“Workshop Encouraging Film and Web Content on Social Issues” is going to be held in Cox’s Bazar this April.

To promote young talents and help create a network of friendship and goodwill among students from different schools around Dhaka, Delhi Public School Dhaka (DPS STS) organised their annual programme, ‘Rock Fest 2.0’, at their senior campus.

Ispahani Mirzapore Banglabid, one of the most popular TV reality shows of Bangladesh, has begun their fourth season, with the promise

Goethe-Institut Bangladesh, in partnership with HerStory Foundation, hosted a pop-up of the Sister Library at their Rein Library recently.

The country’s first ever mobile phone based filmmaking festival, ‘Dhaka International Mobile Film Festival’ (DIMFF), is organised by Cinemascope, a film based apprenticeship programme of ULAB. The sixth installment of the festival took place at Star Cineplex, Shimanto Shambhar, this year.

The memoir, Oporajeyo Muhammad Jahangir, in remembrance of prominent cultural activist, media personality and journalist Muhammad Jahangir, was launched at Bishwo Shahitto Kendro on February 29. The event was hosted by dancer duo Shamim Ara Nipa and Shibli Mohammad from Nrityanchal.

Noted Bharatanatyam dancer Dr Narthaki Nataraj is the first Indian transwoman ever to receive the prestigious Padma Shri award in 2019, for her exceptional achievements in cultural activities.

Under the title of Swajanghati Rekha, an exclusive solo art exhibition is underway at Kala Kendra, Iqbal Road, Dhaka. Eminent artists Professor Rafiqun Nabi and Professor Shishir Bhattacharjee inaugurated the exhibition on February 21.

Shonar Bangla Circus released their debut album, Hyena Express, yesterday. It is a conceptual album, that expresses human emotions and conditions through different emotional phases of the journey of mankind.

Director Kamar Ahmad Simon’s upcoming film, Neel Mukut, is set to release on March 27. The poster of the film was highly appreciated, after being unveiled on social media last week. The poster is available for sale in Baatighar.

The third International Art Festival 2020 Nilphamari concluded on a high note. Artists from five countries created a cornucopia of artwork in a four-day art camp, the outcome of which were on display yesterday at the idyllic ambience of Nilsagor, the festival venue.

In an interview with Vanity Fair, director Rian Johnson has said, "I don't know if I should say this or not, Apple... they let you use iPhones in movies but — and this is very pivotal if you're ever watching a mystery movie — bad guys cannot have iPhones on camera."

Noted actor, director and playwright Mamunur Rashid celebrates his birthday today.

Ekushey Padak and National Award winning actor, director and playwright Mamunur Rashid spearheads Aranyak Natyadal, one of the most popular theatre companies in Bangladesh.

Nilphamari’s Nilsagor offers an idyllic ambience covered with Siberian birds and greenery for the 350 artists from five countries, who are participating in the International Art Festival 2020 Nilphamari, which concludes today.

Prominent cultural activist, journalist and media personality, Muhammad Jahangir breathed his last at the age of 68, on July 10, 2019, after an uphill battle with cancer for years. He was the executive director of Centre for Development Communication and the coordinator of Nrityanchal.

Medha is a creative initiative and non-profit organisation, founded by fashion designer Emdad Hoque. He is currently the Vice-President of Fashion Design Council of Bangladesh. He has also worked for a long time with the British Council in their Creative Economy programme.

Jannatun Nayeem Prity has earned appreciation at quite a young age for her bold writings. She received awards from UNICEF in 2014 and the Joy Bangla award in 2015 for her book on the Liberation War.

2020 marks 17 years since the agricultural documentary show Hridoye Mati O Manush, first aired on Channel i.

Calligraphy is a visual art related to writing. It is the design and execution of lettering with a broad-tipped writing instrument. Generally, calligraphy is the art of giving a form to signs in an expressive, harmonious, and skillful manner.