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A high profile art exhibition of some excellent painters from Bangladesh and India was inaugurated at Galleri Kaya in Uttara in the city yesterday.

Galleri Kaya, a contemporary art gallery, organised the exhibition sponsored by the United News of Bangladesh (UNB) and Dhaka Courier.

The exhibition will end on August 28 and will provide a unique opportunity for viewers and art experts of the country to take a look at some 50 paintings put together from across the frontiers of the two countries.

Education and Commerce Adviser Dr Hossain Zillur Rahman inaugurated the show yesterday evening.

The painters from India are taking part in the joint show are - Bijan Chowdhury, Gautam Partha Roy, Prakash Bhise, Kashinath Salve and Shukharnoy Majumder.

The Bangladeshi painters are - Aminul Islam, Murtaja Baseer, Quyyum Chowdhury, Rafinqun Nabi, Ranjit Das and Kazi Rakib.

On the sidelines of the exhibition, these artists from the two countries, many of them considered as contemporary master painters, will also hold a drawing session at the Gallery Cosmos at Malibagh in the city, said the organisers.