Arts-&-Culture
German Jazz group enthralls enthusiasts at BSA
Jazz music with its uncommon timings and alternative tunings has had its admirers but never really established a wide following in Bangladesh. Yet in their love for the blues, a precursor to jazz that also traces its roots to America’s Deep South, and love for improvisation, there is a potential love for the genre worth exploring.
2-day painting workshop, exhibition end in city
A two-day watercolor painting workshop and exhibition, arranged by TSC-based cultural studies and development center OntorKotha, concluded at the National Art Gallery’s ground floor of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA) in the capital.
Two-day SM Sultan Utsab-2019 begins in Narail
Two-day-long SM Sultan Utsab-2019 began amid festivity at the Zila Shilpakala Academy premises in Rupganj on Saturday.
Exhibition showcasing obscure artists at Gallery 27
Obscure Artists of Bangladesh, a new platform of young, emerging artists kicked off a three-day national art exhibition Thursday at Gallery 27 in Dhanmondi – the name of the gallery derives from its location on the old Road no.27 (now no.16).
Philip Pullman's latest book is adventure for an anxious age
The line between fantasy and reality is blurry in the world of Philip Pullman. Which, he thinks, is how it should be.
Mamunur Rashid receives lifetime honour
Legendary theatre personality and Ekushey Padak winner playwright, director and actor Mamunur Rashid received lifetime achievement award at the concluding ceremony of ‘Bottola Rangamela 2019’.
PRAN Chinigura rice ‘Nabanna Utsab’ begins Thursday
A three-day ‘PRAN Chinigura Rice Nabanna Utsab’ will kick off at Rabindra Sarobar in the capital on Thursday.
Five-day workshop on GIS begins at Noazesh Knowledge Centre
A five-day training workshop hosted by Noazesh Knowledge Centre (NKC) of WildTeam on Geographic Information Systems (GIS) kicked off at its office at Cosmos Centre in the city’s Malibagh area on Tuesday.
The workshop is being facilitated by Alice Hughes and Nasir Uddin from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden of Chinese Academy of Sciences. It will end on November 30, said a press release.
Poet-architect Rabiul Husain passes away
Ekushey Award winning poet and architect Rabiul Husain passed away at a hospital in the city early Tuesday. He was 76.
Fauzia Khan's two documentaries screened at Goethe
Two documentary films of independent documentary filmmaker, film editor and educator Fauzia Khan were screened at Goethe-Institut Bangladesh on Sunday.