In a city where green is decreasing and being replaced by concrete, the sound of water being replaced by that of vehicles; places like Ramna Park and Shilpakala Academy are where our souls can be fed a little. However, another chunk of the city contains more food for our souls –Lalmatia, otherwise known as the ‘Gallery Para’. There are six galleries, not all of which are
Anti war crimes campaigners and rights activists have criticized the latest US human rights report on Bangladesh that advocated for the "freedom of assembly" of Jamaat-e-Islami – which strongly opposed the independence of Bangladesh and with the Pakistan army committed crimes against humanity during the Liberation War. According to the US State Department report: "Leaders and
We go to art exhibitions to feed our souls, but how many artistes have we met? How many of them do we know by their faces? Be it visual or performance art, we only see and hear about the works. But rarely do we ever get to see the artist's own faces. Photographer Rupam Chowdhury has given a lot of thought about this matter and his latest book, “Portraits of Artists” is the