Formed in 2006, musical band Karnival has attained the attention of young rock music lovers in a very short span of time by means of its experimental rock music. Karnival’s debut album “Indraloy” was released on September, 2009 and their three other tracks were featured in different mixed albums. “We have almost finished
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Shaina, Antu in a music video
Promising model cum actors Antu Karim and Shaina Amin have recently performed together in a music video album. They both took part in a video recording of a song titled “Ai jibon hoyechhe modhur” for the album titled ‘Nilambhori’ by Shahid, the chief vocalist of band group Durbin. The album was produced under the direction ... Read more
‘Concert for Humanity’ tomorrow
Brittanto ’71, a socio-cultural organisation, is going to arrange a charity concert titled ‘Concert for Humanity’ in the city’s Mirpur Indoor Stadium on July 15. With a view to raising fund for setting up a free health centre for the poor and underprivileged people titled ‘Sheba Kutir’, the newly formed organisation is arranging the show. ... Read more
‘Shonkshepey Uponyash’
Short story of Bonphul titled ‘Shonkshepey Uponyas’’ will go on air tonight on Boishakhi Television in the category of ‘Best Drama of Best Story’ category. The drama, directed by Ashrafi Mithu, will be aired at 9:15pm where Shimu Naznin has performed in the lead role. Sanjay is a jobless youth. He loves a woman named ... Read more
Moushumi Biswas back from Canada
After her eight month long stay in Canada, actress Moushumi Biswas returned to the country on July 4. Since she’s been back, Moushumi hasn’t wasted any time. She stood before the camera on July 7 for a single-episode TV play, titled “Balika Bou”. Directed by Imran Hossen, the play is being shot at TSC (Dhaka ... Read more
‘Phire Phire Dekhi Tare’
Abdullah Al Mamun’s birthday today Today is the 69th birth anniversary of noted theatre personality Abdullah Al Mamun. He was not only a pioneer theatre activist in the country but also a playwright, director and TV and film actor. With a view to commemorating the late legendary artiste, a special programme titled ‘Phire Phire Dekhi ... Read more
‘7th Citycell-Channel i Music Awards’ begins
Citycell, in association with Channel i is going to organise the Citycell-Channel i Music Awards for the seventh times to honour the music artists and talents of the country. Citycell-Channel i Music Awards was initiated in 2004 to promote the music fraternity of Bangladesh. And this noble endeavour of Citycell has resulted in great success ... Read more
Souls featuring You: Campaign to discover new music talents
One of the pioneering Bangladeshi bands, Souls, in association with Grameenphone is launching a talent hunt. Titled, “Souls featuring You”, the competition aims to inspire budding lyricists and instrumentalists to come up with a song for the band’s upcoming album, says a press release. The campaign, set to kick off tomorrow (July 13), invites lyricists ... Read more
What’s Joya been up to?
Joya Ahsan has just completed working on a single-episode TV play, titled “Ananta Adhara”. Directed by Shihab Shahin, the play also features Iresh Zaker, Moutushi Biswas, Sharmeen and Shahin. About the plot, Joya says that though it’s a complicated one, she loved working on it. The play narrates the story of a woman whose husband ... Read more
Ahsan Habib: A Poet of Urbanity
Ahsan Habib earned acclaims as a poet in the 1940s. He was an urban poet through and through — both in terms of language and sensibility. His poems reflect the social reality of his times, relationships, and focus on the concerns of the middle class. He was born on February 2 in 1917 in the ... Read more
Making of a folk songstress
Tête-à-tête with Sefali Sargam Sefali Sargam is a promising folk singer from Rangamati. She started singing when she was barely four years old and couldn’t even play the harmonium properly. Her elder sister, Lily, was her first mentor in music. Later she trained under noted musician Debu Chowdhury. “I’m taking lessons in classical music from ... Read more
Milon back with a bang
Actor Anisur Rahman Milon is back from the US after a 23-day shoot for 104-episode serial “Chhayabrito”. Tauquir Ahmed is the director of the serial. On his role in the serial, Milon said, “I play a character that goes to US on a 10-day trip, but decides to stay on. Later, he begins a struggle ... Read more
Variety show Pachphoron on ATN Bangla anniversary
To mark its 14th anniversary, ATN Bangla will air a special variety show, titled “Pachphoron”, on July 14 at 9:05pm. The programme will feature a couple of songs — one of which has been rendered by Shakila Zafar. Shakila will sing a popular song from yesteryears. The music of the song has been rearranged by ... Read more
In conversation with Nazu…
Promising singer Nazu is now passing hectic days with her new solo album, stage performance and playback in some movies. Her first album ‘Kacha Holuder Rong’ was released in 2002 and earned huge reputation. ‘Swapno Konya’ is her another album which was highly praised by the critics and listeners. Till now, she gave vocal for ... Read more
Hillol, Mousumi in ‘Terminal’
Popular TV actor Hillol and Lax superstar Mousumi Haidar have recently performed together in a mega serial titled ‘Terminal’, which is being aired on NTV now. The serial was directed by Sokal Ahmed while its story was written by Shafiqur Rahman Shantanu. Beside Hillol and Mousumi, the cast of the serial included Shirin Alam, Elora ... Read more
Amin Khan is now ‘boatman’
Popular hero Amin Khan started his career 18 years ago in 1993 by performing in a movie titled ‘Abuj Duti Mon’, which was directed by Mohammad Hossain. During the span of long 18 years, he acted in 300 movies but never played the role of a boatman. For the firs time in his career, Amin ... Read more
Dr. Muhammad Shahidullah: Exploring the roots of Language
Dr. Muhammad Shahidullah was an internationally renowned educationist, writer and philologist. He was born in the village Peyara, Chobbish Pargana, West Bengal (now in India). Yesterday (July 10) marked the 126th birth anniversary of the linguist. Shaidullah passed his school finals (known as Entrance examination at that time) in 1904 from
Upholding a traditional art form
Abdul Kuddus is an artiste who popularised the traditional theatre form of the greater Mymensigh region known as palagaan by staging the art form. Being invited by Bangladesh Group Theatre Federation in November 1988, Abdul Kuddus staged “Feroz Khan Dewan and Moriom Bibir Pala”, based on a true story of Jangalbari, Kishoreganj, at the Mahila Samity ... Read more
Tisha-Monalisa for first time
Popular actresses Monalisa and Tisha are going to perform together in a short play titled ‘Emotional Abdul Matin’. Both of them will perform against popular actor Zahid Hasan. Though Zahid Hasan earlier performed with both Monalisa and Trisha separately, they all are together in a play for first time. Zahid Hasan will play the role ... Read more
Aurin’s 3 mixed albums in Eid
Shafiq Tuhin’s album ‘Swapno O Tumi’s song titled “Er beshi bhalobasha jai na” is now familiar to all. Promising singer Tasmina Aurin contributed her vocal with Shafiq Tuhin in that track. Besides this, she also contributed in some other popular tracks under the albums titled ‘Amir Featuring Janma’, ‘Shobdey Dhaka 1200’, ‘Shafiq Tuhin Dot Com’ ... Read more