The Bengal Foundation ( bn, বেঙ্গল ফাউন্ডেশন) is a Bangladeshi non-profit and charitable organization headquartered in

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. It is mostly known for organizing local and international events in the country.

History

Bengal Foundation was founded by Bangladeshi industrialist and entrepreneur Abul Khair Litu in 1986, as part of his endeavour to promote and showcase Bangladeshi art on a larger platform. The foundation was registered as a private trust and funded entirely by the Bengal Group. Since 1999, the foundation has organised several international art camps that involve nearly 300 artists from around the world. Notable venues include

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(2005),

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.“Group Painting Exhibition Kolkata Dhaka”
"Bengal Foundation Website", accessed 3 June 2011

Projects

Films and documentaries

The Bengal Foundation produced and made films and documentaries, which are sorted below: * ''Chobir Desher Chobi'' - Watercolour workshop * ''Dhaka Art Camp 2006'' - Dhaka Art Camp * ''Portrait of an Alluvial Artist'' - A documentary about Kalidas Karmakar. * ''Antarbikshan'' (Introspection) - A documentary about Swapan Chowdhury. * ''Samay Khanan'' (Excavating Time) - A documentary about Dilara Begum Jolly. * ''Jalgadhuli'' (Twilight Colours) - A documentary about Farida Zaman. * ''Garaner Gahine'' - A documentary about Abdur Razzaque.

Bengal Publications

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is a publication center conducted and run by the Bengal Foundation.

Bengal Classical Music Festival

Goal

The Bengal Foundation has stated its goal is to develop, maintain and create a knowledge base goal for the highest quality of

Bengali culture The culture of Bengal defines the cultural heritage of the Bengali people native to eastern regions of the Indian subcontinent, mainly what is today Bangladesh and the Indian states of West Bengal and Tripura, where the Bengali language is th ...

throughout the country and outside.

Android applications

Currently, four different android application is released by the foundation. Bengal eBoi:Bengali eBook Bank is for Bengali

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collection. Kali o Kalam and ICE Today is for news and magazine.

References

External links

* {{Official website
Official android applications
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Foundations based in Bangladesh 1986 establishments in Bangladesh