In January 2012, a tribute event was organised in Asansol, West Bengal, to honour the legendary Lalon Fakir and Gautam ...

It quickly garnered international attention, as the event aimed to spread Bangla folk music globally. For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. "We called it the Dhaka ...

Rabindranath specifically mentions this song in the "Ashirbaad" (Blessings) section of the 1st Volume of Muhammad Monsooruddin's 13-volume Bangla folk song collection, titled Haramoni. Here ...

Now over four decades later, an EP of three Bangla songs of his has been pressed ... the first full-time Bluegrass mandolin ...

Kolkata’s popular folk-fusion band Surojit o Bondhura is all set to become the first Bengali band to be performing in the longest running art and culture festival in Montreal, Canada- Festival ...

The Western rock vocalist of two city bands delivered three hits on her playback debut with music director Bonnie Chakraborty ...

Mamunur Rashid recently finished filming his scenes in the upcoming film 'Borbaad', which stars Shakib Khan as the lead.

Khairun Sundari is a mid-2000s Bangladeshi folk film based on a true story starring Moushumi and Ferdous Ahmed in lead roles, directed by A K Sohel.It was remade in India as Praner Swami starring ...

Ananthakrishnan mentioned that his generation had grown up reading Bengali literature, but opportunities to view or evaluate the art forms of Bengal were scarce back then. It was through Rabindra ...

Three top bands- Fossils, Lakhichhara and Thaikkudam Bridge- will be featuring in a rock concert- dubbed as Republic of Rock ...

As Suhrawardy Udyan transformed into a lively village fair, the open-air ‘Jatra Utshob’ festival rekindled the deep love for our folk culture, drawing people from all walks of life to celebrate under ...