Published: March 25, 2025
Bangladesh Press Photo Contest 2025 Result Announcement
Published: January 15, 2025
Shahidul Alam's "Crossfire" exhibition, Parvez Ahmed Roni's "Border That Bleeds" exhibition, and visual narratives of the 2024 uprising were part of the “সোহরাওয়ার্দী উদ্যান যত্নের ডাক” or 'Call for Care' campaign from 12 to 14 January 2025 organised by Oxygen and supported by Drik.
Published: January 14, 2025
Public interest journalism after the uprising, reforms and prospects
Published: January 9, 2025
Exhibition ‘Border that Bleeds’ by Parvez Ahmad Rony
Published: January 5, 2025
The Dhaka phase of the 6th Hill Film Festival at DrikPath Bhobon
Published: November 17, 2024
Revolution in the Sky: Drik's 2024 calendar
Published: May 6, 2024
Published: April 25, 2024
Published: February 12, 2024
Internationally renowned Photographer and Human rights activist Dr. Shahidul Alam received Ireland's 'Michael Collins Path to Freedom Award'
Published: December 13, 2023
Inauguration ceremony of photography exhibition 'Rage and Hope' jointly organised by UNRCO and Drik
Published: November 11, 2023
প্রস্তুতি চলছে কার্টুনিস্টদের গাজা গণহত্যা বিরোধী প্রতিবাদী ও সংহতি প্রদর্শনীর।
Published: October 4, 2023
We Shall Defy: Drik's 2024 calendar
Published: September 29, 2023
Drik film wins at prestigious Jackson Wild Festival 2023
Published: September 4, 2023
দৃকের ৩৪তম প্রতিষ্ঠা বার্ষিকী উপলক্ষে গোলাম কাসেম ড্যাডি লেকচার "ডা. জাফরুল্লাহ, জাতীয় ওষুধ নীতি ১৯৮২ ও বাংলাদেশের স্বাস্থ্য আন্দোলন"
Published: August 31, 2023
Published: June 19, 2023
Published: June 9, 2023
The award-giving ceremony and exhibition of Bangladesh Press Photo 2023
Published: June 8, 2023
Bangladesh Press Photo 2023 exhibition opening and award ceremony at the Drik Gallery
Published: June 7, 2023
Bangladesh Press Photo 2023 exhibition opening and award ceremony at the Drik Gallery
Published: May 24, 2023
বইয়ের মোড়ক উন্মোচন অনুষ্ঠান
Published: April 6, 2023
We are very happy to announce the second Bangladesh Press Photo Contest winners. Congratulations winners!
Published: March 13, 2023
তারা যুক্তিবাদী, আমরা আধ্যাত্মিকঃ ঔপনিবেশিক ও জাতীয়তাবাদী পরিচয় নির্মাণের সংকট
Published: March 11, 2023
শোকবার্তা তুষার কান্তি রায় চৌধুরী (১৯৩৭-২০২৩)
Published: March 11, 2023
আর ১ দিন পরেই শুরু হচ্ছে "খুলনার আলোকচিত্র চর্চা : ইতিহাসের পথ বেয়ে" প্রদর্শনী
Published: March 9, 2023
আগামী ১২ মার্চ ২০২৩ দৃক পিকচার লাইব্রেরি খুলনা জেলায় আলোকচিত্র চর্চার ইতিহাস নিয়ে সপ্তাহব্যাপী একটি প্রদর্শনীর আয়োজন করছে।
Published: March 9, 2023
Bangladesh Press Photo is happy to introduce a special grant programme ‘Photojournalism in the margins’ for Bangladeshi indigenous community and Rohingya community photographers.
Published: March 3, 2023
Tokenization refers to the practice of superficially including members of marginalized groups in spaces or activities as a way to
Published: February 25, 2023
শুরু হলো ‘খুলনার আলোকচিত্র চর্চা: ইতিহাসের পথ বেয়ে’
Published: February 24, 2023
খুলনার আলোকচিত্র চর্চা ইতিহাসের পথ বেয়ে
Published: February 23, 2023
Published: February 8, 2023
Published: February 7, 2023
Published: January 22, 2023
A wonderful opportunity to get your portfolio reviewed by the World Press Photo Asia Jury 2023 on the occasion of the 24th-year anniversary program of Pathshala!
Published: January 4, 2023
Don’t miss out – submit your best work before the deadline on Tuesday, 10 January 2023, at 13.00 CET (Netherlands time).
Published: December 28, 2022
বাংলাদেশে শিকারি সাংবাদিকতার উত্থানপর্ব
Published: December 13, 2022
বাংলাদেশে মতপ্রকাশ ও গণমাধ্যমের স্বাধীনতা নিয়ে দৃক পিকচার লাইব্রেরি একটি আলাপের আয়োজন করতে যাচ্ছে বুধবার, ১৪ই ডিসেম্বর ২০২২, বিকেল সাড়ে ৫টায় ঢাকার পান্থপথস্থ দৃকপাঠ ভবনে। এই আলাপচারিতায় অংশগ্রহণ করবেন ইতিহাসবিদ ও গবেষক আফসান চৌধুরী এবং আলোকচিত্র সাংবাদিক ও দৃকের ব্যবস্থাপনা পরিচালক শহিদুল আলম।
Published: December 9, 2022
Golam Kasem, nicknamed Daddy, died at the tender age of 104. The single storied yellow building at 73 Indira Road, with its unkempt garden, was home not only to Bangladesh’s oldest photographer, but also the first Bengali Muslim short story writer. It was in the foothills of the Himalayas that he was born. In a bullock cart amidst a snowstorm.
Published: November 29, 2022
Join our online expert talk on Wednesday 30 November for information and tips on preparing your entry with 2022 Contest Asia jury chair Tanzim Wahab, photographer Veejay Villafranca, and World Press Photo Contest director Anna Lena Mehr. They will run you through the 2023 Contest entry process, share insights on how to effectively submit your best work, and answer all your questions so you can be ready to enter the contest when it opens for entries on 1 December 2022.
Published: November 24, 2022
Great leaders may or may not be born that way, but their skills and abilities certainly evolve and mature over time. That is why we established an Emerging Leader category for the TSEGL Prize.
Published: November 24, 2022
The Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in partnership with Drik Picture Library presents 'Resilience - stories of women inspiring change'. This special exhibition showcases a selection of stories, awarded in the World Press Photo Contests from 2000 to 2021, that highlight the resilience and challenges of women, girls, and communities around the world.
Published: November 20, 2022
It would be disingenuous to deny the impact of photography in an image-saturated world. Autocrats, advertisers, religious zealots and activists, each with their own agenda compete for the narrative. The staged photograph, the photoshopped image, photographs manipulated in the darkroom, clever special effects, the fine art print and the conceptual image all clamour for attention.
Published: November 5, 2022
Drik Picture Library is pleased to invite you to the Discussion, ‘The importance of visual literacy in mainstream education’ by Joumana El Zein Khoury, Executive Director, World Press Photo Foundation
Published: November 5, 2022
Drik Picture Library, in partnership with the World Press Photo Foundation, organised and inaugurated the World Press Photo Exhibition 2022 at Drik Gallery, Dhaka today at 4:30 pm. The Exhibition 2022, on its world-wide tour, showcases the photo stories from the 65th annual World Press Photo Contest.
Published: November 5, 2022
World Press Photo Foundation's Executive Director Joumana El Zein Khoury explains the importance of visual literacy at a discussion held at DrikPath Bhaban today in the evening. Ms Khoury is visiting Bangladesh on the occasion of the global tour of the World Press Photo Exhibition 2022 in Bangladesh hosted at Drik Gallery, Dhaka.
Published: November 3, 2022
Drik Picture Library Limited cordially invites you to the opening ceremony of the World Press Photo Exhibition 2022 at Drik Gallery on Friday, 4 November 2022 at 4:30 pm.
Published: November 2, 2022
Drik Picture Library Limited cordially invites you to the opening ceremony of World Press Photo Exhibition 2022 at Drik Gallery on Friday, 4 November 2022 at 4:30 pm.
Published: November 2, 2022
Drik Picture Library Limited cordially invites you to the opening ceremony of World Press Photo Exhibition 2022 at Drik Gallery on Friday, 4 November 2022 at 4:30 pm.
Published: September 4, 2022
To mark Drik’s 33rd founding anniversary, an exhibition titled "The Long Journey Home" was inaugurated at Drik gallery today at 6 pm in the evening. The exhibition celebrates the archival inclusion of Indian photographer Amiya Tarafdar’s photographs at Drik, which is chronicled through the photographer's meandering journey to Bangladesh during and after the liberation war.
Published: August 23, 2022
Drik Picture Library in partnership with Freedom of Religion or Belief (FoRB) Leadership Network and The Hunger Project Bangladesh call for a photography competition for Bangladeshi nationals and plan to host an exhibition.
Published: August 19, 2022
As part of the ongoing M3: Man, Male and Masculinity Project, the Goethe-Institut Bangladesh together with the Drik Picture Library is organizing an exhibition titled “Let no one mistake us for the fruit of violence”, curated by Vidisha Fadescha from August 19 to August 30 2022 from 3pm to 8pm at Level 2, Drik Gallery, DrikPath Bhobon.
Published: July 3, 2022
Drik Picture Library has been chosen as the regional partner by the World Press Photo to co-organise contests in Asia. You will also be excited to know that Pathshala South Asian Media Institute will serve the educational programme for the World Press Photo.
Published: January 26, 2022
Even in the age of fakenews, the press photograph remains the most trusted source of news, and the press photographer, the most threatened professional. In recent years Bangladeshi photographers have been celebrated across the globe, yet there is no formal recognition of their collective talent or the valuation of their contribution to the nation.
Published: January 10, 2022
Mohammed Ali has been painting street-art professionally for the past 20 years travelling the globe with his art. He had been actively involved in the #freeshahidul campaign and created a stencil which still hangs in Coventry Road in Birmingham. UK.
Published: November 5, 2021
The climate crisis, caused solely by human actions, threatens the future of humanity. 'A Better Tomorrow', an exhibition on climate change juxtaposes the crisis and lasting hope.
Published: December 27, 2015
World Press Photo 2015 at Drik Gallery
Published: July 9, 2015
Bentleys and Benefits’- a series of photography workshops, by Drik Picture Library, Dhaka in collaboration with RichMix and Morpeth School
Published: April 12, 2015
Bangladesh Through Our Eyes” held at the Turkish Ambassador’s residence
Published: March 5, 2015
Photography exhibition “Defying the Laws of Gravity” at London’s leading multicultural arts venue, Rick Mix
Published: March 2, 2015
“In Focus: Justice and the Post-2015 Agenda”, a global photography exhibition on ‘Rule of Law’ by photo agencies “Majority World” and “Drik” opened at the United Nations on Monday, 2nd March 2015.
Published: February 19, 2015
Shahidul Alam awarded with Shilpakala Padak
Published: October 16, 2014
Spanish Week 2014 Photography Competition and Exhibition
Published: September 13, 2014
PAPA Lab Dhaka @ Drik Date: 13-27 September 2014
Published: August 18, 2014
The event is organised for appealing to all conscious citizens to stand in solidarity. The amount raised from the event was donated for the Palestinian victims in Gaza.
Published: June 12, 2014
A Photography Exhibition by Shahidul Alam: Kalpana Chakma Abduction Day
Published: April 15, 2014
Exile in Calcutta by German Photographer Thomas Meyer at Drik Gallery
Published: April 9, 2014
Drik arranged an experience sharing session with renowned Chinese Photographer Wang Haiqing and his wife
Published: April 7, 2014
Drik arranged a workshop on Consultancy and Training in Image Archiving and DAM for Drik Images and photographers of Drik.
Published: December 4, 2011
The book and the film celebrate 40 years of Bangladesh’s turbulent history.
Published: December 2, 2011
Millions of fathers in rain Millions of mothers in pain Millions of brothers in woe Millions of sisters nowhere to go
Published: May 1, 2002
Most art museums in the capitals of the western world would be stunned to achieve attendance figures of over 400,000 for their blockbuster exhibitions.
Published: April 3, 2000
Migrant Labour: a photodocumentary project by Shahidul Alam
Published: February 12, 2000
The War Veterans of Bangladesh: Photo story by Abir Abdullah (part of the forthcoming ChobiMela exhibition titled The War We Forgot)
Published: June 10, 1999
Drik.net received Global Bangemann Winner Award
Published: February 13, 1999
Online exhibition: The Daughters of Darkness Shezad Noorani, a freelance photographer in Bangladesh
Published: December 17, 1998
The international jury has selected as World Press Photo of the Year 1997
Published: December 16, 1998
'World Press Photo Exhibition - 1998' will be shown at Drik Gallery from the 18th of December to the 30th of December 1998.
Published: October 5, 1998
Published: May 2, 1998
The exhibition was inaugurated by a group of rickshaw pullers and rickshaw painters from Dhaka.