National Award-winning music director and composer Alauddin Ali has been diagnosed with cancer once again. Earlier, he was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2015. He recovered within six months. Unfortunately, the disease has recurred.

The Jamdani Festival 2019, jointly organised by National Crafts Council of Bangladesh (NCCB) and Bengal Foundation, set out to celebrate the proud heritage of Jamdani weaving in Bangladesh, and demonstrate the outstanding skills and artistic finesse of contemporary weavers.

Theatre troupe Swapnadal staged the 35th show of their ‘mimodrama’ production Jadur Pradip (The Magic Lamp) at the Experimental Theatre Hall, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA) yesterday.

Renowned vocalist Pankaj Basu has been entertaining audience with his signature Khayal for years.

To announce the Ganga-Jamuna Sanskritik Uthsab 2019, a press conference was held at the Academic Conference Hall at Bangladesh Shikpakala Academy (BSA), in the capital, yesterday.

Fuad Almuqtadir, one of the most prolific musicians in Bangladesh, will perform at the International Convention City Bashundhara (ICCB)

Nazrul Academy staged their latest musical production, Durgatinashini Durga, directed by Delwar Hossain Durjoy, at the Sri Sri Radha Krishna Temple at Barlekha, Moulvibazar, on Bijoya Dashami.

Amisheé will be the exclusive jewellery partner of Miss Universe Bangladesh 2019.

The eleventh edition of a two-day traditional festival, in honour of clay artisans, concluded at Ashwini Kumar Hall in Barishal recently.

Marking Terrain Biennial 2019 (October 1-November 17), the British High Commissioner in Dhaka, for the first time, hosted site-specific and durational live art performances at his residence in Baridhara, recently.

Thirty-five year old Sreedhar Das works as cobbler in Mymensingh city. Every year, on the occasion of puja celebrations, this young dhak (a percussive instrument) artiste plays the instrument at Puja mandaps, especially during Durga Puja.

Festivals are the best time to wear one’s finest outfit, as it reflects the colourful clebrations all over the country.

“I will spend Durga Puja in my home town, as always”, said National Award Winning actor Chanchal Chowdhury, with quite an excited demeanour over the phone.

Every year, millions of people, irrespective of race and religion, get together to celebrate the joyous occasion of Durga Puja.

Jarwa House and ICE Today recently organised Best in the Wedding Industry Awards 2019, an award ceremony that promotes the wedding industry of Bangladesh.

Gonoshilpi, the leading cultural organisation of Pabna, staged a musical show paying tribute to five leading composers of Bangla (known as the Poncho-Kobi) at the Bonomali institute in Pabna recently.

Australian actor Megan Mitchell is set to star in internationally acclaimed director Mostafa Sarwar Farooki’s forthcoming feature film, No Land’s Man, alongside Nawazuddin Siddiqui.

Prominent film and television actor Aparna Ghosh is celebrating Durga Puja at her hometown, Chattogram, as she does every year.

Celebrated singer and composer Bappa Mazumder has captured the hearts of millions, both as a solo artiste and with his band, Dalchhut. He looks back on his fond memories of Durga Puja in a candid chat with The Daily Star.

Ameen Badal’s solo Ghazal soiree was held at Poet Sufia Kamal Auditorium of Bangladesh National Museum on October 4. Jahangirnagar University Graduates Club arranged the programme, in which the artiste rendered several famous ghazals like Kayse Sakoon Paoon Tujhe Dekhneko Baad, Gunchay Shakh Laga Haye, Dil Mein Ek Laherchhi Uthi Haye Abhi and Kabhi Aah Lab Pe Machal Gayi.