Art & Culture

Cultural Correspondent Photographer Shibly Shiraj is displaying photographs depicting scenic beauty and landmarks of France in his solo exhibition under way at Alliance Francaise de Dhaka in Dhanmondi. The exhibition titled ‘France, Natural and Eternal: A Photographer’s Journey’ features a total of 44 photographs. Honorary president of International Theatre Institute Ramendu Majumder was present as […]

Cultural Correspondent Popular Bangladeshi band Miles, which is touring various countries marking its 40th anniversary, entertained music lovers at concerts held in 10 US cities. Miles was formed in Dhaka in 1979 by Farid Rashid. The first line-up of the band comprised Farid Rashid (lead vocals and bass), Larry (guitar), Ishtiaq (guitar), Kamal Mainuddin (drums) […]

Cultural Correspondent Singer Shusmita Anis has launched a remastered version of an album titled ‘Smritir Uddeshshe’ paying tribute to the legendary musician couple Kamal Dasgupta and Feroza Begum. The album was launched at a programme held in Kolkata, India on July 26 marking the birth anniversary of the couple, which was celebrated on July 28. […]

Cultural Correspondent Chinese and Bangladeshi theatre artistes staged Rabindranath Tagore’s two popular plays ‘Chitra’ and ‘Rath Yatra’ at Experimental Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on Sunday. Artistes from Peking University of China staged Tagore’s ‘Chitra’ at 4:00 pm which has been translated into a Chinese version by Pan Ayuan and directed by Hou Jue. […]

Cultural Correspondent While cinema houses are on decline in Bangladesh, film production company CineMaker jointly with Narayanganj City Corporation has built a 35 seat mini Cineplex to attract the cinema lovers. A 4K cineplex named CineScope is built at Narayanganj’s Ali Ahmed Chunka Nagar Library and Auditorium premises. The small theatre was self financed, and […]

Cultural Correspondent One of the noted play directors of present time in the country Rahmatullah Tuhin . He has been making TV plays for two decades. He has been attached with theatre play during his childhood. Later he started to give direction. If we look into his directed popular drama serial ‘Khonikaloy’ then we can […]

Cultural Correspondent Seven noted cultural personalities have been honoured with the prestigious Shilpakala Padak 2018 at ceremony held at the National Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA) on Thursday. Gracing the ceremony as chief guest, President Abdul Hamid handed over the awards to seven cultural luminaries for their outstanding contributions to their respective fields. […]

Cultural Correspondent The ability to imagine and make it into reality is what sets humans apart from the rest of life on the planet. It is our greatest strength. It had fuelled all our greatest achievements. Driven by imagination and curiosity, man crossed vast oceans to discover new continents and civilisations. Humans even left the […]

Cultural Correspondent Renowned theatre troupe Dhaka Theatre staged its recent production titled ‘Putra’ at the Experimental Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy last week. The play is written by renowned playwright Selim Al deen, who finished it just before his death in 2008. It is directed by thespian ShimulYousuf. The play, which revolves around a […]

Cultural Correspondent Hong Kong actor and film producer Simon Yam has been stabbed on the stage by unidentified assailant on Saturday during a promotional event in mainland China but Yam’s injuries were not life-threatening, Chinese state media reported. A video was posted on China’s Twitter-like Weibo service showing a man in a dark vest rushing […]