Naziba Basher

On the fourth evening of the Bengal Classical Music Festival, prominent Kathak dancer of our country Munmun Ahmed and students from her dance institution Rewaaz gave a remarkable performance. Kathak in purest and most honest form was put forth for the audience.

The very air had a mysterious excitement about it on the second evening of the Bengal Classical Music Festival 2016. Vidushi Madhavi

The stage was set, the lights dimmed. Silence.

Every year, with the arrival of Bengal Classical Music Fest (BCMF), music aficionados from the country and abroad gather to listen to some of the most fantastic tunes in the world.

Earlier this year, under the guidance of Professor Dr Israfil Shaheen, the Theatre and Performance Studies Department of Dhaka University travelled to Delhi for the 9th Asia Pacific Bureau, as the first ever delegation from Bangladesh.

On In August 2015of last year, an MoU was signed in Mirpur among the Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralysed (CRP), Bangladesh Garments Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) and Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarberit (GIZ).

Winter is coming. No, seriously. It is coming, and while we're very excited about finally letting go of the unbearable Dhaka heat and humidity, the cold waves can take quite a toll on our bones.

One-Day Internationals over any format, for me, any day of the week. But the hype that surrounds the leagues is infectious and even I couldn't have escaped it even if I wanted to.

Minar Rahman, popularly known as Minar, is one of today's youth favourite lyricists, composers and singers. His famous tracks like

According to a report by the National Institute of Cancer Research in 2014, Breast cancer is the second most common cancer in Bangladesh while in women it is the most common carcinoma.

Ever since my niece was born, I was determined to make her a book-reader. There are many my age and younger than I who seem to get disgusted at the sight of books- and nothing is more upsetting than a child who hates to read, for reading is the ultimate source of knowledge, of understanding and of adventures.

"To save ourselves, we must first save our forests.”

We all know that riding bicycles has its perks, its fun and, of course, it's health benefits. But many of us still refuse to learn how to ride one.

I thought I never had a Morrie Shwartz. I thought I would never have one. Ever since I finished 'Tuesdays with Morrie', twice in a row if I might add, I was on the look out for my Morrie. What do I mean by that? Allow me to explain.

For a very long time, most of us thought Bangladesh was better known for its folk art forms. At least when it came to the art of dancing, the classical ones we would recognise and associate with would all be from India- Bharatanatyam from South India, Odissi from Odissa, Manipuri from Manipur, Kathak from North India and so on.

At the young age of 19, as I fell in love with work, I would watch others take long vacations, go on beach holidays, travel here and there and I would smirk.

Growing up, I never wanted to be a 'holic' of any sort. Terms began with 'alcoholic' and then many began sprouting up- 'chocoholic', 'shopoholic' and what not. Since the first one I heard was 'alcoholic', I assumed anything that makes you a 'holic' must be bad.

In a capitalist world like today's, it may be hard to do something without expecting something else in return, but kindness shouldn't be one of them.

So many times, countless actually, people have come to me and said, 'reading is just not my thing', or 'reading is

Phones are what peoples' lives, in this day and age, revolve around. From the most private of details, to the most exclusive of news