Drama and film division Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy is working on development and advancement of different forms of drama on regular basis from its inception. Among its achievements; organizing several national drama festivals, national children’s drama festivals, recitation festivals at the national level, divisional poetry  recitation festivals in six divisions of the country, arranging national jatra festival to revive the neglected folk drama , weekly drama festivals at regular basis in Dhaka to bring to notice of the elites of the capital the work of the dramatis and drama works from different parts of the country; protect indigenous   folk drama from extinction and erosion, incentives and appreciations to the healthy jatra movement and the  artists who are involved in folk form of our drama culture, and organizing folk drama festivals, arranging short course and workshop on drama in various parts of the country out side Dhaka, various types of program to promote recitation, reading, enhancement of accurate phonetics as a separate stream towards winning recognition and penetration to depth in the society. Puppet show, acrobatic show, SRUTI DRAMA, music of the drama, magic show, observance of different important days etc are also considered regular features of the activities of this division.