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The life of the people depending on the mighty river Padma are on display at a photography exhibition at the La Galerie, Alliance Française de Dhaka. The two-week exhibition titled Life and Struggle of Padma displays 20 black and white photographs captured by noted photographer Sumon Yousuf. Yousuf has beautifully captured the happiness, sorrow, struggles and ... Read more

Artworks by the eminent local and foreign artists are under one roof in a ten-day art exhibition at the Bengal Art Lounge in Gulshan. The show titled Ways of Seeing features 42 artworks by 15 local and six foreign master artists in various mediums including watercolour, oil, and acrylic along with a number of prints. ... Read more

Chhayanaut celebrated its founding member Waheedul Haque’s seventh death anniversary presenting songs composed by Rabindranath Tagore and his family members at a commemorative programme held on Monday at the Chhayanaut Auditorium in Dhanmondi. General secretary of Chhayanaut Khairul Anam Shakil narrated the biography of the late cultural personality at

The age-old festivity of pitha making is common during the winter in the country. Such festivities frequent in the rural areas are gradually disappearing from the urban areas. For those who miss the tradition in the urban life, can enjoy delicious pithas at the Jatio Pitha Utsab on Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy premises. Apart from the grandeur ... Read more

Pioneering absurdist in Bangladesh playwright Sayeed Ahmad’s theatre of absurd Kalbela was staged at the Experimental Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on Saturday. Theatre activists also discussed on the life and works of the playwright on his fourth death anniversary, observed on the day. Sayeed Ahmad Foundation for

A weeklong Madhu Fair marking Michael Madhusudan Dutta’s 190th birth anniversary began at the poet’s birthplace at Sagardari under Keshabpur upazila in Jessore on Saturday. Jessore district administration chalked out several programmes to mark the anniversary of birth of the poet. The programme includes discussion

The ancestral house of the late legendary actor Suchitra Sen in Pabna will be reclaimed from the illegal occupation immediately and will be converted to a memorial museum, said the cultural affairs minister Asaduzzaman Noor in a condolence programme organised at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on Friday. The minister further said that he would request Suchitra Sen’s ... Read more

The 190th birth anniversary of great poet and dramatist Michael Madhusudan Dutta is being celebrated at Sagardari under Keshabpur upazila in Jessore today. The Jessore district administration has chalked out an elaborate programme to mark the day. A week-long Madhu Fair will be held at the birth place of the legendary poet. Ismat Ara Sadeq, state ... Read more

Spectacular performance of gauriya nritya by Ratchel Priyanka Paris captivated a teeming audience at the Studio Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on Thursday. The programme was organised by Nrityanchal to formally conclude a week-long workshop on gauriya dance, attended by 80 students of Nrityanchal and conducted by Ratchel Priyanka Paris.

The ruined ancestral palace of the mystic poet and composer Hason Raja contains no memories of the bard as only a rickety building lies abandoned in the place reminding of Hason Raja’s song Lukey Baley Balere, Garbari Bala Na Amar. The building at Rampasha of Bishwanath in Sylhet is in ramshackle in the absence of any ... Read more

Alamgir Kabir’s Death Anniv Observartion Kabir’s two films screened Noted filmmaker Alamgir Kabir’s popular feature film Surjokanya and his documentary on the war of independence were screened on Tuesday at the National Art Plaza auditorium of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. Kabir’s close associate filmmaker Tanvir Mokammel also analysed Alamgir Kabir’s talent as a filmmaker at the ... Read more

Bangladesh Liberation War Museum observed the Mass Uprising Day presenting people’s songs, recitations at the open stage of the museum on Monday. Martyr Motiur Rahman’s father Azhar Ali Mallick remembered his son’s dedication and sacrifice for the country at the discussion session of the programme. Sarwar Ali, a trustee of Liberation War Museum, also spoke on ... Read more

Eminent poet Nirmalendu Goon’s popular poems were presented at a recitation programme at the Experimental Theatre hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on Sunday. Recitation organisation Sangbrita Abritty Charcha O Bikash Kendra organsied the programme titled Agnidadhho Nakshikantha where the artistes of the organisation recited the

Italy based Bangladeshi artist A Rahman depicts elements of nature on his abstract and semi-abstract artworks, which are on display at his solo show at the Bengal Shilpalaya in Dhanmondi. The exhibition titled Gravity-Free World features 62 paintings and sketches in different mediums including mixed media, digital print and pencil sketches that depict the spirit ... Read more

The jury this year also failed to select the best film out of 23 entries of the main competition section of the 13th Dhaka International Film Festival that ended in the National Museum auditorium on Saturday. Like the previous edition held in 2012, the organisers remained satisfied giving awards in rest of the five categories ... Read more

13th Dhaka International Film Festival Cinema of the World: a major attraction The Cinema of the World section was one of the major attractions of the 13th Dhaka International Film Festival as it featured some hit mainstream films from different parts of the world. Besides screening three mainstream local films including Humayun Ahmed’s Ghetu Putra ... Read more