A panel discussion, featuring Mohaiemen with Sociologist Seuty Sabur, Anthropologist Manosh Chowdhury and Chief Curator of Bengal Foundation Tanzim Wahab will also be held during the inaugural ceremony of the exhibition.

Popular actor Ashna Habib Bhabna started her journey as a writer with the novel Gulnehar, three years ago. Bhabna’s second book, Tara, came out during the Ekushey Boi Mela next year. Both Tara and Gulnehar were widely appreciated by readers.

Celebrated art connoisseurs, collectors and entrepreneurs Rajeeb and Nadia Samdani, also the cofounders of the Samdani Art Foundation, have been organising Dhaka Art Summit biennially since 2012.

Tomaszewski, the prize-winning photographer and pedagogue, has been a correspondent for National Geographic magazine since 1986, serving as the head consultant to the Polish edition since 1999. He has traveled the world, collecting stories and secrets through pictures, with a sincere look at the less glamorous corners of life.

Helal Shah’s solo painting exhibition, Ankora, is currently underway at EMK Center in Dhanmondi.

Loke Ki Bolbe, an exclusive Ekushey Boi Mela release, authored by Ayman Sadiq and Sakib Bin Rashid, explores the conversations revolving around societal expectations and pressures.

A film on Bangabandhu’s life, commemorating his 100th birth anniversary, is in the making as a joint venture by Bangladesh and India. Eminent director Shyam Benegal is directing the film.

Uncensored with Rafi Hossain is one of The Daily Star’s flagship programmes, where stars of all arenas drop by to participate in a heart-to-heart conversation with the host, Rafi Hossain.

Veteran artiste Arati Das, Kolkata’s first cabaret queen who became popular as ‘Miss Shefali’ in the 1960s and 70s, passed away due to a cardiac arrest at her residence in Sodepur in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal.

Kirk Douglas, one of the last superstars of Hollywood's golden age of cinema renowned for his intense, muscular performances in "Spartacus" and "Paths of Glory," dies aged 103.

Film director, producer, screenplay writer, film critic and actor Francois Roland Truffaut has made over 25 films in his career spanning the last 3 decades. Pioneering the Nouvelle Vague (New Wave) movement in French films, Truffaut’s character Antoine Doinel from his autobiographical film, The 400 Blows (Le Quatre Cents Coups), was well received by the audience, both home and abroad.

Renowned artist Nazia Andaleeb Preema’s 22nd solo exhibition, Preema Donna, is underway at Nalini Kanta Bhattasali Gallery of Bangladesh National Museum (BNM).

In the era of digitalisation and augmented reality, capturing the human imagination in pages has become quite challenging.

Over the years, National Film awardee Aparna Ghose has enthralled the audience with her remarkable performances in films like Third Person Singular Number, Bhuban Majhi and Mrittika Maya. Besides acting and modelling, Aparna has also managed to keep her pace in the theatre industry with the theatre troupe, Nandikar.

Full of suspense and romance, the first teaser trailer of Poran was released on Monday. After Poramon 2 and Dohon, director Raihan Rafi is set to release his much anticipated film, Poran.

Marking the 101st birth anniversary of the eminent writer, scholar and freedom fighter Abu Rushd (1919-2010), his family honoured four noted personalities of the country. They also provided research grants to emerging scholars and writers at WVA auditorium, recently.

Rubina Akhter’s month-long solo art exhibition, Mystery & Light, is underway at Radius Centre, Bay’s Galleria, Gulshan.

Modina Jahan Rime’s Kichu Jonmo Nichok Coincident was 2018’s bestseller from Darikoma Prokashoni. Rime’s journey as a writer started in 2015 with her first novel, Insomnia.

At a press conference at the National Art Gallery’s auditorium yesterday, Co-Founder of the Samadani Art Foundation, Rajib Samdani, and Director of Samdani Art Foundation, Nadia Samdani highlighted the details of the Dhaka Art Summit (DAS) 2020.

Facebook Inc Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg announces her engagement to the head of a consulting firm.