DHAKA UNIVERSITY: For the first time the Dhaka University (DU) will organize a spring festival upholding the traditional cultural heritage of the country.Dhaka University Cultural Society (DUCS) will arrange the daylong festival at Mall Chattar on the university campus in city on March

DHAKA: The weeklong Bangladesh Street Theatre Festival-2016 (Bangladesh Pathanatak Utshab) is set to kick off on Central Shaheed Minar premises of the capital on Tuesday afternoon (March 1).Bangladesh Pathanatak Parishad will arrange the festival as in the previous years. Since 2002,

DHAKA: Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy (37) has made history as the only Pakistani to win two Oscars.On Tuesday (March 1), she made headlines in Pakistan when her name was called at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, for best short subject documentary film of the year.She walked up to the

DHAKA: Bangladesh Nazrul Abritti Parishad (BNAP) organized a program of discussion and poetry recitations at the seminar hall of Central Public Library on Saturday (February 27).The program, Nazrul Abritti Utkarsha-9, was the ninth in a series of events held every two months in which

DHAKA: The Hungarian Holocaust drama ‘Son of Saul’ by Laszlo Nemes won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. The film, which was partly financed by the Claims Conference, claimed the prize at the annual Oscar ceremony Sunday night (February 28) in Los Angeles. The

DHAKA: Finally, Leonardo DiCaprio won the Academy Award in Best actor category for his turn as lone survivor Hugh Glass in The Revenant.Brie Larson won in Best Actress category for her flawless acting in Room.Alejandro González Iñárritu won the Best Director award for The Revenant. The

BAGERHAT: With the participation of as many as 40 renowned artists, an ‘Art Camp’ has started in Sundarbans, the largest mangrove forest in the world, with the slogan of “Art for life”.The launch, carrying participant artists, has reached Harbaria, the eastern division of the

DHAKA: A total of 27 eminent artistes have been named for National Film Award-2014 as recognition of their outstanding performances in respective arenas.The announcement came on Thursday (February 25) to give the National Film Award in 26 categories.Syed Hasan Imam and Rani Sarker will be

DHAKA: Harper Lee, the author of To Kill A Mockingbird, has died at the age of 89.The death was confirmed by the mayor’s office in her hometown of Monroeville in Alabama of USA, reports the BBC.The novelist was born Nelle Harper Lee on April 28 in 1926 in Monroeville of Alabama.In 1960,

DHAKA: The logo of 24-hour news oriented TV channel, News24, of East West Media Group (EWMGL) was unveiled at Rajdarshan Hall of the International Convention City, Bashundhara (ICC,B) on Friday (February 19).Information minister Hasanul Haq Inu, Bashundhara Group chairman Ahmed Akbar

DHAKA: A Canadian expatriate Bangladeshi poet Shahana Akhter Mahua has brought a book of translated poems, ‘Durer Canvas’, in the ongoing Ekushey book fair.The book contains translations of poems, written by a few Canadian indigenous poetesses.These poems depicted the encroachment of

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DHAKA: Taylor Swift’s ‘1989’ has won the coveted album of the year award at this year’s Grammys in Los Angeles.The singer, who is the first woman to win the award twice, also won best pop vocal album and best music video for her track ‘Bad Blood’, reports the BBC.Rapper

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DHAKA: Wilderness drama The Revenant, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, has dominated this year's Baftas.It was named best film while DiCaprio won best actor and Alejandro G Inarritu best director. The Mexican director described the win as "overwhelming". He said DiCaprio's "talent and

DHAKA: Khaled Hasan is an extraordinary documentary photographer and filmmaker born in Dhaka in 1981. He began working as a photographer in 2001 as a freelancer for several dailies in Bangladesh and for international magazines.His passion for photography since younger age has made him to

DHAKA: Five British nationals have died in a car crash in Sweden, the UK foreign office has said.It is understood all four members of the indie band ‘Viola Beach’ died in the accident, which happened on Saturday in the Swedish capital Stockholm.The car plunged more than 25m from a

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DHAKA: Adele has been named the world's best selling and most popular music artist of 2015.The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) awarded the singer its global artist of the year prize in recognition of her ‘simply phenomenal’ success.Adele’s achievement is

DHAKA: Alejandro Inarritu has won the top prize at the Directors Guild of America (DGA) awards for ‘The Revenant’, adding weight to his chances at the Oscars.‘The Revenant’, starring Leonardo Di Caprio as a frontiersman fighting for survival, leads the Oscars race with 12