First day of the rainy season

Yesterday was the first day of the rainy season in the Bengali calendar. Though city dwellers have been experiencing occasional heavy showers over the last couple of weeks, with the official arrival of monsoon, summer is now over. Through separate cultural programmes -- featuring recitation, dances and songs -- Bangladesh Udichi Shilpi Goshthi (Dhaka Metropolitan branch) and Satyen Sen Shilpi Goshthi welcomed monsoon yesterday. Udichi welcomed the season with a colourful programme held at the Faculty of Fine Arts (FFA), Dhaka University. Artistes of the organisations performed several choruses. The event mainly featured songs on rain written and composed by Tagore, Nazrul and DL Roy, as well as Adhunik and folk numbers. The Satyen Sen Shilpi Goshthi programme, titled 'Borsha Utshab 1418', was held at Hakim Chattar, adjacent to Central Library of Dhaka University. The event featured solo and choral musical performances (Rabindra and Nazrul Sangeet). The event was sponsored by Banglalink.