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Prime Minister stands beside Amjad Hossain

Renowned actor Amjad Hossain's sons, Shazzad Hossain Dodul and Sohel Arman, along with General Secretary of the Directors' Guild of Bangladesh, SA Haque Olike, had a meeting with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday regarding his critical condition.
20 November 2018

Nagorik Natya Sampradaya's Open Couple to be staged in London

The 45th production of Nagorik Natya Sampradaya, Open Couple is going to be staged in the festival Season of Bangla Drama, organised by London Borough of Tower Hamlets in London.
20 November 2018

Adaptation of 'Les Justes' staged in Chattogram

Theatre enthusiasts of Chattogram were mesmerised by the performance of Nayporayonota, the Bangla adaptation of Albert Camus's play, Les Justes, recently at the city's Alliance Française auditorium.
19 November 2018

NADIM IQBAL gets candid about making films

The screening of Bidyabhuban- a Journey of Enlightenment at the Dhaka Lit Fest 2018 created quite a buzz about the Toronto based filmamaker, Nadim Iqbal.
19 November 2018

Young artists address poverty through ‘Bhanga Ghor’

According to the President of Cosmo Concepts, Edward William, and exhibiting artist and organiser, Aysha Mahmood, the idea of the exhibition grew out of the economic conditions,
19 November 2018

Amjad Hossain in critical condition

Ekushe Padak recipient and National Film Award winning director and actor, Amjad Hossain, is currently in the ICU, on life support. He
19 November 2018

Baul Kabir Shah's performance at DIFF 2018

Baul Kabir Shah is one of the contemporary gems of Bangla folk music. He received his musical tutelage from Baul Shamrat Shah Abdul Karim and started singing at the age of thirteen. The singer has dexterity in performing Dhamail, Bhatiali, Murshidi and Bichchhedi songs.
19 November 2018

Tauquir Ahmed on 'Phagun Hawa'

Phagun Hawa is scheduled to release on February 8. We have chosen the month of February for the release, because the film is about the 1952 Language Movement.
18 November 2018

Salil Chowdhury: Remembering the maestro on his birthday

Salil Chowdhury was a maestro of prolific talent. His métier as a composer crossed boundaries, blending the sounds of east with the west. His mastery of musical instruments was proverbial. He could play the flute, piano, esraj and any other instrument he could lay his hands on.
18 November 2018

DIFF 2018 in pictures

For three days, the Dhaka International Folk Festival 2018 kept the people in the capital engrossed with scintillating earthy tunes. Artistes from all over the world performed in the festival celebrating the best of folk music.
18 November 2018

Amjad Hossain in critical condition

Renowned film director Amjad Hossain is currently in the ICU, on life support.
18 November 2018

Tahsan and Kona's 'Keno Ke Jane' catches on

Popular singers Tahsan and Kona are household names among music lovers of the country. The two now have lent their voices to Keno Ke Jane, a song for Bioscope's telefilm, Nishsash, directed by Mahmudur Rahman Hime and produced by Shahriar Shakil.
17 November 2018

Majaz bewitches DIFF 2018 with stunning show

For around an hour or so, the Bangladesh Army Stadium became an emblematic Arabian Peninsula, as Bahrain-based progressive fusion folk band Majaz left the audience of the second day of the Dhaka International Folk Fest (DIFF) 2018 spellbound.
17 November 2018

Los Texmaniacs: Unifying borders through music

With the euphonious tunes of accordion, bajo sexto, drums and electric bass, the band Los Texmaniacs, formed in 1997, creates a form of folk music that is very different from the folk music we grew up listening to.
17 November 2018

Nakshikatha weaves melodies at DIFF 2018

Opening the final evening of performances at the Dhaka International Folk Fest 2018 was one of the up and coming Bangladeshi folk bands, Nakshikatha.
17 November 2018

Breathing new life into folk music

On a cool November night, music enthusiasts soaked up The Raghu Dixit Project's sunny vibes when they performed on the second day of the Dhaka International Folk Fest 2018.
16 November 2018

ABDUL HAI DEWAN performs 'bichchhedi' songs at DIFF 2018

The folk music of Bangladesh is deeply connected with the psyche of the country and resonates through the villages of Bengal. Abdul Hai Dewan, a disciple of renowned folk singer Matal Razzak Dewan, generally performs bichchhedi songs that are well-received by the villagers of Bangladesh as they contain simple lyrics and melodies.
16 November 2018

Swarobanjo defies expectations at DIFF 2018

In the thick of bigger names on yesterday's line-up, Bangladeshi folk-fusion band Swarobanjo marked their presence with their earthy musical performance on the second day of the Dhaka International Folk Festival (DIFF).
16 November 2018

The Vaseline Healing Project launched

With the promise of taking care of the skin of underprivileged people well-delivered in previous years, Vaseline has launched the Vaseline Healing Project for the third year in a row.
16 November 2018

A fairytale wedding for Ranveer and Deepika!

Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone exchanged vows in the presence of family and close friends at a resort overlooking Lake Como in Italy.
15 November 2018