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A month-long youth festival featuring film screening, exhibition, discussion sessions and music are going on at the Goethe-Institut in Dhanmondi. The institute has organsied the festival to celebrate the spirit of the urban youths of Bangladesh with focal points including student politics, secularism and social Media, and arts. German deputy ambassador

Film lovers watched technological development of cinema as depicted in Side by Side directed by American maker Christopher Kenneally. A good number of students, most whom are film society movement activists, watched the film at a special screening session organised by Bangladesh Documentary Council at the Dhaka Art Centre on Friday evening. The film also ... Read more

Lecture On Classical Music Bandish-Gharana introduced  The ongoing workshop on classical music organised by the Bengal Foundation introduced different genres of classical music attended by a number of music enthusiasts. The lecture on Thursday given by Rezwan Ali Lovlu introduced Bandish-gharana a classical music genre – genre with a fixed and melodic composition – to ... Read more

Noted poet Shamsur Rahman’s peers and fellow poets recited self-composed poems dedicating them to the poet in a programme celebrating the poet’s 84th birth anniversary. The programme, titled Ashuvoyer Sathe Aposhbihin Dando Chai, was jointly organsied by Jatiyo Kobita Parisad and Shamsur Rahman Smrity Parisad that took place at the TSC,Dhaka University

Legendary singer Manna Dey has been an inspiration for singers and musicians. Many singers consider the legend their idol, especially for his dedication towards music. Like the common music lovers, leading singers and composers say that Manna Dey’s evergreen songs have the power to touch all human emotions. In a career spanning over

An on-going painting exhibition titled The Silent Word of the young artist Shabekun Nahar Noushin is taking place at the Galerie Zoom of Alliance Francaise de Dahaka. The title itself is specially designed to hint the fact that the artist is not gifted with the natural human abilities of speaking and listening. But she has ... Read more

Bangla Academy celebrated the 84th birth anniversary of the leading poet of contemporary Bangla literature Shamsur Rahman, a day before his birthday through organising a commemorative programme at the Poet Shamsur Rahman auditorium of Bangla Academy on Tuesday. The programme featured a discussion session in which the contemporary poets analysed life and works of

Artist Jamil Akbar Shamim has transported his inner feelings though abstract paintings at his first ever solo show at the Institute of Asian Creative in Gulshan. The three-week exhibition titled U showcases about 64 paintings, most of which are done in acrylic and mixed mediums. To create a unique feature of his painting, the experimental ... Read more

Today is the 84th anniversary of birth of poet Shamsur Rahman, a leading poet of the contemporary Bangla literature. Poet Shamsur Rahman (October 23, 1929 – August 17, 2006) emerged in the latter half of the 20th century and authored more than 60 collections of poems including Prothom Gaan Ditio Mrityur Agey, Roudro Karotitey, Biddhosto ... Read more

Hundred-year old lamps, coins, hookah and other such antiques were put on display in Pabna on Saturday. The antiques were from the collection of Nazmul Haque Montu. The exhibition was held at the Annoda Gobinda Public Library auditorium. Pabna Deputy Commissioner Md. Mostafizur Rahman inaugurated the three-day exhibition as the chief guest. Convener of the exhibition, ... Read more

Artistes of Shadhona are practicing dedicatedly for the last minute preparation of the troupe’s upcoming production Champaboti, which is based on Jasimuddin’s classic Beder Meye. Adapted by eminent poet-playwright Syed Shamsul Haq, the dance drama will be premiered on Friday evening at the Experimental Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy.

Today is the 59th anniversary of death of the greatest modern poet of Bangla literature Jibanananda Das (February 18, 1899 to October 22, 1954). Initially being influenced by Rabindranath Tagore’s romanticism, Das later developed his unique style of poetry in terms of dealing with nature and writing poems as well as darker themes like depression, ... Read more