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Nashid Kamal

The writer is an academic, Nazrul exponent and writer.

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The many gifts of Mustafa Monwar

2 July 2026, 00:01 AM
He not only planted the seeds of art in us but also nurtured them enough to see us bloom to his fullest satisfaction.
2 July 2026, 00:01 AM
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Ferdausi Rahman: The making of a music legend

28 June 2026, 14:17 PM
From her father's lullabies to national acclaim, Ferdausi Rahman transformed inherited musical brilliance into an enduring cultural legacy.
28 June 2026, 14:17 PM
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The making of folk poet Jasimuddin

4 January 2026, 08:34 AM
Jasimuddin remembered singing songs to himself. He could not remember the words but remembered putting his own words into some of them.
4 January 2026, 08:34 AM
history of Bengali Islamic songs

Abbasuddin and Nazrul's musical bond / The dawn of Islamic songs in Bengal

26 October 2025, 18:00 PM
Though Muslims of undivided Bengal used to view music and dance as Hindu traditions and distanced themselves from them, they warmly embraced Abbasuddin's Islamic songs written by Kazi Nazrul Islam.
26 October 2025, 18:00 PM
Kazi Nazrul Islam

Controversies about Nazrul’s tunes

24 November 2023, 01:00 AM
Debates surrounding the original tunes of the rebel poet’s verses have existed for a long time.
24 November 2023, 01:00 AM
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The ‘Karar Oi Louho Kopat’ controversy

17 November 2023, 02:00 AM
The makers of "Pippa" could have chosen singers with prior experience of rendering Nazrul Islam’s songs.
17 November 2023, 02:00 AM

Italy beckons Bangladeshis

1 March 2019, 18:00 PM
Ten years' back my two daughters and I took a vacation to Venice, Italy. I was the only earning member, both girls were students.
1 March 2019, 18:00 PM
Samia Mahbub

Music for therapy

15 February 2019, 18:00 PM
Samia Mahbub Ahmad, a beautiful lady sang with us on the same stage in the Nazrul Mela held in Washington DC in September 2018. I had listened to her twice before, once in the Omni auditorium and another time in the Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre (IGCC), on both counts in Dhaka.
15 February 2019, 18:00 PM
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SUNIL GANGOPADHYAYA

When I met him in Kolkata, the first question that I shot at him was “Why your autobiography is called Half my life?”
24 April 2015, 18:00 PM
NAZRUL ISLAM

WOMEN'S ATTIRE --Kazi Nazrul Islam

“Pori zafrani ghagori Chole Serajer Pori”
17 April 2015, 18:00 PM
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G.P. MITRA

I still remember his youthful face. He taught us Physics and Mathematics in Holy Cross School. He warned us that the 'Notredame students' were working harder than us.
10 April 2015, 18:00 PM
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USTAD YASIN KHAN

When he sat in an unassuming manner, I was not sure whether he would give a long speech or just mumble a few words of thanks.
27 March 2015, 18:00 PM
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