Literature

Bangla Sign Language Day-2020 to be observed Friday

Shawdesk Desk: Bangla Sign Language Day-2020 will be observed on February 7 (Friday) across the country, said an official release on Tuesday. The theme of this year is: ‘Standard use

Prime Minister opens Amar Ekushey Book Fair-2020

Shawdesh Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday inaugurated the Amar Ekushey Book Fair-2020. The prime minister opened the book fair on the Bangla Academy premises in the caoital this

Book Fair 2020 to host highest number of publications

Shawdesh Desk: The annual Amar Ekushey book fair on the Bangla Academy premises and the adjacent areas will commence in a grand way hosting the highest number publications. Bangla Academy

44th Kolkata Int’l Book Fair begins

Shawdesh Desk: The 44th International Kolkata Book Fair began on Tuesday at Salt Lake Central Park in Kolkata amid festivity. Kolkata Deputy High Commission and Cultural Affairs Ministry of Bangladesh

Producing drama in spirit of War of Liberation stressed

Shawdesh Desk: Theatre personalities have stressed writing, producing and stating dramas in light with spirit of the War of Liberation to inform the true national history to the younger generation

2nd National Campus Theatre Festival at Shilpakala Academy

Shawdesh Desk: The 2nd National Campus Theatre Festival 2020 got underway at the National Music and Dance Centre of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA) on Friday. Government Bangla College-based theatre troupe

‘Madhu Mela’ begins on Thursday in Jashore

Shawdesh Desk: The annual ‘Madhu Mela’, marking the 196th birth anniversary of the great poet and originator of Bangla sonnets Michael Madhusudan Dutt, will begin tomorrow at the poet’s ancestral

WHO to host film festival in Geneva in May

Shawdesh Desk: The World Health Organization (WHO) will host the first-ever ‘Health for All Film Festival’ in Geneva on May 17-21 on the occasion of the 73rd World Health Assembly.