’s take on the City Branding Installation.
Celebrating 50 Years of ARCASIA
The Architects’ Regional Council Asia (ARCASIA)- a Council of the presidents of the National Institutes of Architects of 21 Asian countries that are members of ARCASIA. ARCASIA FORUM is hosted by one of the member countries of ARCASIA every alternate year. The Institute of Architects Bangladesh (IAB) is hosting ARCASIA FORUM 20 with the theme “Architecture in a Changing Landscape” from 2nd to 7th November, 2019. The 6-day long program kicked off on 31st October, 2019 with an open exhibition "Exhibition on Architecture of Bangladesh" at Manik Mia Avenue Plaza at 4.30 pm. Mr. Noor-E-Alam Chowdhury, MP, Hon'ble Chief Whip, Parliament of Bangladesh.
Zontians attend ‘No World for Women’ programme at DLF
Zontians, including centennial celebration committee of Zonta International and Zonta Club presidents, attended a programme titled ‘No World for Women’ at Dhaka Lit Fest (DLF) on Friday at Bangla Academy.
‘Preema Donna – An Infinite Journey’ unveiled at Dhaka Lit Fest
‘Preema Donna – An Infinite Journey’, a book by prominent Bangladeshi visual artist Nazia Andaleeb Preema, was unveiled at the Dhaka Lit Fest on Friday.
DLF 2019: Shashi Tharoor reflects on Bangabandhu’s leadership
As part of the Dhaka Lit Fest 2019, a discussion on Friday commemorated the works of Bangladesh’s founding father Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and his role as a phenomenal leader of postcolonial era.
Avishek Sarker, Rafiquzzaman win Gemcon Award
Kolkata-based writer Avishek Sarker and Bangladeshi poet Rafiquzzaman Rony won the Gemcon Young Literature Award 2019 and Gemcon Young Poetry Award 2019 respectively at Dhaka Lit Fest.
Legoland theme park to open in Shanghai
A new Legoland theme park will be built in the Jinshan district in southwestern Shanghai, according to local government officials.
French classical guitar maestro enthralls audience at BSA
Dhaka, Nov 6 (UNB) - Thibault Cauvin, the only guitarist in the world to win 13 international first prizes and known as “the champion of classical guitar”, performed at the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy’s National Theatre Hall on Tuesday.