DHAKA: The Rohingya refugee crisis in Bangladesh should not be forgotten as the world’s attention is absorbed by the Ukraine emergency, Filippo Grandi, chief of UN refugee agency the UNHCR, said on Wednesday as he concluded his visit to the South Asian country. Bangladesh is host to more than 1.1 million Rohingya refugees who fled atrocities in neighboring Myanmar. The
Bangladesh’s abstention from voting on the UN General Assembly resolution, which reprimanded Russia for invading Ukraine, is not unexpected, said international relations analysts.
The Bangali people have a very rich tradition of freely enmeshing the cultural arts and politics. Art has often been used as a voice of protest, while the drama, music and paintings created by Bangali people habitually carry a healthy dose of political awareness. Take the establishment of the Government College of Arts and Crafts, presently Faculty of Fine Art,
A webinar was organised Saturday for the online release of the documentary "The Concert for Bangladesh: Music to Introduce Bangladesh to the World". This documentary has been produced to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Bangladesh Independence and honour George Harrison, Ravi Shankar, and others who participated in the Concert for Bangladesh in 1971, according to a