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  Art arena mourns artist Asem Ansari

  Cultural Correspondent | Updated at 10:14pm on April 07, 2020

  Eminent artist Asem Ansari passed away after suffering a heart attack at his residence in the capital’s Mirpur on Monday at around 8:00pm. He was...

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  Gallery pieces become online jigsaw puzzles

  Culture Desk | Updated at 10:35pm on April 06, 2020

  An art gallery has transformed its collection into jigsaws for people to piece together online, reports BBC. The Cooper Gallery in Barnsley runs a daily...

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  Web series raises awareness on COVID-19

  Cultural Correspondent | Updated at 10:34pm on April 06, 2020

  A Bangla web series titled ‘Corona Kal’, highlighting how the coronavirus is spreading and way of protecting from the virus, has been released on YouTube....

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  Recitation artiste Fakhrul Islam Tara dies

  Cultural Correspondent | Updated at 10:58pm on April 05, 2020

  Recitation artiste Fakhrul Islam Tara passed away at a hospital in the capital on Sunday afternoon. He was 48. ‘Tara was died at 12:15pm. He...

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  FFA trains doctors to make head shields

  Cultural Correspondent | Updated at 10:53pm on April 05, 2020

  Dhaka University’s fine arts faculty held a workshop on Saturday at the campus on how to make head shields for doctors who have been treating...

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  Art plays an important role during crisis: Preema

  Tanzil Rahaman | Updated at 10:32pm on April 03, 2020

  Art can play an important role in making people aware about the coronavirus pandemic, as it worked during the language movement, the liberation war and...

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  Edinburgh arts festival cancelled due to virus: organisers

  Agence France-Presse . Edinburgh | Updated at 09:19pm on April 02, 2020

  Edinburgh’s international festivals were cancelled for the first time in 70 years on Wednesday because of the coronavirus pandemic, organisers said, in the latest blow...

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  Chinese ‘light painter’ takes artistic inspiration from coronavirus

  Agence France-Presse . Beijing | Updated at 08:45pm on April 01, 2020

  A Chinese artist has paid tribute to doctors and nurses and their months-long battle to treat virus-stricken patients in his latest light painting creations. Roy...

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  Cultural orgs urge activists to stand by people

  Cultural Correspondent | Updated at 08:44pm on April 01, 2020

  Leading cultural organisations of the country have urged cultural activists to stand beside the people across the country amid the coronavirus pandemic. Leaders of different...

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  Mass awareness is must to overcome crisis: Perris

  Cultural Correspondent | Updated at 08:41pm on April 01, 2020

  Classical dancer Rachel Priyanka Perris said, mass awareness is a must to overcome the coronavirus crisis. ‘Wearing a mask is as important as cleaning hands...