Literature

Cartoon exhibition ‘People of Many colours’ underway at AFD

The cultural cartoon exhibition titled ‘People of many colors’ by Dr. Sajid Bin Doza Bonny is underway at La Galerie of Alliance Française de Dhaka. Eminent Cartoonist Ahsan Habib inaugurated

Dancer born with one hand makes Radio City Rockettes history

Shawdesh Desk: A dancer born with one hand is the first person with a visible disability ever hired by New York’s famed Radio City Rockettes. “I don’t want to be

BAFA Art Gallery starts Friday

Shawdesh Desk: Renowned cultural institute Bulbul Academy of Fine Arts (BAFA) is going to inaugurate an Art Gallery at its main campus in Waisghat in old Dhaka city on Friday.

Liberation War film festival begins Dec 15

Shawdesh desk: A weeklong film festival featuring movies and documentaries made on the plot of Liberation War will begin in the capital on December 15, marking the Great Victory Day.

World’s oldest artwork uncovered in Indonesian cave

Shawdesh Desk: An Indonesian cave painting that depicts a prehistoric hunting scene could be the world’s oldest figurative artwork dating back nearly 44,000 years, a discovery that points to an

Mangaldeep Foundation’s new play contains enthralling performances by visually impaired performers

Shawdesh Desk: Theatre festival Notuner Utsab – 2019 concluded on Thursday at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy’s National Theatre Hall with Mangaldeep Foundation’s new play Lottery, performed by visually impaired actors- which

Chinese lantern festival presented in French Riviera

Shawdesh Desk: A Chinese lantern festival kicked off on Friday in Nice, the largest city in the French Riviera, a scenic coast area in southeast France. After more than six

Poet-architect Rabiul Husain passes away

Shawdesh Desk: Architect and poet Rabiul Husain passed away at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) on early Tuesday. He was 67. He was hospitalised for the last two weeks