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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,ReadMore
‘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 saidReadMore
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 (0.6ReadMore
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. PrimeReadMore
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 guidelinesReadMore
France to return Klimt painting sold under duress during Nazi era
Shawdesh Desk: France is to return a painting by the Austrian artist Gustav Klimt to the heirs of the Jewish family that was forced to sell it by the Nazis.ReadMore
Covid-19: Bangladesh reports 5 more deaths, 614 new infections
Shawdesh dEsk: Bangladesh confirmed five more deaths from the novel coronavirus in the last 24 hours till Wednesday at 8am, taking the tally at 8,428. Some 614 new cases wereReadMore
