Macron orders tighter security as Louvre reopens doors
French president Emmanuel Macron Wednesday ordered stepped-up security measures at the Louvre, as the Paris museum reopened its doors days after a shocking daytime heist...
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France intensifies hunt for Louvre raiders
French police on Tuesday stepped up the hunt for thieves who stole priceless royal jewels from the Louvre museum, as scrutiny mounted over security at the country鈥檚 cultural institutions...
Speakers urge amendment to Tobacco Control Law
Speakers at a human chain and street rally in front of the National Museum on Sunday called for the immediate amendment to the tobacco control law to safeguard public health and prevent tobacco companies from influencing government policy...
July Museum must instill spirit of resistance against misrule: Yunus
The chief adviser, Professor Muhammad Yunus, on Saturday thanked all those involved in the construction of the July Memorial Museum and hoped that visitors would feel the spirit of the mass gathering at Ganabhaban on August 5, 2024.
Total lunar eclipse to be seen using telescopes at NMST on September 7
National Museum of Science and Technology in statement on Thursday said that the second total lunar eclipse of 2025 would be visible in the sky from 9.28pm on September 7...
Govt backtracks on direct purchase method
The interim government on Tuesday backtracked on the direct purchase method to transform the Ganabhaban into a July uprising memorial museum...
Human ancestor Lucy gets first European showing in Prague
The 3.18-million-year-old bone fragments of human ancestor Lucy, which rarely leave Ethiopia, will go on display in Europe for the first time Monday at the Czech National Museum in Prague.
Egypt grand museum delay puts tourism hopes on hold
In the shadow of the Grand Egyptian Museum, souvenir shop owner Mona has been readying for the tourist boom she hoped the long-awaited opening would bring 鈥� now once again out of reach...
Ganabhaban to turn into museum at Tk聽111 crore
The advisory council committee on economic affairs on Tuesday agreed in principle to implement two projects worth Tk聽111.19 crore at the Ganabhaban to turn it into a July uprising memorial museum...
Govt to inaugurate July Memorial Museum Aug 5
The July Memorial Museum will be inaugurated on August 5 as the work of the museum is almost at its final stage.
Israeli embassy staffers shot dead in Washington
Two staffers of Israeli embassy were shot dead late Wednesday outside a Jewish museum in Washington by a gunman who shouted 鈥榝ree Palestine,鈥� authorities said, with US, Israeli and other world leaders expressing outrage over the killings.
Khaleda鈥檚 photo displayed at CPC museum
A photograph, capturing the historic moment of former prime minister of Bangladesh Khaleda Zia鈥檚 official visit to China in 1995, is now on display at the Museum of the Communist Party of China in Beijing...
Fire that breaks out at Liberation War Museum fully extinguished
A fire broke out at the generator room of the Liberation War Museum in the capital on Monday morning...
British Council concludes Varendra Museum training
The British Council in partnership with the United Kingdom鈥檚 department for culture, media, and sport organised a closing ceremony for the four-month Varendra Research Museum training programme at the Varendra Research Museum in Rajshahi on Tuesday...
Encounters on the Milky Way screened at National Museum
A documentary film on three cattle breeders from Africa filmed in Switzerland by award-winning Swiss filmmaker Juerg Neuenschwander was screened on Friday at the Cineplex Hall of Bangladesh National Museum.
Demolishing Dhanmondi鈥檚 Mujib memorial museum building continues
A large number of people, including students continued to demolishing the Bangabandhu Memorial Museum building at Dhanmondi in Dhaka city till Thursday noon.
Dhanmondi Mujib memorial museum building razed to ground
A large mass of people, including students, in the early hours on Thursday demolished the Bangabandhu Memorial Museum building at Dhanmondi in Dhaka city after hours of vandalism at the historic building since Wednesday evening...
Managing today鈥檚 museums
MUSEUMS are establishments where representative objects of cultural and historical importance of a nation are showcased for the public. As we go deep into the genesis of the word 鈥榤useum鈥�, we learn that it is derived from the word 鈥榤use鈥� in English adopted into its vocabulary from the Greek word 鈥榤ousa鈥�, meaning 鈥榤use鈥� or 鈥榯hink deeply鈥� over...
All-women Himalayan expedition team honoured
The first ever Bangladeshi all-women team that had recently made an expedition to Himalayan peaks was honoured at Liberation War Museum on January 23....
DIFF concluded with 鈥楤oli鈥�
The nine-day Dhaka International Film Festival concluded with Iqbal Hossain Chowdhury-directed film titled Boli at the auditorium of National Museum at Shahbagh in Dhaka on Sunday...
Dhaka Int鈥檒 Film Fest begins Saturday
The 23rd Dhaka International Film Festival 2025 will begin at the Bangladesh National Museum on Saturday...
35th July 鈥� Bangladesh鈥檚 Deadly Protest screened at BISIFF
The directorial venture of Elizabeth D Costa titled 35th July 鈥� Bangladesh鈥檚 Deadly Protest was screened at the ongoing 17th Bangladesh International Short and Independent Film Festival at the Poet Sufia Kamal Auditorium of Bangladesh National Museum in Dhaka on Monday.
Second climate justice assembly 2024 begins in Dhaka
The two-day second climate justice assembly 2024, organised by Dhoritree Rokkhay Amara, began on Saturday at the Liberation War Museum Auditorium in Dhaka.
Russia shuts gulag museum in Moscow
Russian authorities ordered the closure from Thursday of Moscow鈥檚 award-winning Gulag History Museum.
Committee formed for July uprising memorial museum
The government on Saturday formed a 17-member committee for July Mass Uprising Memorial Museum with writer and filmmaker Ebadur Rahman as its convenor...
Bangladesh鈥檚 interim govt chief for fast construction of museum depicting uprising
Chief adviser professor Muhammad Yunus on Monday asked the authorities concerned to set up a replica of Aynaghar (Mirror House) at Ganabhaban, which is set to turn into a museum to preserve the memories of July-August mass uprising...
Companies should be saved from bureaucratic 鈥榰nethical鈥� interference: ex-NMST DG
Former director general of the National Museum of Science and Technology, Muhammad Munir Chowdhury, said that institutions, including the DPDC should be freed from the unwanted and unfair interference of the ministry, and companies should be saved from bureaucratic 鈥榰nethical鈥� interference...
Ganabhaban to become 鈥楯uly Revolution Memorial Museum鈥�: govt
Adviser for youth and sports, and labour affairs Asif Mahmud on Thursday said that there was no scope for rehabilitation of the fascists in politics until their trials were fully completed.
鈥楪oom: Jaan O Jaban鈥� under way
Anthropologist and documentary photographer Moshfiqur Rahman Johan has captured the in-depth reality of family members and relatives of victims of enforced disappearances in his solo photo exhibition under way at the Nalinikanta Bhattasali Gallery of Bangladesh National Museum in the capital...
Civil service officials urged to build a corruption-free country
The National Museum of Science and Technology director general Muhammad Munir Chowdhury on Wednesday urged the civil service officials to build a corruption-free country...
