Art & Culture

Carving expressions on stone is no ordinary feat. But when you see sculptors doing just that in the ancient three-dimensional art form, you are bound to feel at least that tinge of awe, if not more. Seventy-eight noted and promising sculptors have put together a collection of 105 pieces of sculptures at the National Sculpture ... Read more

Four local films — two full length feature films and two short films — will represent Bangladesh in the third SAARC Film Festival. Curtain of the festival is going to be up today in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Along with Bangladesh, the remaining seven member countries will also screen four films (two full lengths and two ... Read more

Renowned Nazrul singer Ferdous Ara enthralled the audience through renditions of ageless Nazrul songs at a solo programme on Saturday evening at the Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre at Gulshan 1 in the capital. The centre organised the programme to celebrate Kazi Nazrul Islam’s 115th birth anniversary, which will fall on May 24. Ferdous Ara, was ... Read more

The works of Rabindranath Tagore have an indisputable place in Bangla iterature. There is perhaps no end of delving in his works for artists, authors and fans alike. But what is even more enticing for many is taking a deeper look into the riveting life that the poet lived. Tagore fans are given an opportunity ... Read more

Franco Bangladesh Association of Scholars and Trainees organised a programme that featured a discussion session and a cultural show at La Galerie, Alliance Française de Dhaka on Friday evening to celebrate the new Bangla Year 1421. Babou Kamichetty, deputy head of mission, French Embassy in Bangladesh; Dr. Akramullah Sikder and Zilhurain Jaigirdarm, president and secretary ... Read more

A day-long festival was held at Barisal Ashwini Kumar Hall on Friday with an array of events including procession, painting competition for children and painting exhibition. The programme concluded with a call to spread practices of fine arts in the country. Charukala Barisal, the only fine arts teaching school of the city, organised the programme ... Read more

The three-day film festival featuring films of ‘golden age’ drew huge audience at the auditorium of National Art Gallery of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. In order to celebrate 30 decades of the founding of Bangladesh Film Archive, the organisation has jointly arranged the festival with Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. The festival, which was inaugurated by noted playwright ... Read more

Recently demised noted singer Bashir Ahmed was remembered through award giving ceremony, discussion and presentation of the singer’s popular songs at a programme at the Music and Dance Centre auditorium of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on Thursday. Bashir Ahmed, who dominated the music industry in the 60s and 70s and is considered as one of the ... Read more

Registration for the 35th film appreciation course is now open for those who are interested in filmmaking. The two-month course titled Film Appreciation Course, which has been organised by Bangladesh Film Institute, will begin on May 22. Noted filmmaker Tanvir Mokammel will conduct the course. The course will teach students

Through most of his coveted works, national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam heralds an indomitable spirit that inspires people to fight against all forms of oppression. This unflinching, rebellious spirit of Nazrul was hailed by speakers as the poet was commemorated on the second day of the Fourth International Nazrul Convention. The event that has been ... Read more

Originally published in 1910, Rabindranath Tagore’s Gitanjali has risen to a cult status and continues to be one of the most well known works of Bengali literature. A documentary film featuring Gitanjali will be premiered tomorrow at the auditorium of the National Museum at 6:30pm. The documentary titled Timeless Gitanjali has been directed by Dr. ... Read more

Baishakh, with all its tempestuous beauty, never fails to spark the creative imagination of artists in this part of the world. That Bangladesh, as a nation deeply rejoices the seasonal diversities, further stimulates creative minds. Roop Ronger Baishakh, a group art exhibition that kicked off on May 3 at Bronia Café & Gallery in Gulshan ... Read more

Week-long European Film Festival kicked off at Star Cineplex of Bashundhara City in the capital on Tuesday evening. European Union and Star Cineplex have jointly organised the second edition of the festival like they did in the previous year. The festival features 12 films from 12 different countries of the European Union. The festival began ... Read more

Music directors-composers Sheikh Sadi Khan and Ali Hossain were all praise for the recently demised singer Bashir Ahmed at a remembrance programme at Music and Dance Centre of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on Sunday. Singer Bashir Ahmed died on April 19 after a notable career spanning over five decades in the music industry. Both Sheikh Sadi ... Read more

William Shakespeare’s popular comedy Taming of the Shrew is a well-known and widely-staged play across the world in its original form and language as well as in other local forms and translations. In Bangladesh, the play is staged mostly in its pleasing translation that was done by iconic theatre personality Munier Chowdhury with the title- ... Read more

Dahlia Ahmed’s commendable recitation of classic Tagore poems and melodious performance of Tagore songs by Indian artiste Nayan Mukherjee entertained the audience at Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre at Gulshan in the capital on Friday. It turned out to be a Tagore extravaganza as the melody of Tagore’s songs was followed up with captivating lines

Evergreen Tagore songs once again entertained a packed audience at a programme at Chhayanaut on Thursday evening. Even the gloomy and humid weather could not thin down the crowd on the evening who took a nostalgic trip with the Tagore songs that never get old. The event was arranged by Chhayanaut to celebrate the legend’s ... Read more

Today is the 153rd birth anniversary of one of Bengali literature’s brightest stars, Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941). Different cultural organisations have chalked out an array of programmes at different venues to celebrate the timeless works of the Nobel Laureate poet, author, playwright, lyricist, musician and artist to mark the occasion. A five-day National Rabindra Sangeet Festival

Theatre School Praktani staged three consecutive shows of its recent production Pratham Partha on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The first two shows were staged at Natmandol of Dhaka University, while the last show was held at Studio Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. Pratham Partha, written by eminent poet-playwright-writer Buddhadeva Bose, is based on the ... Read more

Every region of the world has its own distinct form of expression in language, in fine arts or whatsoever it is. Paintings that come out of a Japanese painter are reasonably different from those of a German painter, as they are located in different realities, different sensibilities. One common difference used