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Event: Nepalese artists’ show at Asiatic Society

Participant five Nepalese artists

Staff Reporter

A week-long art exhibition featuring works of five Nepalese artists titled 'Feelings of Nepal' began at the Asiatic Society Gallery of Fine Art in the city on Sunday.

Asiatic Society of Bangladesh and Flame have jointly organised the show. Prof Rafiqun Nabi, Dean of the Faculty of Fine Art of Dhaka University, inaugurated the show, as chief guest, while Prof Hamiduzzaman Khan, Chairman of the Department of Sculpture of Dhaka University, among others, were present on the occasion.

The participant Nepalese artists are - Bipana Maharjan, BK Nar Bahadur, Kishor Nakarmi, Sudhan Shrestha and Chandra Shyam Dangol.

A total of 65 works are on display at the show that will remain open to all from noon to 8:00pm till November 15. A drawing workshop by Prof Hamiduzzaman Khan will be held on November 11 from 9:00am to 5:00pm, said Md Rashed Kamal Russell, visiting lecturer of the University of Development Alternative (UODA).

Fifteen artists from Bangladesh along with the Nepalese artists are also participating the workshop, he said.

Album News: Sesher Kobitar Porer Kobita

Entertainment Report

Popular audio, video and music production house G-Series has been launched a new VCD of telefilm 'Sesher Kobitar Porer Kobita' in the market. Anisul Haque has written the story of the drama, while Mahfuz Ahmed has scripted and directed the telefilm. Nobel, Shuvo, Challenger and Bidya Sinha Mim have performed in the lead roles in the telefilm.

TV Serial: Rtv airs Adda tonight

Runa Khan and Sumaiya Shimu in drama serial Adda on
Rtv

Entertainment Report

New drama serial 'Adda' to be aired on Rtv at 9:50pm today. Alvi Ahmed has scripted and directed the drama serial. Sumaiya Shimu, Apurbo, Sajal, Runa Khan, Shahadat Hossain, Hridy, Kumkum, Smita, Seuti, among others, performed in the serial.

Story of Adda:

Sajjad, Kaushik and Rumpa are close to each other. Sajjad is a struggling actor in real life. He has been waiting to get opportunity in the media. Kaushik is working in a mobile company. They are living together in a bachelor flat. Rumpa is an assistant editor of a literature magazine. She is living with her elder brother. Her brother married two times and divorced. He has a food court. He makes an organisation along with Kaushik and Sajjad. It is named 'Chirokumar Sobha.' Mithila enters their lives suddenly. She was a school friend of Rumpa. She looks pretty. She has decided not to marry and left her house. But Babu, Sajjad and Kaushik all became week on Mithila. Babu gives a job to Mithila in his food court. The story goes on.

Event: Certificate giving ceremony, cultural function held at Shilpakala Academy

Artistes rendering song at the cultural function at
the Dance and Music Centre Auditorium of Bangladesh
Shilpakala Academy NN photo

Staff Reporter

The certificate giving ceremony of the two-week long training course on 'Modern vocal science and practicing Tagore song' was held at the Dance and Music Centre Auditorium of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy in the city on Sunday.

Establishment Secretary Md Mosleh Uddin was present as chief guest at the function and distributed certificates among the participants.

Director General of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy Bhuiyan Shafiqul Islam chaired the function, while noted Tagore artiste, researcher, guest faculty of Biswa Bharati Santiniketan and former teacher of Chhayanaut Dr Anisur Rahman and Director of the Training Division of Shilpakala Academy MA Mannan Hawlader spoke at the event.

Speakers at the discussion stressed on the necessity of training to enrich the knowledge and education of Rabindranath Tagore.

Fifty-three trainers across the country attended the workshop and received the certificates at the concluding function. Later a cultural function was held.

TV Watch: Gaanalap on Banglavision

Lyricist Sheikh Sadi Khan and band artiste Naquib
Khan in Gaanalap on Banglavision tonight

Entertainment Report

The first episode of the music related show 'Gaanalap' to be aired on Banglavision at 9:05pm on Tuesday. For the first time band vocalist Naquib Khan will moderate any television show. In the show, a celebrity artiste and a music composer or lyricist will be present in each episode. They will render songs and discuss about their life. Noted lyricist Sheikh Sadi Khan and artiste Subir Nandi will be present as tonight's guest at the show.

2nd Friendship art exhibition begins

Staff Reporter

A week-long group art show titled '2nd Friendship Art Exhibition' was inaugurated at Shilpangan Gallery in Dhanmondi in the city on Monday. Online art group 'Chobir Hat' has organised the exhibition. Eminent artist Jamal Ahmed, Professor of the Faculty of Fine Arts of Dhaka University, inaugurated the show as chief guest, while Srabanti Datta, Head of Marketing of ABC Real Estate Ltd, was present as guest of honour on the occasion. The exhibition remains open from 10:00am to 1:00pm and 5:00pm to 8:00pm till November 16. Chobir Hat offers a chance to see the works of 43 artists from Bangladesh, UK, USA, Switzerland, Denmark and India. The exhibition will reveal a visual relationship among the artist as well as the new directions in art works. The show is a representation of long-standing relationship of the activities of Chobir Hat, said Mohammad Zakir Hossain, Coordinator of the exhibition.

TV Show: Last episode of SMS Round of Kshudey Gaanraj tonight

Entertainment Report

The last episode of SMS Round of 'Meridian-Channel i Kshudey Gaanraj' to be aired at 7:50pm on Channel i today. Selected 20 contestants took part in this round consists of four episodes. The first elimination round was held on October 31 and the last elimination round to be held tonight. After tonight's episode who will compete for the sixth round will be decided. Tanisha has moderated tonight's episode and Imran, Soddo, Jewel, Priya and Smaran will compete this episode's contest. Ezaz Khan Swapan has directed the show and Ibne Hasan Khan is the project director. Artistes Kumar Biswajit and Samina Chowdhury are two judges of the competition.

Hollywood: Disney trying to cure Hannah Montana diabetes plot

Hannah Montana

Agency, Los Angeles

Hannah Montana's latest checkup resulted in a troubling diagnosis. The Disney Channel confirmed to E! News that the network scrapped the episode it had intended to open the hit series' third season-an episode titled "No Sugar, Sugar" that features a character (Hannah's pal Oliver) dealing with diabetes-after some initial concerns as to how the disease was portrayed.

According to a network executive, the Disney Channel's Standards and Practices team consulted with medical experts during the script-writing process "to inform the story and be sure it was told responsibly."

"Notwithstanding the measures we took, and based on the episode's preview and early feedback from parents, we removed the episode from Sunday's schedule and are now re-evaluating it," the Disney rep said. "We will await the results of the episode review by a variety of experts and then will make a determination on the episode's future. Most importantly, we listened to those who expressed their concerns and consulted with the creative team (programmers and producers)."