Literature

COVID-19: ‘the bitter end’ for live music venues?

Shawdesh Desk: The venerable New Orleans funk band Galactic purchased the historic music club Tipitina’s in late November 2018 and, according to bassist Robert Mercurio, was making a go of

Kali O Kalam editor Abul Hasnat passes away

Shawdesh Desk: Renowned journalist Abul Hasnat passed away at a city hospital on Sunday morning at the age of 75. Hasnat, the editor of monthly Kali o Kalam magazine, was

A poetry on Sheikh Russel

Sheikh Russel Sheikh Russel You have inculcated In us sense of patriotism By embracing death cruel You have inspired Every child To protect the country By

Eminent poet Rudra Mohammad Shahidullah’s 64th birth anniversary observed

Shawdesh Desk: Friday marks the 64th birth anniversary of late Rudra Muhammad Shahidullah, a brilliant poet of love and protest in Bengali literature. He was born on this day in

Herbert Kretzmer, Lyricist of ‘Les Miserables,’ Dies at 95

Shawdesh desk: Herbert Kretzmer, the journalist and lyricist knew for his English-language adaptation of the musical Les Miserables, has died. He was 95. His family confirmed Wednesday that Kretzmer died

Writer and researcher Rashid Haider no more

Shawdesh Desk: Noted writer and researcher Rashid Haider passed away on Tuesday morning at his residence in the capital. He was 80. He breathed his last around 8:30 am. He

Nobel Prize in economics awarded to Paul Milgrom and Robert Wilson

Shawdesh desk: American economists Paul Milgrom and Robert Wilson have been awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in economics for their contributions to auction theory, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

Nobel Prize for chemistry awarded to Charpentier and Doudna

Shawdesh Desk: French scientist Emmanuelle Charpentier and American Jennifer A. Doudna have won the Nobel Prize in chemistry for developing a method of genome editing known as CRISPR. The recipients