Literature

‘Shesher Kobita’ promotes reading habit

Shawdesh Desk; Photographer Fouzia Jahan has portrayed characters from Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore’s renowned novel ‘Shesher Kobita’ to promote reading habits among youths in her first solo exhibition under way

Theatre fest features works of Nazrul, his life

Shawdesh Desk: Cultural organisation Bashori lifted the curtain on a seven-day theatre festival featuring theatrical works of Kazi Nazrul Islam and plays on him at the Nilima Ibrahim Auditorium of

Photographs offer glimpses of mountaineering adventures

Shawdesh Desk: Mountaineers have depicted their memories of thrilling mountaineering expeditions through photographs in an ongoing exhibition under way at the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy in the capital. The audience can

Syed Abdullah Khalid’s death anniv today

Shawdesh Desk: Today is the seventh anniversary of the death of Ekushey Padak-winning sculptor Syed Abdullah Khalid, whose seminal creation ‘Aparajeyo Bangla’ is considered one of the masterpieces created after

‘Primer to Press’ depicts evolution of Bengali alphabet

Shawdesh Desk: Artist and researcher Sabyasachi Hazra has depicted the evolution of Bengali alphabet and printing equipment in his solo exhibition titled ‘Primer to Press’ under way at the Alliance

Sir Isaac Newton calculated the precise date of when the world will end

Shawdesh Desk: Sir Isaac Newton may be one of the most influential geniuses of all time, but not all his theories were schoolbook-worthy. Yes, the British polymath discovered gravity and revolutionised

Amar Ekushey Book Fair begins 1 February

Shawdesh desk: The Amar Ekushey Book Fair 2024 will begin on the Bangla Academy premises and at Suhrawardy Udyan in Dhaka on 1 February. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is scheduled

Poet Jasimuddin’s 121st birth anniversary today

Shawdesh desk: The 121st birth anniversary of poet and litterateur Jasimuddin, widely revered as the ‘Palli Kobi’, is being observed on Monday. The poet was born on this day in