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
Art & Culture
Safiuddin Ahmed’s 1st death anniversary today
Today is the first death anniversary of painter Painter Safiuddin Ahmed (1922-2012), one of the pioneers of modern art movement in Bangladesh. Bengal Foundation has organised a commemoration programme marking the occasion. Eminent artists and art critics of the country will hold a discussion on life and works of Safiuddin Ahmed.
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.
Salauddin Ahmed renders timeless Nazrul songs
Noted singer Salauddin Ahmed presented a few timeless songs of Nazrul in his solo musical programme at the Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre at Gulshan. The show began with a Nazrul song titled Gogone sogono chomokichhe damini. Ahmed’s stentorian voice modulation of the song based on raga mallar was accurate to convey the flavour of monsoon ... Read more
No Place To Call Home for Rohingyas
The untold miseries of the Rohingya people, a minority ethnic group of refugees in Myanmar have been captured through lenses of two photographers. 40 such photographs have been displayed at a month-long duet exhibition titled No Place To Call Home at the Athena Gallery at Badda in the capital.
Book on Tagore launched
Bangla Academy has launched a book titled ‘Rabindranath Tagore and National Identity Formation in Bangladesh: Essays and Reviews’ by professor Fakrul Alam on Thursday evening at Abdul Karim Sahittabisharad Hall. The launching ceremony started with a Tagore song Tumi kemon kore gaan koro hey guni in trio by Salma Shofi,
Nikhil narrates nature in traditional way
The self taught artist from Narail Nikhil Chandra Das has attempted to narrate the story of rural people, their lives and highlight the beauty of Bengal through his Patachitra artworks at his current solo exhibition titled Abohoman Bangla. The fortnight solo exhibition displaying 28 artworks is being held at Gallery Jalrang. Nikhil, a figurative painter,
National theatre fest ends today
The eight-day national theatre festival will end today through staging of 11 plays at the four venues of the academy. Organised by Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, the festival titled Swapna O Drohoer Jatiyo Natyautsab featured 64 theatre plays in total from 64 districts. Of the participating troupes, 52 were colleges from 52 districts. Students of different ... Read more
Shahriar recreates nature’s splendour
Nature has been recreated with all its beauty and magnificence in artworks by artist SM Shahriar for his solo exhibition titled Worship of Nature. The ongoing 10-day exhibition at Dhaka Art Center in Dhanmondi features 35 oil paintings portraying eye soothing landscapes, beautiful women, whimsical birds, vividly green forests and life of the commoners in ... Read more
Shawkat Osman remembered
Family members and fellow writers remembered renowned author Shawkat Osman on his 15th death anniversary on Tuesday at Sufia Kamal auditorium of the National Museum. A short film was also screened at the programme. The programme was organised by Kotha Shilpi Shawkat Osman Smrity Parisad. Information minister Hasanul Haque
A huge success: DG Shilpakala
The festival titled Swapna O Drohoer Jatiyo Natyautsab is still in full swing on its sixth day. Educational institutes from outside Dhaka staged six plays at the three venues of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy despite the strike on Tuesday. Organisers claim that the ongoing national theatre festival at the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy has been
Poet Sukanta’s death anniv observed at his birthplace
The 65th death anniversary of Bengali eminent poet Sukanta Bhattacharya was observed in a befitting manner at his birthplace at village Unashia under Kotalipara upazila in Gopalganj district. Numerous candles have been lit at the poet’s paternal home. Beside a village fair, a cultural program and discussion session on Sukanta was also organised by Gopalganj ... Read more
Abstract paintings portray surroundings
Artist Mohiuddin Ahmed Mohim’s solo art show at Gallery Cosmos-2 in Mohakhali displays abstract paintings in different mediums. Vibrant colours like orange and green dominate Mohim’s work, which have been inspired by the country’s nature as described by the artist. Some of his displayed 30 artworks have been painted in mundane shades in the 10-day ... Read more
Organisers claim plays teach students history
Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy officials claim that their intention of organising this year’s national theatre festival is to introduce the students with the history of rebellion. ‘We have selected rebellions took place during the British colonial era as the key feature of the theatre performances in the festival,’ director general of the academy Liaquat Ali Lucky
Revealing silent outbursts of women
Emotions and silent outbursts of women in a male dominated society are strongly evident in the artworks of Prima Donna, a solo art exhibition, by artist Preema Nazia Andaleeb. The works on display are abstract in nature and vivid in colors. The exhibition commenced on May 4 at the Bengal Art Lounge. The innovative and ... Read more
Students stage anti-colonial plays
Six plays, most featuring movement against the British colonial rule, were staged on the fourth day of the ongoing eight-day theatre festival at three venues of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on Sunday. Organised by the academy, the festival titled Swapna O Drohoer Jatiyo Natyautsab features 64 theatre plays from the Shilpakala-based and college-based theatre troupes from ... Read more
Tagore’s Nobel centenary celebrated
The 100th anniversary of Tagore’s winning of the Nobel Prize was celebrated in a programme jointly organised by Bangladesh National Museum and Chhayanaut on Saturday at the main auditorium of the museum. Rabindranath Tagore won the Nobel in literature in 1913 as a first non-European for his English edition of Gitanjali (Song Offerings). Chhayanaut president ... Read more
Tagore’s Nobel centenary celebrated
The 100th anniversary of Tagore’s winning of the Nobel Prize was celebrated in a programme jointly organised by Bangladesh National Museum and Chhayanaut on Saturday at the main auditorium of the museum. Rabindranath Tagore won the Nobel in literature in 1913 as a first non-European for his English edition of Gitanjali