Arts-&-Culture
Four receive ‘Kali O Kalam Young Poet and Writer Award’
Four young litterateurs have received prestigious ‘Kali O Kalam Tarun Kabi O Lekhak Purushkar 2019’ (Kali O Kalam Young Poet and Writer Award) for their outstanding contributions to Bengali literature.
19 mln visit Palace Museum in 2019
China's Palace Museum, also known as the Forbidden City, received over 19 million visitors in 2019, according to data released by the museum.
Bangladesh Cultural Fest 2020 begins at BSA
Bangladesh Cultural Festival 2020, a 21-day long national cultural event, was kicked off at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA) on Friday.
Bangabandhu Adventure Festival in 3 hill districts Jan 11-15
Bangabandhu National Adventure Festival – 2020 will begin on January 11 in three hill districts, aiming to promote tourism and inspire new generation in adventures.
Nadira Majumdar conferred with Anannya Literature Award 1426
Author and Journalist Nadira Majumder has been conferred with the prestigious annual Anannya Sahitya Award of the Bangla year 1426, for her excellence as a writer of science-related books.
Google Doodle celebrating Zainul Abedin’s 105th birthday
Search engine giant Google is celebrating the 105th birthday of renowned Bangladeshi painter, educator and activist Shilpacharya Zainul Abedin.
Writer Syed Shamsul Haque remembered in Kurigram
The 85th birth anniversary of celebrated writer and poet Syed Shamsul Haque was observed in the district town on Friday through various programmes .
Newseum hailed free press, but got beaten by free museums
In 2008, the Newseum — a private museum dedicated to exploring modern history as told through the eyes of journalists — opened on prime Washington real estate.
Longtime political writer William Greider dies at 83
William Greider, a longtime political writer for The Nation, Rolling Stone and The Washington Post, died Wednesday at the age of 83, according to his former editor.
China opens first museum on ancient book repairing
Southwest China's Sichuan Province Thursday unveiled the signboard of China's first museum on antique book repairing, an endangered craft vital to the country's huge inventory of ancient texts.