Saturday, July 12, 2025

Wrishiz observes 37th founding anniversary

Cultural organisation Wrishiz Shilpighoshthi celebrated its 37th founding anniversary on Saturday at the Music and Dance Centre of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. Wrishiz also honoured three eminent personalities – professor emeritus Anisuzzaman in education and culture, ATM Shamsuzzaman in acting, and professor Abul Barkat in economics and social

Diverse music, dance move Dhaka audience

Bengal Classical Music Fest Diverse music, dance move Dhaka audience  With her rhythmic movements onstage, the Indian bharatnatyam maestro vidushi Alarmel Valli sometimes created image of the wave on the stagnant water and sometimes resembled the resonance of the flattering wings of a beautiful butterfly. Synchronised with the rendition of four poems on different ragas, ... Read more

BGTF celebrates its founding anniv

Theatre activists in the city enthusiastically celebrated the 33rd founding anniversary of Bangladesh Group Theatre Federation, a common platform of theatre activists, on Friday. The celebration programme began with a colourful procession that travelled from the Natok Sarani (Baily Road) to Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy.

SI Tutul performs at IGCC

Popular singer SI Tutul entertained the audience presenting his popular songs on Friday at the Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre in Gulshan. The singer began his solo with a very popular romantic number Keu prem kore, a playback of the popular Bangla film Bachelor, which has been composed by Tutul himself. He also entertained the

Prangonemor’s theatre fest ends

The eight-day theatre festival organised by Prangonemor ended on Friday through staging of the troupe’s latest production Irsha at the Music and Dance Centre of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. Syed Shamsul Haque’s theatre of absurd Irsha, directed by Ananta Hira, features the inherent jealousy of human beings through the ‘stream of words’ of the three characters- ... Read more

Kazi Madina bestowed with Naren Biswas Award

Recitation artiste Kazi Madina was bestowed with the Naren Biswas Award 2013 at a commemorative programme organised to observe the 15th death anniversary of the late linguist professor Naren Biswas on Friday at the Liberation War Museum in Segun Bagicha. Madina received the award for his contributions towards developing recitation as a performing art in ... Read more

Aranyak’s Swapnapothik to be premiered today

Aranyak Natya Dal will premiere its play Swapnapothik featuring the struggles of the millions of apparel workers in the country today at the National Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. Written by Haroon Rashid, the play is a creative and conscious response to the numerous tragic accidents that took place at different apparel factories like ... Read more

Evolution of performance art presented

The evolution of performance art in Bangladesh was presented through an audio-visual display on Wednesday at the art magazine Depart’s office in Manipuri Para in the capital. Freelance artist Palash Bhattacharjee, who is also an assistant graphic designer of the magazine, historicised the evolution of performance art in Bangladesh.

Shesher Kabita staged

Prangonemor Theatre Fest Shesher Kabita staged  Prangonemor staged Tagore’s Shesher Kabita on the sixth day of the ongoing theatre festival at the Music and Dance Centre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on Wednesday. The troupe is celebrating its 10th founding anniversary by organising an eight-day festival featuring all the eight productions of the troupe. The ... Read more

Grand gala of Bangladeshi Idol next Friday

The grand finale of the reality show Bangladeshi Idol is scheduled to be aired on the next Friday. A special episode of the show featuring the top three contestants will be aired at 8.00pm today on SATV. The last three finalists Monti, Arif and Mong will perform before guest judges Opi Karim and Bari Siddiqui,

Raga-based Bangla songs presented

Mass people sometimes feel at a loss when they hear the term ‘classical music’, which is usually rendered in Hindi or Urdu for the ‘elites’ in the sub-continent. But, such perception is not always true as many quality raga-based Bangla songs have been composed, which can entertain even the common people. Leading and promising singers

Basanta Jagaran enthralls audience at DU

It is not any portrayal of the beauty of the spring. Basanta Jagaran staged on Monday at Dhaka University, rather addresses a burning issue of the contemporary urban life: children are missing the beauty of adolescent life being the victim of extreme pressure created on them. The extent of the pressure is shown through one ... Read more

Droho Prem Nari staged on fifth day

Prangonemor Theatre Fest Droho Prem Nari staged on fifth day  Prangonemor staged Droho Prem Nari on the fifth day of the ongoing theatre festival at the Music and Dance Centre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on Tuesday. Prangonemor is celebrating its 10th founding anniversary organising an eight-day festival featuring all the eight productions of the ... Read more

Pipra Bidya to contest in Dubai film fest

Popular director Mostofa Sarwar Farooki’s latest film Pipra Bidya is set to have its world premiere on December 08 at the 10th Dubai International Film Festival. It will be screened again on December 10 in the festival. The Dubai festival will begin on December 6 through the screening of Dutch-Palestinian director Hany Abu-Assad’s film Omar ... Read more

Sohojia performs at DU

Musical band Sohojia presented songs from its debut album Rangmistry launched on Monday at an open air concert at the Bakul Tala of the faculty of fine arts at Dhaka University. Audience enjoyed the strong message oriented songs presented by the band at the concert. Other bands and solo artistes

Raktakarabi staged

Prangonemor Theatre Fest Raktakarabi staged Theatre troupe Prangonemor staged Tagore’s classic Raktakarabi on the fourth day of the ongoing theatre festival at the Music and Dance Centre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on Monday. Prangonemor celebrates its 10th founding anniversary through organising an eight-day festival featuring all the eight productions of the troupe. he fourth ... Read more

Noted artists participate in charity exhibition

Artworks by 50 leading and promising artists are on display at the ongoing charity exhibition at Dhaka Art Center in Dhanmondi. The show displaying 95 artworks in different mediums has been organised by the art teachers of Dhaka Residential Model College to raise fund for the treatment of an ailing student Nur A Shafee Ahnaf ... Read more

Ras Leela celebrated in Moulvibazar

The Manipuri community living in Kamalganj upazila of Moulvibazar district celebrated their major religious and cultural festival Maha Ras Leela that ended on Monday morning. The Maha Ras Leela festival programme included a display of handicrafts and different ritualistic performances such as gustha leela, ras nritya, kirtana, and also included discussion

Film fest at BSK attracts a huge crowd

Hundreds of film lovers are enjoying the world famous films and documentaries at the ongoing six-day film festival at the Bishwo Shahitto Kendro that began on Sunday. This reporter on the opening day found visitors, mostly the students, were enjoying Charles Chaplin’s The Circus and Brad Bird’s Ratatouille. The silent film The Circus (1928),

Lokonayok staged on the third day

Prangonemor Theatre Fest Lokonayok staged on the third day  Prangonemor staged Lokonayok on the third day of the ongoing week-long theatre festival at the Music and Dance Centre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on Sunday. Prangonemor is celebrating its tenth founding anniversary with this festival where the troupe will stage all its eight productions. The ... Read more