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Shariful Islam, from Kushtia, makes traditional string instruments such as ektara and dotara since he was a teenager. He sells his products in fairs and at the outlets near the Lalon’s shrine in Chheuria, Kushtia from where singers and music lovers buy the one-string and two-string instruments widely used in traditional music genres. While attending ... Read more

A beautiful rural ambience was created within the bustling city to celebrate the traditional harvest festival, known as Nabanno, on Saturday at the open space of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. Colourful display of various pithas and sweets in makeshift stalls and traditional songs performed in the cultural show at the festival attracted hundreds of enthusiastic audience, ... Read more

The traditional jamdani saree weaver Enamul Haque observes that the inscription of the jamdani saree on the UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity list will create new opportunities for hundreds of craftspeople like him. He believes that the news will grow interest among the Bengalis living at home and abroad about the

Young filmmaker Gazi Quamrul Islam was conferred with the Tareque Masud Short Film Award for his short film Oblivious Moments on the concluding day of the two-day Tareque Masud Festival at the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on Saturday. Ashfique Rizwan and Srabonto Habib earned the special citation awards respectively for their short

Theatre troupe Mohakal Natya Sampraday premiered its latest production Prometheus on Friday at the National Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. Though the play has once been staged at a theatre festival, yesterday it was the formal premiere of the play as the troupe’s 30th production. The play is an adaptation

Since his boyhood Sib Nath Sibu, from Tangail, plays Bangla Dhol, a traditional rhythm instrument having a distinctive sound effect. Following the family tradition, Sibu started playing the instrument from his childhood at different rituals and ceremonies in the temples. Subsequently, he became a recognised instrumentalist through playing the instrument on state-run TVchannel Bangladesh

The agony and struggles of women in this man-dominated society has been portrayed in the paintings by artist Nurun Nahar Supti in her solo art exhibition at the Galerie Zoom of Alliance Française de Dhaka. Twenty two acrylic-on-canvas paintings are on display at the two-week exhibition titled ‘Woman in Gossamer’ which illustrates women bound by ... Read more

The 57th anniversary of the birth of internationally acclaimed filmmaker Tareq Masud, who established his own language of storytelling on the silver screen, will be observed today. His blend of patriotism and pragmatism was what constituted the individuality that is reflected in his films. Having been a student of history, having educated himself in the ... Read more

Artisan Anup Nag has a rich family tradition of making ornaments and wind instruments from the conch shells. Anup, born and bred at Shankhari Bazar, home to conch shell artisanship, is displaying his products at the weeklong Craft Fair organised by Bangladesh National Museum at its Nalinikanta Bhattasali Auditorium. The fair will continue till

A Bangladeshi student Sumaiya Mamun has won the third prize at the Churchill Photography Competition 2013 at the University of Cambridge in UK. Sumaiya’s another photograph was selected as one of the top 20 photographs in the competition. The annual photography competition allows the university members to participate in the competition

Bangla Academy celebrated its 58th founding anniversary on Tuesday through a discussion and cultural programme at the Kabi Shamsur Rahman Seminar Hall of the academy. Professor Sirajul Islam, a member of Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, presented the keynote paper at the discussion session and two singers rendered songs at the celebrations programme.

Professional rickshaw painter Rafiqul Islam, from Narinda in Dhaka, has put his artworks on display at the Craft Fair in the Nalini Kanata Bhattashali auditorium in Bangladesh National Museum, which will end on Saturday. At one time, he used to earn his bread by painting rickshaw boards at different shops at Narinda. But now, like ... Read more

Seasoned dancer and researcher Lubna Marium represented Bangladesh in the two-day annual general meeting of the World Dance Alliance–Asia Pacific that ended on Sunday in the Taiwanese capital Taipei. Lubna Marium, the vice-president of WDA-AP, presented a scholarly paper on the popular performing art forms of Bangladesh in the conference, jointly hosted by the dance ... Read more

Diverse craftworks by the traditional artisans are on display at the Nalini Kanta Bhattasali Gallery of Bangladesh National Museum in Shahbagh. Thirty nine artisans, who participated at the Setouchi International Art Festival in Japan last July, are displaying their craft works in same number of stalls at the weeklong craft fair organised by the department ... Read more