Art & Culture

Exhibition by Transparency International Bangladesh It is of prime importance to encourage anti-corruption attitudes among the youth. That is exactly what Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has set out to do. Over the last four years, the organisation has held countrywide competitions and exhibitions with participants in the age groups 13-18 and 19-35. In keeping with ... Read more

From NewAgebd All was set with the superb lighting and the projection screens on both sides of the stage. The hall room of the Winter Garden was overflowing with young fans of the heavy metal band Artcell. Suddenly the band members appeared on the stage amidst loud applause. When the concert began with one of ... Read more

Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia performs at Dhaka Club From The Daily Star According to mythology, ‘bansuri’ (South Asian transverse alto flute) is intimately linked to the love story of Krishna and Radha. Legends narrate how the tunes of bansuri would drive the women of Braj into a frenzy. For eons bansuri has been very popular in ... Read more

From The Daily Star After 119 years of his demise, Fakir Lalon Shai’s philosophy continues to have a strong hold, especially in the greater Kushtia and adjacent areas. Every year a large number of people from all corners of the country as well as from abroad visit Lalon’s shrine and pay homage to the great ... Read more

From NewAgebd Internationally reputable artist Sahabudddin Ahmed’s two exhibitions in Dhaka fetched Taka two crores and 10 lakhs. Out of 58 paintings on display, 42 were sold at the exhibitions which ended on October 9 at gallery Chitrak and on October 18 at the Bengal Gallery of Fine Arts in Dhanmondi. Gallery sources said that ... Read more

A group exhibition titled ‘Shells and Souls’ by four young artists is being held at the Gallery Drik in Dhanmondi. The exhibition, inaugurated on October 9, will remain open from 5:00pm to 9:00pm everyday till October 15. Asma Sultana Mita, Golam Faruque Sarker, Kazi Mahboob Hassan and Shamim Reza are displaying their recent artworks in ... Read more

Dalim Kumaar premiered Kgroup Natya Kendra, on the occasion of its 19th founding anniversary, organised a three-day theatre festival at the National Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy from Friday. On the first day of the programme, the play ‘Dalim Kumaar’, directed by Yusuf Hassan Arko and scripted by Shuvashis Sinha was premiered. It was ... Read more

Amalendu Biswas Shrmity Parishad will organise a six-day jatra festival titled ‘Amalendu Biswas Swaranutsab’ at the National Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy in Segun Bagicha from October 10. The inaugural ceremony will be held at 6:00pm and everyday the plays will begin at 7:00pm. The programme will be arranged to commemorate the 22nd death ... Read more

A group artwork exhibition titled ‘Shells and Souls’ by four young artists will be inaugurated at 6:00pm on October 9 at Gallery Drik in Dhanmondi. The exhibition will be inaugurated by noted artist Shishir Bhattacharjee, a professor at the Faculty of Fine Art in Dhaka University. The young artists include Asma Sultana Mita, Golam Faruque ... Read more

Print and sculpture exhibition at Zainul Gallery The duo exhibition of printmaker Farhana Ahmed and sculptor Tanny Dey is now on at Zainul Gallery, Faculty of Fine Arts, Dhaka University. Farhana Ahmed received a Masters in printmaking. She started with watercolour in her primary stage and received acclaim. Afterwards, she concentrated on printmaking and studied ... Read more

A recital of the Indian classical music kheyal by Robiul Hossen was held at the Indian High Commission’s cultural centre in Gulshan on Friday. The musical event was jointly organised by the Indian High Commission in Dhaka and Shadhona -a center for advancement of Southasian Music and Dance. Artist of the classical music Robiul Hossen ... Read more

Dhaka audience enjoyed a memorable evening with the performances of the Chinese traditional folk songs, bowl dance, jar balancing and several other eye catching acrobatics. Artistes of the Inner Mongolia Artist Troupe of China delighted the audience at The National Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on Monday. The three-day cultural show, begun on Monday, ... Read more

Expatriate artist Shahabuddin Ahmed’s solo exhibition ‘Shahabuddin 2009’ will be inaugurated at Gallery Chitrak on September 18 and ‘Jai Bangla’ at Bengal Gallery of Fine Art on September 27. Planning minister air vice marshal (rtd) AK Khandker will inaugurate the ‘Shahabuddin 2009’ as chief guest while eminent artist Aminul Islam will be present as special ... Read more

Gazir Pat being promoted by NCC Bank NCC Bank Ltd has taken up an initiative to rekindle interest in Gazir Pat and Gazir Gaan, through commercials for the bank’s new product “mBridge”, produced to communicate with the masses, says a press release. “mBridge” is a foreign remittance payment card, the first of its kind facilitating ... Read more

The Goethe Institut will organise a screening of three documentaries at the programme titled ‘Movie Night: Werner Herzog’ at its auditorium in Dhanmondi on September 2. The screening will start from 5:30pm. Three documentaries, made by noted German film maker Werner Herzog will be screened on the day. The documentaries will uphold the issues relating ... Read more

Kangalini Sufia, a well-known folk singer, has a social mission as well — conveying the hard reality of the downtrodden and underprivileged women through her songs. Her common themes are inequality, oppression and exploitation that women face everyday. The artiste (now 50) was born at Ramdia village of greater Faridpur (currently in the Rajbari district). ... Read more

Fifth solo painting exhibition titled ‘Sensation Within’ by KMA Quayyum was inaugurated at the compound of Bengal Gallery at Dhanmondi in the evening on July 24. The exhibition will remain open from 12:00pm to 8:00pm and continue till August 4. Sixty five recent and previous paintings mostly in vivid colours and subtle tonal effects are ... Read more

Solo painting exhibition at Alliance Francaise, Dhaka Monica Jahan Bose is an artist who is not quite familiar in the Dhaka art circuit. Her first exhibition in Bangladesh, titled “Drowning: Is there time for Love?” is now on at Alliance Francaise, Dhaka. The artist has lived in many countries and has acquired diverse experiences throughout ... Read more