Art & Culture

Sukumar Ray’s 116th birth anniversary  Born at a time that was the pinnacle of the Bengal Renaissance, Sukumar Ray grew up in an environment that fostered his literary talents. His father, Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury, was a talented writer of stories and popular science; painter and illustrator extraordinaire; musician and composer of songs; a pioneering technologist ... Read more

Sixteen artists deal with various issues in their delicate wood engraving works known as xylography in a group exhibition on display at the Gallery Cosmos 2 in Mohakhali. The 10-day exhibition features 44 wood engraving prints done by the participants of a printmaking workshop conducted by artist professor Amirul Momanin Chowdhury organised by the gallery ... Read more

Two poets were awarded with Jibanananda Purushkar 2013 in a commemorative programme organised marking the 59th death anniversary of Jibanananda Das on Friday in Barisal, the birth place of the poet. Renowned poet Asad Chowdhury, who is also from Barisal, handed over the prizes to the late poet Khondakar Ashraf Hossain and Shantanu Kaisar for ... Read more

A collection of paintings by Hollywood action star Sylvester Stallone have gone on show at The Russian Museum in St Petersburg, reports BBC online. The exhibition, titled: Sylvester Stallone. Art. 1975-2013, is a selection of works produced by the 67-year-old over the past four decades. At the show’s opening the star said, if he had ... Read more

Urban Youth Fest Artists satirise current political turmoil Young artists criticised the current political crisis through their work in a group exhibition Goethe-Institut at Dhanmondi organised as part the institute’s month-long urban youth celebrations programme beginning on Thursday. Some of these artworks also satirize the apathetic nature of the urban youth. The exhibition also portrays ... Read more

Manna Dey is no more but his last compositions – dedicated to the memory of his wife Sulochana – will be released soon, reports gulfnews.com. The priceless music tracks composed by the singer, who died on Thursday in Bangalore, will be out soon. Dey was 94. Despite his failing health, he had completed recording the ... Read more

The English department of Independent University, Bangladesh organised a day-long programme celebrating 100th anniversary of Tagore’s winning of Nobel Prize in 1913 as the first non-European for his Gitanjali, an English collection of devotional poems. Professor emeritus Anisuzzaman attended the programme as the chief guest and presented a speech describing

The students of University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh presented music, dance and recitation at a cultural programme organised to celebrate the Club Day on the premises in Dhanmondi on Thursday. ULAB vice chancellor professor Imran Rahman was present at the programme as the chief guest, while ULAB co-curricular coordinator Tahmina Zaman delivered the welcome speech,

It was a brilliant show of a rural narrative based on pallaikabi Jasimuddin’s classic Beder Meye. Though the experimental dance drama unfolds the tragic life of rural women through traditional dance forms, Shadhona’s Champabati could satisfy the contemporary audience. Champabati was premiered on

A month-long youth festival featuring film screening, exhibition, discussion sessions and music are going on at the Goethe-Institut in Dhanmondi. The institute has organsied the festival to celebrate the spirit of the urban youths of Bangladesh with focal points including student politics, secularism and social Media, and arts. German deputy ambassador

Film lovers watched technological development of cinema as depicted in Side by Side directed by American maker Christopher Kenneally. A good number of students, most whom are film society movement activists, watched the film at a special screening session organised by Bangladesh Documentary Council at the Dhaka Art Centre on Friday evening. The film also ... Read more

Lecture On Classical Music Bandish-Gharana introduced  The ongoing workshop on classical music organised by the Bengal Foundation introduced different genres of classical music attended by a number of music enthusiasts. The lecture on Thursday given by Rezwan Ali Lovlu introduced Bandish-gharana a classical music genre – genre with a fixed and melodic composition – to ... Read more

Noted poet Shamsur Rahman’s peers and fellow poets recited self-composed poems dedicating them to the poet in a programme celebrating the poet’s 84th birth anniversary. The programme, titled Ashuvoyer Sathe Aposhbihin Dando Chai, was jointly organsied by Jatiyo Kobita Parisad and Shamsur Rahman Smrity Parisad that took place at the TSC,Dhaka University

Legendary singer Manna Dey has been an inspiration for singers and musicians. Many singers consider the legend their idol, especially for his dedication towards music. Like the common music lovers, leading singers and composers say that Manna Dey’s evergreen songs have the power to touch all human emotions. In a career spanning over

An on-going painting exhibition titled The Silent Word of the young artist Shabekun Nahar Noushin is taking place at the Galerie Zoom of Alliance Francaise de Dahaka. The title itself is specially designed to hint the fact that the artist is not gifted with the natural human abilities of speaking and listening. But she has ... Read more

Bangla Academy celebrated the 84th birth anniversary of the leading poet of contemporary Bangla literature Shamsur Rahman, a day before his birthday through organising a commemorative programme at the Poet Shamsur Rahman auditorium of Bangla Academy on Tuesday. The programme featured a discussion session in which the contemporary poets analysed life and works of

Artist Jamil Akbar Shamim has transported his inner feelings though abstract paintings at his first ever solo show at the Institute of Asian Creative in Gulshan. The three-week exhibition titled U showcases about 64 paintings, most of which are done in acrylic and mixed mediums. To create a unique feature of his painting, the experimental ... Read more

Today is the 84th anniversary of birth of poet Shamsur Rahman, a leading poet of the contemporary Bangla literature. Poet Shamsur Rahman (October 23, 1929 – August 17, 2006) emerged in the latter half of the 20th century and authored more than 60 collections of poems including Prothom Gaan Ditio Mrityur Agey, Roudro Karotitey, Biddhosto ... Read more

Hundred-year old lamps, coins, hookah and other such antiques were put on display in Pabna on Saturday. The antiques were from the collection of Nazmul Haque Montu. The exhibition was held at the Annoda Gobinda Public Library auditorium. Pabna Deputy Commissioner Md. Mostafizur Rahman inaugurated the three-day exhibition as the chief guest. Convener of the exhibition, ... Read more

Artistes of Shadhona are practicing dedicatedly for the last minute preparation of the troupe’s upcoming production Champaboti, which is based on Jasimuddin’s classic Beder Meye. Adapted by eminent poet-playwright Syed Shamsul Haq, the dance drama will be premiered on Friday evening at the Experimental Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy.