Two artists from outside the capital are displaying a number of landscape paintings featuring the harmonious relation between man and nature set against the backdrop of the rural Bangla at the duet exhibition at the Bengal Art Lounge in Gulshan. As both of the artists are from the agricultural rich southwest part of the country, ... Read more
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Singers to pay tribute to Manna Dey today
Different singers of the country will present recently demised legendary singer Manna Dey’s evergreen songs in phono-live concerts and live musical programme today. Sumon Chowdhury and Alak Sen will render Manna Dey’s songs at the special phono-live programme titled Icchey Gaaner Dupur to be aired at 2:30pm on Maasranga TV. Besides presenting
Azizul Hakim directs drama serial
Azizul Hakim is directing a drama serial named Nijgrihe Parobashi, which Banglavision started to broadcast from last Sunday. In addition, the seasoned actor nowadays is busy with acting in different drama serials. Nijgrihe Parobashi, written by Hakim’s wife Zinat Hakim, features sweet and bitter experiences of a newly
Udichi artistes present popular songs
Forty-five artistes of different branches of Udichi Shilpigoshthi in chorus presented the signature tune of the organisation, Arshir samne eka eka, at the 45th founding anniversary programme at TSC of Dhaka University on Tuesday. Udichi Shilpigoshthi singers also performed the popular songs, they rendered on different occasions, such as Amra manusher joyogaan gai, Hushiyar, Dhor ... Read more
Kamar Ahmad Simon shares his Sydney tour
Kamar Ahmad Simon attended the Antenna Documentary Film Festival 2013 in Sydney along with selected filmmakers from around the world who shared their hands-on experience in filmmaking. He also took a ‘master class’ on October 06 in which he shared his experience of making film in Bangladesh. The architect turned director
Eid albums fail to attract much audience
Only a few out of the 70 audio and video albums released in a week during the Eid-ul-Azha could make profit, said sources at the production houses of the country. The production houses admitted that their strategy of releasing huge number of albums to resurrect the slumped trade audio market had actually failed. They further admitted ... Read more
Banglavision pays tribute to Manna Dey
Popular singers Badshah Bulbul and Moutushi will sing songs of Manna Dey in a tributary phonolive studio concert to be aired today at 11:25pm on Banglavision. In the programme titled Music Club, the singers will present popular numbers of the late music icon Manna Dey. Besides, they will share theirexperiences with the recently demised Dey. Audience ... Read more
Shahartoli releases 2nd album
Shahartoli came to discussion after releasing a song on Felani tragedy that made the people protest against such barbaric border killings by Border Security Force of India. In fact, most of the songs of its debut album, Borabor, released by the band in 2011 were social message oriented. The band, which has also
The short-lived genius of timeless classics
Sukumar Ray’s 116th birth anniversary Born at a time that was the pinnacle of the Bengal Renaissance, Sukumar Ray grew up in an environment that fostered his literary talents. His father, Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury, was a talented writer of stories and popular science; painter and illustrator extraordinaire; musician and composer of songs; a pioneering technologist ... Read more
Samina’s new solo album hits the stores
After a long hiatus, popular singer Samina Chowdhury’s solo album titled “Cholo Banchi” has been released. The album, featuring a total of 10 songs was unveiled at a function in a city hotel with AKM Arifur Rahman, chairman of Laser Vision, in the chair last week. Among others, lyricists Md Rafiquzzaman, Kabir Bakul, music director Ahmed ... Read more
Delicate prints depict various issues
Sixteen artists deal with various issues in their delicate wood engraving works known as xylography in a group exhibition on display at the Gallery Cosmos 2 in Mohakhali. The 10-day exhibition features 44 wood engraving prints done by the participants of a printmaking workshop conducted by artist professor Amirul Momanin Chowdhury organised by the gallery ... Read more
Rubel busy in serials
Ahmed Rubel, who has achieved popularity through playing diverse characters both in films and teleplays, is nowadays busy acting in drama serials on small screen. Rubel told New Age in an interview that he was acting in Jewel Mahmud’s family drama serial Badhu Keno Mon Bojhonona as well as in Golam Muktadir Shan’s serial Lota Kombol. ... Read more
Two poets receive Jibanananda award
Two poets were awarded with Jibanananda Purushkar 2013 in a commemorative programme organised marking the 59th death anniversary of Jibanananda Das on Friday in Barisal, the birth place of the poet. Renowned poet Asad Chowdhury, who is also from Barisal, handed over the prizes to the late poet Khondakar Ashraf Hossain and Shantanu Kaisar for ... Read more
Stallone’s artwork on show in Russia
A collection of paintings by Hollywood action star Sylvester Stallone have gone on show at The Russian Museum in St Petersburg, reports BBC online. The exhibition, titled: Sylvester Stallone. Art. 1975-2013, is a selection of works produced by the 67-year-old over the past four decades. At the show’s opening the star said, if he had ... Read more
Artists satirise current political turmoil
Urban Youth Fest Artists satirise current political turmoil Young artists criticised the current political crisis through their work in a group exhibition Goethe-Institut at Dhanmondi organised as part the institute’s month-long urban youth celebrations programme beginning on Thursday. Some of these artworks also satirize the apathetic nature of the urban youth. The exhibition also portrays ... Read more
Nipun plays quisling character
Popular Dhallywood actor Nipun will play the role of quisling in a film based on the war of independence titled Ekkaturer Ma Janoni. From the shooting location of the Shah Alam Kiran’s film on the outskirts of Dhaka the actor said: ‘it’s a dream come true offer for me.’ ‘When I was approached, I instantly accepted ... Read more
Manna Dey’s last compositions to be released
Manna Dey is no more but his last compositions – dedicated to the memory of his wife Sulochana – will be released soon, reports gulfnews.com. The priceless music tracks composed by the singer, who died on Thursday in Bangalore, will be out soon. Dey was 94. Despite his failing health, he had completed recording the ... Read more
Centenary celebrations of Gitanjali held at IUB
The English department of Independent University, Bangladesh organised a day-long programme celebrating 100th anniversary of Tagore’s winning of Nobel Prize in 1913 as the first non-European for his Gitanjali, an English collection of devotional poems. Professor emeritus Anisuzzaman attended the programme as the chief guest and presented a speech describing
ULAB students stage cultural show on Club Day
The students of University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh presented music, dance and recitation at a cultural programme organised to celebrate the Club Day on the premises in Dhanmondi on Thursday. ULAB vice chancellor professor Imran Rahman was present at the programme as the chief guest, while ULAB co-curricular coordinator Tahmina Zaman delivered the welcome speech,
Champabati: a spectacular rural narrative
It was a brilliant show of a rural narrative based on pallaikabi Jasimuddin’s classic Beder Meye. Though the experimental dance drama unfolds the tragic life of rural women through traditional dance forms, Shadhona’s Champabati could satisfy the contemporary audience. Champabati was premiered on