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EU Ambassador Charles Whiteley speaks about the Hidden Heritage project at an event in Haturia House, Old Dhaka

EU-funded Hidden Heritage cherishes history, celebrates Old Dhaka!

The EU-funded Hidden Heritage project was unveiled at Haturia House on 17 September

A Tunisian student participates in fig picking in the Tunisian town of Djebba, southwest of the capital Tunis, on 19 August, 2022

Tunisian 'hanging garden' farms cling on despite drought

The 'hanging gardens' of Djebba El Olia have been put to the test this year as the North African country sweltered through its hottest July since the 1950s

Brass musicians play their instruments as they arrive in front of a beer tent during the opening of the Oktoberfest beer festival at the Theresienwiese fair grounds in Munich, southern Germany, on 17 September, 2022

Germany's famed Oktoberfest opens after two-year pandemic hiatus

Oktoberfest, Germany's famed beer festival which draws millions of visitors from around the world, opened Saturday in Munich after a two-year pause due to the coronavirus pandemic

Virtual 'tepaputul' (traditional clay dolls). Gabrielle Shiner-Hill and Nusrat Mahmud of Bureau 555 pose with the clay dolls

Tradition meets technology Bangladesh at London Design Festival

This joint initiative by Bureau 555 and Brihatta Art Foundation is a big event for the digital fashion of this country. This is the first time an exhibition of Bangladesh fashion was ever held in ...

This picture taken on 6 July, 2022 shows renovation activist and co-director of the organisation Sento & Neighborhood Sam Holden taking a bath at the Inariyu, which is a "sento" or public bath, in the Takinogawa area of Tokyo

Japanese bath houses find new ways to stay afloat

Just before it opens each afternoon, elderly residents gather outside one of Tokyo's last remaining old-style bath houses carrying flannels, soap and shampoo for their regular soak

Ecuadorian scientist Javier Carvajal speaks during an interview with AFP at a laboratory of the Faculty of Exact Sciences of the Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador in Quito, on 25 July, 2022

400-year-old Ecuadoran beer resurrected from yeast

Inside an old oak barrel, Ecuadoran bioengineer Javier Carvajal found the fungus of fortune: a 400-year-old yeast specimen that he has since managed to resurrect and use to reproduce what is believed ...

Robert Chatterton Dickson, British High Commissioner to Bangladesh, at the event

British Council project connects youth with heritage

‘Our Shared Cultural Heritage’ project has been designed to connect young people and inspire them to work with cultural heritage through a series of training and activities

This file photo taken on 4 May, 2022 shows German actor Frederik Mayet as Jesus (C) and ensemble members performing during a rehearsal at Oberammergau's Passion Play theatre in Oberammergau, southern Germany

German town united by 400-year-old theatre tradition

Walk around the German Alpine village of Oberammergau, and the chances are you'll run into Jesus or one of his 12 disciples

In this file photo taken on 23 November, 2021 workera are seen on the site of the Cosquer cave replica at the Villa Mediterranee in Marseille, southern France

Archaeology Race to save undersea Stone Age cave art masterpieces

Around 600 signs, images and carvings -- some of aquatic life never before seen in cave paintings -- have been found on the walls of the immense cave 37 metres below the azure waters of the ...

People reading newspapers at Rangpur Public Library

Reviving the heritage of Rangpur Public Library

The library that played a crucial role for the expansion of education in the region has remained dormant for the past 13 years

DSCC mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh and others in front of the Lalkuthi-Ruplal House in Dhaka on 23 May, 2022

Remove Sadarghat launch terminal from Lalkuthi: Taposh

DSCC mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh has urged the BIWTA to remove the Sadarghat Launch Terminal from near the Lalkuthi-Ruplal House immediately to restore the heritage of Dhaka

(L-R) Tom Miscioscia, Ashfika Rahman, Charles Whiteley, M Francois Grosjean, Kamalika Bose, Shayer Ghafur

Learning from Puran Dhaka Dhaka's tangible and intangible heritage at risk

The cost of growth in Dhaka is all too often livability and here Old Dhaka is paying the price

Jamdani

Jamdani’s heritage finds place on the world map

Beautiful jamdani wins hearts at home and around the world as the weavers continue to work at the loom to spin out this intricate fabric

State minister for cultural affairs KM Khalid and Swiss ambassador in Dhaka Nathalie Chuard inauagurte the newly redesigned “Switzerland Corner” at the National Museum in Dhaka on Saturday.

New ‘Switzerland Corner‘ opens at National Museum

The newly redesigned “Switzerland Corner” has been launched at the World Civilization Gallery of the National Museum in Dhaka

Sonargaon Baro Sardar Bari shines again after renovation

Heritage Sonargaon Baro Sardar Bari shines again after renovation

The restoration included the façade, ornamentation, inner courtyard reconstruction and plastering of interior walls

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