Literature

Angelina Jolie sells Winston Churchill painting for record £7m

Shawdesh Desk: A painting by former British prime minister Sir Winston Churchill, which was owned by Angelina Jolie, has sold for £7m at auction in London. The sale price was

Denver family wows neighbourhood with snow art

Shawdesh desk: For most people, creating a snowman is hard work, but one family in Colorado took things to another level with this snake snow sculpture. Morn Mosley and his

Chobi Mela Shunno goes virtual

Shawdesh Desk: Great news pouring on for connoisseurs of art. International photography festival’s 11th edition ‘Chobi Mela Shunno’ has now gone virtual. Organised by Drik Picture Library and Pathshala South

Unseen Vincent van Gogh painting of Paris goes on public display for the first time

Shawdesh Desk: A painting of Paris by Vincent van Gogh, which has almost never been seen by the public after being stashed within a French family’s private collection for more

Research book on Bangabandhu to be unveiled Thursday

Shawdesh Desk: A research book on Bangabandhu titled ‘Bangabandhu’s Thought on Society and State’ will be unveiled tomorrow, marking the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur

Khondkar Ibrahim Khaled passes away

Shawdesh Desk: Noted banker Khondkar Ibrahim Khaled passed away at a hospital in the capital on Wednesday morning. He was 80. He breathed his last at around 5:40am at Bangabandhu

Hillary Clinton and Louise Penny co-writing mystery novel

Shawdesh Desk: One of the world’s better known fans of mystery novels, Hillary Rodham Clinton, is now writing one. Clinton is teaming up with her friend, the novelist Louise Penny,

Arturo Di Modica, sculptor of the Wall Street Charging Bull, dies

Shawdesh Desk: Italian sculptor Arturo Di Modica, who created the famous “Charging Bull” statue which has become a symbol of New York’s Wall Street, died overnight at the age of