Shreya Ghosal to perform in Dhaka

Popular Indian playback singer Shreya Ghosal will perform in Bangladesh after five years on June 5.
13 May 2015, 18:00 PM

Azad products award Ratnagarva Mothers

On International Mother's Day, Azad Products in line with previous years, honoured mothers of accomplished personalities with “Ratnagarva Ma Awards”.
12 May 2015, 18:00 PM

Salahuddin Ahmed's solo album Chittogeet unveiled

Noted Nazrul Singer Salahuddin Ahmed's ninth solo album “Chittogeet” was launched on May 10 at Café Thirty Three, Baily Road in the capital.
12 May 2015, 18:00 PM

Celebrating the Bard

A three-day Rabindra festival at the Shahzadpur Kachharibari in Sirajganj marking the birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore concluded on Sunday.
11 May 2015, 18:00 PM

Artistes' homage to Tagore

Tagore enthusiasts thronged several venues of the capital to celebrate the bard's 154th birth anniversary on May 8.
10 May 2015, 18:00 PM

Tagore's birth anniversary observed in Bogra

Amra K'jan Shilpi Goshti, one of the leading cultural organisations of Bogra, observed the 154th birth anniversary of Tagore in Bogra town on Friday evening with poetry recitation and a dance performance titled "Akash Bhora Tarar Mela".
10 May 2015, 18:00 PM

Günter Grass remembered in Faridpur

Günter Grass, the renowned German novelist who passed away last month, received tributes in Faridpur at a commemorative ceremony at Teachers' Training (TT) College Campus on Friday morning.
10 May 2015, 18:00 PM

Art exhibition draws many visitors

A three-day painting exhibition titled “Tagore”, held at the corridor of Mymensingh Zila Shilpakala Academy marking the 154th birth celebration of Tagore, will conclude May 10.
10 May 2015, 18:00 PM

Rabindra Jayanti celebrated across the country

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina termed Rabindranath the poet of the humane soul, as she inaugurated the three-day Rabindra festival at the Shahzadpur Pilot School in Sirajganj on Friday morning, marking the 154th birth anniversary of the Nobel laureate poet.
8 May 2015, 18:00 PM

Channel i hosts Rabindra Mela '15

Channel i celebrated the “AB Bank-Channel i Rabindra Mela '15” at its premises yesterday, through various programmes.
8 May 2015, 18:00 PM

HIS TWILIGHT YEARS

From 1935 till Tagore's death in 1941, Shambhu Shaha (1905-1988) made frequent visits to Santiniketan and tirelessly photographed the poet, the creator and presiding diety of Santiniketan. Here are a select few images of the bard at his niche, surrounded by his disciples and other luminaries of his time.
7 May 2015, 18:00 PM

Tagore the Traveller

Tagore first crossed the 'kalapani' (the ocean, crossing which was considered inauspicious by Hindus) in 1878 for higher studies to London via Paris, and stayed there for a year and a half (September 1878-February 1880).
7 May 2015, 18:00 PM

Shahzadpur Kachharibari wears a festive look

Shahzadpur Kachharibari, located at Shahzadpur upazila of Sirajganj district, wears a festive look ahead of the Prime Minister's visit today (May 8).
7 May 2015, 18:00 PM

KOBIGURU'S KANIKA

Little did 'Onima' know that her life would be transformed forever when she ventured out after a Baishakhi storm in search of luscious green mangoes.
7 May 2015, 18:00 PM

BRSSS celebrate Tagore birth anniversary at public library

Promising Tagore singers entertained music lovers on the opening day (May 5) of the five-day (May 5-9) Rabindra Sangeet festival held at Shawkat Osman Memorial Auditorium of Central Public Library, Shahbagh in the capital.
6 May 2015, 18:00 PM

Iqbal Bahar Chowdhury's recitation evening today

Bengal Foundation will produce Iqbal Bahar Chowdhury's latest recitation album “Praner Joybarta” compiling the artiste's featured performances of today.
5 May 2015, 18:00 PM

Five-day National Rabindra Sangeet Festival by BRSSS opens

Bangladesh Rabindra Sangeet Shilpi Sangstha (BRSSS) in collaboration with Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre (IGCC) has arranged a five-day 26th National Rabindra Sangeet Festival to celebrate the 154th birth anniversary of Tagore at the Shawkat Osman Memorial Auditorium, Central Public Library, Shahbagh in Dhaka. The theme for this year's festival is “…Hou Mrityutoron Uttirno, Jaak, Jaak Bhengey Jaak Jaha Jirno.”
5 May 2015, 18:00 PM

“In A Land Far From Home”

The Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre (IGCC) is organising the launch of the book “In A Land Far From Home” by Syed Mujtaba Ali [Translation of “Deshe Bideshe” by Nazes Afroz] at 6pm today (May 4), at its Gulshan premises.
3 May 2015, 18:00 PM

AB's 25 year musical journey

Music is to be regularly practiced and worshipped.
30 April 2015, 18:00 PM

Int'l Dance Day programmes end at Shilpakala

Marking International Dance Day on April 29, a weeklong long dance festival took place at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA) from April 23.
30 April 2015, 18:00 PM