Thus, the sports-culture-music-acting-YouTubing influenced politics that, it can be argued, resonates with people in a way that traditional politics cannot. True, celebrities are not politicians in the first place and the process by which they are selected marginalises issues of political substance. But as argued above, the term ‘representation’ should include not only ‘nirbachon derano’ […]
Why is the Red Fort red?
How are the nobles of Hangor, Noddi, Grenada doing these days?
Fading colours: Bangladesh’s endangered rickshaw art
While only 17 people caught shrimp this way in 2013, 200 people now go out into the waves at the right time of year on horseback, dragging shrimp nets behind them, says Otton. Indonesia says inscription on the UNESCO list of the noken, a knotted or woven bag made by Papua people to carry everyday […]
Rahman M. Mehboob, PhD, Head of the Department, inaugurated the programme. Under the guidance of faculty members, Tamanna Islam, Mithila Farzana, Sushmita Sarkar Shubhra, Riyad Sohan, students managed all aspects of a 30-minute play (abridged version) of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, which included hosting, acting and background work. . And Mehnaz Akhtar.
K-Fest, organized by BD K-Family, took place on 10 November at Tokyo Square Convention Centre, Mohammadpur, Dhaka. Starting in 2010, ‘BD K-Family’ was a small regular Facebook group of only 5 members, which has gradually grown into a family of thousands. Founder Tashnuwa Zahn shared information about the inspiration behind organizing the Korean festival, “Since […]
Zeenat Barkatullah is survived by two daughters and has many relatives and fans to mourn her death. He was awarded the Ekushey Padak, the second highest award for civilians in the country, in 2022. Information and Broadcasting Minister Hasan Mahmood expressed deep shock and grief over the death of Zeenat Barkatullah. Ruling Awami League joint […]
The Martyred Intellectuals’ Cemetery in Mirpur, Dhaka, is a cemetery where some of the Birshrestha (gallant war heroes) and intellectuals killed by the occupying Pakistani army and their collaborators during the liberation war in 1971 were laid to eternal rest. Many other eminent persons of contemporary times are also buried there. The cemetery has a […]
She was standing straight. She stood up for her country and her culture. And against a country where female footballers wearing the Islamic hijab headscarf are outlawed, Nouhaila Benzina stood up for her religion. Dressed in a Moroccan red headscarf, Benzina may have had to contend with his teammates in the 4-0 defeat against France. […]
Writer Samaresh Mazumdar is no more
Four secretaries have been transferred while one additional secretary has been promoted as secretary. The Ministry of Public Administration issued a separate gazette notification in this regard on Tuesday. Additional Secretary Khalil Ahmed, Director General of Rural Development Academy in Bogura, has been promoted as Secretary. He has been made Secretary, Ministry of Cultural Affairs.
They made concrete political demands, such as “not being treated poorly in hospital because everything is blamed on your weight, which can have fatal consequences. Or in all areas of life, in the job or housing market, in dating, Insurance is not being discriminated against,” Lechner said. “It was really a structural critique and not […]
Hassan, joint general secretary of the ruling Awami League, said the film industry began its journey in Bangladesh in 1957 at the hands of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman with the establishment of the Film Development Corporation in Dhaka. With time, under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, daughter of Bangabandhu, the film of the […]
The nation is all set to observe ‘Amar Ekushi and International Mother Language Day’ on Tuesday to pay homage to the martyrs of the language movement who made the supreme sacrifice for the mother tongue on February 21, 1952. The Ministry of Cultural Affairs presents the award with a gold medal, a certificate of honor […]