Art & Culture

Gazir Pat being promoted by NCC Bank NCC Bank Ltd has taken up an initiative to rekindle interest in Gazir Pat and Gazir Gaan, through commercials for the bank’s new product “mBridge”, produced to communicate with the masses, says a press release. “mBridge” is a foreign remittance payment card, the first of its kind facilitating ... Read more

The Goethe Institut will organise a screening of three documentaries at the programme titled ‘Movie Night: Werner Herzog’ at its auditorium in Dhanmondi on September 2. The screening will start from 5:30pm. Three documentaries, made by noted German film maker Werner Herzog will be screened on the day. The documentaries will uphold the issues relating ... Read more

Kangalini Sufia, a well-known folk singer, has a social mission as well — conveying the hard reality of the downtrodden and underprivileged women through her songs. Her common themes are inequality, oppression and exploitation that women face everyday. The artiste (now 50) was born at Ramdia village of greater Faridpur (currently in the Rajbari district). ... Read more

Fifth solo painting exhibition titled ‘Sensation Within’ by KMA Quayyum was inaugurated at the compound of Bengal Gallery at Dhanmondi in the evening on July 24. The exhibition will remain open from 12:00pm to 8:00pm and continue till August 4. Sixty five recent and previous paintings mostly in vivid colours and subtle tonal effects are ... Read more

Solo painting exhibition at Alliance Francaise, Dhaka Monica Jahan Bose is an artist who is not quite familiar in the Dhaka art circuit. Her first exhibition in Bangladesh, titled “Drowning: Is there time for Love?” is now on at Alliance Francaise, Dhaka. The artist has lived in many countries and has acquired diverse experiences throughout ... Read more

An eight-day group art exhibition by seven young artists titled ‘Speculative’ is drawing attention of the viewers at Zainul Gallery of the faculty of fine arts of Dhaka University. The exhibition, which was inaugurated on July 7 by Abul Barok Albi, professor of the Print Making department of the faculty, will remain open to all ... Read more

Nagarik Natya Sampraday’s much acclaimed production “Rakto Karobi” will be staged in the Egyptian capital Cairo this October, says a press release. The Tagore play, directed by veteran theatre personality Ataur Rahman (general secretary of Nagarik Natya Sampraday), is the government selection to participate in the International Experimental Theatre Festival to be

Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy and the theatre group called Theatre are jointly going to arrange an eight-day theatre festival in commemoration of the playwright Abdullah Al Mamun on his anniversary of birth at the National Theatre Hall of the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy in Segun Bagicha. The Abdullah Al Mamun birth festival will commence on July 10 ... Read more

Satellite channel ntv turns six today. To mark the occasion, several special programmes will be aired on the channel through out the day. Here are the highlights of some of the programmes: A musical programme “Shurer Akash Ekhon” will be aired this morning at 8:45pm. The musical will feature contemporary young singers Balam, Nancy and ... Read more

A three-day photography exhibition titled ‘Rupashi Bangla Photo Exhibition’ on the natural beauty of Bangladesh will begin today at the Nepal Art Council Babarmohal in Kathmandu in Nepal. One hundred photographs taken by the members of Bangladesh Photo Journalists’ Association (BPJA) will be displayed at the exhibition organised by the Nepal Forum of Photo Journalists, ... Read more

One hundred photographs taken by the members of Bangladesh Photo Journalists’ Association (BPJA) will be displayed at the exhibition organised by the Nepal Forum of Photo Journalists, the BPJA informed the media at a press conference at its office in Dhaka on Tuesday. According to the Association, they will take part in the three-day photography ... Read more

The ‘Mango, Silk and Gambhira Festival 2009’ ended on June 21 at Green Plaza, in Rajshahi City, according to a press release. The three-day festival was sponsored by Banglalink. A.H.M Khairuzzaman Liton, Mayor of Rajshahi City Corporation was the chief guest at the programme. Also present as special guests were Md. Nowsher Ali, police commissioner, ... Read more

The octogenarian Aynal Boyati is a very popular name in the locality for his distinctive presentation of ‘Bichar Gaan,’ a special kind of folk song. This sub-genre of ‘Murshidi’ or ‘Bhab Gaan’ usually has religious and spiritual themes and is sung by two competing groups of ‘Boyati.’ The subjects usually encompass the relationships between guru ... Read more

The opening show of the play ‘Sitar Agni-porikkha’ was presented at the Experimental Theatre Hall of the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy in the city on Friday. The monodrama ‘Sitar Agni-porikkha’ was written by Saymon Zakaria and was directed by Abdul Halim Pramanik Shomrat. ‘Ramayana’ by Valmiki is the most popular epic in the Indian subcontinent. It ... Read more

A solo painting exhibition titled ‘Ochin Pakhi’ by Afrozaa Jamil is being held at Bay’s Galleria of Radius Centre in the city’s Gulshan area. The exhibition has begun on May 15. Parliament member and prominent actor Asaduzzaman Noor inaugurated the exhibition. Noted artists Ferdousi Priobhashini and Hashem Khan were also present on the opening day. ... Read more

Anjan’s exhibition at National Museum Much has been written on the glorious past of Bengali (particularly Dhaka and surrounding regions) handloom. Locally produced cotton and advanced skills of ‘taanti’ (weavers) attained worldwide acclaim in the form of ‘Muslin’ during the Mughal era. But where does Bangladeshi handloom stand now? Once known as the “Manchester of ... Read more

Chan Mia, head of the ‘Chan Mia Lathikhela Dal’, performed recently at a programme on the occasion of the 127th anniversary of birth of Gurusaday Dutta at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. He talks to our correspondent about the different aspects of the troupe. New Age: For how many years has your troupe been performing? Chan Mia: ... Read more

The 110th birth anniversary of the national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam will be celebrated across the country today. The government, foreign embassies, education institutions, socio-cultural organisations and TV channels have chalked out various programmes to mark the occasion. The president Zillur Rahman will inaugurate the national poet’s birth anniversary programme at the Osmani Memorial Hall ... Read more

Celebrating thirty years in the music scene, noted singer Shalika Zafar delighted the audiences by performing in a solo musical programme. Amra Surjomukhi, a cultural organisation, arranged the programme at the auditorium of the Bangladesh National Museum on Saturday evening. Eminent cultural personality Syed Hasan Imam inaugurated the programme while journalist Rahat Khan was present ... Read more