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A ten-day art exhibition by Jamal Ahmed began at the Gallery Chitrak in Dhaka on Friday.
   The Dhaka University fine art faculty dean Professor Rafiqun Nabi inaugurated the show as chief guest.
   Nacho Ceballos attended the ceremony with Monirul Islam in the chair.
   Jamal’s paintings portray the ordinary common people who live around us, the speakers said hoping that the art connoisseurs would enjoy the works.
   ‘Jamal’s paintings have a strong compactness. Dividing the wide expanse of the horizontal waterline and skyline, he presents his human figures vertically,’ an Indian professor Sovon Som wrote in the brochure, published on the occasion.
   ‘If a painting does not turn out to be true to the artist, it will not turn out to the viewers. I feel that Jamal has not deceived himself. The artist has painted with all his honesty what he felt to be true’, he said.
   A total of 47 works are on display at the show that will remain open to all from 10:00am to 8:00pm every day till November 23, said the organisers.

Colombian rock singer Juanes swept the Latin Grammys on Thursday, tying up the top three categories for work from his album ‘La Vida ... Es Un Ratico.’
   Houston, which has a large Hispanic population, hosted the Latin Grammys with nominations embracing performers from Spain to Brazil and recognising music as diverse as samba, alternative rock and tropical.
   Much of the spotlight at the ninth annual event stayed on the black-clad Juanes, who goes by his single nickname. A darling of the Latin Grammy academy, Juanes won five awards, bringing his career total to 17 — a record.
   Juanes won for top record, top album and song of the year for his album, with a title that translates to ‘life is but a little moment.’