Art & Culture

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Cultural Correspondent A three-day workshop on Dhamail dance and song concluded at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. The workshop which has been organised by the academy commenced on July 12. Devdas Chowdhury Rangan from Sunamganj, the birthplace of Dhamail songs, is conducting classes on Dhamail music while Tulika Ghosh Chowdhury is taking classes on dance. The three-day […]

Cultural Correspondent National Film Award winning actress Mousumi has signed yet another Liberation War-based film of her career, titled ‘Arjan 71’. The film will be directed by Mirza Sakhawat Hossain. Highlighting the heroic tale of Bangladesh Police, the film will depict the story of struggling life of a police officer’s wife during the country’s Liberation […]

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 […]

Cultural Correspondent South African singer Johnny Clegg, one of the very few white artists who confronted the apartheid regime in the 1970s and 1980s has died from pancreatic cancer at the age of 66, his manager informedTuesday. Hailed worldwide by millions of fans and critics alike as a trailblazing pioneer in contemporary music, Johnny`s unique […]

Cultural Correspondent Bangladesh Film and Television Institute Bill (Amendment), 2019 has been passed in parliament, aiming to create skilled artistes and directors by conducting research and giving trainings and degrees to them. Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud moved the bill in the House on July 10. , which was unanimously passed by voice votes with […]

Cultural Correspondent Film Fagun Haway has now won two awards at the 9th SAARC Film Festival. After much debacle regarding the terror attack on April 21 in Sri Lankan churches the festival started on July 2 in the Sri Lankan capital city Colombo. The film has won Best Cinematographer Award for Enamul Haque Sohel and […]

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 […]