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
Entertainment
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
Tagore’s plays to be staged today
Mohakal Theatre Fest Tagore’s plays to be staged today On the fifth day of the ongoing theatre festival, organised by Mohakal Natya Sampraday, Tagore’s two plays and an adapted play from Tagore’s writings will be staged at three different venues today. Nagorik Natya Sampradaya will stage Tagore’s classic Raktakorobi at the National Theatre Hall while ... Read more
Doly Zahur on acting career and more
Seasoned actor Dolly Zahur’s popular drama serial from the 80’s Ei Sob Din Ratri is being re-telecasted on BTV on Monday and Thursday at 10:30pm. The actor gained huge popularity for her lively acting in the role ‘Nilu Bhabi’ in the drama serial, which was written by Humayun Ahmed and directed by Mostafizur Rahman. Dolly ... Read more
Palash reveals his artistic genius in different mediums
An exploration of art in different mediums and colours can be enjoyed at a solo painting exhibition of the artist Mastapha Khalid Palash taking place at the Athena Gallery of Fine Arts at Badda in the capital. The artist has projected his passion through different modes and mediums like pen, marker, pastel, oil and acrylic ... Read more
Two classics and a contemporary play to be staged today
Mohakal Theatre Fest Two classics and a contemporary play to be staged today Two classics and a contemporary play will be staged today at three different venues as part of the theatre festival arranged by theatre troupe Mohakal Natya Sampraday. Padatik Natya Sangsad will stage Shakespearean classic tragedy Macbeth at the National Theatre Hall of ... Read more
Tribute to Shahnaz Rahmatullah
Veteran singer of the country Shahnaz Rahmatullah will get an honourary award from City Bank NA for her contribution to music and culture at a tributary programme at the Radisson Water Garden Hotel today. Shanaz Rahmatullah has been one of the most popular singers of the country since the 1950s. Recently, the singer has given ... Read more
Tisha becomes Korean Goodwill Ambassador
Popular actor Nusrat Imrose Tisha, widely known by her nickname, has been appointed as the Goodwill Ambassador for Public Diplomacy for a period of two years by the foreign ministry of Republic of Korea on September 10, according to a press release issued by the Korean Embassy in Dhaka. The Korean ambassador Lee Yun-young handed-over the ... Read more