The first consignment of wheat, under a memorandum of understanding between Bangladesh and the United States for the annual import of 7 lakh tonnes, reached the outer anchorage of the Chittagong port on Saturday...
The theatre and performance studies department of Dhaka University will stage two consecutive shows of Noukabilash today, with the aim of raising funds for Sheikh Authy, a student of the department who was critically injured on October 14 while playing in the Dhaka University Inter Department Football Tournament...
Theatre troupe Palakar staged its 100th performance of 鈥楧akghar鈥�, a theatre production directed by Shamim Sagar, at the studio theatre hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on Friday.
Md Ahsan Habib, a talented Bangladeshi student, has been recognised for his exceptional creativity and academic excellence with a gold medal at one of India鈥檚 premier institutions, the University of Hyderabad. He was awarded the Sri L N Murthy Memorial Gold Medal for outstanding achievement.
The advisory council committee on government purchase on Tuesday approval a number of proposals including procurement of 2.20 lakh tonnes of wheat from the United States and 50,000 tonens of non-basmati rice from India...
The Bangladesh Performance Art Group debuted its first theatrical production, Jalaluddin Rumi, at the Experimental Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on Tuesday...
Theatre Art Unit honoured playwright, director and founder of Batighar Theatre Sanjoy Sarker Muktonil received the SM Solaiman Pronodona 2025 on Monday.
Theatre troupe Abhaman premiered its second production titled 鈥楥handidas鈥� at the Experimental Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on Wednesday...
The students at the workshop of the Friday Theatre School on Saturday premiered the classic tale of the Pied Piper of Hamelin at Alliance Fran莽aise de Dhaka...
Theatre troupe Prachyanat is staging four shows of its new theatre production titled 鈥楤yatikram Ebang Niyam鈥� at the Experimental Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy that started on Wednesday...
Theatre troupe Spardha: Independent Theatre Collective staged its production titled 鈥楢mi Birangana Bolchhi鈥�, portraying the struggles of war heroines, at the Studio Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on Friday.
Theatre troupe Spardha: Independent Theatre Collective concluded a series of workshops as a part of their two-month theatre festival, which began on August 8.
The University Grants Commission of Bangladesh at a programme in Dhaka on Wednesday signed agreements with 43 public and private universities to implement 151 selected sub-projects under the Higher Education Acceleration and Transformation project...
University Grants Commission of Bangladesh chairman Professor SMA Faiz on Tuesday said 100 per cent transparency and accountability were being ensured in evaluating Higher Education Acceleration and Transformation project...
More than 1,100 deaths in Spain have been linked to a 16-day heatwave that ended Monday, according to an estimate released Tuesday by the Carlos III Health Institute.
BotTala Actors鈥� Studio premiered its children鈥檚 theatre production titled 鈥楪ulliver鈥檚 Travels鈥� at Naat Mandal of Dhaka University on Saturday...
All of Spain was on a heatwave alert on Friday, while the weather agency warned that much of the country was at 鈥榲ery high to extreme risk鈥� from wildfires...
German playwright Bertolt Brecht鈥檚 one-act play titled 鈥楽enora Carrar鈥檚 Rifle鈥� was staged in the Experimental Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy to pay tribute to July martyrs on Thursday...
Human-caused climate change made a recent Nordic heatwave about 2C hotter, putting a strain on healthcare, ecosystems and indigenous Sami reindeer herders in a region ill-equipped for such events, researchers said on Thursday...
Greece on Wednesday battled to contain more than 20 wildfires including one menacing its third-largest city Patras as a heatwave stoked blazes and forced the evacuation of thousands in southern Europe...
Nordic countries are relieved after battling an exceptional heatwave which shattered the hopes of foreigners seeking to cool off in the far north 鈥� a disappointment meteorologists warn is likely to be repeated...
Iranian authorities ordered many government offices to close on Wednesday in a bid to cut power consumption as a heatwave strains generating capacity, state media reported.
PALESTINIANS and international humanitarian groups were among those who denounced Friday鈥檚 (August 1) highly orchestrated tour of a Gaza aid distribution center run by a US-backed group condemned for its role in Israeli forces鈥� massacres of desperate people seeking food and other lifesaving aid...
London鈥檚 Heathrow Airport on Friday unveiled a 拢49-billion ($65 billion) expansion plan, including the costs of building a long-awaited third runway, approved by the UK government after years of legal wrangling.
BANGLADESH has made significant progress in reducing childhood stunting over the past decade, thanks to improvements in healthcare, nutrition and public health initiatives. However, a new and silent threat is emerging that could jeopardise these hard-won gains: climate change. Recent research has highlighted a troubling link between extreme heat and stunted...
Theatre Wave, a new theatre troupe, premiered its first play titled 鈥楳ukhomukhi鈥� at the experimental theatre hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy in the capital Dhaka on Friday.
June鈥檚 heatwave has caused snow and glaciers in the French Alps to melt faster, causing water shortages at mountain shelters just before the summer tourist hiking season gets into full swing...
The interim government on Wednesday decided to procure 2.20 lakh tonnes of wheat from the United States at Tk 817.57 crore in a bid to avert a high US tariff on Bangladeshi goods...
A severe heatwave sweeping Iran has disrupted water and electricity supplies in much of the country, with reservoir levels dropping to their lowest point in a century, state media said Tuesday...
