The three-day Charyapada Revival Festival 2025 concluded on Friday (July 11) with a contemplative session of training and spiritual revival centered around the ancient mystical songs of Charyapada. The closing event took place from 3 PM to 9 PM at the Studio Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy.
The second day of the Charyapada Revival Festival 2025 highlighted the deep spiritual and cultural legacy of Bengali mystic traditions through a seminar titled "The Legacy of Charya-Sadhana: Atish–Chaitanya–Lalon."
Shilpacharya Zainul Abedin's wife Jahanara Abedin has passed away. She was 94
One of the country’s biggest band music events, Dhaka Rock Fest, is all set to return to stage after a gap of two years.
Dong Yuchen, a professor at the Centre for South Asia Studies Department of Beijing Foreign Studies University, said I have translated the works of great Bengali writers including Rabindranath Tagore and Sarat Chandra into Chinese, and now I will publish the biography of the rebel poet Kazi Nazrul Islam and his selected poems in Chinese translation.
At this year's Amar Ekushey Book Fair, organized by Bangla Academy, sales data has been received from 351 out of the 703 participating institutions. These 351 publishing houses reported sales totaling approximately Tk20 crore. Bangla Academy estimates that the overall sales, including those from the remaining publishers, will amount to around Tk40 crore.