Board members resign from Shilpakala Academy board, citing ‘illegal’ activities

Four members of the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy’s governing board have resigned, citing concerns over the institution’s “illegal” activities. The resignations, submitted on Wednesday, include prominent figures such as Azad Abul Kalam, Samina Lutfa Nitra, Layeqa Bashir, and Rachel Perris, who formally handed their resignation letters to the Academy's Director-General Sheikh Rezauddin Ahmed Stalin. Azad and Nitra, in their resignation letters, expressed their refusal to associate with what they termed as “illegal” actions within the Academy. Azad wrote, “I see the council’s dysfunction and the personal autocracy as a grave injustice to the martyrs of the 2024 Uprising. As long as Shilpakala operates unlawfully, I will not take responsibility for its actions, as the council has been deliberately sidelined and made...