Tuesday, July 29, 2025

Abritty celebrates 10th anniv

Recitation troupe Abritty- Abritty celebrated its 10th founding anniversary and a reunion through an array of recitations and discussion sessions at a programme held at the Teachers Students Cultural Centre of Islamic University in Kushtia on Saturday. Artistes of the organisation recited and rendered songs in chorus. The senior members of the organisation shared their ... Read more

Abaji moves Dhaka audience

A mind-blowing concert presented by the world renowned French-Lebanese musician Abaji was held at La Galerie, Alliance Française de Dhaka on Friday. The legendary musician played compositions on different types of traditional instruments of Middle Eastern, European, East Asian and Indian origin.

Shilpakala holds group art show

Priceless paintings and sketches bearing testament to Rabindranath Tagore’s talent as an artist have been accommodated at a group exhibition at the National Art Gallery of Bangladesh Shilpakaa Academy. Replicas of 45 paintings done by Rabindranath Tagore are on display at the show organised by the academy marking the 152nd birth anniversary of the poet. ... Read more

Inspirational Tagore presented

Inspirational Tagore songs were presented by different cultural organisations on Friday at the Chhayanaut Auditorium. It was the concluding day programme of the two-day Tagore’s birth anniversary celebrations programme organised by Chhayanaut. The show began with a chorus presentation of Tagore’s song upholding hope titled Ami bhoy korbo na bhoy korbo na by the

2-day Tagore fest ends in Barisal

A two-day Rabindra festival celebrating the 152nd birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore ended at Barisal Aswani Kumar Hall on Thursday. The festival was organised by Barisal unit of Jatiyo Rabindra Sangeet Sammilan Parishad. The festival featured discussion on life and works of the Nobel laureate poet, recitation of Tagore’s poems, rendition of Tagore songs and ... Read more

Chhayanaut’s Tagore festival begins

Beautiful lyrics blended with charming composition of evergreen Tagore song Parbi na ki jog dite ai chhondey rey rendered in chorus not only pleased the ears but also the eyes of the spectators as a synchronized, vibrant group dance was presented at a programme on Thursday evening. This was the introductory recital Chhayanaut’s two-day festival ... Read more

Swapno O Droher Jatiya Natyautsab begins

Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy has been beautifully decorated to celebrate a special moment: the inauguration of the eight-day National Theatre Festival 2013 on Thursday. Almost everyone who passed by the area was drawn to the programme by its zeal and fervour, colour and sound. The festival is featuring 64 plays in total, one from each district ... Read more

BRSSS holds three-day celebration

Bangladesh Rabindra Sangeet Shilpi Sangstha’s three-day programme began with an average arrangement on Wednesday at the Shawkat Osman Auditorium of the Central Public Library due to nationwide general strike. The celebrations lacked its customary colour and fanfare compared to previous arrangements of the past 23 years

Tagore classics can make good films

Experts tell New Age Rabindranath Tagore wrote in a letter to Murari Bhaduri (theatre legend Sisir Kumar Bhaduri’s brother) in 1929 that cinema should ideally be a ‘flow of images’ that should not rely on the written word to communicate. This was even before India’s first talkie Alam Ara had been made. Perhaps it is ... Read more

Lily remains busy with Tagore anniv

Renowned Tagore singer Lily Islam had a very busy day on Wednesday, which happened to be Rabindranath Tagore’s 152th birth anniversary. The artiste sang at different places on the occasion including the National Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy and on a number of television channels. Lily Islam is currently working

Bangladeshi Film Fest to be held in US

A week-long Bangladeshi film festival featuring five local films will be held in New York, US. The festival titled ‘Ruhana-Channel-i Film Festival USA-2013’ will feature Channel-i produced films including Humayun Ahmed’s Ghetu Putra Kamola, Nasir Uddin Yousuff’s Guerilla, Goutom Ghosh’s Moner Manush, Mostofa Sarwar Farooki’s Third Person Singular Number and

Special TV programmes on Tagore

The television channels of the country have chalked out special programmes to celebrate the 152nd birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore. The list consists of plays and telefilms; shows featuring music, dance and recitation; talk shows; and magazine programmes. ATN Bangla will air a documentary titled Rabir Chithite Bangladesh at 11:15am. The channel will also air ... Read more