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Eminent poet and playwright Syed Shamsul Haque felicitated renowned thespian Ataur Rahman for giving ‘appropriate and artistic’ presentation of his plays at a seminar held on Tuesday in the seminar room of the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. Haque presented the felicitation lecture titled ‘Amar Natok: Ataurer Kaj’ on Ataur Rahman’s 72nd birth

DANCE WORKSHOP Children from different ethnic groups participate Renowned dancer Tamanna Rahman guided children from different ethnic communities in a 10-day dance workshop ended on Monday at BRAC Learning Centre in Uttara. Twenty three children from nine communities including Santal (Rajshahi), Paharia (Rajshahi), Orang (Dinajpur), Pahan (Naogaon), Chakma (Khagrachari), Marma (Khagrachari), Garo (Netrokona),

FATIH AKIN RETROSPECTIVE Films dealing with various issues screened Films depicting human life from different perspectives were screened at the two-day Fatih Akin Film Retrospective at Goethe Institute in Dhanmondi. The retrospective featuring Akin’s four films was jointly organised by Goethe-Institut and Dhaka University Film Society, which ended on Wednesday through screening of Solino and ... Read more

It is not just the death of a great teleplay writer and producer, but the demise of a mentor and promoter of artistes. Death of Atiqul Haque Chowdhury on Monday night is, indeed, a great shock to actors, directors and playwrights and millions of TV audience across the country. In his artistic career spanning over

What is common between the images of two burning trucks in collision and the condition of workers in a local tobacco factory or limbs of a dead corpse? Each image has a story of its own to tell and stimulate powerful emotions in the mind of the observers. Four young photographers Debashish Shom, Sarker Pratik, ... Read more

Nattyateertha staged the 50th show of its debut production Komola Sundari as the closing performance of the five-day theatre festival at the National Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on Monday. The festival titled Panchadasher Panchadin was organised by theatre troupe Nattyateertha in celebrating the 50th

An international digital cultural archive was inaugurated in the capital on Sunday with cultural tokens like films, theatre, music, documentaries and others of almost 20 countries. Under the maintenance of Theatre and Film department of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, the archive is housed for the time being at room no 613 on the fifth floor of ... Read more

Seminar observed Life and works of poet Shamsur Rahman, a symbol of secularism, was analysed in a seminar at the Kabi Shamsur Rahman Seminar Room of Bangla Academy on Sunday. Bangla Academy organised the programme with a view to reach people from all walks of life. Presided over by poet Belal

Somoy staged the 50th show of its acclaimed production Shesh Sanglap on Sunday at the National Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. This was the fourth day of the ongoing Nattyateerhta theatre festival titled Ponchadoser Ponchadin. Translated from Tawfiq al-Hakim’s Arabic play Sultanuz Zannam jointly by Dr Syed Jamil Ahmed and Saiful Alam Chowdhury,

The three-day festival featuring Zahir Raihan’s films ended on Saturday through screening of two classics Taka Ana Pai (1970) and Jibon Theke Neya (1969) at the National Art Plaza auditorium. Five films were screened at the festival organised by theatre and film department of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy as part of its annual programme of commemorating ... Read more

The host troupe Nattyateertha staged the 50th show of its acclaimed production Dweep on the third day of the ongoing festival titled Ponchadosher Ponchadin on Saturday at the National Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. Renowned Indian thespian Utpal Dutt’s play depicts a man who had deviated from his path and is constantly

The monsoon was welcomed presenting songs and poems glorifying the season on the first day of the Ashar on Saturday. Artistes in special attires in group and solo performed in the day-long programmes organised by Satyen Sen Shilpi Gosthi at Dhaka University. The morning session took place at Hakim Chattar where solo artistes and leading ... Read more

Two popular indigenous art forms-maaljora gaan and jatra pala- were presented by the traditional artistes on the concluding day of the two-day programme organised by Chhayanaut at its auditorium on Friday. The festival titled Desh Ghorer Gaan was organised marking the late cultural personality and journalist

Many children with their parents enjoyed puppet shows presented by internationally acclaimed puppeteer artist Mustafa Monwar on Friday at the National Music and Dance Centre of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. The moral teachings delivered through the artistically rich traditional puppet show performances gave

A traditional pala based experimental theatre production Amina Sundori was staged by Theatre Art Unit on the second day of Nattyateertha’s theatre festival Ponchadosher Ponchadin on Friday at National Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. Through the simple narrative of a woman named Amina, the play features the fact that women have no respect

Traditional folk music of different regions across the country drew huge audience on the opening of the two-day folk music festival in the Chhayanaut auditorium on Thursday afternoon. The festival titled Desh Ghorer Gaan has been organised by Chhayanaut as a belated celebration of its founder Wahidul Haque’s birth anniversary, which falls on March 16.

Theatre troupe Nattyateertha has arranged an atypical five-day theatre festival where three guest troupes and the host troupe will stage 50th shows of five plays. On Thursday afternoon, amid much colour and enthusiasm, the festival was inaugurated by Ramendu Majumdar, president of worldwide International Teatre Institute, at the premise of National