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As a part of celebrating the Chinese Cultural Month 2019, theatre artistes from Bangladesh and China collaborated recently, to stage the plays Chitra and Rath Yatra by Rabindranath Tagore, at the Experimental Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA).
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Cinema theatres out of fashion in Jhenaidah
Investments by producers, well-wishers and actors have not succeeded in bringing audiences back to cinema theatres in Jhenaidah.
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The Malhar Festival enthralls Khulna
The Assistant High Commission of India in Khulna, in association with Udichi Shilpi Goshthi, recently organised The Malhar Festival at CSS Ava Centre in Khulna for the first time.
30 July 2019, 18:00 PM
‘Hasina: A Daughter’s Tale’ goes around the world
Having portrayed the life of Sheikh Hasina, the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, and revealing many factual matters regarding the birth of our nation, Piplu Khan’s highly acclaimed docu-drama, Hasina: A Daughter’s Tale, is making rounds at various international film festivals.
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Bengal Foundation pays tribute to Subir Nandi at GANER JHORNA TOLAY
A two-day musical event of Bengal Foundation’s regular musical initiative, Ganer Jhorna Tolay, concluded at Chhayanaut yesterday. The first day of the event began with the 56th edition of Praner Khela, a regular musical soiree of Bengal Foundation.
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Paeans to Muhammad Jahangir
The entire lobby, entrance and the front stage of the National Theatre Hall, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy was enlivened with the portraits of renowned journalist, writer and cultural personality, Muhammad Jahangir. The adorned bouquets and lighted candles
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Boishakhi Music Contest – Powered by Rangs Desi Karaoke
Rangs Electronics Ltd, the official distributor of Sony in Bangladesh, recently handed over crests and gifts to the winners of ‘Boishakhi Music Contest – Powered by Rangs Desi Karaoke’ at the Sony flagship Store in Bashundhara City Shopping Mall.
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Many happy returns, Babita!
Today marks the birthday of celebrated actor Babita. Having worked in more than 300 films over the years, the internationally acclaimed artiste is a household name to this day. Babita, who has been away from the silver screen for a while, enjoys gardening in her spare
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Ankita wins Zee Bangla’s ‘Sa Re Ga Ma Pa’
After several months of an entertaining musical journey, the latest season of Zee Bangla’s popular reality show, Sa Re Ga Ma Pa, aired the grand finale on Sunday night. The programme was held at Bishwa Bangla Convention Centre in Kolkata.
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Re-reading Ritwik Ghatak’s ‘Ajantrik’
“What does Ajantrik mean? I don’t know, and I believe no one at the Venice Film Festival knew either. I cannot tell the whole story of the film. There was no subtitle for the film. But I saw the film spellbound till the very end,” film critic Georges Sadoul had said these
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JKKNIU hosts musical shows to support flood victims
Students from different departments of Jatiya Kabi Kazi Nazrul Islam University (JKKNIU) in Mymensingh, kicked off musical shows titled, Banbhasi, at and outside their campus to collect funds to support flood victims across Bangladesh.
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The third trailer of John Crowley’s upcoming film, The Goldfinch, was released recently.
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Film Producers Association election held after 7 years
The Film Producers Association election was held in a festive environment on July 27, at the Bangladesh Film Development Corporation (FDC). The election, which took place after seven long years, saw a total of 130 producers vote for the working years of 2019-2021.
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Celebrating monsoon through the bliss of classical raagas
The two-day (July 26-27) Malhar Festival hailing the rainy season concluded at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA) on Saturday. The High Commission of India, Dhaka, in association with the Indian Council for Cultural Relations, organised the programme at the National Theatre Hall of BSA.
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‘Nazrul Utshab 1426’
‘Nazrul Utshab 1426’ was held at Chhayanaut on July 25 and 26, celebrating the best of the National Poet’s works. Renowned artistes, as well as students from different institutes, performed at the festival.
28 July 2019, 18:00 PM
BACHSAS elects new committee
The results for the recently held Bangladesh Cholochitra Sangbadik Samity (BACHSAS) elections are out. Winning with 365 votes, Falguni Hamid is the newly appointed President of BACHSAS, while Kamruzzaman Babu was elected as the General Secretary with 161 votes.
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Joy Shahriar launches ‘Lapatta’
Popular singer of recent times, Joy Shahriar, launched his fourth studio album titled Lapatta at Teachers-Students Center (TSC) of Dhaka University (DU) recently. Aajob Karkhana, in Association with Aajob Records & Dhaka University Band Society (DUBS), organised the event.
27 July 2019, 18:00 PM
Shusmita Anis’s album re-released in memory of Kamal Das Gupta and Firoza Begum
The album titled Smrityr Uddeshshe was released in 1998 by Kamal Das Gupta and Pranab Roy, with 10 modern songs sung by Shusmita Anis.
27 July 2019, 18:00 PM
A garland of monsoon melodies
It was an aesthetically designed musical soiree that HSBC, Bangladesh hosted at the Grand Ballroom of Pan Pacific Sonargaon Dhaka, on July 26. The monsoon-filled evening turned to be a confluence of melody and rhythm, that is evocative of many regards.
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