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Flute makers going through hard time

Flute-makers in the northern districts including Dinajpur, Rangpur and Nilphamari are facing harsh times, as the demand for... 

Fortifying the Bengali identity, Call to disseminate Bratachari movement

In 1934, Gurusaday Dutt started the ‘Bratachari’ movement. In his words, in “The Bratachari Synthesis”... 

Bangla FM Radio Revolution in Bangladesh

As ten year-old Ranjan runs to Khaleda Hossain with a pen and paper, there is an unmistaken spark in his eyes. He has been... 

Father Marino Rigon - A Bangladeshi by Heart

Father Marino Rigon expressed his love for Bangladesh in this letter to his brother, who lives in Italy. Marino shares, ‘I... 

Moushumi Bhowmik and her Research on Bangla Music

Singer-researcher-composer Moushumi Bhowmik was in Delhi recently for a presentation and performance of “Music as Absence,... 

Khude Gaan Raaj - the amazing talents and hope for Bangla Music

I had the privilege of visiting the set of “Khude Gaan Raaj” during the first season, by the invitation of Izaz Khan... 

Baul Shah Abdul Karim’s son Shah Nur Jalal on Karim’s life and works

Shah Abdul Karim is one of the most recognised and celebrated baul icons of his time. He was born into a financially strained... 

FM Radio impacts on Bangla Music and Music Media rights

In the office of Radio Foorti the last chords of a hit song by a popular band wail into the speaker. A disembodied Radio... 

Anisur Rahman towards his home in the mystical realm

Droplets of golden rays of the early morning sun found their way through the leaves and entered his famished soul as he raised... 

Watch Muktir Gaan - Bangla Documentary Film on Bangladesh Liberation War

This historic film uses a musical and narrative structure to tell the true story of a troupe of musicians traveling through... 

Belal Mohammad one of the founders of Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra

March 26 this year is tinged with a shade of darkness, with the atrocities of the past month still fresh in our minds. Even... 

ABC Radio to broadcast special programs on Independence Day

On the occasion of the 38th Independence Day, abc radio fm 89.2, will air several special programmes. A documentary titled,... 

Muktir Gaan Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra and Bipul Bhattacharya

The Liberation War was the outcome of a mass effort to acquire an independent Bangladesh. The war was fought both in the... 

Moushumi Bhoumik’s Journey to our Roots

Over the last six years, Moushumi Bhoumik, along with sound recordist Shukanta Majumdar, has been collecting Bangla folk... 

The songs we hear no more

It was the wedding of the granddaughter of famous folk lyricist Abdul Karim, when all the songs that were sung there were... 

Bangla Language Movement - A Synopsis of Events

Bangla Language Day, popularly known as Ekushe (21) February, is one of the most significant days, not in Bangladesh only,... 

Thursday 3pm 21st February 1952 The alphabet bleeds

The fight between the students and the police forces went on and on. But the situation reached its darkest phase when, around... 

Ekushey February - What really happened on the day

While recommending to the readers the must-read work of Badruddin Umar titled ‘Language Movement and the then Politics... 

Ekushey - Cultural synthesis in formation and evolution of political identity

Who we are? Why we are the way we are? Who we want to be? Such and other questions on identity are important. Wars are fought...