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A growing number of architects are designing for displaced people, prompting a reconsideration of what ostensibly temporary living should look like.

The exhibition can serve as a potent reminder for our ethical responsibility to preserve the mid-century buildings that tell our stories.

when evening azan brings dusk tumbling down like playful children somersaulting and i dont know what were at – if its the end or beginning of something   too shy to twinkle in polluted air and every now and then a super blood moon – phrase redolent of nocturnal shoot-outs in the wildest of wild west westerns – appears on tv news and in astrology columns – lucky for you to escape such sublunary concerns –   out of which youve sent us a beguiling parcel the postman hands over ceremoni...

‘Chobi Mela Shunno’ concludes today PHOTO COURTESY: CHOBI MELA SHUNNO Arts & Entertainment Desk Arts & Entertainment Desk Asias most celebrated photography festival, Chobi Mela, concludes today. Exhibitions at the festival will run from 11 am till 8 pm. The ten-day event started on February 12, 2021.  This year, Chobi Mela has a special edition, Shunno. The festival is jointly organised by Pathshala South Asian Media Institute and Drik Pictu...

21st February, 2021 11:55:42 Chobi Mela, the largest photography festival of Asia concluded on Sunday. The ten-day event started on February 12. This year Chobi Mela mounts a special edition, ‘Shunno (0)’. Pathshala South Asian Media Institute and Drik Pictures Library jointly organised the festival at the DrikPath Bhobon in the capital. Chobi Mela ‘Shunno (0)’ featured eight projects of 75 artists of different countries, including, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Srilanka. Some...

Sayeeda Khanum’s exhibition in Chobi Mela O. The Drik-Path building peeks into the sky in the middle of the busy commercial area of Panthapath, Dhaka. This is where Chobi Mela Shunno (0) is taking place this year. We are all too familiar with this biennale international photography festival that takes place in various venues sprawling across Dhaka. This time around, it is restricted to the walls of the newly built Drik-Path building.  "We have done 10 editions of Chobi Mela spanning the pas...

The muses of artist and curator Zihan Karim PHOTO: COURTESY OF ZIHAN KARIM Monorom Polok Monorom Polok Chattogram-based visual artist Zihan Karim has curated a show at "Chobi Mela" for the second time. This year, the festival welcomes an energetic ensemble of South Asian artists to explore how they are dealing with these uncertain times. Titled "Chobi Mela Shunno", the event is being held from February 12 to 21 at the newly opened DrikPath Bhobon. L...

‘Chobi Mela Shunno (0)’ begins from February 12 PHOTO: SHEIKH MEHEDI MORSHED Arts & Entertainment Desk Arts & Entertainment Desk Celebrating their tenth anniversary, Chobi Mela will kick off their special edition this year from February 12.  A press conference to announce the special edition, Chobi Mela Shunno (0), organised keeping the ongoing pandemic in mind, was held at DrikPath Bhobon in the capital today. Celebrated photojournalist, Dri...