Art & Culture

Chhayanaut celebrates Rabindranath Tagore

vc Cultural Correspondent Cultural organisation Chhaya-naut paid tribute to Nobel laureate poet Rabindranath Tagore organising a two-day Rabindra Utsab last week at its auditorium in Dhanmondi. Chhayanaut vice-president Abul Hasnat and its general secretary Laisa Ahmed Lisa, among others, inaugurated the festival by lighting candles at Chhayanaut Cultural Centre while artistes of Chhayanaut rendered popular […]

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‘Sisimpur’ to air on Duranata TV

Cultural Reporter Popular educational children’s TV series ‘Sisimpur’ is set to be broadcast on Duronto TV. ‘Sisimpur’ will be aired three times every day on the TV channel. Executive Director of ‘Sisimpur’ Mohammad Shah Alam confirmed the news at a press briefing on Tuesday evening. He further said ‘Sisimpur’ will also be broadcast on Bangladesh […]

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Ahornish holds folk music evening

Cultural Correspondent Music lovers of Dhaka were in for a treat at Sufia Kamal auditorium of Bangladesh National Museum on Friday where singers entertained the audience rendering folk songs penned by eminent bards. The programme, titled ‘DoharLokogaanerTritioAshor’, was organised by folk music troupe Ahornish. It featured songs penned by Lalon Fakir, BhabaPagla, Radharaman Dutta, Hason […]

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Shabnam awarded in Pakistan

Cultural Reporter Veteran film actress Shabnam, family name JharnaBasak, has been bestowed with the lifetime achievement award in Pakistan. She received the award at the ‘18th Lux Style Awards’ at Karachi Expo Centre in Karachi on Sunday. Alongside Shabnam, renowned Pakistani actor Nadeem Baig was also honored with the lifetime achievement award on the same […]

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‘Bongobongo’: A psychedelic journey along the border between Bengal

Cultural Correspondent Aranyak Natyadal’s non-linear play “Bongobongo” was staged at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy’s National Theatre Hall at 7pm on Thursday. The psychedelic drama, written by Mamunur Rashid, hypothesizes what would happen if Rabindranath Tagore’s spirit returned to the border between Benapole in Bangladesh and Haridaspur of West Bengal. The Bengal delta was undivided before the […]