Literature

Amar Ekushey Book Fair closes April 12

Shawdesh Desk: The Amar Ekushey Book Fair will end on April 12 instead of its stipulated deadline April 14, considering the worsening situation of Covid-19 pandemic. After having discussion with

Inside Turkey’s incredible underground city

Shawdesh Desk: It’s a landscape that looks almost alien. Soft tufa rock — spewed from volcanoes millennia ago to create a series of ethereal “fairy chimneys” that have been shaped

Ancient mummies to parade through streets of Cairo

Shawdesh Desk: Ancient mummies of Egypt’s royal pharaohs will emerge from their resting places this weekend and parade through the streets of Cairo in search of a new home. What

Beloved and prolific author of children’s books Beverly Cleary dies at 104

Shawdesh Desk: With witty yet economic prose and a gift for recalling the inner emotions of childhood, Beverly Cleary wove timeless tales that took young readers back to the Portland,

‘Unseen’ Vincent Van Gogh painting fetches £11m at auction

Shawdesh desk: A Vincent Van Gogh painting of a Paris street that spent more than 100 years behind closed doors has fetched 13.09 million euros (£11.2m) at auction. Sotheby’s said

Archaeologists uncover 3,000-year-old gold mask in southwest China

Shawdesh desk: The remains of a gold mask are among a huge cache of 3,000-year-old artifacts found at an archaeological site in China’s Sichuan province. Weighing about 280 grams (0.6

10 literateurs get Bangla Academy Literary Award

Shawdesh Desk: Ten literateurs have received Bangla Academy Literary Award 2021, according to media report. They were given the awards in 10 categories at Bangla Academy in the capital on Thursday afternoon. Prime

PM to open Amar Ekushey Book Fair today

Shawdesh desk: The Amar Ekushey Book Fair, the country’s largest book festival, begins today at Bangla Academy and its adjacent Suhrawardy Udyan in the capital on Thursday maintaining health guidelines