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
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BotTala Int’l Theatre Fest begins today
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
Poet Shamsur Rahman’s 86th birth anniversary celebrated
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
Artistic search begins
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
Manipuri dance explained
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
Actor Tele Samad under medical observation
Noted comedian Tele Samad has been suffering from different medical complications including kidney and heart problems and infections in his leg. The actor is currently admitted at the Coronary Care Unit (CCU) at Square Hospital in the capital. The comedian was admitted to the hospital as he fell sick on Saturday. Samad has undergone a ... Read more
Abdul Karim Sahitya Bisharad remembered on birth anniv
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
Thousands throng to watch Nouka Baich
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
Reliving works of legendary Bangla poets
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
BNSS pays tribute to Kamol Sarkar
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
Healing mental and emotional trauma through painting
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
Sixth Jatra Fest begins today at Shilpakala
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
Kistimaat on one rain swept afternoon
Since when did the Bangladesh Police allow its officers to wear slim fit shirts? And, as far as I know, the service weapon has to be returned to the official police maalkhana (arsenal) after duty. But of course, these are drab facts that one is not interested in the cinema hall. Lost in the world of ... Read more
Not just a play but a theatre genre
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
Ghetuputra Kamola competes at film fest in Italy
Legendary writer-director Humayun Ahmed’s last film Ghetuputra Kamola is contesting with other noted films from around the world at a segment titled Exploring the Difference at the 17th International Religion Today Film Festival at Trento in Italy. The film festival, which began on October 10 and will continue till October 21, features films on religions, cultures ... Read more
Sujala’s debut Lalon album released
Promising folk artiste Sujala Mohapatro has released her debut album titled Ei Manush-e Achhe Sei Manush Mishe that features some of the most popular songs of legendary bard Fakir Lalon Shai. The album was released from production house Gaaner Kheya on October 1. Ei Manush-e Achhe Sei Manush Mishe features a total of 10 Lalon songs including ... Read more
Mohajoner Nao to visit London
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
Nine bands from 5 countries to perform in Dhaka
Nine rock music bands from five South Asian countries will rock Dhaka audience in a concert scheduled on October 24 at the Army Stadium. The concert, which will be organised by Bondhu Package of Grameenphone, will feature local bands Warfaze, Aurthoheen, Nemesis, Shunno and Arbovirus, along with Colour Compound from India, Kaya from Pakistan, Albatross ... Read more
Juimalar Soimala opens Niravaran Theatre Fest
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
Natyakendra celebrates founding anniversary
The two-day long celebrations of 24th founding anniversary of noted theatre troupe Natyakendra at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy entertained audiences with theatre shows on Friday and Saturday. Though the hangover of Eid-ul-Azha was still visible, theatre goers thronged the National Theatre Hall of Shilpakala to enjoy Natyakendra’s celebration on both days. Natyakendra did not