Fakhrul Arefeen Khan, the director of the upcoming film Gondi, hosted a star studded evening titled ‘Gondi Shondha’, recently at a convention centre in the capital. Many renowned artistes from the entertainment industry, including the likes of Morshedul Islam, Tariq Anam Khan, Neema Rahman, Masum Reza, Aparna Ghosh, Maznun Mizan and Pintu Ghosh, graced the occasion with their presence.

Prominent cultural organisation Chhayanaut organised a musical soiree to pay homage to our National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam, in observance of his 43rd death anniversary.

Abid Sarker Shohag and Sardar Zahidul Islam’s documentary film project, Songs of Sunflower, has won the Best Bangladeshi Project Award and Best Pitch Award at Dhaka DocLab 2019.

An art talk, featuring fine art photographer and cameraman Rakib Ahmed was held at 3rd Space in Dhanmondi, recently. In the age of digital manipulations, Ahmed continues to use the age-old practice of Wet Collodion in his work to produce images. Wet Collodion is an early photography technique that involves the use of chemicals, solutions and coating a glass plate with the mixture to develop photographs quickly. The event was hosted by Arafat Ahmed Ali.

The 11th death anniversary of Professor Zia Hyder, an icon of modern theater in Bangladesh, will be observed today at his ancestral hometown in Pabna today. Two schools, both named Zia Hyder Progoti Biddaloy, were built there in his honour.

Artist Azmeer Hossain loves to experiment with technicality and compositional patterns in his works. He spent his childhood at the bank of the Buriganga, Dhaka, and lived in Coney Island, New York, in his youth, for his higher education. Visiting the Buriganga, the Hudson, the beaches of Coney Island and a plethora of places for outdoor projects has hugely inspired him. Many of his paintings are based on landscapes, cityscapes and mindscapes.

Mustafa Monwar’s contribution in fine arts has been unparalleled since decades. Starting from his puppeteering during the Liberation war, his creativity extends to almost all forms of art, including painting, performance, and sculpting. He is a producer, TV and radio programme director, among other things. Currently, he is the Chairman of Bangladesh Shishu Academy, and a professor of the Department of Drawing and Painting at the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka.

‘Bhalobashar Alo Adhar’ will be broadcast on Deepto TV at 9 pm. Directed by Golam Sohrab Dodul, it features Sushama Sarker, Shahed

On an autumnal evening, when everyone else was exhausted from the heat, a group of people worked relentlessly to set the stage where the work of one of the country’s greatest playwright’s work would come to life.

World Festival of Poetry and KATHAK, a Bangladesh-based poetry initiative, jointly organised a poetry recital event in Dhaka on August 30, 2019 titled Poetry for Peace. The arrangement of this event was focused on getting poets and poetry lovers together.

Members of Litmosphere, an online book club that provides people a platform to share their viewpoints on books and much more, have launched their official website, in honour of the club’s third founding anniversary in August. Litmosphere is the first ever book club in

Sadya Afreen Mallick, Chief, Culture Initiatives, The Daily Star, conceptualised the musical tribute, titled, Tomar Shomadhi Phule Phule Dhaka. She also hosted the special event, as part of Star Melodies, an initiative of The Daily Star to promote Bangla music. The musical soiree was held at The Daily Star Centre yesterday.

The four-time Guinness World Record holder percussionist, Pandit Sudarshan Das, mesmerised the audience of the port city with his performance on Thursday evening.

During his music career spanning over 25 years, popular singer-actor Agun appeared in tele-fictions and films at different times.

Smith will join Zellweger for Get Happy, one of Garland’s most beloved and best- known songs. She originally performed it in the 1950 film Summer Stock, her final film for MGM that also stars Gene Kelly. Wainwright and Zellweger will duet on Have Yourself a Merry Little

One of Dhallywood’s most prominent actors, Apu Biswas starred in multiple super hit films throughout her career. The actor is rather selective about her films now. Her latest venture was Shoshur Bari Zindabad 2, directed by Debashish Bishwas.

In the month of August, Bangladesh mourns the death of the Father of the Nation, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Bishwakabi Rabindranath Tagore, National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam and Netaji Subash Chandra Bose also passed away in August.

Ekushey Padak winning veteran journalist and cultural personality, Kamal Lohani, along with two promising architects -- Farid Uddin Ahmed and Jami Al Shafi, who jointly designed the Martyred Intellectuals Memorial, received the prestigious Shaheed Altaf Mahmud Padak 2019

Renowned artist Mohammad Iqbal’s 44th solo exhibition is underway at Gallery APA, Nagoya, Japan. The show was inaugurated on August 24, and will run till September 1. Eminent actor, elocutionist and cultural personality Asaduzzaman Noor, MP, attended the inaugural ceremony of the exhibition as an honourable guest.

With a goal to address gender sensitivity in today’s society, the youth organisation, ProjectDebi, held their first ever exhibition at EMK Center, Dhanmondi. Titled Revolutio- Nari, the central aim of the exhibition was to raise awareness about misogyny, menstrual