The Monsoon Poem Festival-2019 enthralled a huge audience at Shilpakala Academy auditorium in the city on Saturday night. ‘The Anjolika Sahittya Potra’, a local weekly literary magazine, organised the festival participated by writers, poets and lyricists belonging to different generations,…
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Rain dampens Eid celebrations
Dhaka, June 5 — The celebration of Eid-ul-Fitr, the biggest festival of Muslims in Bangladesh, was dampened by incessant rainfall since Wednesday morning. On this day, people usually go out in a festive mood but the downpour forced many to…
Cannes festival mixed bag of winners, minus Tarantino
As the director, Robert Eggers, and the lead actors Robert Pattinson and Willem Dafoe, had already left Cannes, the Fipresci award was presented to the producer who got very emotional . After 12 days of nonstop screenings, meetings, conferences and…
Cannes Film Festival 2019: Films to watch
The 72nd Cannes Film Festival begins on Tuesday with a heady mix of star names, fresh faces and both high- and low-brow subject matters. From familiar-looking zombies to a late Hollywood arrival – via football icons, rock stars and zero-hour…
e-shopping booms in Bangladesh ahead of Eid
Dhaka, May 7 – Online shopping has started gaining momentum in Bangladesh ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr amid its growing popularity with the boom in internet access across the country. An increasing number of people, mostly city dwellers, choose e-shopping to save…
SAARC Film Festival ’19 held in Sri Lanka
Culture Desk SAARC Cultural Centre will be holding the SAARC Film Festival for the 9th consecutive year in 2019 in Sri Lanka. The SAARC Film Festival has built a reputation as being a very important platform and focal point for…
Boishakhi Utshob 1426 at Amari Dhaka
Dhaka, April 2019 – A colourful and effervescent Boishakhi Utsob awaits guests at Amari Dhaka bringing special offerings along. The start of the Bengali New Year will see distinctive offerings from both Amaya Food Gallery and Cascade Lobby Lounge –…
Ethnic minority cultural festival begins
A two-day ethnic minority people handicrafts and cultural festival began here yesterday amidst various colourful programmes. Rajshahi Divisional Ethnic Minority Cultural Academy organised the festival at Green Plaza of Rajshahi City Corporation here aimed at promotion of ethnic culture and…
Lalan Festival on at BD mystic lyricist Lalon Shah Shrine
Kushtia, Mar 21 – A three-day Lalon festival, which began on Wednesday at Lalon Shah Shrine at Chheuria village in Kushtia will end Friday. Every year, the Lalon Academy and Kushtia district administration jointly organise the festival in memory of…
National Magic Festival held
Entertainment Desk A daylong National Magic Festival-2019 was held at Public Library Auditorium in the city yesterday. Lawmaker Mirza Azam was present as the chief guest organized by Jadu Shilpi Kalyan Parishad. Cultural Affairs Secretary Dr Md Abu Hena Mostofa…
Free Textbook distribution festival begins
The Textbook Festival, marking the distribution of free textbooks among school and madrasah students, was kicked off across the country on Tuesday morning.
Rath Jatra celebrates all over the country
Members of the Hindu community across the country have been celebrating Rath Jatra festival, a festival associated with their deity Sri Jagannath Dev, since Saturday.