The portrait of Jesus Christ was bought last November in New York for a record $450m (£341m) after a fierce bidding war

MIST becomes first runners-up while Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP) second runners-up of the competition

Hindu community members bring out processions in the capital, divisional cities and district towns displaying the eventful life of Krishna

The month-long exhibition will display 483 artworks by 465 artists from 68 countries including two and three-dimensional artworks

The Cultural Affairs Ministry and BSA are jointly organising the largest fine arts festival of Asia at the National Art Gallery of the academy

Russia has been deepening its involvement in the mineral-rich CAR

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte distances his government from the cartoon competition, saying it was not a government initiative

The exhibition is open for all from 11am to 8pm every day

The 42nd death anniversary of National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam is observed in a befitting manner

The brains behind more than 30 plays, 20 screenplays and five musicals, Time magazine dubbed him the "patron saint of laughter"

The National Poet of Bangladesh breathed his last in Dhaka on 12th Bhadro of Bangla calendar year 1383 (August 29, 1976) at the age of 77

A landscape artist and creator of abstract compositions, Manev held more than 140 solo exhibitions, including in Paris, London and Geneva

Dhaka University Film Society (DUFS) in cooperation with Goethe Institut will organise the film show

Nayar had been jailed for his strong opposition to the Emergency imposed by Indira Gandhi

Kevin Kwan, 44, did not register for national service (NS) in 1990 despite being sent notices, the ministry say

Social media sites and instant messaging apps, including Facebook, Instagram, and Whatsapp, have been flooded with 'Eid Mubarak'

Lucky will receive the award at a ceremony in Guwahati (Assam) to be organised by Betikrom Mass Awareness and Social Development Organisation

Jahedur Rahman Jadu was working for Dainik Karatoa published from Bagura as its sub-editor till his death

Selim Al- Deen was born on August 18, 1949 in Shenerkhil village of Sonagazi Upazila of Feni district and breathed his last on January 14, 2008

Drama and Dramatics Department of Jahangirnagar University takes a daylong programme to celebrate his birth anniversary

The poet, who also served as the chief editor of the now-defunct Dainik Bangla, earned a number of prestigious awards at home and abroad

Tareque Masud’s widow Catherine Masud and DUFS members take part in the vigil at the sculpture ‘Road Accident Memorial’ in front of Shamsunnahar Hall

The inaugural ceremony of the stage show will be held at the main hall of National Drama Centre of BSA at 6:30 pm

Sir Vidia, who was born in rural Trinidad in 1932, wrote more than 30 books including A Bend in the River and his masterpiece, A House for Mr Biswas

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Shilpakala Academy organizes the art camp titled ‘Bangabandhu and Bangladesh of Our Dream’ marking the 43rd martyrdom anniversary of Bangabandhu

This is first time a new Oscar category has been introduced since Best Animated Film in 2001

Pictures of Bangabandhu taken from Language Movement to War of Liberation will be displayed in the photo exhibition

Bangla Academy organised a solo lecture and a cultural function at its Abdul Karim Sahitya Bisharad auditorium in the afternoon

Born on 7 May 1861 at Jorasanko mansion in Kolkata, he was the youngest of 13 surviving children of Debendranath Tagore and Sarada Devi

Born on August 5, 1949 at Tungipara in Gopalganj, Sheikh Kamal, a former executive member of the central committee of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL)

Speakers make the remarks at a commemorative meeting organised by Economic Reporters' Forum (ERF) on the late journalist at its office in the city

Mr Hossain, suffering from heart and lung complications, died at a city hospital on Wednesday evening

The editor of The Financial Express died at a city hospital on Wednesday at the age of 73

Short filmmakers can submit their works in different sub categories including documentary, fiction, interview and panorama

The 90-minute long film contains selected interviews of Razzak, rare photographs of the Nayak Raj and interviews of his friends and family members

The senior sub-editor of Dainik Dinkal will be buried at his family graveyard at Patgram in Lalmonirhat

He was conferred with the Sahitya Akademi Award for his novel Bari Badle Jay in 1988 and was also the recipient of Rabindra Puraskar

The first show of ‘Srabon Tragedy’, based on the tragic assassination of Bangabandhu