Event

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Children’s activities at Dhaka Litfest 2019

Every November, Dhaka Lit Fest creates a hub of stimulating activities and conversations for the culturally inclined.

5y ago

Surf Excel Promotes Outdoor Play

Dirt is good. Surf Excel acts on this long-held brand philosophy to unleash human potential by giving children the freedom to get dirty and experience life, thus preparing them for the future.

5y ago

Foodpanda Bangladesh Turns 5 - Celebrates With Mega Deals

Foodpanda Bangladesh Ltd, celebrates five years of operations in Bangladesh. Foodpanda is part of the global leaders of food delivery

5y ago

International Anti-Corruption Conference 2018 / A global menace that spares no one

The world is seeing a rise of authoritarianism—in the form of populist regimes—threatening all those who defend social justice across countries and continents.

6y ago

Film / The global showcase of films

The last trimester of the calendar year is possibly the most exciting time for film lovers—prestige release season! The season opens with Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), which has premiered and showcased contenders such as La La Land, The Imitation Game, and Room.

6y ago

event / DU organises second conference on Rohingya

A three-day international conference on the Rohingya crisis, which came to an end earlier this week, was organised by the Department of Criminology at the Nabab Nawab Ali Chowdhury Senate Bhaban at Dhaka University. It was entitled: “Rohingya: Politics, Ethnic Cleansing and Uncertainty.”

6y ago

An excerpt from Chandrabati / THE STORYTELLER 1550-1600

Once upon a time on the bank of the Fulesshari river, there lived a Supergirl by the name of Chandrabati. It was Chandrabati who started telling the HerStories. Before her time, stories were told about princes, heroes, and rajas, but Chandrabati wrote about heroines, princesses and ranis. This changed everything.

7y ago

Her Stories / Homegrown Supergirls at Dhaka Lit Fest

Her Stories: Adventures of Supergirls” is a book of illustrated stories about 21 Bengali women from Ancient Bengal to present-day. This book was produced by The HerStory Foundation. Zareen Mahmud Hosein founded HerStory to focus on the empowerment of women and gender equality through art and documentation.

7y ago

Tickle your intellect this Lit Fest

It's that time of the year again—to soak in the muted, winter sun on the dewy early-morning lawn, sipping shatkora and lotkon sherbets as you give up body and soul to rapturous lines of poetry, all eyes and ears for the literary luminaries and cultural icons who grace the grounds of Bangla Academy this weekend-and-a-half as Dhaka Lit Fest (DLF) returns for its third year.

7y ago

A Celebration of life

The people of Chunarughat observed something unique on the morning of March 10. Hundreds of activists, musicians and artists...

7y ago

Collaboration for Impact

Set to reach middle income status by 2021, Bangladesh is at the crossroads of an economy in transition.

7y ago

How ‘Talash’ Has Brought Bangladesh and South Korea a Step Closer

When a research professor at the Kim-Dae-Jung Presidential Library and Museum of Yonsei University in South-Korea, Professor Seung- Hee

7y ago

Aiming for Visibility

The first time I saw The Vagina Monologues being performed, was at a women's day event in Yorkshire in 2009.

8y ago

Shining Blue

Popular American media personality and anti-vaccine activist Jenny McCarthy once said, “Hope is the greatest thing for moms of autism. Hope is what gets us out of bed in the morning. I'm on a mission to tell parents that there is a way”.

8y ago

Bengal Classical Music Festival MELODY AS COMMUNION

The five-day Bengal Classical Music Festival took place in Dhaka from November 27 till December 1, 2015, when the pre dawn azaan

8y ago

AAA: Awarding Excellence

Bangladesh is filled with graduates who have learned from developed countries, who are now assets to the development of our own nation.

8y ago

STEPS TOWARDS CHANGE

The Placement is a part of the Summer Challenges programme held every year by PDF, organised to serve a community through an effective platform.

9y ago

The Creative Career

How can I learn more about my career opportunities?” - a question that arises among all students near the end of graduation.

9y ago