<span style="color: #222222;">The first international theatre festival of Bangladesh is being held at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy in Dhaka. It was inaugurated by the Bangladesh State Minister for Cultural Affairs KM Khalid yesterday. <br />'' <br />'' The week-long festival will feature theatre and puppet shows by eight troupes from seven countries. Rabindranath Tagore's dance-drama 'Mayar Khela' was performed as the inaugural presentation of the festival last evening.<br />'' <br />'' The festival is being organised at the initiative of the Culture Affairs Ministry of Bangladesh.<br />'' <br />''  Theatre troupes from India, Bangladesh, Russia, China, France, Vietnam and Nepal are participating in the festival.</span><br />''