A two-day Asian film festival began at the TSC Auditorium of the Dhaka University (DU) yesterday. Organised by the MCJ Film Club, the festival will screen seven films by seven different Asian film makers.

Marking the 119th birth anniversary of famed American writer William Faulkner a literary gathering was held at Jatiya Kabi Kazi Nazrul Islam University (JKKNIU) here on Monday.

The weeklong Bangladesh Short and Documentary Film Festival 2016 began yesterday (September 2) at all the 64 District Shilpakala Academies.

Big names of the Bangladeshi silver screen, Razzaq -- popularly known as Nayak Raj -- and Kabori were celebrated in Mymensingh on Friday, for their mesmerizing performance in romantic and melodious songs in different films.

To observe the 45th birth anniversary of popular actor Salman Shah, a festival has been organised at Bangladesh Film Development Corporation (BFDC).

Cultural organisation Amra Surjamukhi held a post-Eid programme featuring discussion and an evening of rendition and recitation of songs and poems at Poet Sufia Kamal auditorium of Bangladesh National Museum on September 24.

Cultural organisation Amra Surjamukhi will hold a post-Eid programme featuring discussion and an evening of rendition and recitation of songs and poems at Poet Sufia Kamal auditorium of Bangladesh National Museum on September 24.

A Korean Film Festival is all set to begin in the capital on October 1, at the Bangladesh National Museum.

SARGAM, the lone monthly on music in the country, will celebrate the 64th birth anniversary of Ekushey Padak recipient artiste, social worker, dentist and singer of Shadhin Bangla Betar Kendra Dr. Arupratan Choudhury today.

A documentary film on 1971 rape survivors, titled “Bishkanta” (“The Poison Thorn”) is in the main competition of 17th Asiatica Mediale Film Festival, taking place in Rome.

Actor-director Tauquir Ahmed is making waves again in the international film festival scene with his directorial venture “Oggyatonama”.

Bikkhon, a weekly study circle of Mymensingh Sahitya Sangsad dedicated its 1695th edition to poet Shahid Quadri.

It was a vivacious gathering of artistes and discussants of Assam, India and Bangladesh at the National Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA) on September 7.

Some 80 young classical singers from different districts including Mymensingh, Netrakona, Jamalpur, Sherpur, Tangail, Kishoreganj, Sirajganj, Gaibanda and Jessore joined the programme.

Indian organisation “Art beyond borders” is organising its second festival in Varanasi, India, where six artists from Bangladesh - Rafiqun Nabi, Jamal Ahmed, Vinita Karim, Muniruzzaman, Farida Zaman and Sultan Ishtiaque will be participating.

An 11-member children's acrobatic team of Bangladesgh Shilpakala Academy (BSA) is flying for China today for a one-year acrobatic training programme there.

Forty-two years have passed since we lost Abdul Alim, one of the brightest stars of our folk music. The versatile singer died at 43 on this day in 1974 at the-then PG Hospital. During the period of undivided Bengal, Bangla folk music was refined and popularised among urbanites by two maestros -- Sachin Dev Burman and Abbasuddin Ahmed. They made folk music a brand.

The observance of 40 death anniversary of National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam ended on Sunday night.

It was an evening of celebration of life of Mustafa Monwar. The artist extraordinaire poetically portrayed numerous watercolours and artworks...

To mark the 40th death anniversary of National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam, Sangskritik Biplobi Sangha (SABIS) arranged a cultural function at its auditorium in Manikganj town on August 29.