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Singers enthral evening audience
Cultural Correspondent
A group of singers enthralled an evening audience singing old Bangla songs at the Shaukat Osman Memorial Auditorium of the Central Public Library in Dhaka on March 31.
The Bangladesh Loko Sangeet Parishad organised the programm e to mark the country's National and Independence Day, celebrated on March 26.
The evening began with the song Dhane danya puspe bhara amaderi bashundhara. The other numbers of songs included Amar bhaiyer rakte rangano Ekushey February, Ora amar mukher katha, Je mathir buke ghumiye ache, Tirish Lakka jiban diyao, Ore Bangla amar janma bhumi re, O bhai Khati sonar cheye khati, Amar desher matan eman, Janma amar danya halo, Ektara tui desher katha, O amar Bangla Maa tor and many more.
'I become nostalgic listening to the songs one after another. These songs h\elped me recall the historic movement of the Bengalis against the Pakistan led occupation forces in 1971', said Sohan Ahmed.
Sayanta Khan, Tabassum Ria, AK Azad, HK Majumdar, Rezia Selim Kajal, Habibur Rahman, Faridul Haque, Chanchala Das Sathi, Shishir Adhikari, Masud Hawlader, Nasrin Hayat, Sharmin Hassan, Shahidul Islam Khokan, Ohama Akthar, Shamima Sultana Rita, Tamanna Nigar Tuli and Abdul Aziz, among others, sang songs in the programme.
The singers were assisted by SM Rafiqul Azad Khokan on the key board, Touhid Sarkar, Mafizur Rahman and Shahidul Islam on dotara and Santosh Kumar Das on the flute.
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Lady GaGa holds onto chart crown
BBC
US pop star Lady GaGa has taken the number one spot on the UK singles chart
for a second week with Poker Face.
The brash singer, who spent three weeks at number one with her debut single Just Dance earlier this year, held off competition from The Noisettes.
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Through the windows
Bhaswati Mazumder
On lazy afternoons the city looks greyer.
Concrete stands lacing lumps of concrete.
An edifice eyes another with a hundred eyes.
All show the rare glimpses of life.
A crow's sudden crackly monologue
breaks the silence of the milieu.
Motion's absence rings its presence
through the gallery of windows.
And the gods of miracles are past,
only this geometry lies inert pose.
One can stare through one's window
and see more windows there.
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Madonna attends adoption hearing
BBC
Madonna has left a Malawian court after a hearing to begin the adoption of a second child from the African country.
Her application to adopt Chifundo James has been adjourned until Friday, according to a Lilongwe court official.
A welfare officer speaking anonymously, said the child was now four and that her 18-year-old mother had died shortly after giving birth.
Madonna has said it is 'amazing' to be back in the country where she adopted David Banda in 2006.
The girl at the centre of the case, whose name translates into English as Mercy, is in the same orphanage that was home to David, who is now three years old.
Madonna, dressed in a black and white skirt and carrying a straw hat, entered the court of Judge Esme Chombo through a back door and the case will be heard in private.
The singer has come in for criticism over her plans. David Nutt, spokesman for the Save the Children charity, urged Madonna to think again.
'We don't want to pick on one individual - any time, any set of circumstances can change,' he said.
'"But the problem is, very often this is the wrong thing to do, and Madonna tends to make it seem like it's the answer to everything and all problems, and it just isn't.'
But Steven Whitehead from the charity Oasis, which represents families who adopt from abroad, said foreign adoption was a good idea in many cases.
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Google China to push music tracks
BBC Online
Google is offering free downloads of licensed music tracks in China.
Rival search engines in China point users to unlicensed music, which reportedly makes up 99 per cent of all tracks distributed in China. The firm has just 16.6 per cent share of the search market versus 76.9 per cent for Baidu.com, according to the Chinese Internet Network Information Centre.
Google said it had no plans to expand its music service beyond China. More than 350,000 songs, from Sony, Warner, EMI and Universal, will be available to Chinese users of Google, which has partnered with music website Top100.cn.
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Kriti Ranjan's solo painting exhibition held
Holiday Report
A week-long solo Art Exhibition "Onupreronar Oboyob" by Kriti Ranjan Biswas was organized at the Shipangan gallery.
Inaugurated by Bonod Bihari Chowdhury, a revolutionary legend and compatriot of Mastarda Surjya Sen of Chittagong, the exhibition that remained open between March 25 and 31.
A lot of inspirational characters have been the subject of his paintings. The artist at various stage of his life has been inspired by the sacrifices, patience and talents and kindness of these characters.
cultural personalities like Syed Hasan Imam, Nasiruddin Yusuf , Panna Kaiser and Shomorjit Roy Chowdhury were present at the inaugural function.
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