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Late legendary composer Kamol Dasgupta was remembered at a programme at the Music and Dance Centre Auditorium of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on Wednesday. Organised by the academy, the programme featured a musical soirée where noted singer Shakila Zafar, Subir Nandi, and others presented songs of Kamol Dasgupta followed by a discussion

Three Bangladeshi films have been selected for screening at the fifteenth edition of London Rainbow Film Festival which will begin on May 25 and end on June 1. The selected films are Samia Zaman’s Akash Koto Dure, Khalid Mahmud Mithu’s Jonakir Alo and Gazi Rakayet’s Mrittika Maya. The festival, which aims to

While Goethe´s ‘Faust’ or plays by Bertolt Brecht are regularly staged in Bangladesh, contemporary German theatre is still widely unknown. Therefore, the institute has launched its latest production Dog, Woman, Man. Noted theatre activist Reetu Sattar has adapted and directed Dog, Woman, Man by German playwright Sibylle Berg. The play has been translated in English ... Read more

Legendary musician Ustad Allauddin Khan was remembered through classical music recitals and a discussion session at a commemorative programme on Tuesday at the Music and Dance Centre of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. Ustad Allauddin Khan (1862-1972), was born at Shibpur village, under the present Brahmanbaria district. A classical

The daily struggle of the slum dwellers of the country has been featured at a three-day exhibition at the Institute for Asian Creatives in Gulshan 2 in the capital. The exhibition titled We Tell is an outcome of a project with the same title organised by The Urban Partnerships for Poverty Reduction (UPPR) in association ... Read more

Legendary folk musicians late Abdul Alim and late Abdul Latif were remembered at a commemorative programme at the Music and Dance Centre of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on Monday. The programme comprised of discussion on the lives and achievements of the two singers-musicians and presentation of their songs. Liaquat Ali Lucky, director general of the academy,

Carving expressions on stone is no ordinary feat. But when you see sculptors doing just that in the ancient three-dimensional art form, you are bound to feel at least that tinge of awe, if not more. Seventy-eight noted and promising sculptors have put together a collection of 105 pieces of sculptures at the National Sculpture ... Read more

Four local films — two full length feature films and two short films — will represent Bangladesh in the third SAARC Film Festival. Curtain of the festival is going to be up today in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Along with Bangladesh, the remaining seven member countries will also screen four films (two full lengths and two ... Read more

Renowned Nazrul singer Ferdous Ara enthralled the audience through renditions of ageless Nazrul songs at a solo programme on Saturday evening at the Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre at Gulshan 1 in the capital. The centre organised the programme to celebrate Kazi Nazrul Islam’s 115th birth anniversary, which will fall on May 24. Ferdous Ara, was ... Read more

The works of Rabindranath Tagore have an indisputable place in Bangla iterature. There is perhaps no end of delving in his works for artists, authors and fans alike. But what is even more enticing for many is taking a deeper look into the riveting life that the poet lived. Tagore fans are given an opportunity ... Read more

Franco Bangladesh Association of Scholars and Trainees organised a programme that featured a discussion session and a cultural show at La Galerie, Alliance Française de Dhaka on Friday evening to celebrate the new Bangla Year 1421. Babou Kamichetty, deputy head of mission, French Embassy in Bangladesh; Dr. Akramullah Sikder and Zilhurain Jaigirdarm, president and secretary ... Read more

A day-long festival was held at Barisal Ashwini Kumar Hall on Friday with an array of events including procession, painting competition for children and painting exhibition. The programme concluded with a call to spread practices of fine arts in the country. Charukala Barisal, the only fine arts teaching school of the city, organised the programme ... Read more

The three-day film festival featuring films of ‘golden age’ drew huge audience at the auditorium of National Art Gallery of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. In order to celebrate 30 decades of the founding of Bangladesh Film Archive, the organisation has jointly arranged the festival with Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. The festival, which was inaugurated by noted playwright ... Read more

Recently demised noted singer Bashir Ahmed was remembered through award giving ceremony, discussion and presentation of the singer’s popular songs at a programme at the Music and Dance Centre auditorium of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on Thursday. Bashir Ahmed, who dominated the music industry in the 60s and 70s and is considered as one of the ... Read more

Registration for the 35th film appreciation course is now open for those who are interested in filmmaking. The two-month course titled Film Appreciation Course, which has been organised by Bangladesh Film Institute, will begin on May 22. Noted filmmaker Tanvir Mokammel will conduct the course. The course will teach students

Through most of his coveted works, national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam heralds an indomitable spirit that inspires people to fight against all forms of oppression. This unflinching, rebellious spirit of Nazrul was hailed by speakers as the poet was commemorated on the second day of the Fourth International Nazrul Convention. The event that has been ... Read more

Originally published in 1910, Rabindranath Tagore’s Gitanjali has risen to a cult status and continues to be one of the most well known works of Bengali literature. A documentary film featuring Gitanjali will be premiered tomorrow at the auditorium of the National Museum at 6:30pm. The documentary titled Timeless Gitanjali has been directed by Dr. ... Read more