Popular singer Shakila Zafar entertained the audience at India Gandhi Cultural Center in Gulshan on Friday presenting an array of famous songs. She began her performance with a popular song Rimjhim brishty. The romantic number Tumi misti korey dusto bolo charmed the audience who gathered on that evening to enjoy the performance of their favourite ... Read more
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Debut song released by Tahsan and the Sufis
Popular musician Tahsan formed his new band Tahsan and the Sufis last year. First song of its first album had been released on its official fan page on social network, Facebook, on June 30, vocalist of the band Tahsan informed. ‘Five songs of the album are already complete and we are working on four other ... Read more
Film fest features contemporary films
A number of 21 local and contemporary films are being screened in a seven-day festival at the National Art Plaza auditorium at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. BSA and Moviyana Film Society have jointly organised the festival titled Somokalin Desiyo Chalachitra Utsab. The festival was inaugurated on
Sohrab-Rustam staged at Natmandal
Students of Theatre department of Dhaka University have been staging famous jatra pala Sohrab-Rustam for the last three days since Monday at Natmandal. The production is being staged to celebrate the 92th Dhaka University Day and to commemorate prominent playwright Sayeed Ahmed. The pala has been written by
Nihshartho Bhalobasha premiered
MA Jalil Ananta’s big budget film Nihshartho Bhalobasha was premiered on Sunday at the Star Cineplex of Bashundhara Garden City in the capital. The film is scheduled to be released nation-wide during the upcoming Eid-Ul-Fitr festival. Earlier, the film was scheduled to be released in the local cinemas on the Pahela Baishakh, the first day ... Read more
Peers mourn for Mita Noor
The television arena of the country was awestruck when the news of sudden demise of noted actor Mita Noor broke on Monday morning. Friends and colleagues of the deceased actor shared their woes with New Age. ‘I really don’t what sadness she bore in her mind; however, her death is absolutely shocking,’ said veteran
Ajit Roy’s 75th birth anniv celebrated
Prominent singer composer Ajit Roy’s 75th birth anniversary was on June 29. A Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra singfer and composer Ajit Roy was also an accomplished Tagore singer. Abbhudoy Sangeet Academy, a music institute founded by Roy, arranged a programme comprising a discussion and cultural presentation on Saturday at Music and Dance Centre of Bangladesh
Rasel Kanti Das wins AB Bank Award
NAT’L ART BIENNALE Rasel Kanti Das wins AB Bank Award Artist Rasel Kanti Das won the AB Bank Award for his mixed media painting Situation-8 in the ongoing 20th National Art Biennale organised by Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy at the National Art Gallery of the academy. The winning entry is the eighth painting of a series ... Read more
Tagore creations on monsoon presented
The famous Tagore song Badolo dinero prothomo kodom phul has become a signature tune to glorify the distinctive features of the monsoon. Along with the song, artistes presented an array of songs and poems on monsoon from the rich collection of Rabindranath Tagore’s compositions in the rainy Friday evening at the Music and Dance Centre ... Read more
Gulshan wins award featuring Tazreen victims
NAT’L ART BIENNALE Gulshan wins award featuring Tazreen victims Artist Gulshan Hossain has won Bengal Foundation Award in the ongoing 20th National Art Biennale organised by Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy for her installation titled Eternal Journey of Burnt Female Workers of Garment Factory. The installation features the pathetic Tazreen factory tragedy in last November 24 in ... Read more
Children paint portraits of legendary artists
Children painted portraits of legendary artists Zainul Abedin, Quamrul Hassan, and SM Sultan and copied their famous artworks in a competition organised by the department of fine arts of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on Friday at the plaza of National Art Gallery. About 60 participants in three age groups participated in the competition. Zainul Abedin and ... Read more
World Music Day celebrated
The ear soothing sounds of guitar and piano and melodious songs in French, English and Bengali entertained the audience at La Galerie of Alliance Française de Dhaka at Dhanmondi on Thursday. The show was the first of two-day programme organised jointly by Alliance Française de Dhaka and the Embassy of France in Bangladesh to celebrate ... Read more
Mamun wins Dipa Haque Award
NATIONAL ART BIENNALE Mamun wins Dipa Haque Award Young artist Anisuzzaman Mamun has won Dipa Haque award for his acrylic on canvas titled Reality Show-2013-01 at 20th National Art Biennale, organised by Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. This national award has been introduced in memory of renowned artist Dipa Haque who died in 1999. The award winning ... Read more
Brand Culture under question
Today’s global culture, also fashionably known as brand culture relegates humans and promotes commodities. In a solo sculpture exhibition being held at Zainul Gallery, Imam Hossain Sumon has showcased a number of drawings and sculptures that raise questions about the overwhelming dominance of brand culture. The works on display are thematically
New Terminator trilogy in pipeline
The latest instalment in the Terminator franchise will be the first in a stand-alone ‘rebooted’ trilogy. Paramount Pictures said the fifth Terminator film, based on the original series starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, is due to be released in June 2015. There was no official confirmation on
Lovy wins award depicting child labour
NAT’L ART BIENNALE Lovy wins award depicting child labour Young artist Munjurul Lovy has won Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy honorable mention award for his thought-provoking artwork Save the Children-1 participating at the 20th National Art Biennale organised by Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. The award winning artwork shows three children in very unusual and constrained postures. The child ... Read more
Contemporary Bangladesh portrayed by aspiring artists
Contemporary Bangladesh has been revealed through bold strokes of brushes on canvases by young, aspiring artists at 12-day art exhibition at the Institute of Asian Creative at Gulshan 2 in the capital. At the exhibition titled Contemporary Bangladesh, which is the debut show of the Gallery, you will get to see 51 paintings of different ... Read more
Street children’s acting pleases all
Two teleplays Hiramon and Akash Kusum featuring street children in lead roles were premiered on Thursday at Bashundhara Star Cineplex. All the children who acted in the plays were present at the premiere show, along with the director of the teleplays Mamunur Rashid and other technicians involved with the productions. Actor-director Mamunur Rashid has
Rahman wins award for depicting Rana Plaza tragedy
NAT’L ART BIENNALE Rahman wins award for depicting Rana Plaza tragedy Endowed artist Mohammad Hasanur Rahman has won the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy Honourable Mention Award for his installation work Signature at the 20th National Art Biennale, organised by Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. The 20×13 feet installation narrates the tragic death of the victims of the collapse ... Read more
Autistic children display artistic talents
The mental or physical limitations have been triumphed over by a group of special needs students with autistic conditions by means of their artistic spirits. These gifted individuals have demonstrated their creativity through artworks that are currently being exhibited at the Drik Gallery in Dhanmondi. The exhibition titled Emerged from Unknown is the fifth edition ... Read more