An orchestral demonstration of the rich treasure of traditional music of our country enticed hundreds of audience at the National Art Plaza of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on Wednesday. The presentation was part of the ongoing six-day South Asian handicrafts exhibition titled SAARC Handicraft Village. Not many audience noticed as
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Acharya Sailajaranjan Majumdar remembered at Shilpakala
The close companion of Nobel laureate poet Rabindranath Tagore, Acharya Sailajaranjan Majumdar (1901-1976), who had a huge contribution in popularizing Tagore’s songs was remembered at a programme held at the Music and Dance Centre of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on Wednesday. The academy and Chayanika jointly organised the programme titled Rabir Kironey Sailajaranjan to celebrate Majumdar’s
Pancho Nari Akkhyan staged
Theatre Fest In Barisal Pancho Nari Akkhyan staged The popular theatre troupe Dhaka Theatre staged its current production Pancho Nari Akkhyan at the Ashwini Kumar Hall in Barisal on Tuesday. The production was staged on the fifth day of the week-long theatre festival organised by Shabdaboli Group Theatre that ended on Thursday. The festival was ... Read more
Raibeshi dance captivates audience at BSA
A spectacular performance of traditional raibeshi dance entertained a huge crowd on Tuesday evening at the National Art Plaza of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. Dance troupe Bhabna presented one of the most popular traditional dance forms of the Bengal known as raibeshi nritya as part of the ongoing six-day South Asian handicrafts exhibition titled SAARC Handicraft ... Read more
Asif Azim makes entry into Bigg Boss 7
After girls like Veena Malik, Claudia, Sunny Leone and Pamela Anderson, it is now Bangladeshi model Asif Azim entered Bigg Boss house. Azim a famous ramp model who hails from Dhaka-Bangladesh has created waves on Indian and international ramp scene. Azim entered in the most controversial reality show on Wednesday, reports India Today. In an ... Read more
Mohakal Theatre Festival Tagore phase ends today The Tagore retrospective of the ongoing theatre festival organised by Mohakal Natya Sampraday will end today with the staging of two plays based on his works. A contemporary play will also be staged on the ninth day festival today. The 13-day festival titled Biswanatoker Yuth Utsab features world ... Read more
Tokens of lives, history of South Asia on display
Tokens of everyday lives and history of people of different South Asian countries are on display at the Liberation War Museum in a six-day exhibition titled Lived Stories, Everyday Lives. The show, a part of the Archives South Asia project of the Kathmandu-based Hri Institute of Southasian Research and Exchange, has been organised in Dhaka ... Read more
Kuddus Bayati performs at Shilpakala
Folk singer Kuddus Bayati and his troupe entertained a huge crowd on Monday evening at the National Art Plaza of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy presenting some evergreen traditional songs of the Northeast region of the country. The programme was a part of the ongoing five-day fair featuring handicrafts of the four countries of SAARC. Bayati’s high ... Read more
Joy busy in teleplays
Shahriar Nazim Joy will be seen in a drama serial Joiboti Koinna today on RTV. The talented artiste is enacting a mason in the play, which is aired at 9:05pm on every Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays. ‘In this play, I have played a role of a mason who is a kind hearted man but gets ... Read more
An Indian, two local troupes to stage Tagore plays today
Mahakal Theatre Festival An Indian, two local troupes to stage Tagore plays today So far six Tagore plays have been staged in the ongoing theatre festival arranged by theatre troupe Mohakal Natya Sampraday. Today it is a Tagore day too. Three more Tagore plays will be staged at three different venues. Two original Tagore plays ... Read more
Art show depicts border killing
The group art exhibition titled Death Cry at the Border protesting the border killings ended on Sunday at Chhobir Haat, a venue opposite to the Faculty of Fine Arts at Dhaka University. Both local and Indian artists condemned killings on the Bangladesh-India borders by the security forces through their artistic endeavours. The exhibition featured arts
Suman’s Felani Khatun: a protest against injustice
The popular Indian singer and song-writer Kabir Suman has expressed his deep condemnation on the verdict of Felani murder by the Indian Border Security Force through his latest song titled Felani Khatun, which is posted on the singer’s personal website. The song talks about how Felani lay dead hanging on the barbed-wire at the borders ... Read more
A Sangpala to be staged today
Mahakal Theatre Fest A Sangpala to be staged today A traditioNal troupe from Tangail will stage a Shangpala at the Chhayanaut Auditorium today on the 7th day of the ongoing 13-day world theatre festival organised by Mahakal Natya Sampradaya marking its 30th founding anniversary. There will be no show at the other two venues of the ... Read more
Documentary as cinema
Film Southasia 2013 to be held in Kathmandu Women’s claustrophobic lives in an Afghanistan prison, horrific human rights abuses of the Sri Lankan civil war, migration, environmental havoc or plain narratives–these are just a few subjects of the documentaries to be screened at the upcoming Film Southasia 2013 in Kathmandu, Nepal. Starting October 3, over ... Read more
Artists from four countries display handicrafts
Saarc Handicraft Village Artists from four countries display handicrafts A new platform of cultural exchange has been initiated by the SAARC Cultural Centre in association with Ministry of Cultural Affairs in Bangladesh. The initiation was inaugurated through the opening ceremony of the first ever SAARC Handicraft exhibition on Sunday morning at National Art Plaza of ... Read more
Twelve years of fine arts of UODA on display
The current and former students of fine arts department of University of Development Alternative are displaying their artworks for the first time at the National Art Gallery of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. The eleven-day exhibition was inaugurated by the eminent artist Qayyum Chowdhury on September 17 and was arranged by the university to celebrate twelve-year anniversary
3 more Tagore plays to be staged today
Mohakal Theatre Fest 3 more Tagore plays to be staged today Two local and an Indian troupe will stage three plays featuring stories of the Nobel laureate poet Rabindranath Tagore today, on the sixth day of the ongoing Festival of World Theatre, arranged by Mohakal Natya Sampradaya. The festival has already featured three Tagore plays ... Read more
A show to remember
As soon as she put her fingers on harmonium rids, the audience started anticipating the number Shahnaz Rahmatullah would present as the first song of her performance. And when she began her presentation with a very popular patriotic number Ekbar jete dena, ‘wow’ was the response from the houseful audience at the Utsav Hall of ... Read more
Farooki’s Television nominated
Oscars Submission Farooki’s Television nominated Mostafa Sarwar Farooki’s comical satire Television has been nominated to represent Bangladesh at the Academy Award for the Best Foreign Language Film in the upcoming 86th edition of the Oscars. Television is his second film nominated from Bangladesh to compete with other films of the world to secure a place ... Read more
Rockers gig at Hotel Rupashi Bangla
On a humid Friday afternoon, the driveway of Ruposhi Bangla Hotel was abuzz with excited music lovers; some were donning Iron Maiden tee shirts, a few of them sporting Led Zeppelin tees and all of them gathered to attend Rock Nation II. Organised by Live2, RockNation II turned out to be one of the biggest and ... Read more