A six-day theatre festival titled Magh Nishither Natok began yesterday at Theatre Institute in Chittagong. Arranged by Ritubhittik Natyamela Parishad, the theatre festival will be featuring a reunion of theatre activists, exhibition, open discussion, staging of plays, conferring of Sukhendu Smriti Natyapadak and more. This year’s Sukhendu Smriti Natyapadak
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Bishwa Shahitya Kendra launches 10 new mobile libraries
With the help of the Danish Embassy in Bangladesh, Bishwa Shahitya Kendra has launched 10 new mobile libraries for the readers. The new libraries will be added to the already existing 31 mobile libraries that are serving nearly one lakh readers in 45 districts. The new libraries will serve readers in 10 districts. The Danish ... Read more
GongMyong concert in Dhaka
The Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Bangladesh will organise a musical soiree, titled “GongMyoung Concert” on December 11 at the auditorium of Bangladesh National Museum, Shahbagh. Abul Kalam Azad, Minister of Cultural Affairs will inaugurate the programme. The programme will feature several musical performances like “Paper Lady”, “Speed Movement”, “War and Peace”, “Treasure ... Read more
Banglalink launches 3rd compilation of “Jagoroner Gaan”
Banglalink, in collaboration with Jagoron Chorcha o Songskriti Kendro, Prothom Alo, Channel i, Radio ABC and Step Media Ltd, launched the 3rd “Jagoroner Gaan” compilation recently. On the heels of the success of the previous collections, the new album hits music stores all across the nation on December 10. A press conference was held on ... Read more
Runa Laila recreates ’70s magic
The magic of the melodious 1970s was back with a bang on Friday night as the Bangladeshi queen of music, Runa Laila, took centre stage at the Qutub Shahi Tombs to make Day 7 of the Times Hyderabad Festival a mehfil the city will not forget too soon. Dazzling in a bright pink sari and ... Read more
Nazrul Sammelon ends at National Museum
The two-day long Nazrul Sammelon (convention) ended at the main auditorium of Bangladesh National Museum in Dhaka on December 2. Bangladesh Nazrul Sangeet Sangstha (BNSS) arranged the programme. Nazrul exponent and singer Sudhin Das and Nazrul researcher Professor Rafiqul Islam spoke on the life and works of the National Poet on the opening day (December ... Read more
Three-day Art Workshop at Charukala
As part of the ongoing serigraph programme, titled ‘Nijeke Prokash Koro’, organised by The American Center of the US Embassy in Dhaka, a three-day (December 1-3) workshop was held at the Printmaking Department of Faculty of Fine Arts (FFA), University of Dhaka. On the opening day, Professor Mohammad Matlub Ali, Dean of FFA; guest artists ... Read more
3 Idiots to get Hollywood and China remakes
Bollywood hit comedy 3 Idiots, starring Aamir Khan, Madhavan and Sharman Joshi is reportedly all set for a Hollywood and China remake. The film, which was released in December 2009, broke box office records in India and was screened at the United Nations headquarters in New York. “We are in talks with three studios in ... Read more
Nazrul Shammelan 2011 concludes
In an effort to uphold the musical legacy of National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam, Bangladesh Nazrul Sangeet Sangstha (BNSS), a newly-formed organisation, emerged in the scene on Friday, through arranging a two-day cultural congregation. Renowned Nazrul artistes of the country took part in the programme. Titled Nazrul Shammelan 2011,
Birthday celebrations for Suborna Mustafa
With an impressive acting lineage, Suborna Mustafa established herself as a leading lady in Bangladeshi TV plays decades ago. To date, she remains unparalleled with her superlative expressions, immaculate diction and that charming, yet mysterious smile. Though at present Suborna does not play the conventional “heroine” roles any more, she appears on the
Busy days for Runa Laila
Bangladeshi diva Runa Laila is well and away in Hyderabad for the nine-day Times of India Festival. Today, she will rock Hyderabad with her evergreen hit “Dama Dam Mast Kalandhar”, songs in Bangla and Punjabi, Urdu ghazals and more at the Qutub Shahi Tombs. She is accompanied by eight Bangladesh musicians. Runa is busy on ... Read more
Eshita directs a tele-film on Liberation War
Actress Eshita has debuted as a TV play director. Recently she has written and directed a tele-film on the Liberation War, titled Bela Sheshey. Shooting of the tele-film has been completed. Azizul Hakim, Tania Ahmed and Tahsin essay the main roles in the tele-film, which is be aired on Channel i in December, the month ... Read more
Singer Andrew Kishore casts a spell
Renowned playback singer Andrew Kishore and popular modern singer Kona mesmerised an audience of over 200 people at a musical evening in Rajshahi city on Saturday. Grameen Phone, one of the leading cell phone operators, organised the five-hour event at Uttara Community Center in recognition of their prioritised subscribers who are branded
Tisha renders song for play
Popular TV actress Tisha has rendered song for a single-episode play titled ‘Flashback.’ The play is scripted by Mabrur Rashid Bannah and jointly directed by Imraul Rafat and Bannah. In this fiction based play, Tisha performed with a song titled “Shikol pora chhol,” which was written and composed by our national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam. ... Read more
Chhayanaut turns gold
As I entered the new red brick Chhayanaut Sangskriti Bhaban in Dhanmondi, I was struck by its magnificence. The structure had remained true to the school’s founding philosophy of “open door for all”— the building purposefully has no perimeter walls. There was a constant mass of students, teachers, poets, artists, young and old streaming through ... Read more
Queen of hearts
In conversation with Moushumi Actress Moushumi won many hearts for her role in the film “Keyamat Theke Keyamat” in 1991. In her 20- year career, she has starred in many more films and tried her hand at direction too. Of late, she has acted in a film titled “Projapoti” Mosumi took some time off from ... Read more
Guerrilla wins best Asian film award
Bangladeshi feature film ‘Guerrilla’, which recreates the heroic deeds of freedom fighters of the 1971 Liberation War on an epic canvas, today won the best Asian film award at the 17th Kolkata Film Festival (KFF). Altogether 12 films competed in the Asian Select section for the NETPAC award. This was for the first time a ... Read more
Shabnam not to perform in ‘Khoda’r Por-e Maa’
Once popular film actress Shabnam has recently denied to play the title role of the movie “Khoda’r Por-e Maa” as she didn’t like its script. Scripted by Abdullah Jahir Babu and directed by renowned filmmaker Malek Afsari, the movie was scheduled to be produced by Taposhi Thakur. The legendary actress, however, was primarily agreed to ... Read more
I enjoy both acting and modelling: Shokh
For Anika Kabir Shokh, it did not take long to win the hearts of the TV viewers. Though a newcomer in the scene, combining her good looks with talent the dancer-actor-model’s rise to fame and glamour has been speedy. Today the young sensation is one of the busiest artistes in the country’s entertainment scene. However, ... Read more
UNFPA-BAMBA concert Nov 26
Fourteen leading bands of the country are going to rock Chittagong MA Aziz Stadium at a grand concert titled Say No to Violence Against Woman: Be a Real Man on 26 November. The concert will begin at 12:30pm. UNFPA and BAMBA are jointly organising the concert. To inform more about