Art & Culture

Recitation artiste Kazi Madina was bestowed with the Naren Biswas Award 2013 at a commemorative programme organised to observe the 15th death anniversary of the late linguist professor Naren Biswas on Friday at the Liberation War Museum in Segun Bagicha. Madina received the award for his contributions towards developing recitation as a performing art in ... Read more

Aranyak Natya Dal will premiere its play Swapnapothik featuring the struggles of the millions of apparel workers in the country today at the National Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. Written by Haroon Rashid, the play is a creative and conscious response to the numerous tragic accidents that took place at different apparel factories like ... Read more

The evolution of performance art in Bangladesh was presented through an audio-visual display on Wednesday at the art magazine Depart’s office in Manipuri Para in the capital. Freelance artist Palash Bhattacharjee, who is also an assistant graphic designer of the magazine, historicised the evolution of performance art in Bangladesh.

Prangonemor Theatre Fest Shesher Kabita staged  Prangonemor staged Tagore’s Shesher Kabita on the sixth day of the ongoing theatre festival at the Music and Dance Centre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on Wednesday. The troupe is celebrating its 10th founding anniversary by organising an eight-day festival featuring all the eight productions of the troupe. The ... Read more

Mass people sometimes feel at a loss when they hear the term ‘classical music’, which is usually rendered in Hindi or Urdu for the ‘elites’ in the sub-continent. But, such perception is not always true as many quality raga-based Bangla songs have been composed, which can entertain even the common people. Leading and promising singers

It is not any portrayal of the beauty of the spring. Basanta Jagaran staged on Monday at Dhaka University, rather addresses a burning issue of the contemporary urban life: children are missing the beauty of adolescent life being the victim of extreme pressure created on them. The extent of the pressure is shown through one ... Read more

Prangonemor Theatre Fest Droho Prem Nari staged on fifth day  Prangonemor staged Droho Prem Nari on the fifth day of the ongoing theatre festival at the Music and Dance Centre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on Tuesday. Prangonemor is celebrating its 10th founding anniversary organising an eight-day festival featuring all the eight productions of the ... Read more

Prangonemor Theatre Fest Raktakarabi staged Theatre troupe Prangonemor staged Tagore’s classic Raktakarabi on the fourth day of the ongoing theatre festival at the Music and Dance Centre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on Monday. Prangonemor celebrates its 10th founding anniversary through organising an eight-day festival featuring all the eight productions of the troupe. he fourth ... Read more

Artworks by 50 leading and promising artists are on display at the ongoing charity exhibition at Dhaka Art Center in Dhanmondi. The show displaying 95 artworks in different mediums has been organised by the art teachers of Dhaka Residential Model College to raise fund for the treatment of an ailing student Nur A Shafee Ahnaf ... Read more

The Manipuri community living in Kamalganj upazila of Moulvibazar district celebrated their major religious and cultural festival Maha Ras Leela that ended on Monday morning. The Maha Ras Leela festival programme included a display of handicrafts and different ritualistic performances such as gustha leela, ras nritya, kirtana, and also included discussion

Hundreds of film lovers are enjoying the world famous films and documentaries at the ongoing six-day film festival at the Bishwo Shahitto Kendro that began on Sunday. This reporter on the opening day found visitors, mostly the students, were enjoying Charles Chaplin’s The Circus and Brad Bird’s Ratatouille. The silent film The Circus (1928),

Prangonemor Theatre Fest Lokonayok staged on the third day  Prangonemor staged Lokonayok on the third day of the ongoing week-long theatre festival at the Music and Dance Centre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on Sunday. Prangonemor is celebrating its tenth founding anniversary with this festival where the troupe will stage all its eight productions. The ... Read more

Cultural organisation Chhayanaut observed the 15th death anniversary of its founding president poet Sufia Kamal, which actually falls on November 20, through a commemorative programme at its auditorium in Dhanmondi on Saturday. The programme featured discussion and music presentations by the artistes and students of the cultural organisation. They rendered timeless songs of Ranajikanta Sen, Atul

The two-day Radharaman Music Festival at the open field of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy ended on Saturday in presence of hundreds of audience. Around 50 singers from the greater Sylhet region presented Radharaman’s songs in the signature style at the festival, which was jointly organised by Radharaman Sangskriti Charcha Kendra and Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. A few ... Read more

With a hoard of excitement BRAC University opened its doors on 22nd November to welcome the end of this year with a two-day rock and fusion musical programme held at BRAC University. The charity event titled The Jukebox, formerly known as The Music Grunge, has been arranged by the BRAC University Cultural Club for the ... Read more

Prangonemor Theatre Fest Swadeshi staged on second day  Theatre troupe Prangonemor staged its second production Swadeshi on the second day of the troupe’s ongoing eight-day theatre festival at the Music and Dance Centre of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on Saturday. Based on Tagore’s Char Adhyay, the play has been adapted and directed by Nuna Afroz. Set ... Read more

Radharaman Festival At Shilpakala Singers from Sylhet move Dhaka audience Though Radharaman’s songs are very popular to the urban audience, the open air programme on Friday at Shilpakala gave a new experience to the urban ears: the essence of the mystic songs was transported through the soulful presentation of the traditional singers from the greater ... Read more

A documentary depicting the life and works of the internationally acclaimed Bangladeshi artist Monirul Islam was premiered on Friday at the Dhaka Art Center in Dhanmondi. AKM Zakaria’s documentary titled Monirartist@ is a kind of autobiographical sketch narrated by the expatriate artist himself, who has been living in Madrid, Spain since 1969 and has won

The enthusiastic activists of Prangonemor cheered, danced and sang songs on the colourfully decorated Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy premises on Friday. Their joy knew no bound on the opening day of the eight-day theatre festival organised by Prangonemor marking the troupe’s 10th founding anniversary.

Ras Mela is the principal festival and fair of the Manipuris. It is also observed by some Hindus at different places. The Moha Ras Lila festival of the Manipuri community of Kamalganj upazila in Moulvibazar district concluded on Monday. Thousands of people thronged the festival venue and enjoyed the nightlong programme. The festival is held each ... Read more