Literature

Bob Marley classic reimagined and released worldwide in support of UNICEF

Shawdesh Desk: Members of the Marley family, including Stephen, Cedella, and Skip Marley, have launched a reimagined version of the late Bob Marley’s iconic anthem One Love to support UNICEF’s

Humayun Ahmed’s 8th death anniversary today

Shawdesh Desk: Today is the 8th death anniversary of prominent author, playwright, and filmmaker of the country Humayun Ahmed. Different socio-cultural organisations have chalked out elaborate programmes across the country

Gronthomongol: For the love of books, and our debt to Nilkhet

Shawdesh Desk: For as long as almost anyone can remember, Nilkhet in the heart of the capital has been known as the hive of bookworms, where students, academics, publishers, booksellers

No more ”Poush Mela”, ”Basanta Utsav” in Shantiniketan

Shawdesh Desk: Visva-Bharati authorities have decided to scrap the famed ”Poush Mela”, citing its “bitter experience” of the last two years in organising the winter carnival in Shantiniketan amid tussle

Nominations called for ‘Begum Rokeya Padak-2020’

Shawdesh Desk: The Ministry of Women and Children Affairs is inviting applications for ‘Rokeya Padak-2020’. Bangladeshi women who have contributions to women’s education, their rights, socio-economic development, literature and rural

Online watercolour exhibition ‘Touches of Color’ begins

Shawdesh desk: International Watercolor Society Bangladesh has organised its 1st National Online Watercolor Exhibition 2020 ‘Touches of Color’. The two-day long exhibition began on Monday on the Facebook Page of

Miniature Art Project DOOB begins Thursday

Shawdesh desk: A nine-day online Miniature Art Project DOOB (Immersion) will begin on Thursday. Young Bangladeshi artist Azizee Fawmi Khan is the initiator of this project which is her very

Museum to remove Roosevelt statue decried as white supremacy

The authorities of American Museum of Natural History will remove a statue of Theodore Roosevelt from its entrance after years of objections that it symbolizes colonial expansion and racial discrimination,