“Padma Crying” Artworks on display at Garden Gallery
January 9, 2010
A daylong art camp titled ‘Padma Crying’ organised by Gallery Cosmos was held recently on the banks of the River Padma in Manikganj. Sixteen most renowned Bangladeshi artists drew inspiration from the surroundings to depict the state the great river has fallen into as a result of the phenomenon of climate change and human activity over years. Paintings from the workshop are now on display at Garden Gallery, Baridhara.
The workshop particularly focused on watercolour. The medium creates serene and soothing images. When a artist works with this medium, (s)he has a certain liberty. Painters who prefer landscapes and nature, Read more
Drama festival begins at Natmandal
January 9, 2010
The post-graduate students of theatre department of Dhaka University staged Nobel Laureate English playwright Harold Pinter’s “The Homecoming” on Wednesday evening at Natmondol auditorium.
‘The Homecoming’ translated by Professor Abdus Salim and directed by Ziaul Haque Titas will be staged every evening at the venue till January 11.
Pinter’s “Homecoming” involves a six-member working class family in North London. Teddy, the eldest son of the family, is a professor, who teaches philosophy at an American university. The plot focuses on Teddy’s homecoming along with his wife Ruth, a mother of three, who Read more
Konal wins “Channel i Shera Kontho 2009”
December 26, 2009
Konal from Dhaka won the Channel i Sherakantha 2009 award. She got Tk eight lakh from Channel i and Tk 25 thousand from Mayor of Rajshahi City Corporation. She also got gift hamper from Citicell and Tk three lakh from Falgu Polymer Industries Ltd.
With the participation of 50 thousand audiences the name of this year’s winner was announced at a gala event at Rajshahi district stadium on Thursday night in Rajshahi. Chaity became first runner-up, while Nodiraj became second runner-up in the contest. Channel i broadcasted the grand finale of the Read more
35,000-year-old statue thought to be world’s first nude sculpture
May 17, 2009
A 35,000 year-old buxom statuette has been unveiled by scientists as the world’s earliest sculpture of the naked female form.
The sexually explicit figurine was carved out of mammoth ivory and was given huge breasts and private parts along with a bloated belly and thighs that by today’s standards “could be seen as bordering on the pornographic.”
The prehistoric figurine, named ‘Venus’ after the Roman goddess of love, was no Kate Moss as small buttocks and a slender Read more
An offering of music and dance to Tagore
May 13, 2009
Cultural programme by VCARE at Sheraton
On the occasion of Rabindranath Tagore’s 148th birth anniversary, a cultural programme was held at the Ball Room, Hotel Sheraton on May 11. The programme, arranged by VCARE, featured recitation of Tagore’s writings, rendition of Rabindra Sangeet, and staging of the Tagore dance-drama “Shyama.”
Manzur-Ur-Rahman, former senior vice-president of Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry, formally inaugurated the programme. A group dance performance commenced the cultural programme. Artistes of Nrityalok Sangskritik Kendra also Read more
Going beyond hedonism
May 1, 2009
4th National Dance Festival ends with high hopes
Curtains came down on the 4th National Dance Festival on April 29 — marking the International Dance Day — at National Theatre Stage, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA). Chief guest at the programme — organised by Bangladesh Nritya Shilpi Sangstha (BNSS) — was Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid.
Saju Ahmed, general secretary of BNSS, explained why the organisation chose the Education Minister as the chief guest. “We, dancers, have an appeal to the minister. We want a better public understanding of Read more
Hundred years of Boli Khela
May 1, 2009
Boli Khela (or Bali Khela) is a traditional form of wrestling in Bangladesh, particularly popular in the Chittagong area. ‘Boli’ means a powerful person in Bengali, while ‘Khela’ denotes a game. It is particularly played in the Bengali month of ‘Chaitra’ (March-April) of the Bengali calendar. This is one of the most anticipated events of this region and since Chittagong is an important business region for us we always look for such events where we get such huge audience. And this is one of the highly participated and populated events of this region.
At the present-day ‘Boli Khela’ was introduced in 1909 by Abdul Jabbar Sawdagar. His aim was to engage the country’s Read more
Ten-day art exhibition begins at Shilpangan
April 19, 2009
Artist Golam Faruque’s second solo painting exhibition, ‘Touch the Reality’, began on Friday at the Shilpangan Gallery in Dhanmondi.
The exhibition was inaugurated by Ahmed Al Shourbagy, the deputy chief of Mission, Embassy of Arab Republic of Egypt. And Professor Farida Zaman, the chairperson of the Department of Drawing and Painting in the Faculty of Fine Arts, Dhaka University, was present as special guest.
During the inaugural ceremony, Shourbagy said, ‘art is like a universal language. Whatever your language is, you can understand the language Read more
Pahela Baishakh celebrated
April 16, 2009
The nation in its most colourful festival welcomed Pahela Baishakh, the first day of the Bangla year 1416, on Tuesday amid lively pageants leaving behind the gloom of past and pledging to uphold the nation’s cultural heritage.
Thousands of people from all walks of the society dressed in traditional costumes poured into the streets, parks and open spaces across the capital and elsewhere in the country from morning to welcome the Bangla New Year.
They expressed determination Read more
Celebrating Pahela Baishakh
April 14, 2009
Shubha Nababarsha – today is Pahela Baishakha, the first day of Bangla New year 1416. People, across the world who speak Bengali, will celebrate Pahela Baishakh in a festive mood. Besides the Bengalis, people of other ethnic identities also celebrate the day as their New Year in their own ways.
Thousands of people from different walks of life in Dhaka throng at Ramna Batamul, the main venue of the celebrations.
They begin to Read more