Literature

Prominent educationist Prof Atful Hye laid to rest

Prominent educationist and historian Prof Dr. Atful Hye Shibly was laid to rest at Banani graveyard in the city on Wednesday. He was buried after Namaz-e-Janaza held at Banani Jame

106th birth anniversary of Shilpacharya Zainul Abedin today

Shawdesh dEsk: The 106th birth anniversary of art maestro Zainul Abedin is being observed today (Tuesday). The creative genius was born on December 29, 1914, in Kishoreganj and went on

Foreign authors top sellers with literature-loving Tehran women

Shawdesh Desk: French authors Albert Camus and Simone de Beauvoir rub shoulders with the likes of Jewish diarist Anne Frank and Russian poet Osip Mandelstam in Tehran bookstores where the

Hason Raja’s 166th birth anniv today

Shawdesh desk: Today is the 166th birth anniversary of Bengali poet, mystic philosopher and songwriter Hason Raja. He was born on 1854 in Sylhet. Raja gained international recognition few years

Poet Manzur-I-Mawla passes away at 80

Shawdesh Desk: Poet and former director-general of Bangla Academy Manzur-I-Mawla passed away at a city hospital on Sunday morning. He was 80. He breathed his last at Dhaka’s United Hospital

Ekushey Padak recipient artist Abu Taher passes away

Shawdesh desk: Ekushey Padak recipient eminent artist Abu Taher breathed his last on Friday around 12.00pm at the United Hospital after suffering from cardiac arrest . This is a great loss

Ananda Award Winner Sudhir Chakraborty passes away

Shawdesh Desk: Sudhir Chakraborty, a prominent Bengali educationist, essayist and folk-culture expert, died Tuesday afternoon at a private hospital in Kolkata. He was 86 years old. The veteran researcher-writer had

Artists did a fabulous job on PM Hasina: Information Minister

Shawdesh Desk: Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud on Tuesday said artists have done a fabulous job by pouring their hearts and souls in their artworks on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.