Thursday, July 10, 2025

Cultural organisations to celebrate Nazrul birth anniversary

Cultural organisations will celebrate the 144th birth anniversary of national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam through an array of colourful programmes at different venues in the capital today. The programmes will feature music, dance and recitations of poems composed by the poet. The Cultural Affairs Ministry has organised a daylong programme scheduled to be inaugurated by ... Read more

Abbasi gets lifetime achievement award

Eminent singer, writer and researcher Mustafa Zaman Abbasi has been honoured with lifetime achievement award. The award will be conferred tomorrow at the Nazrul Mela to be held at the Channel-i premises at Tejgaon, marking the 114th birth anniversary of the national poet as informed by the organisers at a press conference held on Thursday ... Read more

Bangla Academy celebrates Nazrul’s birth anniversary

Bangla Academy organised a programme at its Syed Waliullah Seminar Room on Wednesday marking the 114th birth anniversary of our National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam, which actually falls on May 25. Director general of the academy professor Shamsuzzaman Khan delivered the welcome address while professor Shantanu Kaisar presented his speech titled ‘Nazrul: Jibon O Shahityer

Northern studio theatre fest begins today

Northern Theatre, a Northern University based theatre troupe, has organised an eight-day studio theatre festival, which will begin today at the Studio Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. The festival will feature eight plays including Kinu Kaharer Theatre by Pracchyanaut,  Che-er Cycle by Bangla Theatre, Chitrangada by Swapnadal, Dur Ghotona by BUET Drama

Saleh Ahmed laments not acting

The Independence Award winning actor Saleh Ahmed is staying home for the past three years following a brain stroke. Recently his condition has improved a little but the once regular small screen actor is not yet fit enough for outdoor shooting. Ahmed, who has been entertaining the audience for two decades and got several recognitions, ... Read more

Artist Shafiuddin Ahmed evaluated

Shafiuddin Ahmed was one such artist whose contribution is becoming increasingly acknowledged and appreciated after he passed away, observed the discussants at a commemorative programme on Monday evening at Bengal Shilpalaya in Dhanmondi. The programme was organised by Bengal Foundation to mark the first death anniversary of the

Nazmul experiments with oriental art

The nature with its beauty and grandeur has been captured by Mohammad Nazmul Haque Bappy in his paintings currently displayed at Gallery Chitrak at Dhanmondi. The artist has used oriental art style for his 50 exhibited paintings, most of which depict soothing natural scenes and flowers. A few reveal beauty of women, the great wall ... Read more

Ban Manush staged

Prachyanaut staged its latest production Ban Manush, a translation of contemporary American playwright Eugene O’ Neill’s The Hairy Ape, on Saturday at the National Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. Earlier, Prachyanaut School of Acting and Design had staged the same play in Bangla with the original

Film festival to welcome first years

Dhaka University Film Society, in association with Edward M Kennedy Center, has arranged a four-day film festival which began at TSC auditorium on Sunday. Titled Film for Freshers, the festival is solely intended to welcome the first year students of Dhaka University through introducing them to a number of famous movies across

BSA’s nat’l Tagore contest ends

Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy has organised a national level contest in various categories for children and young adults on Friday to celebrate Rabindranath Tagore’s 152nd birth anniversary. This was followed by a discussion session and an award giving ceremony on Saturday at the National Music and Dance Center Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, where the winners

Rafiqun Nabi receives Hamidur Rahman Award

Renowned artist Rafiqun Nabi received Hamidur Rahman Award 2013 on Saturday at the Bengal Foundation. Family members of the late Hamidur Rahman, the designer of the Central Shaheed Minar, introduced the award in 2007 in memory of the great artist. Each year an eminent artist of the country is honoured with this prestigious award. The ... Read more

Recitation programme highlights Tagore

Sharabritta organised a recitation programme on Saturday at the Shawkat Osman Auditorium of Central Public Library to mark Tagore’s 152nd birth anniversary. The programme titled Songee Rabindranath, featured recitation of selected verses from Tagore’s Raktokarobi and three lyrical dramas by Birendranath Bandyopaddhay, a contemporary Indian playwright.