Appreciating women's crowning glories

When envisioning challenging sports such as lathiyaal, archery and horse-racing, one cannot help but imagine men helming these fields.
8 March 2017, 18:00 PM

INSTILLING THE SPIRIT OF LIBERATION WAR

To instil the spirit of the Liberation War while revisiting the timeless melodies that inspired numerous Freedom Fighters in the battlefield of 1971...
8 March 2017, 18:00 PM

From bricks to walls: Women torchbearers

One of our favourite pastimes was to gather with our friends on the rooftops and practice broto-chari...with the daily laundry strung as 'tents' off course,” my mother would tell us whenever the women's movement came up in the conversation.
7 March 2017, 18:00 PM

WOMEN'S VOICES

Women around the world have come a long way from the days when they engaged in fierce struggles to gain the right to vote.
7 March 2017, 18:00 PM

Port city reverberates to Tagore songs

The programme started with a chorus performance by the four artistes-“Prothomo Adi Tobo Shokti”, a Bhanga song in the Puja style.
6 March 2017, 18:00 PM

Scholastica students perform 'Muktadhara'

Scholastica, a well-known school in Dhaka, celebrated its 40th year of educational excellence with a three-day performance of the play “Muktodhara” at their senior section premises in Mirpur.
6 March 2017, 18:00 PM

A GRAND DISPLAY OF BANGLADESHI CULTURE

It was a grand of display of Bangladeshi cultural and its diversity that Bengal Foundation hosted in a 10-day (February 22-March 3)
4 March 2017, 18:00 PM

Music all the way - Bengal Sangskriti Utshab sees highest turnout

The penultimate day (March 2) of Bengal Sangskriti Utshab Sylhet 2017 saw a huge turnout to watch the enthralling musical performances by both...
3 March 2017, 18:00 PM

Upholding diverse aspects of Bangladeshi culture

In an attempt to showcase the diverse elements and aspects of Bangladeshi culture, the 10-day (February 22-March 3) Bengal Sangskriti Utshab Sylhet 2017, organised by Bengal Foundation, has many things to offer.
2 March 2017, 18:00 PM

IGCC holds “Fragrance of Souls” at BNM

Indira Gandhi Culture Centre (IGCC)organised an evening of audio-visual play and songs titled “Fragrance of Souls” by cultural group “Paikpara's...
1 March 2017, 18:00 PM

An assortment of melodic offerings

The seventh day's (February 28) programme of the 10-day Bengal Sangskriti Utshab Sylhet 2017 was set off with classical flute recital by renowned flautist Md. Moniruzzaman.
1 March 2017, 18:00 PM

Bengal Cultural Fest '17

The fifth day of Bengal Cultural Festival in Sylhet marked the closing of Kali O Kalam Sahitya Sammilan at Syed Mujtaba Ali Mancha where poets from all walks of Bangladesh and India had gathered and presented their own creation on stage.
28 February 2017, 18:00 PM

Cultural performances enthrall Sylhet

“The play and stage play are clearly different, and plays have their own value in literature, which cannot be differentiated from the literature,” Shaoli Mitra, president of West Bengal Sahitya Academy said on a Saturday at the literary conference being held as part of the Bengal Sangskritik Utshab Sylhet 1017.
26 February 2017, 18:00 PM

Khaled Khan's 60th birth anniversary

Marking the 60th birth anniversary (February 9) of noted actor Khaled Khan, popularly known as Juboraj to his countless fans and colleagues, a memorial programme will be held at the National Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy at 5:30pm today.
24 February 2017, 18:00 PM

Celebrities share thoughts on Daily Star!

The Daily Star has turned 26. Like many others in the cultural fraternity, magician Jewel Aich is fulsome in his praise for the newspaper.
24 February 2017, 18:00 PM

Bengal Sangskriti Utshab gathers momentum

Thursday's festival began with a film screening at the Syed Mujtaba Ali Mancha. Zahidur Rahman Anjan's film “Meghmallar”, based on Akhtarzzaman Elius short story “Raincoat”.
24 February 2017, 18:00 PM

43rd founding anniversary of BSA

Mymensingh Zila Shilpakala Academy organised a cultural show, marking the 43rd founding anniversary of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA) on Sunday evening.
22 February 2017, 18:00 PM

Bengal Sangskriti Utshab begins today

Bengal Foundation's Bengal Sangskriti Utshab, a 10-day extravaganza of music, theatre, dance, literature, film and pretty much all forms of art, begins today at Sylhet's AMA Muhith Sports Complex.
21 February 2017, 18:00 PM

BASP awards Golam Mostafa Abritti Padak

Bangladesh Abritti Samonnoy Parishad (BASP) honoured 10 noted personalities with the Golam Mustafa Abritti Padak, for their valuable contributions in the field of poetry recitation on February 20.
21 February 2017, 18:00 PM

Children paint pictures of Language Movement

Children participated in a painting competition marking International Mother Language Day recently, at the premises of town's Premier Ideal High School.
20 February 2017, 18:00 PM