At first glance, the canvas print photographs in Khaled Hasan’s exhibition may look like paintings. Indeed, the photographer’s brilliant technical manipulation of camera has resulted in some sensitive art expositions. Hasan has showcased 29 photographs in his 15th solo exhibition, all of which relate to his inner self and emotions. Titled as ‘Existence…The End’ the ... Read more
Art & Culture
Depicting life in Varendra
The first solo watercolour painting exhibition, titled ‘Life in Varendra’, by artist Suman Kumar Sarkar started at La Galerie in Alliance Française de Dhaka on Tuesday. The artist’s intimacy with nature has started since his childhood. It has further intensified in course of time as he found himself fascinated and trapped within the magical net
Shilpakala holds 2-day traditional culture fest
A great number of audiences from different walks of society enjoyed the traditional-music and dance performances held at the National Art Plaza of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on Friday and Saturday. The large number of crowd that the program drew made it evident that traditional culture can still enthrall the urban audience. In the two-day Loko-Sangskriti ... Read more
Palakar celebrates founding anniv
Theatre troupe Palakar celebrated its 11th founding anniversary on Sunday evening through much enthusiasm while staging of playwright Sayeed Ahmed’s Kalbela, directed by Aminur Rahman Mukul. Similar to other plays by Ahmed, Kalbela is also belongs to theatre of absurd genre, which depicts the inherent meaninglessness of life. The characters of the play are common ... Read more
Kite festival held in Manikganj
A kite festival was held on the bank of Jamuna River at Shibalaya in Manikganj on Sunday. It was organised by Shibalaya Shotodol Shangskritik o Shamajik Shangathan to celebrate Pahela Baishakh. Hundreds of kites flew in the sky, competing against one another. Around fifty kinds of kite including koira, potinga, dol, baj, sapa ,projapoti, moyur ... Read more
Port city turns vibrant
The first day of Bangla New Year 1420 was celebrated in different parts of Chittagong amid traditional fanfare and festivities. The programme at Nazrul Square of DC Hill organised by Sammilita Pahela Baishakh Udjapon Parishad began at 6:15am on Sunday with a raga song. On the same day, in CRB, the Baishakh special show commenced ... Read more
Theatre ULAB stages Khudhito Pashan
Theatre ULAB, the student drama club of University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh, staged Khudhito Pashan, inspired by Tagore’s short story having the same title, on Thursday at Chhayanaut Auditorium. ITI worldwide president Ramendu Mojumdar was the chief guest, and ULAB vice chancellor Imran Rahman was the special guest of the program. Directed by ABS Jem, ... Read more
NSU welcomes Bangla Year amidst fun, festivity
Shedding the preceding year’s glooms to oblivion, North South University welcomed Pahela Baishakh, country’s most colorful festival and the first day of the Bangla year 1420, on Sunday with its customary fanfare and festivity. The program started with a colorful rally named ‘Mongol Shovajatra’ organised by NSU Sangskritik Sangathan and led by Prof. Dr. Md. ... Read more
Pahela Baishakh celebrated in district towns
Pahela Baishakh was celebrated in different district towns including Chittagong, Sylhet, Khulna, Bogra, Mymensingh and Jessore through colourful programmes. The main attraction of the celebrations was Baishakhi fairs displaying various agricultural products, handicrafts, toys, cosmetics, and regional cuisines. Rural artistes presented jatra, pala gaan, kabigaan,
Thousand singers welcome Pahela Baishakh
Like every year, Pahela Baishakh has been celebrated in the capital, other districts and rural regions across the country with the same zeal and gusto this time to welcome the Bangla New Year 1420. From all the arrangements of cultural organisations, participation of artistes and crowding of audience, it can be said that Pahela Baishakh ... Read more
Chitra Sangktranti celebrated in city
Following the age old tradition of celebrating Chaitra Sangkranti, the last day of the Bangla calendar, different organisations in Dhaka arranged colourful programmes on Saturday night. Significant features of the traditional way of celebrating the last day of the year such as ‘Gajoner Mela’ and ‘Charok’ were missing in such programmes as the urbanites celebrated ... Read more
No tangible move for UNESCO recognition
On Pahela Baishakh, communities from diverse ethnic backgrounds and religions welcome the Bangla Solar New Year through festivity, rituals and cultural programmes. Different age groups wearing colourful clothes cerebrate the day with traditional rural Bangla meals: hilsa fish and ‘panta’. Pahela Baishakh promotes the values of peace, solidarity
Slumped trade continues in audio industry
Mixed albums featuring upcoming singers released Set against the backdrop of the slumped trade market, audio production companies have not taken any major initiative for a big budget project targeting the Pahela Baishakh celebrations. Mixed albums featuring popular and upcoming singers will be the main attraction by the audio CD music industry for Pahela Baishakh ... Read more
Baisabi celebrations begin
The three-day Baisabi festival to welcome the Bangla New Year has begun with great enthusiasm and fanfare in Dhaka as well as in the hill towns of the country on Friday. The term Baisabi is a concoction of the first alphabets of different festivities celebrated by the existing 13 ethnic groups in the Chittagong Hill ... Read more
Baul songs presented at BSA
Timeless baul numbers were presented at a programme at the Music and Dance Centre auditorium of Bangladesh Shilpakala Acadmy on Thursday evening. Besides, special honour was paid to eight bauls at the show. Musical organisation Baul Bazar organised the show in celebration of its first founding anniversary. The cultural show began
Manipuri Theatre celebrates Bishu with theatre fest
Moulvi Bazar based troupe Manipuri Theatre has organised a four-day theatre festival to celebrate Bishu, the New Year celebrations of the Manipuri community. Beginning on Thursday, the troupe will stage five plays at its own studio theatre named Natmandop at Kamalganj in Moulvi Bazar. Two theatre performances
Loko-Sangskriti Utsab begins
Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy has organised a two-day Loko-Sangskriti Utsab to give a boost to the traditional culture of the country beginning from today at the academy. Authentic, rural singers, dancers and game participants in the folk arena from across the country have been invited to perform at the festival. In addition, rural games
Django Unchained blood scenes ‘muted for China release’
Bloody scenes from Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained are to be toned down for its cinema release in China, according to the film’s distributors, reports BBC online. Sony Pictures told China’s Southern Metropolis Daily the director had agreed to the ‘slight adjustments’. Zhang Miao said changes
Thousand singers to perform in Surer Dhara’s programme
Surer Dhara singers are in the final stage of their preparation for performance to celebrate the last day of the Bangla calendar known as Chaitra Sankranti and the Pahela Baishakh, the first day of another Bangla year, through a series of programmes. Each day, the singers and dancers are holding rehearsals at the Lalmatia Girls’ ... Read more
DW, ETV launch Onneshon
Bangla Tele informative show titled Onneshon, created by German broadcaster Deutsche Welle (DW), featuring environment and technology will be aired on local channel Ekushey Television, declared at a press conference held on Wednesday at Sonargaon Hotel in the capital. The show will be screened at 6:30pm on Saturdays and will be repeated at 3:30pm on ... Read more