Art & Culture

An orchestral demonstration of the rich treasure of traditional music of our country enticed hundreds of audience at the National Art Plaza of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on Wednesday. The presentation was part of the ongoing six-day South Asian handicrafts exhibition titled SAARC Handicraft Village. Not many audience noticed as

The close companion of Nobel laureate poet Rabindranath Tagore, Acharya Sailajaranjan Majumdar (1901-1976), who had a huge contribution in popularizing Tagore’s songs was remembered at a programme held at the Music and Dance Centre of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on Wednesday. The academy and Chayanika jointly organised the programme titled Rabir Kironey Sailajaranjan to celebrate Majumdar’s

Theatre Fest In Barisal Pancho Nari Akkhyan staged  The popular theatre troupe Dhaka Theatre staged its current production Pancho Nari Akkhyan at the Ashwini Kumar Hall in Barisal on Tuesday. The production was staged on the fifth day of the week-long theatre festival organised by Shabdaboli Group Theatre that ended on Thursday. The festival was ... Read more

A spectacular performance of traditional raibeshi dance entertained a huge crowd on Tuesday evening at the National Art Plaza of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. Dance troupe Bhabna presented one of the most popular traditional dance forms of the Bengal known as raibeshi nritya as part of the ongoing six-day South Asian handicrafts exhibition titled SAARC Handicraft ... Read more

After girls like Veena Malik, Claudia, Sunny Leone and Pamela Anderson, it is now Bangladeshi model Asif Azim entered Bigg Boss house. Azim a famous ramp model who hails from Dhaka-Bangladesh has created waves on Indian and international ramp scene. Azim entered in the most controversial reality show on Wednesday, reports India Today. In an ... Read more

Mohakal Theatre Festival Tagore phase ends today The Tagore retrospective of the ongoing theatre festival organised by Mohakal Natya Sampraday will end today with the staging of two plays based on his works. A contemporary play will also be staged on the ninth day festival today. The 13-day festival titled Biswanatoker Yuth Utsab features world ... Read more

Tokens of everyday lives and history of people of different South Asian countries are on display at the Liberation War Museum in a six-day exhibition titled Lived Stories, Everyday Lives. The show, a part of the Archives South Asia project of the Kathmandu-based Hri Institute of Southasian Research and Exchange, has been organised in Dhaka ... Read more

Folk singer Kuddus Bayati and his troupe entertained a huge crowd on Monday evening at the National Art Plaza of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy presenting some evergreen traditional songs of the Northeast region of the country. The programme was a part of the ongoing five-day fair featuring handicrafts of the four countries of SAARC. Bayati’s high ... Read more

Mahakal Theatre Festival An Indian, two local troupes to stage Tagore plays today So far six Tagore plays have been staged in the ongoing theatre festival arranged by theatre troupe Mohakal Natya Sampraday. Today it is a Tagore day too. Three more Tagore plays will be staged at three different venues. Two original Tagore plays ... Read more

The group art exhibition titled Death Cry at the Border protesting the border killings ended on Sunday at Chhobir Haat, a venue opposite to the Faculty of Fine Arts at Dhaka University. Both local and Indian artists condemned killings on the Bangladesh-India borders by the security forces through their artistic endeavours. The exhibition featured arts

Mahakal Theatre Fest A Sangpala to be staged today  A traditioNal troupe from Tangail will stage a Shangpala at the Chhayanaut Auditorium today on the 7th day of the ongoing 13-day world theatre festival organised by Mahakal Natya Sampradaya marking its 30th founding anniversary. There will be no show at the other two venues of the ... Read more

Saarc Handicraft Village Artists from four countries display handicrafts A new platform of cultural exchange has been initiated by the SAARC Cultural Centre in association with Ministry of Cultural Affairs in Bangladesh. The initiation was inaugurated through the opening ceremony of the first ever SAARC Handicraft exhibition on Sunday morning at National Art Plaza of ... Read more

The current and former students of fine arts department of University of Development Alternative are displaying their artworks for the first time at the National Art Gallery of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. The eleven-day exhibition was inaugurated by the eminent artist Qayyum Chowdhury on September 17 and was arranged by the university to celebrate twelve-year anniversary

Mohakal Theatre Fest 3 more Tagore plays to be staged today Two local and an Indian troupe will stage three plays featuring stories of the Nobel laureate poet Rabindranath Tagore today, on the sixth day of the ongoing Festival of World Theatre, arranged by Mohakal Natya Sampradaya. The festival has already featured three Tagore plays ... Read more

As soon as she put her fingers on harmonium rids, the audience started anticipating the number Shahnaz Rahmatullah would present as the first song of her performance. And when she began her presentation with a very popular patriotic number Ekbar jete dena, ‘wow’ was the response from the houseful audience at the Utsav Hall of ... Read more

Mohakal Theatre Fest Tagore’s plays to be staged today On the fifth day of the ongoing theatre festival, organised by Mohakal Natya Sampraday, Tagore’s two plays and an adapted play from Tagore’s writings will be staged at three different venues today. Nagorik Natya Sampradaya will stage Tagore’s classic Raktakorobi at the National Theatre Hall while ... Read more

An exploration of art in different mediums and colours can be enjoyed at a solo painting exhibition of the artist Mastapha Khalid Palash taking place at the Athena Gallery of Fine Arts at Badda in the capital. The artist has projected his passion through different modes and mediums like pen, marker, pastel, oil and acrylic ... Read more

Mohakal Theatre Fest Two classics and a contemporary play to be staged today Two classics and a contemporary play will be staged today at three different venues as part of the theatre festival arranged by theatre troupe Mohakal Natya Sampraday. Padatik Natya Sangsad will stage Shakespearean classic tragedy Macbeth at the National Theatre Hall of ... Read more

Veteran singer of the country Shahnaz Rahmatullah will get an honourary award from City Bank NA for her contribution to music and culture at a tributary programme at the Radisson Water Garden Hotel today. Shanaz Rahmatullah has been one of the most popular singers of the country since the 1950s. Recently, the singer has given ... Read more

Mahakal Theatre Fest Three local troupes to stage adaptations of foreign plays  Three local troupes will stage plays which are adaptations of foreign dramas, today on the third day of the ongoing Festival of World Theatre, arranged by Mohakal Natya Sampradaya. Nagarik Natyangon Ensemble will stage Jugolbandi at the Experimental Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala ... Read more