• Bhelua: an experimental theatre on folk ballad
  • Mechanix will appear on US-based MTV
  • A travesty of justice
  • Elias’s disappearance points to disturbing possibilities
  • Govt should refrain from rhetorical claims
  • The Afghan train wreck
  • Exiting without grace
  • Iraq attacks kill 37
  • Russia criticises NATO’s Afghan pullout plan
  • Ministry help sought to implement consumer act
  • Dhaka Zoo to have 270 new animals
  • FICA takes a swipe at Kamal
  • PCB furious as tour postponed
  • Import payments decline in March
  • Govt approves $440m foreign loan for 9 cos
  • 37 indicted
  • Four policemen prosecuted on murder charge
  • 130 injured as police, BNP men clash
  • 22 disappear in 3 months and half
  • HC issues rule on govt to produce Elias Ali
  • Tigers’ Pak tour called off
  • Hartal observed in Sylhet
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Bhelua: an experimental theatre on folk ballad

A scene from Bhelua. Courtesy: Dipankar Dipu
In the style of traditional pala artistes, theatre department students of Dhaka University presented the tragic love story of the beautiful woman named Bhelua, through music, dance and narration, on Wednesday at Natmandal at DU. Full story

Mechanix will appear on US-based MTV

Popular heavy metal band Mechanix’s music video will be aired on the US-based music channel MTV next August. It will be the first time ever a Bangladeshi band will appear on the channel, claimed the... Full story

Butterflies of Bangladesh on display at Drik

Visitors at the exhibition. — Snigdha Zaman
Some fabulous snapshots of various types of butterflies of Bangladesh are on display at an exhibition titled ‘Chobi Dekhe Shekha- Butterflies of Bangladesh, Inventory First Phase’ at the Drik Gallery in Dhanmondi. Full story

Traditional theatre fest begins today

A five-day traditional theatre festival will begin today at the Experimental Theatre Hall of Shilpakala Academy, said a press release. Eight troupes from across the country will present different... Full story

AROUND THE TOWN

Art exhibition Eminent Printmakers of Bengal By around forty legendary artists Date: April 10 to 20 Full story


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