Art & Culture

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.

Today is the 59th anniversary of death of the greatest modern poet of Bangla literature Jibanananda Das (February 18, 1899 to October 22, 1954). Initially being influenced by Rabindranath Tagore’s romanticism, Das later developed his unique style of poetry in terms of dealing with nature and writing poems as well as darker themes like depression, ... Read more

Child Eid Entertainment On Tv Yet another average season ends Though TV channels air special teleplays and other types of exclusive entertaining programmes in the Eid festivals targeting the adults, these channels broadcast run-of-the-mill programmes for children. Following the trend, different TV channels chalked out stereotypical entertainment options for the children in this Eid. As ... Read more

Five-Day Lalon Fest In Kushtia The mystic leader still inspires devotees The five-day-long Lalon Smaran Utsab 2013 (Lalon memorial festival) which is the largest annual festival by the bauls (traditional singers) commenced on October 16. The festival is taking place at the shrine complex of the most influential spiritual Baul Fakir Lalon Shah at Chheuriya in ... Read more

Noted dancer duo Samim Ara Nipa and Shibli Muhammad will present different genres of dance at a programme to be aired on the second day of the Eid programme at 10:20pm on Maasranga TV. The dance show titled Jalnupur will also feature 30 dancers of Nrityanchal, the dance school run by Nipa and Shibli. ‘We ... Read more

The friends and family members of the late artist Sohrab Rahman Khan have organised a three-day commemorative exhibition featuring Khan’s paintings at the Bengal Art Lounge in Gulshan. An amateur artist Sohrab Rahman Khan, who was a teacher of the economics department at the American International University, had never exhibited his artworks in his lifetime.

Without the electrifying sounds of electrical guitar or the imitated composition of keyboard, an unparalleled milieu was created using the pure tunes of acoustic musical instruments at a musical programme at the National Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on Thursday. The programme titled Jontro Sangeet-er Oikatan was the concluding event of the three-day cultural ... Read more

The ongoing group art show at the Athena Gallery in Badda exhibits paintings glorifying humanism done by Bangladeshi and Pakistani artists. The exhibition titled Unity of Souls features artworks in different mediums like oil, acrylic, water and print depicting an array of themes in 74 artworks done by nine local and nine Pakistani artists. The ... Read more

He led a saintly life in his last days at home in the suburbs of Narail, which is an abandoned musical hall of the local zamindar. The maverick man painted and threw away his paintings as his pleasure was in making works of art, not in possessing them. Nobody can say the exact number of ... Read more

It was a rare musical programme as over 200 upcoming singers from across the country performed in group at the National Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on Tuesday. The renowned and noted singers of the country also performed at the show, which was organised by the academy to launch 20 albums on different genres ... Read more

A four-day jatra, which is a form of traditional theatre, festival began at the Studio Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on Tuesday evening. Organsied by Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy as a part of Jatra Development Policy 2012, the festival is the forth edition of an attempt to register capable jatra troupes from across the country. ... Read more

Ten leading choreographers of the country presented colourful dance recitals synchorinised with music composed by the 10 best musicians on Monday at the National Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. The show was the first day programme of the three-day cultural festival organsied by Bangladesh Shilapakala Academy displaying its project to create international standard performing

Internationally acclaimed experimental artist Firoz Mahmud is exhibiting his latest venture titled Soaked Dream at the Goethe-Institut in Dhanmondi. The photography based multimedia project addresses the social hopes through personal encounters and stories of life in the German capital Berlin where poetry met pragmatism.

Zainul Abedin’s Centennial Celebrations Bengal launches yearlong programme The centennial anniversary of birth of the master artist Zainul Abedin (1914 –1976), who was given the title Shilpacharya, will be celebrated through a yearlong programme by Bengal Foundation. The yearlong programme was inaugurated by president Abdul Hamid through a book unveiling ceremony held at the Radisson ... Read more

Children’s Fair At Bsa Hundreds of schoolchildren attend Hundreds of schoolchildren enjoyed music, dance, stories at a children’s fair organised by Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on Saturday. The event also included an award distribution ceremony in which the academy’s director general Liaquat Ali Lucky handed over the prizes to the winners of the recently held Mitsubishi ... Read more