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Artist Shahabuddin urges all to donate for making film on Bangladesh
Dhaka, Oct 5 (UNB) – Master painter Shahabuddin Ahmed has urged everyone to contribute to the making of a real-life feature length film on the best of Bangladesh.
Nobel Peace laureates demand end to sexual violence in war
Oslo, Oct 05 (AP/UNB) — An Iraqi woman who became a global advocate for victims after being raped and tortured by Islamic State militants and a Congolese surgeon who has treated countless rape victims in his war-torn nation won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for fighting to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war.
Dhaka Korean Film Festival in city Oct 12-16
Dhaka, Oct 4 (UNB) - A five-day film festival titled 'Dhaka Korean Film Festival 2018' will begin here on October 12.
Meet the farmers of the future: Robots
San Carlos, Oct 4 (AP/UNB) — Brandon Alexander would like to introduce you to Angus, the farmer of the future. He's heavyset, weighing in at nearly 1,000 pounds, not to mention a bit slow. But he's strong enough to hoist 800-pound pallets of maturing vegetables and can move them from place to place on his own.
US regulators OK updated version of decades-old antibiotic
Trenton, Oct 3 (AP/UNB) — U.S. regulators on Tuesday approved a modernized version of a decades-old antibiotic used to treat a number of infections.
L'Oreal hosts 1st show on Seine in Paris; Valentino delights
Paris, Oct 1 (AP/UNB) — As Paris Fashion Week heads toward the finish line, Sunday's shows went up a gear as L'Oreal Paris claimed to have staged the first runway show in history on the Seine River.
Hermes goes to the races, Westwood goes street in Paris
Paris, Sep 30 (AP/UNB) — Hermes galvanized its links with the equestrian Saturday by holding its Paris Fashion Week runway show at the French capital's celebrated Longchamp Racecourse. Vivienne Westwood, meanwhile, went street, Elie Saab got playful and the runways in general got a lot of models dressed in black and white.
7th Asian Tourism Fair begins
Dhaka, Sept 28 (UNB) – The three-day 7th Asian Tourism Fair-2018 (ATF) began in the city on Friday to promote tourism industry of the country.
Proshanta’s solo exhibition begins at Gallery Cosmos
Dhaka, Sept 28 (UNB) - A 10-day long solo art exhibition of artist Proshanta Karmakar Buddha titled 'Peace' began at Gallery Cosmos in the city’s Mohakhali DOHS area on Friday.
Fire, color and Gaultier's new guise hit Paris Fashion Week
Paris, Sep 28 (AP/UNB) — The ever-inventive Rick Owens nearly cooked his front row at Paris Fashion Week thanks to a giant burning sculpture, while Indian designer Manish Arora brought the colors of a carnival and Carnival to a zany spring collection that stylishly followed no rules.