Loko Natya Dal stages 鈥楰anjus鈥�
Theatre troupe Loko Natya Dal staged the 735th show of its acclaimed production titled 鈥楰anjus鈥� at the Experimental Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on...
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Mohakal stages 鈥楽urendra Kumari鈥�
Theatre troupe Mohakal Nattya Shamproday staged its theatre production titled 鈥楽urendra Kumari鈥� at the Experimental Theatre Hall of Bangladesh...
Desh Natak to stage 3 shows of 鈥楶aro鈥�
Theatre troupe Desh Natak is scheduled to stage three shows of its 25th production 鈥楶aro鈥� at the Studio Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy.
Stage One Dhaka pays tribute to its founders thru fest
Theatre troupe Stage One Dhaka is paying tribute to its co-founders Mita Chowdhury and Shahidur Rahman organising a two-day theatre festival at the auditorium of...
Load-shedding rises despite heatwave retreating
Despite rain sending the ongoing heatwave on the back foot, load-shedding worsened on Wednesday, further exposing the extent of trouble the economic crisis has put Bangladesh into...
Bangladesh faces massive load-shedding as India's Adani cuts power supply
Bangladesh, which watched a humid heatwave intensify over almost half of its districts on Tuesday, suffered up to 16 hours of power cuts in places after the power supply from the coal-fired power plant run by Adani Power in India was drastically reduced without a pre-announcement...
Mad Theatre stages 鈥楻abindranather Dwitiya Bijaya鈥�
Theatre troupe Mad Theatre staged the eighth show of its theatrical production titled 鈥楻abindranather Dwitiya Bijaya鈥� at the Experimental Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on Tuesday...
Theatre questions establishment: Muktonil
Playwright and director Sanjoy Sarker Muktonil said that theatre had the strength to question the establishment by enlightening people, and, therefore, the ruling class...
Vivekananda Theatre stages 鈥楿ttaran鈥�
Theatre troupe Vivekananda Theatre staged four shows of its 23rd production titled 鈥楿ttaran鈥� at the Studio Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on...
Theatre faces shortage of professional artistes: Ashish
Theatre artiste, scriptwriter and director Ashish Khandakar said that theatre sector in the country was facing shortages of budget and professional artistes as...
Prangonemor stages 鈥楢bhineta鈥�
Theatre troupe Prangonemor staged its production titled 鈥楢bhineta鈥� at the Bangladesh Mahila Samity on Friday.
Death toll tops 1,000 after Hajj marked by extreme heat
The death toll from this year鈥檚 Hajj has exceeded 1,000, an AFP tally said on Thursday, more than half of them unregistered worshippers who performed the...
Power demand peaks in northern India heatwave
Searing heatwave temperatures in northern India pushed power demand to a record high, the government said on Tuesday, with residents of the capital...
Saudi, French funds to acquire 38 per cent of Heathrow airport
Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund and a French private equity group will acquire 38 per cent stake in Heathrow, the London airport's biggest shareholder said Friday.
Heat, power cuts likely to ruin Eid holiday聽
This Eid vacation is likely to be spent in discomfort and suffering as conditions become favourable for the ongoing humid heatwave to intensify over the period amid crises severely restricting power generation capacity...
Swapnoghuri premieres 鈥楤odh鈥�
Repertory theatre troupe Swapnoghuri premiered its production titled 鈥楤odh鈥� addressing the decline of moral values in society at the Experimental Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on Wednesday...
Worsening heatwave grips a third of country
After 11 days of onset, the ongoing heatwave substantially intensified over the 24 hours until Tuesday afternoon, spreading to a third of Bangladesh amidst forecasts of it...
Bangladesh faces severe impacts caused by extreme weather
A new report by Christian Aid reveals that extreme weather events have caused over $41 billion in damage worldwide in just six months since COP28...
Heatwave triggers power cut every hour
Power Grid Company of Bangladesh is implementing load shedding every hour as power demand increased amidst the ongoing heatwave that began on the...
Batighar compels audience to question anomalies: activists
Theatre activists said that theatre troupe Batighar Theatre was raising awareness by compelling the audience to question anomalies.
Heatwave likely to continue
The Bangladesh Meteorological Department on Saturday warned that the ongoing heatwave sweeping parts of the country might continue for three...
Theatre troupes premiere 2 plays by Nazrul
Theatre troupes premiered two plays written by national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam on Thursday at the ongoing weeklong theatre festival at the Nilima Ibrahim Auditorium of...
Cyprus on high alert as extreme heat brings life to standstill
Outdoor work and food delivery services were suspended in Cyprus on Wednesday as the first heatwave of the year brought scorching temperatures to the Mediterranean island.
Registration begins for Shilpakala Pratijogita
Registration for the second nationwide cultural competition titled 鈥楽hilpakala Protijogita鈥� is now open...
BMD predicts rain likely in Dhaka, seven other divisions
Bangladesh Meteorological Department has predicted rain or thundershower across the country including Dhaka over 24 hours, starting from 9:00am on Wednesday...
India reports 56 heat wave deaths, nearly 25,000 heat stroke cases in 3 months
At least 56 people were killed and nearly 25,000 suspected heat stroke cases were recorded in the past three months in India, a local media report quoting federal health ministry said on Monday....
It鈥檚 time we acted
WE RECENTLY travelled to villages in Satkhira and Patuakhali and stayed there for a few days during a heatwave. The electricity frequently went out, leaving us without fans or air conditioning. The stillness of the air made it unbearable, and almost everyone became tired and sick. Women, who cook and...
Flash flood, heatwave go together
A heatwave set in over 16 districts on Saturday, while heavy rain induced flash flood raged through the north-eastern districts of Sylhet and...
India court urges heatwave emergency as deaths rise
An Indian court has urged the government to declare a national emergency over the country鈥檚 ongoing heatwave, saying that hundreds of people had died during...