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Cultural organisation Geetanjali Lalitkala Academy celebrated the ninth founding anniversary of the organisation arranging a two-day programme at the Khudra O Kutir Shilpa Proshikkhan Institute auditorium in Uttara. The concluding day ceremony included art competition, theatre staging, and music and dance presentation on Saturday evening. On the opening day,

Reputed Nazrul singer Yasmin Mushtari will perform today at a programme at the National Museum auditorium. Arranged by the social-cultural organization Amra Surjomukhi, the programme will feature Nazrul songs and recitations. Mushtari will be singing the songs and the noted recitation artiste Ravisankar Maitree will be reciting poems. New Age recently interviewed

Ganga Jamuna Theatre Fest Three historical plays to be staged  Three historical plays featuring communal conflicts will be staged today at the three venues of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy as part of the ongoing Ganga Jamuna Theatre Festival. Aranyak Natya Dal will stage Mayur Shinghashon at the National Theatre Hall; Samay Sanskritik Gosthi will stage Bhager ... Read more

Ganga Jamuna Theatre Fest Two classics, a contemporary play to be staged On the third day of the ongoing Ganga Jamuna Theatre Festival, two classics and a contemporary play will be staged at the three theatre halls of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy today. Loko Natyadol will stage Kanjush at the National Theatre Hall, Chittagong based troupe ... Read more

Internationally acclaimed artist Syed Iqbal is displaying his selective works of the past two decades in his solo show at the Bengal Gallery of Fine Arts, Dhanmondi. The retrospective show not only gives a general overview of his kaleidoscopic journey but is an artistic errand of his endeavours as well. The exhibition titled ‘Colours from the ... Read more

Ganga Jamuna Theatre Festival Three dark comedies to be staged today  On the second day of the Ganga Jamuna Theatre Festival, three dark comedies will be staged at the three venues of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy today. Nagarik Natyangan will stage Pushi Biral O Ekjon Prokrito Manush at the National Theatre Hall, Dhaka Padatik will stage ... Read more

For the first time ever, the eminent printmaker Anisuzzaman is displaying a number of captivating watercolour paintings at the Institute of Asian Creatives in Gulshan. Though it is his 13th solo show, Anisuzzaman for the first time is exhibiting his skill as a romantic watercolourist through a comprehensive show featuring 35 lyrical paintings, done recently ... Read more

Ganga-Jamuna Theatre Fest Three plays to be staged on opening day The second Ganga-Jamuna Theatre Festival begins today at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. Today three local theatre troupes will stage plays at the three theatre halls of BSA. The theatre troupe Natyakendra will stage its popular comedy Dui Je Chhilo Ek Chakor at the National Theatre ... Read more

Rangona Natya Gosthi staged Haay Devdas, an adaptation of Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay’s classic Devdas, at the National Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on Monday. Adapted and directed by Siraj Haider Haay Devdas features a young man named Devdas who is separated from his beloved Parvati, begins to take alcohol and eventually dies. A love ... Read more

Leading Indian sculptor KS Radhakrishnan is showcasing his selected works in his first ever solo exhibition in Dhaka titled ‘Conflict Within Ascending Figures’ at the Bengal Art Lounge in Gulshan. The exhibition is displaying 23 eye-catching and thought-provoking sculptures done in bronze, which was inaugurated by the internationally acclaimed Bangladeshi artist Shahabuddin Ahmed

A four-day exhibition showcases eye dazzlingly, colourful kites from 15 Asian countries at the National Art Plaza at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. The private organization Dhakabashi and the academy jointly organised the exhibition titled ‘Asian Kite Exhibition’ where 150 kites from Bangladesh, South Korea, India, Thailand, Japan, Malaysia, Maldives, Bhutan, Dubai, Turkey, Singapore, Nepal and Sri-Lanka.

Sunset at Montmajour – which depicts trees, bushes and sky – had spent years in a Norwegian private collector’s attic after he had been told the work was not by the Dutch master. The museum said the painting was authenticated by letters, style and the physical materials used. It is the first full-size canvas

Bangla Academy donated 250 books to Shaheed Rafique Memorial Museum and Library. The director general of Bangla Academy Shamsuzzaman Khan formally handed over the books at a function on the library premises at Paril under Singair Upazila in Manikganj on Friday. Tobarak Hossain Ludu, president of Amar Ekushey Parishad, presided over the book handover function

The two-day birth anniversary celebrations programme organised marking 150thm birth anniversary of noted poet, playwright and lyricist Dwijendralal Roy ended on Saturday at the Bangladesh National Museum Auditorium. Poet Abul Momen, Indian scholar Ranjan Mitra and Indian deputy high commissioner Sandip Chakraborty delivered speeches on Dwijendralal Roy on the concluding programme.