Art & Culture

The weeklong Bangladesh Street Theatre Festival, organised by Bangladesh Pothonatok Parishad, ended on Friday, attended by hundreds of audience. This year, a total of 23 Dhaka based and 18 regional theatre troupes staged their street productions at the festival. Among them, three theatre troupes brought new productions on stage. Dhaka-based troupes Subachan Natya Sangsad, Udichi ... Read more

It is high time that society and the nation treat women, which is half of its population, equally. The contribution of women from homemaking to agriculture, education to defense is no less significant and voluminous than that of their male counterparts. Such theme was addressed in a spectacular dance-drama titled Pala Bodoler Pala (Performing Change) ... Read more

A fair with tokens of rich cultural heritage may offer an escape to the city dwellers from the din and bustle of daily life in the metropolis. Bengal Shilpalaya in Dhanmondi, hosting a crafts fair, may just be the place for art and craft enthusiasts to visit. Organsied jointly by Bengal Foundation and National Crafts ... Read more

7th International Children’s Film Festival Children directors take steps into cine world There can hardly be a limit to the aspirations and dreams of children, particularly those with creativity and artistic talents. A total of 32 enthusiastic children filmmakers have submitted their short films for screening at the 7th International Children’s Film Festival, now being ... Read more

Bold strokes of vivid colours, diverse subject matters, and stimulating compositions— all can be experienced at the group painting exhibition currently being held at the Dhaka Art Centre in Dhanmondi. A group of 24 artists have showed their artistic talent in 47 paintings at the six-day exhibition which offers the visitors a tour in the ... Read more

For an artist, determined to express her inner feelings, making the colours and shapes speak for themselves seems to be the only way feasible. Artist Najma Akhter has taken recourse to that way to articulate her soul’s responses to the outer world. All the 61 acrylic paintings of the artist, in her ongoing solo exhibition ... Read more

Professor Mansurul Karim has received this year’s Sultan Award-2014 for his contributions towards art in the country at the concluding ceremony of week-long Sultan Mela on Tuesday in Narail. State minister of Youth and Sports Biren Sikder handed over the award to artist Mansurul Karim at the concluding ceremony of the fair organsied every year ... Read more

First World War images on display Photographs are like time capsules that preserve glimpses of history. People are easily forgotten once they die, certain segments of history might lose their significance but photographs that have captured people, place, memories and history can outlive the very elements they have captured. A collection of 35 photographs of ... Read more

The seventh edition of International Film Festival began through an inauguration ceremony and film screening at the Shawkat Osman Auditorium of Central Public Library in the capital on Saturday. Organsied by Children Film Society, the festival features films from 35 countries across the world. With the theme Dreams of Tomorrow in Frames, the week-long festival ... Read more

The 12th Bangladesh Pothonatok Utsab began on Saturday at the Central Shaheed Minar premises amid festivity and fanfare. Bangladesh Pothonatok Parishad has been organising the festival since 2002 with a view to promoting street theatre and to ensuring its practice across the country. This year, a total of 23 Dhaka

In order to promote the rich cultural diversity of South Asian countries and to exchange and strengthen cultural bonds among the countries in the region, an organisation named South Asian Music Institute has been founded recently. The institution began its journey through the first South Asian Music Festival on Friday at the Bangladesh National Museum ... Read more

A day-long Zainul-Charukala Festival to celebrate the birth centenary of Shilpacharya Zainul Abedin ended in Barisal on Friday. An exhibition of painting, arts and crafts of Zainul, children’s painting competition and discussion on life, works and achievements of Abedin had been organised as part of the festival at Barisal Ashwini Kumar Hall. Charukala Barisal, the ... Read more

An eight-day long Sultan Mela, in celebration of the 89th birth anniversary of world famous artist SM Sultan, is going on at a full swing at Sultan Mancha in Narail Government Victoria College premises. Different cultural groups, in association with Sultan foundation and district administration, have organised the fair to mark the birth anniversary of ... Read more

A teeming cheerful audience enjoyed the recently demised singer-activist Pete Seeger’s famous song Let It Shine covered jointly by the members of the visiting American band Laura Cortese and the Dance Cards and the local fusion band Joler Gaan on Wednesday at the Bangladesh National Museum auditorium. Pete Seeger’s optimistic song was revamped in the ... Read more

Ram Kanai Das tells Renowned classical singer Pundit Ram Kanai Das won Ekushey Padak 2014 for his contribution to the musical arena of the country. Das, who is also equally proficient in regional songs of Sylhet and Tagore songs, considers the award to be a great inspiration for him. ‘I am really honoured and the ... Read more

Samarjit Roy Choudhury tells on winning Ekushey Padak The seasoned artist professor Samarjit Roy Choudhury has been honoured with the Ekushey Padak, the second highest civil award, as a recognition of his kaleidoscopic journey in art, spanning over five decades. The artist along with 14 others received the award from the prime minister at the ... Read more

The state honoured the late theatre personality SM Solaiman with the Ekushey Padak 13 years after his death in 2001 as recognition to his contribution in theatre. Solaiman’s widow Rokeya Rafiq Baby received the Ekushey Padak, the second highest civil award, from the prime minister Sheikh Hasina at the award giving ceremony at Osmani Memorial Auditorium ... Read more

Leading artistes of the country presented music, dance and poems in cultural shows organsied to observe the International Mother Language Day on Friday. Bangladesh Shilapkala Academy organised a two-day programme on the premises of the academy when Bangla Academy organised a special programme at the academy. Chhayanaut observed the

Street theatre productions highlighting the spirit of the language movement are hardly produced to be staged in the street theatre festivals organised at the Central Shaheed Minar in February. For over two decades Bangladesh Group Theatre Federation observes Ekushey organising a weeklong street theatre festival at Central Sheed Minar in the first week of February ... Read more

National Film Award Emon Saha wins double crown Noted music director Emon Saha has set a new record winning two awards in music category as the best background music composer and the best music director this year’s national film award, according to the information ministry’s gazette issued on February 7. He has been named the ... Read more