Category: Art & culture

Entertainment Desk Earlier, the Aurthohin frontman and lead vocal “Bassbaba” Sumon hinted June 30 to be the possible release date for the band’s latest album. Apparently, the band thought that they have already tested enough of their fans’ patience and…

Entertainment Desk Opu Biswas and Shakib Khan, are fan favorites when it comes to on screen couples in Dhallywood. They have been working together for a decade already. In 2006 they came together for the first time for the movie…

 Culture Desk In the history of Bangladeshi TV drama, ‘Jabbar Ali’ is a famous character played by Amjad Hossain a renowned director and actor. Every year, he comes with new stories of Jabbar Ali. With each appearance, Jabbar Ali is…

Set to give his fans a taste of variety, superstar Shah Rukh Khan has revealed his three upcoming on screen avatars- a dwarf, a guide and a warrior. Shah Rukh Khan is teaming up with directors Aanand L Rai, Imtiaz…

Culture Desk On the occasion of Fête de la Musique 2016, which is globally known as World Music Day, Alliance Française de Dhaka (AFD) has organised musical shows at it’s La Galerie on June 21 and 22. Rock band Monoshoroni…

Cultural Correspondnet Sohana Saba, a very popular actress of Bangladesh is now applauded in Kolkata.  Sohana Saba is famous for her performance in both Big and Small Screens. A popular daily of West Bengal, Anandabazar Patrika published a report in…

 Entertainment Desk  Humayun Ahmed’s “Devi” to be filmed in government sponsor Devi, a famous novel of celebrated writer Humayun Ahmed is now going to take place in big screen. People will now be able to enjoy it in new way.…

Culture  Desk Tv veteran and theatre activist, Sara Zaker is set to join Alok Basu on his celebrity show, “Bhat Ghum” on Colors FM 101.6 on June 17, between 2pm to 3pm. The show is a Friday noon special of…

 Entertainment Desk Two singers from two different generations, Bappa Mazumder and Imran are coming together for the first time with a brand new music album, Adhek Tumi, to be released during the Eid festivities. The album contains six songs, three…

Entertainment Desk Popular singer Nancy is coming with a duet album in the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr festival. The album will feature five new songs. Snehashish Ghosh has penned the songs which have been composed and tuned by Imran. According to several…

Entertainment Desk Prominent actress Jaya Ahsan  has received the Tele-Cine Award for the 2nd time in Kolkata as the Best Supporting Actress in 2015. She was also awarded National Film Award of Bangladesh twice for her role in the movies…

Entertainment Desk Legendary film actress and former Member of Parliament, Sarah Begum Kobori last made a 13-episode TV series. On the occasion of the coming Eid-ul-Fitr, she is making a special play titled “Tumi Bhalo Theko”, the shooting for which…

Culture Desk Popular band maestro Shafin Ahmed is now looking to extend his forte beyond the music industry. Soon he will be seen as an actor in a TV drama. The drama will be aired on Maasranga TV during the…

Culture Desk Popular Bangladeshi band, Chirkutt has won the “Best Original Score” Award at the SAARC film festival held in Sri Lanka for their film Jalaler Golpo, by the director Abu Shahed Emon. It was announced on June 6, 2016.…

Entertainment Desk Abu Shahed Emon’s critically acclaimed feature film “Jalaler Golpo” (Jalal’s Story) keeps on bringing the prize, once again bagging two more international awards at the SAARC International Film Festival held in Sri Lanka. Barkat Hossain Palash won the…

Entertainment  Desk TRESemmé, a premium brand from Unilever Bangladesh, has been the hair styling partner of the most prestigious fashion events in the world, including the New York Fashion Week. In its continuation, TRESemmé now brought its credentials as a…

 Culture Desk Distinguished academician Professor Syed Jamil Ahmed from theater and performance studies department of Dhaka University (DU) said noted playwright Sayeed Ahmad’s play ‘Milepost’ is still relevant to the socio-political condition of Bangladesh. He made the comment while presenting…

 Culture Desk The night of May 29 2016 came as a treat to Dhakaites as they enjoyed a night of Bollywood musical numbers with the arrival of seasoned Bollywood singer Atif Aslam in the city. The Pakistani born songbird who…

Culture Desk Chhayanaut’s Nazrul celebration wrapped up on May 28. A two day festival was arranged to pay tribute to the revolutionary poet to mark his 117th birth anniversary. Shaheen Samad, instructor of Chhayanaut started the festival with his welcome…

Culture Desk Veteran musician Shahnaz Rahmatullah has been honoured with the life time achievement award at the Symphony-Channel i Music Awards 2016. Apart from her the award was given to a number of talented musicians from both the golden old…

Culture Desk Pragonemore theatre troupe has produced the third original drama in the space of three months. They will perform it today at 7 in the evening for the first time. The performance will be held at the Central Hall…

 Culture Desk Eminent singer Shaheen Samad has recently released four of her new albums, all of them featuring Nazrul Sangeet of various genres. The albums, titled Nana Borner Nazrul, Ontore Tumi, Allah Te Je Paite Chaye and Duur Azan’er Modhur…

Culture Desk A group of local and Indian singers enthralled their audience at the main auditorium of Bangladesh National Museum with their presentations of evergreen songs composed by Rabindranath Tagore recently. Rabindra Academy organised the event in association with Indira…

Cultural Correspondent Indira Gandhi Culture Centre organised a lecture on Rabindra Sangeet by Pramita Mallick from India in IGCC, Gulshan, as part of Tagore’s 155th Birth Anniversary celebrations on May 15. Pramita Mallick performed at Bangladesh National Museum on May…