Arts-&-Culture
Sultan Mela begins Sunday in Narail
Narail, Mar 2 (UNB) – The 93rd birth anniversary of master artist SM Sultan will be celebrated through a cultural festival.
Short Film Festival at DU Sunday
Dhaka University, Mar 2 (UNB) - An exhibition of short films titled “Projonmo Wave Outreach Filmy Katha” will be held at Dhaka University on Sunday.
Group art exhibition ‘Musicality in Wood’ begins at Gallery Cosmos Friday
Dhaka, Feb 20 (UNB) – A 12-day-long group art exhibition titled ‘Musicality in Wood’ will begin at the Gallery Cosmos in the city’s Mohakhali New DOHS area on Friday.
Pahela Falgun being celebrated across Bangladesh
Dhaka, Feb 13 (UNB) - Pahela Falgun, the first day of Spring in the Bengali month of Falgun, is being celebrated across the country today (Wednesday) in a colourful way with young girls and boys joining various functions wearing dazzling dresses.
Naked pot-smoking sect grows at Indian Hindu fest
Prayagraj, Feb 12 (AP/UNB) — At the world's largest pilgrimage in Prayagraj in northern India, tens of millions of Hindu faithful travel to the sacred sangam — the confluence of three holy rivers — to take a dip.
Statue of limitations? Facebook draws line over museum nudes
Geneva, Feb 5 (AP/UNB) — A Geneva art museum says Facebook prohibited it from promoting an upcoming exhibit with images of two statues — a half-naked Venus and a nude, kneeling man.
Noted Indian transgender activist shakes up Hindu festival
Prayagraj, Jan 30 (AP/UNB) — Laxmi Narayan Tripathi expertly applies eyeliner while discussing religious matters with Hindu holy men and attending to an endless stream of visitors eager to touch her feet and receive her blessing.
Painting exhibition at AFD Friday
Dhaka, Jan 17 (UNB) - The inaugural ceremony of group painting exhibition 'Preceptor-Disciple: Disciple-Preceptor' will be held at Alliance Française de Dhaka (AFD) at 5:30 pm on Friday.
Want to highlight Bangladesh’s heritage, culture: Priota
Dhaka, Jan 16 (UNB) – Priota Iftekhar, the winner of ‘Miss Culture Worldwide-2018’, says her goal is to inform the world about the culture and heritage of Bangladesh.
‘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.