JnU to host 3-day film festival on June 23
The Jagannath University Film Society is set to host a three-day film festival June 23...
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Trump turning US into authoritarian regime, says Emmy winner
Donald Trump is turning the United States into an authoritarian regime, an Oscar-nominated director warned as his documentary about George Orwell was screened at the Cannes film festival Monday...
Makeup Shakeup to hold 3-day fest on Thursday
A platform for women entrepreneurs, Makeup Shakeup, is scheduled to hold a 3-day Eid-ul-Azha Festival at Radisson Blu in Chattogram on Thursday...
Cannes film fest under pressure to take stance on Gaza war
The Cannes film festival kicks off Tuesday on the French Riviera, with organisers facing pressure to take a stance on Israel鈥檚 siege of Gaza after a letter from hundreds of top cinema figures denouncing 鈥榞enocide鈥� in the Palestinian territory.
Buddha Purnima celebrated
Buddha Purnima, the most sacred and largest religious festival of the Buddhists, was celebrated on Sunday across the country with traditional enthusiasm and due religious fervour...
Syed Badruddin Hossain Theatre Fest ends
The four-day Syed Badruddin Hossain Memorial Theatre Festival 2025 ended on Sunday with the staging of Natya Teertha鈥檚 production Dwip at the experimental theatre hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy...
Asiatic Mindshare wins gold at Festival of Media Asia
Asiatic Mindshare has won gold award in 鈥楤est Use of Mobile鈥� category at the Festival of Media Asia 2025, said a press release...
FY26 budget to be announced first Monday of June
The national budget for the 2025-26 financial year will be announced on the first Monday of June instead of the traditional announcement day, the first Thursday of the month, due to the celebration of Eid-ul-Azha, a religious festival of the Muslims, Finance Division officials said...
Nine killed as driver plows into Vancouver festival crowd
A driver killed at least nine people when he plowed a vehicle through a crowd at a Filipino cultural celebration in Vancouver, police in the Canadian city said on Sunday...
Zayed鈥檚 鈥楧arkaak鈥� selected for film festivals in France, Canada
Filmmaker Zayed Siddiki鈥檚 short film titled Darkaak has been selected for two film festivals in France and Canada...
Baisabi festival ends with Marma Jalkeli
Baisabi festival in the Chittagong Hill Tracts ended on Saturday with Jalkeli event of the Marma community...
RMG workers block highway for salary, festival allowance
Readymade garment workers on Thursday blocked Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in the Jaina Bazar area under Sripur upazila in the district demanding their salaries for the month of March and festival allowances for Eid-ul-fitr celebrated across the country on March 31...
Francophonie Film Festival 2025 under way in Dhaka
A ten-day film festival titled Francophonie Film Festival 2025 featuring French language films from different countries is under way at Alliance Fran莽aise Dhaka...
Baisabi rally held in Khagrachari
A rally was brought out, welcoming the Baisabi Utsab, the biggest cultural festival of hill communities, in Khagrachari on Tuesday...
Santals celebrate Baha Parab in Gobindaganj
Baha Parab, also known as Bahabanga or the flower festival, was celebrated in Santal-dominated areas of Gobindaganj in Gaibandha on Tuesday, with a call to the government to promote the cultural heritage and tradition of the Santals...
Eid-ul-Fitr celebrated across Bangladesh
Eid-ul-Fitr, one of the biggest religious festivals of the Muslims, was celebrated across Bangladesh with due solemnity, fervour and joy on Monday...
Govt should ensure timely payment of worker dues
DESPITE promises from all apparel sector stakeholders, some factories are yet to clear the workers鈥� monthly wage and the festival allowance for the forthcoming Eid-ul-Fitr. The Industrial Police and the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters鈥� Association report that 2,069 factories among 2,107 units in operation have already paid the February wages and are now...
BKB hosts lottery draw of remittance festival
Bangladesh Krishi Bank on Tuesday conducted lottery draw of the first phase of its 鈥楻emittance Festival 2025鈥� organised on the occasion of Eid-Ul Fitr, said a press release...
SKOP demands workers鈥� wage, festival allowance by Ramadan 20
Leaders of the Sramik Karmachari Oikya Parishad, a combine of 16 labour rights bodies, on Sunday at a rally in Dhaka called on the government and owners of mills and factories to pay wage and festival allowance of the workers by Ramadan 20...
Munshiganj malls see rush before Eid
Shopping malls in the district town have been buzzing with rush of shoppers who are gathering at different shopping outlets from morning to mid-night to buy clothes, shoes and other items for their beloved ones to celebrate the Eid-ul-Fitr, the biggest festival of the Muslim...
Kaluhati shoe village becomes bustling ahead of Eid
Workers and owners of most of the shoe and other footwear factories at Kaluhati village in the district are passing their busiest days ahead of the forthcoming Eid-ul-Fitr festival...
Baha Bonga festival celebrated at JU
The Baha Bonga festival of the Santal community was observed, demanding national recognition, at Jahangirnagar University of Savar in Dhaka on Friday.
UIU becomes champion of Inventious 4.1 competition
A computer science and engineering department student of United International University, Md Rohan, has recently become champion in the User Interface and User Experience Design Competition at the National Technology Festival titled Inventious 4.1...
Govt employees鈥� payment, festival bonus by March 23
The government has decided to disburse the monthly salary for March and the festival bonus by March 23 for the celebration of the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr...
Govt should, rather, go for reconciliation on BSA issue
SYED Jamil Ahmed鈥檚 tendering resignation from his position as the director general of the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy is something unwarranted in that his appointment to the position in the changed political context after August 5, 2024 was one of the pleasant happenings. It had so been because this was, perhaps, for the first time that the Shilpakala Academy, the...
Munier Chy Nat鈥檒 Theatre Festival ends today
An eight-day theatre festival, organised by the training department of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, will end on Friday at National Theatre Hall in Dhaka...
EKUSHEY BOOK FAIR: Few titles on Language Movement
Ekushey programmes at the ongoing month-long Amar Ekushey Book Fair 2025 began with a 10-day theatre festival on the Mukta Mancha stage on the Suhrawardy Udyan premises on Wednesday, with only a few books on the Language Movement...
BUFT celebrates spring festival
The department of apparel manufacturing and technology at BGMEA University of Fashion and Technology hosted spring festival on the campus on Tuesday, celebrating the arrival of spring with vibrant festivities...
Bangladeshi culture celebrated in Athens
Doel Academy, a cultural organisation founded by Bangladeshi expatriates in Greece, performed traditional Bangladeshi songs and dances at the 13th Folklore Festival in Greece on Monday...
鈥楩estival of Youth鈥� set to end with great enthusiasm
The 鈥楩estival of Youth 2025,鈥� which started on December 30 last year to motivate youth empowerment with a theme of 鈥楲et鈥檚 change the country, change the world,鈥� is coming to an end on Wednesday, said a press release from the chief adviser鈥檚 Press Wing on Monday.
