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Ankan and Nandita unite for Coke Studio Bangla’s ‘Mothura’
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24 September 2026 • Entertainment

Chirkutt are the ‘100th’ passengers to cross the Padma Bridge

Folk fusion band Chirkutt became the 100th passenger to travel the biggest bridge in our country, the Padma Bridge.
26 June 2022

Shironamhin all set for their show in Paris

The Franco-Bangla Friendship Festival, which aims to celebrate the diplomatic relations between France and Bangladesh, will feature one of Bangladesh’s best band, Shironamhin.
26 June 2022

From desk-bangers to rising musicians: The story of Chitropot

A bunch of desk banging, music-loving ninth graders at Nalonda had the crazy idea of starting a band. None of them could play anything other than a desk – that is how it all began. It has been more than eight years since then, and Chitropot has composed multiple originals including “Ekhane Somoy Katena”, “Brishti Tumi” and “Jabo Megher Deshe”. The band frequently plays live shows and radio broadcasts.
26 June 2022

IPDC ‘Amader Gaan’ season 4 kicks off

IPDC Amader Gaan’s season 4 was launched yesterday with “Padmar Dheu Re”, a well-known song by Kazi Nazrul Islam through the voice of emerging singer Jakir Hossain, popularly known as Bibagi Limon.
25 June 2022

IPDC ‘Amader Gaan season 4’ kicks off with the magic of Bibagi Limon

IPDC Amader Gaan's season 4 was launched yesterday with "Padmar Dheu Re", a well-known song by Kazi Nazrul Islam through the voice of emerging singer Jakir Hossain, popularly known as Bibagi Limon among netizens.
25 June 2022

Arnob announces fundraiser concert for Sylhet-Sunamganj flood victims

Earlier today, noted musician Arnob announced through his official Facebook account that he and his friends would be performing at La Galerie, Alliance Francaise, Dhanmondi on June 27 between 7 and 9 PM.  
24 June 2022

Four Close Up 1 stars sing for BTV’s Anandamela

This Eid-ul-Adha, four contemporary musicians of this era have come forward to sing an original song for the popular BTV magazine show Anandamela.  While all four of them have performed together on stage before, this will be the first time they are performing together for Anandamela. The four singers of Closeup 1 fame are Liza, Sabbir, Nishita Barua and Rajib.
23 June 2022

Registration process for Coke Studio Bangla concert explained

Coke Studio Bangla has announced its first live stage concert on June, 9 2022 at Army Stadium. The popular franchise announced the registration process through their official Facebook page.
22 June 2022

Coke Studio Bangla’s ‘Shob Lokey Koy’ channels Lalon and Kabir Das

Coke Studio Bangla released the seventh track of this season on Tuesday via their Youtube channel. Titled “Shob Lokey Koy”,  the song highlights the divine connection between two mystical poets—Fakir Lalon Shah, and Kabir Das. 
22 June 2022

Beyonce drops new single ‘Break My Soul’

Grammy award winning singer, Beyonce just dropped her new single “Break my soul”. This is the singer’s first single to be released from her upcoming solo studio album, “Renaissance: Act 1.”
21 June 2022

Meet the Harvard Krokodiloes

Last week, a group of 12 young students serenaded North South University with their otherworldly acapella chops, introducing an auditorium full of students to their unique style.
21 June 2022

Chirkut and Alliance Française to raise funds for Sylhet

Today marks yet another World Music Day, and on this occasion, Alliance Française has organised a concert to celebrate the annual event. The show will feature a special performance by Chirkut, and will also be raising funds for the victims of the flood in Sylhet and Sunamganj. The concert will begin at 7:30 PM today at the Alliance Française De Dhaka Dhanmondi courtyard.  Chirkut’s performance will go on for an hour and a half.
21 June 2022

Jungkook looks ‘Left and Right’ on Charlie Puth feature

Jungkook of BTS fame will be featuring on Charlie Puth’s upcoming song “Left and Right”, which is set to be released on June 24. The announcement was made on Saturday from the official social media accounts of Charlie Puth and BTS. Earlier on Friday, Puth had announced the collaboration on his Instagram account. 
18 June 2022

The Platform Live looks to highlight local music scene

The Platform Live is a musical reality show that focuses on highlighting the local music scene in different countries, across a variety of genres.  Originally started in Malaysia in 2020, the show has now started in a number of different countries, including Bangladesh. The show in Bangladesh will feature over 25+ acts during the initial season, which has been broken down into eight volumes. Episodes will be aired on the first Saturday of every month at 8:00 PM, between May and December 2022 on The Platform Live's official website.
18 June 2022

BTS not going on hiatus, says media 'misrepresented' announcement

K-pop sensation and BTS leader RM Namjoon is furious with the way the media has “misrepresented” their announcement about working on solo projects as disbanding the band forever.
18 June 2022

Representing traditional Bangla music worldwide

Sohini Alam, the vocalist of Khiyo—a fusion band of British and Bengali descent that was formed in London, England— recently sat down with me to talk about all things music.
17 June 2022

Jungkook assures that 'BTS is forever'

After many fans were devastated seeing reports of BTS going on a hiatus and disbanding, Jungkook came forward and assured fans, that BTS is forever and that they still have a lot to do as a group. The reports of a hiatus started emerging after Jungkook and other BTS members talked about focusing on their solo careers at the live-streamed FESTA dinner on Tuesday.
16 June 2022

BTS’s ‘Proof’ sells over 2 million copies on day one

K-pop sensation BTS latest anthology album “Proof” sold over 2 million copies on the first day. Its title track “Yet to Come” has become the first song to reach the number one spot on Melon’s rebranded Top 100 chart.
14 June 2022

BTS to go on a break

K-pop icons BTS shocked the world today, as they announced that they will go on a hiatus, to focus on the members’ solo careers.
14 June 2022

Lucky Ali’s humble reply to ‘Jai Shri Ram’ comment goes viral

Lucky Ali’s post about loving Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) resulted in a section of people commenting Hindu religious slogans such as “Jai Shree Ram” and “Har Har Mahadev”. Many also used the word “Allah Hu Akbar” which resulted in word of wars between the Hindu and Muslim attacking each other in the comment section.
14 June 2022