In the cultural sphere, poetry recitation is revered, and yet not widely practiced. For 32 years, poetry elocution group Swanon has taken

Four renowned Bangladeshi singers -- Rezwana Choudhury Bannya, Laisa Ahmed Lisa, Shama Rahman and Luva Nahid Choudhury -- are taking part in the South Asian Music Festival to be held from September 21-24, 2017 at MasterCard Theatres, Marina Bay Sands in Singapore.

Rajeeb and Nadia Samdani, masterminds behind the Dhaka Art Summit, become the first recipients of the prestigious Montblanc de la

Dance troupe Turongomi, led by Pooja Sengupta, will be travelling to Vietnam to take part in International Dance Festival 2017, to be

Crowds milled about both sides of Narail's Chitra riverbanks despite scorching afternoon heat, as ardent devotees of SM Sultan

Starting today, from September 7-12, Bangladesh Nritya Shilpi Shangstha will complete their district wide preliminary competition.

The observance of 41 death anniversary of National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam in Barisal ended in the week prior to Eid.

Veteran actor and media personality Aly Zaker and celebrated researcher-essayist Mofidul Hoque have been named recipients of the Shaheed Altaf Mahmud Padak this year.

Theme parks Fantasy Kingdom and Water Kingdom, situated in Ashulia near Dhaka, and Foy's Lake Amusement World located in the heart of Chittagong, draw a large number of people on vacations, and Eid-ul Azha is no different.

Marking the 41st death anniversary of National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam, Chhayanaut organised a programme featuring solo and choral songs with recitations from the literary creations of the poet on August 25.

This year's Nazrul Award was conferred yesterday to three reputed Nazrul singers and researchers - Ferdous Ara, Fatema Tuz Zohra and Dr. Leena Taposhi Khan. Like every year, the Cultural Affairs Ministry and Nazrul Institute honoured the artistes working to disperse the work of Nazrul among the masses and award them with the prestigious award.

The Access to Information (a2i) Programme of the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) and the Bangladesh Copyright Office under the Ministry of Cultural Affairs jointly launched an 'e-Copyright system' on Wednesday, August 23, to make it easier for anyone to copyright their intellectual property. The programme, held at the PMO had Cultural Affairs Minister Asaduzzaman Noor as chief guest.

Kazi Nazrul's legacy as the Rebel Poet was well established during the colonial era. Openly dissenting against the British dominion in India, he was also critical of the Indian Independence Movement, and disagreed with Gandhi's non-violent acts of civil disobedience.

On the concluding day of the Selim-Al-Deen Utshab on Wednesday, the Selim-Al-Deen Padak was conferred on eminent theatre personality Aly Zaker. Aly Zaker was not able to attend the programme on the opening day.

The Streax-Anandadhara Hairstyling Competition, which featured 12 upcoming and talented beauticians and photographers competing in an attempt to produce the perfect makeover and snapshots, came to an end yesterday.

Dhaka Theatre's six-day Selim Al Deen Festival opened yesterday at the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, featuring an array of plays and other programmes.

Bangladesh Institute of Performance Arts (BIPA), a US-based organisation – in association with Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA) will

Bangladesh Udichi Shilpi Goshthi is organising a two-day film festival beginning tomorrow to mark the 82nd birth anniversary of avant-garde Bangladeshi filmmaker and a torchbearer of progressive cultural movement in pre-Liberation Bangladesh, Zahir Raihan.

The 76th death anniversary of Tagore was observed at Sangskritik Biplobi Sangha (SABIS) auditorium in Manikganj town recently.

Leading Bangla writer Promoth Chowdhury was recalled at his ancestral house of Haripur village in Chatmohar upazila of Pabna for the first time on Monday afternoon amid festivity on the occasion of his 149th birth anniversary.