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Music directors-composers Sheikh Sadi Khan and Ali Hossain were all praise for the recently demised singer Bashir Ahmed at a remembrance programme at Music and Dance Centre of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on Sunday. Singer Bashir Ahmed died on April 19 after a notable career spanning over five decades in the music industry. Both Sheikh Sadi ... Read more

William Shakespeare’s popular comedy Taming of the Shrew is a well-known and widely-staged play across the world in its original form and language as well as in other local forms and translations. In Bangladesh, the play is staged mostly in its pleasing translation that was done by iconic theatre personality Munier Chowdhury with the title- ... Read more

Dahlia Ahmed’s commendable recitation of classic Tagore poems and melodious performance of Tagore songs by Indian artiste Nayan Mukherjee entertained the audience at Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre at Gulshan in the capital on Friday. It turned out to be a Tagore extravaganza as the melody of Tagore’s songs was followed up with captivating lines

Evergreen Tagore songs once again entertained a packed audience at a programme at Chhayanaut on Thursday evening. Even the gloomy and humid weather could not thin down the crowd on the evening who took a nostalgic trip with the Tagore songs that never get old. The event was arranged by Chhayanaut to celebrate the legend’s ... Read more

Today is the 153rd birth anniversary of one of Bengali literature’s brightest stars, Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941). Different cultural organisations have chalked out an array of programmes at different venues to celebrate the timeless works of the Nobel Laureate poet, author, playwright, lyricist, musician and artist to mark the occasion. A five-day National Rabindra Sangeet Festival

Theatre School Praktani staged three consecutive shows of its recent production Pratham Partha on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The first two shows were staged at Natmandol of Dhaka University, while the last show was held at Studio Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. Pratham Partha, written by eminent poet-playwright-writer Buddhadeva Bose, is based on the ... Read more

Every region of the world has its own distinct form of expression in language, in fine arts or whatsoever it is. Paintings that come out of a Japanese painter are reasonably different from those of a German painter, as they are located in different realities, different sensibilities. One common difference used

Songs of legendary folk bards like Fakir Lalon Shah, Hason Raja, Radha Raman and Shah Abdul Karim are quite popular to the urban audience as these songs are presented every now and then by different artistes on radio, television or live stage shows. But there many other commendable bards, born in this region, who created ... Read more

Soothing, comforting and enthralling was Friday evening for a packed audience at Music and Dance Centre of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy; as noted local and Indian maestros of classical music created an ambiance of jubilation with their musical brilliance. Music Alliance World Wide, in association with BSA, arranged the programme titled ‘Notes and Tunes in Baishakh’

There are dances for every occasion and emotion, which is why it has the potential to serve as a means of expression for all who embrace it. In the moments when our longest yearnings materialise, we often start dancing even without being aware of it. Dance gives us strength, courage, inspiration and perseverance to carry ... Read more

Graceful, refined movement and postures, synchronisation with music and coordination of the dancers left the audience fascinated at the National Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, on Monday evening. The International Dance Day was vividly celebrated with chorus recitals featuring folk, classical, modern, fusion and other styles of dances. The show was organised by

‘With its singular force to eliminate social and ethnic distinctions, leaving but the movement of bodies in their essence, of human beings returning to their pure expression, unique and shared, dance can unite all’. So writes French choreographer and dancer Mourad Merzouki as International Dance Day 2014 message. Today is the day to celebrate

The five-day photography exhibition titled 1134 Lives not Numbers featuring Rana Plaza catastrophe ended with a musical programme at Pathsala premises at Panthopath in the capital on Saturday. Organised by Pathshala South Asian Media Institute, the exhibition featured images by 19 photographers showcasing the aftermath of the horrific accident and paying homage to

Stories of Rana Plaza victims in theatre The Rana Plaza catastrophe has invoked different artistic and literary responses from cultural and theatre activists and artistes over the last year. Creative minds of the country have come up with poems, songs, theatre productions and paintings to express their reactions following the tragic incident that shook the ... Read more

Death is more often than not a staple requirement to qualify something as tragedy. But when the death toll passes well over the figure of a thousand, that too, not in a war, the word ‘catastrophic’ is perhaps a more apt choice. The collapse of Rana Plaza, an eight-storey building housing a number of apparel ... Read more

One of the oldest and richest archeological sites Bangladeshis can take pride in is the Somapura Mohavihara in Noagaon. The 8th century Buddhist monastery and learning centre is regarded as one of the ancient universities, and has duly been recognised as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1985. The historically and archeologically

If the emergence of artists like Zainul Abedin, Quamrul Hassan and S.M. Sultan is identified as roots of the modern art movement in Bangladesh; it can then be said that the tree has grown much taller. The outward progression of Bangladeshi art scene, which was created with a big bang by works like Zainul Abedin’s ... Read more

The Ekushey Padak winning singer Bashir Ahmed died on Saturday night at his Mohammadpur residence. He was 74. One of the most popular singers of the country Ahmed, who dominated the music industry in the 60s and 70s, was eventually buried on Sunday at Tajmahal Road graveyard. ‘I will never see his like.

Sometimes, people have to choose between love and survival. Life, in its harshest reality, can bring one to the tormenting crossroads, where one is forced to choose between the love towards mother land, and the security of your loved ones in an unfamiliar territory. No matter how much we want to deny it, we cannot ... Read more