Art & Culture

Award-winning guitarist Margarita Escarpa will play Spanish guitar at a solo show at the Berlin Hall of Goethe-Institut at Dhanmondi in the capital tomorrow at 7:00pm. The Department of Spanish Language and Culture, University of Dhaka has invited the artiste to play at the solo concert. One of the most talented contemporary solo guitarists in ... Read more

Chuadanga-based theatre troupe Arindom Sansgritik Sangathan premiered its latest production Ohom Tomosha at Chuadanga District Shilpakala Academy on Friday. Written by Anan Zaman and directed by Shamim Sagor, the play depicts the broken socio-political scenario of present day Bangladesh. But the depiction is not a linear one. The play shows the darkness (tomosha) of ego ... Read more

Well known film director Syed Salauddin Zaki and cine journalist Arefin Badal have been conferred with Fazlul Haque Memorial Award 2014. The award giving ceremony took place at the Westin hotel on Sunday. Renowned litterateur Syed Shamsul Haque attended the award giving ceremony as the chief guest, while noted novelist Rabeya Khatun, the widow of ... Read more

From the main entrance of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy to the National Theatre Hall, it’s BotTala all the way. The premises of BSA wear a festive look as the BotTala Theatre Festival kicked off on Friday. With a colourful decoration of the hall and its surroundings, the festival venue appears warm and inviting. On Friday evening, ... Read more

18th October 2014, was a memorable evening at the Gulshan branch of the Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre with eminent scholar, artiste, writer Nashid Kamal. The multifaceted genius has been honoured by Nazrul Institute on August 27 this year for her music and works of translation. Amongst her numerous translation works, Nazrul’s biography (from the original ... Read more

Abstract art has already become popular in the arena of fine arts in the country; however, abstract photography still has relatively less exposure. Photography buffs can now get a taste of abstract photographs at a three-day exhibition at the Dhaka Art Centre at Dhanmondi in the capital. The ongoing photography exhibition titled 3rd Srishti-Sukher Ullas ... Read more

A five-day cultural festival by Santal, a national minority community was held at Godagari upazila in Rajshahi with great enthusiasm and fervour. Manwaya, a cultural front of Santal community, organised the large programme at Kakonhat of Godagari. Kakhonhat municipal mayor Abdul Majid inaugurated the festival on October 19. Adibashi cultural personality Birsing Hembrom from India ... Read more

An eight-day international theatre festival, organised by troupe BotTala, is going to kick off today evening amid much festivity and fanfare at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. It is going to be the first international theatre festival by BotTala where, besides noted local troupes, troupes from India and America will stage shows. Emeritus professor Serajul Islam Choudhury ... Read more

Thursday was the 86th birth anniversary of late Shamsur Rahman, who is considered to be one of the most prominent contemporary poets of the country. Bangla Academy organised a programme that featured a lecture, in celebrating the day at its Kobi Shamsur Rahman seminar room on Wednesday. Noted poet-playwright Syed Shamsul Haque, noted researcher professor ... Read more

Monjur Rashid’s Solo Artistic search begins That the first solo exhibition is something very special and emotion-laden for an artist, was quite evident in Monjur Rashid’s voice, who has showcased 35 paintings under the title of Searching Myself as his first solo at La Galerie at Alliance Française de Dhaka in Dhanmondi in the capital. ... Read more

People often love watching classical dance performances on television or stage shows but most likely than not without deep knowledge of the history or styles of these dance genres. The dance performances might become even more enjoyable if the viewers knew the story behind their creation. With an aim to make people aware about the ... Read more

Bangla Academy organised a lecture session on the life and contributions of renowned litterateur Abdul Karim to observe his 143rd birth anniversary at the Shamsur Rahman Hall of the academy on Monday afternoon. Noted researcher and litterateur Dr. Israel Khan delivered a lecture titled ‘Itihaser Goti Nirdharoney Abdul Karim Sahittya Bisharad’ at the programme in ... Read more

Nouka Baich, a traditional form of boat race, was held on the Chalan Beel, the biggest water body in the northern region of the country on Saturday afternoon. Two villages Kukragari and Islampur of Chatmohar upazila jointly arranged the boat racing event at Bualmaria area in the Chalan beel under Chatmohar upazila of Pabna. A ... Read more

Timeless poems of three legendary poets of the country Shamsur Rahman, Nirmalendu Goon and Syed Shamsul Haque were presented at a programme at the Shawkat Osman Hall of Public Library in the capital on Friday evening. The programme titled Nirbachito Uccharon was organised by recitation organisation Charubak. The programme featured Charubak artistes who presented solo ... Read more

Bangladesh Nritya Shilpy Sangstha paid homage to noted dancer Kamol Sarkar on the occasion of his 18th death anniversary, which fell on October 14. A programme that featured a discussion session and dance recitations by different member troupes of the organisation was held at the Music and Dance Centre of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on Thursday. ... Read more

Art Therapy For Acid Attack Survivors Healing mental and emotional trauma through painting It was supposed to be like any other regular interview, but of course, it wasn’t. And it was a memorable interview not because the interviewees were six acid attack survivors, but because of who they are, apart from the injustice that happened ... Read more

The sixth Jatra Festival will kick off today at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, where 21 troupes from across the country will stage their productions before a panel of judges to obtain registration. Under the Jatra Development Regulation 2012, Shilpakala Academy has been organising Jatra Festival to evaluate the performance of troupes since 2012. So far, 61 jatra ... Read more

Cat’s Macabre Not just a play but a theatre genre Centre for Asian Theatre’s 21st production Macabre, premiered on Tuesday at National Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, was not just a play for it could be argued that it is a theatre genre in itself. It can fairly be called a ‘theatre of macabre’, ... Read more

Mohajoner Nao, an acclaimed musical play by Subachan Natya Sangsad, has been invited to stage three shows in London-based A season of Bangla Drama Festival, the annual Bangla drama festival organised by Tower Hamlets Council, UK. A season of Bangla Drama Festival is the biggest festival of Bangla drama in Europe which offers, ‘a diverse range ... Read more

Juimalar Soimala, a women-centric play, opened the six-day theatre festival organised by Manikganj-based Niravaran Theatre on Saturday at Studio Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. Taking a thread from Molua Pala, one of the ten palas of Mymensigh Geetika, playwright Anan Zaman’s Juimalar Soimala depicts the similarity of fate that women have been undergoing then ... Read more