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For the first time, a theatre festival featuring indigenous plays is being arranged in Bangladesh. Sampreeti Natyotsab Parshad is holding the First International Indigenous Theatre Festival Dhaka from November 19-26 at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA).

Mohakal Natya Sampraday will stage their latest theatrical production “Neelakhyan” at the Experimental Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy today at 7pm.

The fourth day of Nirmol Jatra Utsab on Sunday witnessed the onrush of a large and enthusiastic audience.

Bangla Theatre staged their sixth production “Omanush” at the Studio Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on November 6.

Theatre group Anadikalpa enthralled the audience of Chittagong city for around one hour with their pantomime presentations titled “Obastob Noisobdo”.

With the performance of “Nichu Tolar Manush”, an 11-day Jatra festival began at Mymensingh Gymnasium on Thursday evening.

An 11-day Jatra festival begins at Mymensingh Gymnasium from today.

On Saturday, Alliance Française de Dhaka and The University Press Limited launched “Modhu SHikari” t its La Galerie.

A 25-day theatre festival opened in Dinajpur on Thursday evening, marking the centenary of Dinajpur Natya Samiti, which was founded in 1913.

War criminals of the country -- who carried out atrocities during the Liberation War, should never be forgiven. If we show any sign of sympathy to them, ultimately we will show disregard to our liberation heroes, said Minister for Cultural Affairs Asaduzzaman Noor at Rajshahi University on Wednesday.

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The staging of Rabindranath Tagore's play “Tasher Desh” by students of Dramatics Department of Chittagong University (CU) captivated theatre aficionados of the port city on Tuesday.

Theatre troupe Swapnadal's anti-war production “Tringsha Shatabdi” has been selected for London Tower Hamlets Counsil's 'A Season of Bangla Drama', a month-long festival starting November 1.

Theatre troupe Batighar will organise a four-day theatre festival at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA) from October 23-26. Cultural Affairs Minister Asaduzzaman Noor will inaugurate the festival as chief guest on October 23 evening. Veteran thespian Ramendu Majumdar, Sara Zaker, and BSA director general Liaquat Ali Lucky will attend the inaugural ceremony as special guest.

Theatre troupe BotTala staged “Jatugreeho”, a street play at Zamgora in Ashulia, on the outskirts of the capital on Friday as a mark of

Natyakendra, one of the leading theatre troupes of the country, will celebrate its 25th anniversary today at the Studio Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. Marking the occasion, the troupe is staging two new productions--“Bondukjuddho” and “Gadharhaat”.

An enthusiastiuc audience enjoyed a theatrical performance from tea garden workers from Habiganj on Sunday, at Sindurkhan tea garden at Srimangal Upazila of Moulvibazar. The play, “Nijbhume Porobashi”, was staged at a programme marking the 43th death anniversary of martyred singer Bosonto Bunarjee.

Bangladesh Udichi Shilpi Goshthi will stage its much-popular productions “Half Akhrai” and “Bou-Basanti” in India as part of Ganga-Jamuna Theatre Festival. Members of Udichi's theatre unit have travelled to West Bengal, India on an invitation from the organisers of Ganga-Jamuna Festival. Udichi will stage “Half Akhrai” today at Burdwan Sangskritik Manch, while another play “Bou-Basanti” will be staged on October 3 at the same venue.

Culture is a great leveler. Even as India and Pakistan are on edge with each other, there is always an avid audience in India for Pakistani music, theatre and films. Unsurprisingly, expectations ran high recently when Lahore -based Ajoka Theatre brought four productions to Delhi for its four-day Theatre for Peace Festival. Under the banner of “Humsaya”, Ajoka ('contemporary' in Punjabi) won many hearts with its presentations of “Bullah”, “Dara”, “Kaun Hai Yeh Gustakh” and “Lo Basant Ayee”