The narrative follows a community pushed to the margins, where survival becomes a constant struggle. It depicts how deprivation, systemic neglect and exploitation lead to organised resistance among Santals seeking basic rights and recognition.

The dispute centres on theatre troupe Tarua, which had secured the National Theatre Hall for April 22–24 to stage “All Quiet on the Western Front”, an adaptation of the legendary book by the same name. The group began rehearsals and ticket sales after receiving approval.

An immersive workshop in Dhaka is set to explore how personal and everyday stories can be translated into dance and movement-based performance.

Held from April 17 to 20, 2026, the exhibition featured works by alumni artists of the discipline and presented a vivid cross-section of themes, forms, and visual languages.

Released in 2016, “Oggatonama” explores the bureaucratic and emotional complexities surrounding the repatriation of a migrant worker’s body from the Middle East.

Soma Surovi Jannat makes history as the first Bangladeshi artist to showcase her work in a solo exhibition titled “Climate, Culture, Care” at the Ashmolean Museum—the oldest museum in Britain and the world’s first university museum. Situated in Oxford, the museum offers residencies to South Asian artists, and for the first time, a Bangladeshi artist was given the opportunity to spend time there expanding her horizons.

“Rupantor: The ReSonance Show,” the culminating presentation of the Department of Media Studies and Journalism’s Spring 2026 curriculum integration, made a comeback last Saturday with the theme “The Pitfalls of National Consciousness”.

A new group exhibition at Bhumi Gallery is bringing together a range of emerging artists through a simple but effective idea: working within small canvases. Titled “Small, Infinite — Chapter I: Beginnings”, the fourth exhibition by Easels features 120 artworks by 10 young artists, each contributing 12 individual pieces.

Set against a historical backdrop, the play revisits the fall of Bengal’s last independent Nawab while centring on the emotional journey of Lutfunnisa, wife of Siraj ud-Daulah.

This year’s edition brought “Nakshi Kanthar Math” to the stage as a folk dance drama. The performance retold the emotional story of love and separation between Rupai and Saju.

Marking Chaitra Sankranti 1432 and Pahela Baishakh 1433, the Academy staged an elaborate five-day cultural programme, which drew to a close through a rich showcase of folk performances and film screenings.

At the Zahir Raihan Auditorium, organisers presented 18 special honours. Faridi—an alumnus of the university’s drama movement—was recognised for his enduring contribution to Bangladeshi theatre and film. His early engagement with campus theatre practices helped shape a career that later defined character acting in the country.

Acclaimed actor and director Afzal Hossain—also a filmmaker, painter, and writer—has once again turned to memory and reflection, revisiting the people and moments that shaped his journey in theatre and beyond. Known for weaving society, culture, and the human psyche into his writing, this time he pays tribute to his fellow fighters, colleagues, and companions from a transformative era.

A day-long retrospective honouring actor-director Tauquir Ahmed will be held on April 19 at the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, bringing together artists and cultural practitioners to revisit his work across film, theatre and television.

BotTala Theatre staged the 100th performance of its production “Khona” at Central Shaheed Minar on April 11, marking a rare milestone for a Bangladeshi stage play.

Her professional life has extended beyond studio practice into art education, children’s culture, and publication. She is also the author of two books, “Surrealism in Painting” and “Drawing and Reading of Pictures”.

Artist Suporna Alice Gomes inaugurated her first solo art exhibition, “Burnt Expressions: The Realms of Fantasy,” today at Safiuddin Shilpalay in Dhanmondi, marking a significant milestone in her artistic journey.

In a social media post, Jaya Ahsan described the gathering as a “home full of Bengali spirit” and “our kind of chaos.”

What is now one of the most widely celebrated cultural events across Bangladesh actually started as an administrative solution, and its transformation over the centuries offers a surprisingly layered look at how traditions evolve.

Folklorists have long recognised multiple categories within Bengali folk literature—songs, proverbs, riddles, and rhymes. Rhymes are not homogeneous; they appear in distinct functional types: nursery rhymes, social or satirical rhymes, occupational rhymes, ritual rhymes, and those associated with games. That diversity signals not triviality, but embeddedness. In their rhythmic repetition are folded patterns of labour, hierarchy, crisis and adaptation.