Art & Culture

Idol makers and design artistes in nine upazilas of Pabna are working with vigour and enthusiasm to prepare for the upcoming Durga Puja, which begins next Tuesday. A total of 305 puja mandaps are being set up in nine upazilas of the district for the upcoming Durga Puja, said Ganesh Chandra Ghosh, president of the Durga ... Read more

Essence Of Nature Dancy’s dazzling artworks on display at AFD The ongoing solo at Alliance Française de Dhaka is NS Chowdhury Dancy’s fifth solo. There are 34 paintings and artworks, in total and in two series, at the exhibition. Dancy does not presume to make her works heavy with thought-provoking, comment-on-society works; rather she is just ... Read more

SM Solaiman Recalled Golapjaan staged after six years Theatre icon SM Solaiman was remembered through discussion session, award giving ceremony and staging of a play at a programme at the Experimental Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on Sunday evening. The programme was organised by Solaiman’s theatre troupe Theatre Art Unit in celebrating 61st birth ... Read more

At 83, renowned artist Murtaja Baseer is still exploring realms of arts. He is busy trying his hands on new styles and reworking on his signature styles. The distinguished, veteran artist’s ongoing solo exhibition at Gallery Kaya at Uttara testifies to his unwavering commitment to art. Titled ‘A Collection of Drawings, Collages and Oil Pastels’, the ... Read more

Popular theatre troupe Shobdo Natyacharcha Kendra is organising a three-day theatre festival to celebrate its 19th founding anniversary at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy from September 25-27. The festival will include staging of five plays of the troupe at the Music and Dance Centre of the academy. The troupe will stage Tritiyo Ekjon, written and directed by Samir ... Read more

Dhallywood’s once superstar late Salman Shah’s 43rd birth anniversary was celebrated with much enthusiasm on Friday at the premises of Bangladesh Film Development Corporation (BFDC) at Karwan Bazar in the capital. Salman Shah Smrity Parishad organised the programme to mark the day. The programme consisted of a discussion session and a cultural show. Noted director Sohanur Rahman ... Read more

A film week featuring 14 timeless films of legendary Japanese filmmaker Akiro Kurosawa began with screening of Sunjuro and Seven Samurai at the National Museum Auditorium on Friday. International Academy of Film and Media (IAFM), Japan Foundation, Embassy of Japan in Bangladesh and the National Museum have jointly organised the film week in observing Akira Kurosawa’s ... Read more

The way female artists perceive the world often gives them a unique edge in their artwork, as is evident in the ongoing group exhibition at Gallery Twenty-One at Dhanmondi. Organised by the gallery and women artists’ organisation Shako, the exhibition titled Shreyoshi showcases artworks in different styles by 11 well-known female artists of the country. ... Read more

The reclusive lifestyle and the enchanting music of bauls have fascinated hundreds of thousands of music lovers for generations. When it comes to the love of music and delving into deeper levels of thought and contemplation, one can hardly find anyone more earnest than Rabindranath Tagore. The spell of baul music had touched the Nobel ... Read more

The first show of international dance superstar Akram Khan’s dance production Desh, has been rescheduled due to the hartal called by Jamaat-e-Islami on Thursday. The show that was supposed to begin on Thursday is now scheduled to kick off on Friday evening at the National Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. There will be a second ... Read more

Zainul’s Birth Centenary Udichi launches yearlong programme Cultural organisation Udichi Shilpygoshthi launched a yearlong programme to celebrate Shilpacharia Zainul Abedin’s birth centenary, which will fall on December 29 of this year. The launching ceremony was held at the National Art Plaza auditorium of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on Friday. The launch programme included painting and discussion ... Read more

Cultural organisation Surer Dhara celebrated the 5th founding anniversary of the Music for Development project at the Music and Dance Auditorium of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on Friday. Music for Development is an initiative to teach music and dance to underprivileged children of the Mohammadpur dam area. Thirty children who were trained in the project, performed ... Read more

Many of Tagore’s short stories have been adapted for theatre by troupes both in Bangladesh and India; and many such productions have earned applause and acclaim from audiences. Kongkal (Skeleton), which is a famous short story by the Nobel laureate poet, became the latest short story to be adapted for a play by local Theatre ... Read more

Art aficionados of the country are well-acquainted with the signature style of seasoned artist Samarjit Roy Choudhury. In his more-than-fifty-years of kaleidoscopic journey in art, Samarjit has created a style of his own that sets him apart from his contemporaries. A graphic design graduate and professor at Faculty of Fine Arts of DU, Samarjit’s passion lies ... Read more

There was, till the day before yesterday, perhaps no one else but Feroza Begum among the living singers who had the opportunity to learn music from none other than the national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam. Feroza Begum, the nightingale of Nazrul Sangeet, died aged 84 on Tuesday. She has left forever but she will not ... Read more

A four-day celebration of the sixth founding anniversary of theatre troupe BotTala will begin today at NatMondal at Dhaka University today. AAMS Arefin Siqqiqui, vice-chancellor of Dhaka University, will be present as the chief guest to inaugurate the festival that has been arranged to mark the occasion. Seasoned theatre actress-activist Sara Zaker will also be ... Read more

It is quite a common thing for humans to attach emotions to things that they use for a long time and get habituated to. The first car that a middle class family manages to buy or a rickshaw that helps earn bread for an entire family, will always have a special meaning to the owners. ... Read more

Popular recitation organisation Swarachitra will pay tribute to noted poet Shamsur Rahman at a programme at the TSC Auditorium of Dhaka University at 6:00pm today. The organisation has arranged the programme in order to observe the poet’s 8th death anniversary, which fell on August 17. ‘We could not observe the poet’s death anniversary in August as ... Read more

The eight-day long Ganga-Jamuna Theatre and Cultural Festival concluded on Monday with the staging of two plays at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. Organisers of the festival dubbed it a successful festival. On the final day, local troupe Mohakal Natya Sampraday staged Prometheus and Kolkata-based troupe Anik staged Ekusher Golpo respectively at National Theatre Hall and Experimental ... Read more

Legendary Nazrul singer of the country Feroza Begum, 88, is critically ill and now undergoing treatment at Apollo Hospital in Dhaka. She is suffering from a number of old-age complications. Alarmingly her heart and kidney are not functioning well, said attending doctors Krishna Mohon Saha and Mujibur Rahman. ‘Ma (Feroza Begum) was admitted to