River has always been a source of livelihood for the people of Bangladesh, a country crisscrossed with numerous rivers. Rivers not only nurture life but they have helped shape the minds of many artists of this region who have been depicting the character of rivers in their paintings from time immoral. Such a river-revering artist ... Read more
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Waheedul Haq remembered
Late cultural personality Waheedul Haq (1933- 2007) was recalled marking his 81st birth anniversary through different cultural programmes in the capital on Sunday. Cultural organisations Chhayanaut and Kanthashilon, both founded by renowned Tagore exponent Waheedul Haq, arranged two-day colourful programmes marking their
Dhaka Theatre stages Outsider
Noted theatre troupe of the country Dhaka Theatre brought French novelist Albert Camus’ famous novel The Outsider on stage. Translated and directed respectively by Rubaiyat Ahmed and Nasir Uddin Yusuff, the play staged its press show on Friday at the Studio Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. Both the translator and director
Lives of common people in Kabir’s paintings
Artist Shahid Kabir, in his ongoing 12th solo exhibition, has presented paintings featuring the lives of commoners with all their everyday joys in magnificence. Titled ‘I Bow My Head to You in Deep Obeisance’, the exhibition includes 53 paintings, mostly in mixed media on canvas and a few etchings. No heart-wrenching struggle or tattered slums ... Read more
What the female tongue speaks
The patriarchal society has always managed to silence the ‘female-tongue’ by force or by guile. That is why civilisation has forever unambiguously spoken a male dialect. What danger lies there in women’s minds, what could have come out of the female-tongue, is a question of conjecture still. A conjecture of that sort is
Festival to promote single episode teleplay
The five-day teleplay festival featuring single episode teleplay will end today with a view to promoting single episode plays at the Shawkat Osman Auditorium of Central Public Library. Beginning on Sunday, the festival titled ‘Charuneedam Television Kahinichitra Utsab 2012-2013’ has been organsied by cultural organisation Charuneedam with the theme Ek Ghontar Kahinichitra
An evening of folk music
A full-hall audience was entertained by seasoned and young folk singers at a programme on Tuesday at Music and Dance Centre of Bangladesh Shilpkala Academy. Bangladesh Loka Sangeet Parishad organised the programme to celebrate the forthcoming Independence Day. In befitting stentorian voices,
BSA unveils treasure trove
760 masterpieces on display Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, for the first time ever since its founding in 1974, has exhibited its grand collection of original artworks by maestros in an exhibition. For the aficionados of fine arts, the two week-long exhibition of 760 masterpieces by late and contemporary master artists is a rare chance that no ... Read more
BSA observes Int’l Women’s Day
Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy has chalked out a six-day programme to observe the International Women’s Day. The programme features theatre shows, documentary and film screening, recitation, discussion and others at the theatre halls, music and dance centre and national art gallery auditorium. The event was inaugurated by
University students explore their artistic flair
In the realm of art, what counts more is perhaps the culmination of artistic passion and natural flair, rather than academic degree or age. A good piece of artwork can emerge through artistic endeavour of a child or an eighty year old. The art aficionados of the country themselves can find evidence for the fact ... Read more
Five child directors awarded
7th International Film Festival Five child directors awarded The 7th International Child Film Festival concluded on Friday through a discussion, award giving ceremony and film screening at the Shawkat Osman Auditorium of Central Public Library. Organsied by Children Film Society, the seven-day festival features films from 35 countries across the world. With the theme ‘dreams ... Read more
Street theatre fest ends
The weeklong Bangladesh Street Theatre Festival, organised by Bangladesh Pothonatok Parishad, ended on Friday, attended by hundreds of audience. This year, a total of 23 Dhaka based and 18 regional theatre troupes staged their street productions at the festival. Among them, three theatre troupes brought new productions on stage. Dhaka-based troupes Subachan Natya Sangsad, Udichi ... Read more
Performing Change for women
It is high time that society and the nation treat women, which is half of its population, equally. The contribution of women from homemaking to agriculture, education to defense is no less significant and voluminous than that of their male counterparts. Such theme was addressed in a spectacular dance-drama titled Pala Bodoler Pala (Performing Change) ... Read more
Crafts fair begins in the capital
A fair with tokens of rich cultural heritage may offer an escape to the city dwellers from the din and bustle of daily life in the metropolis. Bengal Shilpalaya in Dhanmondi, hosting a crafts fair, may just be the place for art and craft enthusiasts to visit. Organsied jointly by Bengal Foundation and National Crafts ... Read more
Children directors take steps into cine world
7th International Children’s Film Festival Children directors take steps into cine world There can hardly be a limit to the aspirations and dreams of children, particularly those with creativity and artistic talents. A total of 32 enthusiastic children filmmakers have submitted their short films for screening at the 7th International Children’s Film Festival, now being ... Read more
Artists present symphony of colours
Bold strokes of vivid colours, diverse subject matters, and stimulating compositions— all can be experienced at the group painting exhibition currently being held at the Dhaka Art Centre in Dhanmondi. A group of 24 artists have showed their artistic talent in 47 paintings at the six-day exhibition which offers the visitors a tour in the ... Read more
Najma creates music on canvas
For an artist, determined to express her inner feelings, making the colours and shapes speak for themselves seems to be the only way feasible. Artist Najma Akhter has taken recourse to that way to articulate her soul’s responses to the outer world. All the 61 acrylic paintings of the artist, in her ongoing solo exhibition ... Read more
Artist Mansurul Karim receives Sultan Award
Professor Mansurul Karim has received this year’s Sultan Award-2014 for his contributions towards art in the country at the concluding ceremony of week-long Sultan Mela on Tuesday in Narail. State minister of Youth and Sports Biren Sikder handed over the award to artist Mansurul Karim at the concluding ceremony of the fair organsied every year ... Read more
Women’s day’s special telefilm ‘Akla Akash’
On the occasion Women’s Day ATN Bangla will be telecasting a special telefilm ‘Ekla Akash’. The telefilm written by Eraj Ahmed has been directed by Choinika Chowdhury. The actors of the telefilm are Sayed Ahsan Emama, Laila Hasan, Apurbo, Richi, Shams Sumon, and others. The story of the telefilm revolves around the family of Shireen, ... Read more
Rare glimpses of remote past
First World War images on display Photographs are like time capsules that preserve glimpses of history. People are easily forgotten once they die, certain segments of history might lose their significance but photographs that have captured people, place, memories and history can outlive the very elements they have captured. A collection of 35 photographs of ... Read more