Renowned artist Anukul Chandra Mojumder sees life and nature in their close proximities and weaves sagas of his artistic dreams with signature styles. His depiction of despair, pain and struggle, and man’s indomitable spirit to overcome them are portrayed brilliantly. The artist’s solo exhibition, ‘Dawn of Black’ opened at Edge Gallery, Gulshan 2, on April 27.

Renowned dance company Nrityanchal is going to celebrate International Dance Day today at the Chitrashala Plaza (2nd floor) of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy at 7 pm. 300 students of Nrityanchal Performing Arts Academy will participate in the performance.

Veteran actor ATM Shamsuzzaman was hospitalised on Friday and underwent surgery on Saturday. He is currently under a 72-hour observation. SA Haque Alik, the general secretary of Directors’ Guild, confirmed the news.

Skilled in the discipline of Kathak, renowned dance exponent and television personality Munmun Ahmed has many prestigious awards to her credit, including the National Award by Shishu Academy for Kathak Dance (1980), UNESCO Cultural Award (2000) NHK Japan Award (2000), BACHSAS Award for Best Dancer (2001), Television Audience Award for Best Dancer (2003), and Meril Prothom Alo Award for Best Dancer (2006), among others.

Ailing singer Subir Nandi will be flown to Singapore for treatment tomorrow under direct orders from Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

Bangladeshi-American artist and activist Monica Jahan Bose created sixty sarees for WRAPture, a large-scale outdoor project, working with 150 individuals in two countries over the course of five months.

Taoshik Ahmed, a topper in his class at the Department of Development Studies, University of Dhaka, had started his career as a young professional at BRAC. In 2018, he was diagnosed with chronic lung cancer, following which he was treated with ten high-budget chemotherapy in India and China and was able to avoid immediate life risk. However, the fight is not over for Taoshik. He now requires immunotherapy to further combat cancer. Around Tk. 60 lakh is required for the treatment, which is quite impossible for his family to arrange on their own.

It has been six years since the horrific Rana Plaza disaster shook the nation to its core. The tragic incident, regarded as the deadliest garment factory accident in history which claimed over a thousand lives and left many more injured, was indeed a wakeup call for many.

A book by theatre activist Kanai Chakraborty titled, Anander Mukti Chai O Anyanya Natok, was launched at a programme held at the Experimental Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy recently.

Renowned dance artiste and dance director, Anisul Islam Hero has an extremely tight schedule ahead, after recently coming back from

Theatre and Film Studies Department of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA) organised a three-day festival, Jatra Utshab 2019, at the Experimental Theatre Hall of BSA, which concludes today.

Renowned TV actor Azam Khan has recently reached a milestone in his career. He completed his 100th single episode TV fiction as an actor.

Avengers: Endgame is a 2019 American superhero film, based on the Marvel Comics superhero team – the Avengers, produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures.

Born into a family with a rich cultural background, Kajol Ibrahim used to go to Bulbul Academy of Fine Arts (BAFA) with her mother, Badrunnessa Andullah, on the weekends.

Saturday Afternoon or Shonibar Bikel, a film by Mostofa Sarwar Farooki, won two independent jury awards at the 41st Moscow International Film Festival (MIFF) yesterday.

Parveen Zaman Shammu is an introspective painter who depicts her artworks from her own memories and personal experiences.

Noted actor Saleh Ahmed breathed his last at Apollo Hospital in Dhaka yesterday. He was admitted to the hospital after his health took a turn for the worse, informs Ahsan Habib Nasim, the general secretary of Obhinoy Shilpi Sangha.

Considered one of the most prominent bands in Bangladesh, Feedback played a vital role to help shape the ‘band culture’ during the early days.

Xefer, one of Bangladesh’s young singing icons, is to be seen collaborating with Indian-Canadian rapper, Mili Soch in the upcoming song, High Tides.

National award-winning actor, Rosy Afsari, also known as Rosy Samad, was honoured with a Google doodle commemmorating her 73rd birth anniversary yesterday.