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Kabi Nazrul Institute
The Jatiya Kabi Nazrul Institute is Bangladesh's national institute, established in February 1985. Its headquarters are located in Kabi Bhaban in Dhanmondi, Dhaka, Bangladesh. It fulfills a number of roles; promoting the literary work of the poet Kazi Nazrul Islam, recognising excellence in literature research by conferring awards, and public engagement. In January, 2025 it's change its name to Jatiya Kabi Nazrul Institute from Kabi Nazrul Institute. Structure and governance The institute is headed by an executive director who has a trustee board to advise them. The first executive director of the institute was Mohammad Mahfuzullah and the first chairman of the trustee board was Mohammad Nasiruddin. Functions and activities According to the ''Nazrul Institute Ordinance'' of 12 June 1984, the functions and objectives of the institute regarding the poet are: # Conduct study and research on the writings # Compile, preserve, edit and publish poems and songs # Organise discussion m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crest (heraldry)
A crest is a component of a heraldic display, consisting of the device borne on top of the helm. Originating in the decorative sculptures worn by knights in tournaments and, to a lesser extent, battles, crests became solely pictorial after the 16th century (the era referred to by heraldists as that of "paper heraldry"). A normal heraldic achievement consists of the shield, above which is set the helm, on which sits the crest, its base encircled by a circlet of twisted cloth known as a torse. The use of the crest and torse independently from the rest of the achievement, a practice which became common in the era of paper heraldry, has led the term "crest" to be frequently but erroneously used to refer to the arms displayed on the shield, or to the achievement as a whole. Origin The word "crest" derives from the Latin ''crista'', meaning "tuft" or "plume", perhaps related to ''crinis'', "hair". Crests had existed in various forms since ancient times: Roman officers wore fan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdul Mannan Syed
Abdul Mannan Syed (3 August 19435 September 2010) was a Bangladeshi poet, and critic. He is known for his considerable research works on Kazi Nazrul Islam, Jibanananda Das, Farrukh Ahmad, Syed Waliullah, Manik Bandyopadhyay, Bishnu De, Samar Sen, Roquiah Sakhawat Hossain, Abdul Ghani Hazari, Muhammad Wajed Ali, Prabodh Chandra Sen. From 2002 to 2004, he held the position of Executive Director of Nazrul Institute. Life Syed was born on 3 August 1943 at Basirhat, on the Ichamati River, in the district of 24 Paraganas, in West Bengal of British India. In 1946, just before the partition of India, a lethal Hindu-Muslim riot took place and forced many Muslims to leave West Bengal to settle in East Bengal, now Bangladesh. A less discussed but equally fearsome riot took place in 1950 that drove the family of Syed from West Bengal and to settle in Dhaka, the provincial capital of the-then East Pakistan, now Bangladesh. He lost his motherland for ever and always felt like a ref ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shabnam Mustari
Shabnam Mustari is a Bangladeshi Nazrul Geeti singer. She was awarded Ekushey Padak in 1997 and Nazrul Award in 2014 by the Government of Bangladesh. Her notable songs include ''Laili Tomar Esheche Phiria'', ''Amai Nohe Go Bhalobasho Mor Gaan'', ''Piya Piya Piya'', and ''Tumi Shuniye Cheyona''. Background Mustari was born in Naogaon District Naogaon District () is a district in northern Bangladesh, and part of Rajshahi Division. It is named after its headquarters, the city of Naogaon in Naogaon Sadar Upazila. Demographics According to the 2022 Census of Bangladesh, Naogaon Distri ... to poet Talim Hossain and journalist Begum Mafruha Chowdhury. Her sisters Yasmin Mustari and Parveen Mustari are also Nazrul Geeti singers. Mustari music career started in the 1960s. She taught young artists under "Poet Talim Hossain Trust". Mustari was diagnosed with dementia in 2019. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Mustari, Shabnam Living people People from Naogaon District 20th-centur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serajul Islam Choudhury
Serajul Islam Choudhury (born 23 June 1936) is a Bangladeshi literary critic, public intellectual, social and political analyst, activist, historian, educationist, editor, translator, columnist, and professor emeritus at the University of Dhaka. He is the editor of ''Natun Diganta''. Considered one of the foremost oppositional intellectuals of Bangladesh, he authored nearly a hundred books and countless essays in Bangla and English. Early life and education Choudhury was born in the village of Baroikhali under the Sreenagar thana in the district of Munshigonj to Hafizuddin Chowdhury and Asia Khatun. He is the eldest of the nine brothers and four sisters including Amanul Islam Chowdhury (d. 2020) and Fakrul Islam Chowdhury (d. 2023). In his early life, he liked to build his career as a novelist, but his father wanted him to join the civil service after a degree in Economics. On a note of compromise, he enrolled with the English department at the University of Dhaka after an i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nashid Kamal
Nashid Kamal (born 19 March 1958) is a Bangladeshi vocalist, writer and professor of demography. She is the eldest granddaughter of Bengalis, Bengali folk singer Abbasuddin Ahmed. Kamal is widely regarded as a Nazrul exponent."Nashid Kamal to pay tribute to Firoza Begum" ''Bangladesh Business News'', 8 September 2015. Retrieved 3 April 2016."Tribute to Firoza Begum: Nashid Kamal renders several genre of music" , ''The Dhaka Courier'', 17 September 2015. Retrieved 3 April 2016. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khilkhil Kazi
Khilkhil Kazi is a Bangladeshi singer. She is the daughter of elocutionist Kazi Sabyasachi and Uma Kazi, and granddaughter of Bangladesh National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam. She was awarded Nazrul Award 2013 by the Nazrul Institute The Jatiya Kabi Nazrul Institute is Bangladesh's national institute, established in February 1985. Its headquarters are located in Kabi Bhaban in Dhanmondi, Dhaka, Bangladesh. It fulfills a number of roles; promoting the literary work of the p .... References Living people Kazi Nazrul Islam 21st-century Bangladeshi women singers 21st-century Bangladeshi singers Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) {{Bangladesh-singer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anupam Hayat
Anupam Hayat is a Bangladeshi author and film critic. The author of the first textbook on film in Bangladesh titled ''Cholochitra Bidya'', published by Bangladesh Film Study Centre in 2004, Hayat is also credited with another textbook on cinema as an art titled ''Chalachitra Kala'', published by University Grants Commission in 2007. Early life Hayat became interested in writing film criticism by reading articles by late film director Alamgir Kabir in the late 1960s. While he was a student of Journalism and Mass Communication at University of Dhaka, he took the course "Mass communication and motion picture". But, he enriched his writing skill, contributing to various newspapers and magazines on film. Publications Hayat's book on the country's film history ''Bangladesher Chalochitrer Etihash (1896-1987)'', published by the Bangladesh Film Development Corporation Bangladesh Film Development Corporation (BFDC) is a government owned and operated corporation in Tejgaon, Dhak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bedaruddin Ahmad
Bedaruddin Ahmad (15 March 1927 – 1998) was a Bangladeshi musician. He was the founder principal of Bulbul Lalitakala Academy. Early life and career Ahmad was born in Sherpur Upazila, Bogra District to Muhammad Mohiruddin and Nekjahan Begum. He first learnt to play the harmonium from Gour Chandra Ghosh. He stood first in a children's musical contest in North Bengal in 1940. Ahmad moved to Calcutta to study classical music from Yusuf Khan Qureshi, Mohammad Hossain Khasru and Raisuddin. He was a regular artiste of All India Radio in Caluctta. Awards * Bangla Academy Literary Award (1974) * Ekushey Padak Ekushey Padak () is the second highest civilian award in Bangladesh, introduced in memory of martyrs of the Bengali language movement of 1952. The award is given to recognize contributions in a number of fields, including culture, education, and e ... (1980) References {{DEFAULTSORT:Ahmad, Bedaruddin 1927 births 1998 deaths Bangladeshi male musicians Recipients ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kabir Chowdhury
Kabir Chowdhury (9 February 1923 – 13 December 2011) was a Bangladeshi academic, essayist, materialist, translator, cultural worker and civil society activist. Early life and education Chowdhury was born in Brahmanbaria of the then Tipperah district of the Bengal Presidency where his father was working as a civil servant. His father, Khan Bahadur Abdul Halim Chowdhury, was a district magistrate. He grew up in an atmosphere of liberal ideas and secular thinking. His family hailed from Chatkhile of Noakhali district of Bangladesh and his father was a devout Muslim. Kabir's many close friends in school belonged to the Hindu community. When he studied English literature at the Dhaka University in the early 1940s he was greatly impressed by the writings of H. G. Wells, George Bernard Shaw and Bertrand Russell, among others. During the second World War he was deeply troubled by the Nazi atrocities carried out in their concentration camps, the mass killing of Jews as a plan of et ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shaheen Samad
Shaheen Samad (born 27 December 1952) is a Bangladeshi Nazrul Sangeet singer. She was awarded Ekushey Padak in 2016 by the Government of Bangladesh. Early life Samad was born in Kushtia to Shamsun Nahar Rahima Khatun and Samsul Huda. She spent her childhood at Jalpaiguri mostly. She took lessons from Ram Gopal, Fazlul Haque Mia, Sanjida Khatun and Ful Mohammad. She entered Chhayanaut at the age of 13. After coming back from London she learned singing from Sudhin Das. Career Samad is a former artiste of the Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra, the clandestine radio station broadcast to revolutionaries and occupied population during the Bangladesh Liberation War. During the Liberation War in 1971, Samad joined a cultural troupe, named ''Bangladesh Mukti Shangrami Shilpi Shangstha''. They used to travel to refugee camps and different areas in ''Mukta Anchal'', perform patriotic songs, arrange puppet shows and stage dramas to inspire the freedom fighters and people with the spirit of w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nurjahan Begum
Nurjahan Begum (4 June 1925 – 23 May 2016) was the first female journalist in Bangladesh and a trailblazer for female journalists in South Asia. Begum was awarded Ekushey Padak in 2011 by the Government of Bangladesh. She served as the editor of ''Begum'' magazine. Career Begum was the daughter of Mohammad Nasiruddin, journalist and founder of '' Saogat'' and ''Begum'' magazines. Upon Begum Rokeya's request, she was admitted to Sakhawat Memorial School at Baby Class. The first issue of ''Begum'' magazine was published on 20 July 1947. For the first four months, Nurjahan worked as the acting editor of the magazine helping the editor poet Begum Sufia Kamal with collecting, editing and selecting writings for the issues. Personal life and legacy Begum was married to Rokanuzzaman Khan. Together they had two daughters, Flora Nasreen Khan and Rina Yasmin. Her granddaughter, Priota Iftekhar, is a travel vlogger - manages an online community ''The Flag Girl'', and served as the bran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rawshan Ara Mustafiz
Rawshan Ara Mustafiz is a Bangladeshi singer of Nazrul Sangeet genre. She was awarded Ekushey Padak in 2006 by the Government of Bangladesh. Early life and career Mustafiz learned music from her mother Rashida Khatun Chowdhury and started to perform in children's programs on radio at the age of six. She wrote a book on music titled ''Shurer Bhubon'' for learners. Mustafiz got her breakthrough when her songs ''O Madhobi Thako Mor Ontorey'' and ''Brihoshpoti Amar Ekhon Tunggey'' aired on Bangladesh Television. In the 1970s, she focussed on Nazrul songs as well as classical music on Bangladesh Betar and Bangladesh Television. She trained under Ustad Yusuf Khan Koraishi, Ustad Gul Mohammad Khan and others. Mustafiz is a trustee member of Nazrul Institute. Awards * Ekushey Padak (2006) * Nazrul Academy#Nazrul Academy Award, Nazrul Academy Award (2009) * Nazrul Institute Gold Medal * Shilpaklala Academy Award Works * ''Tomar Hatey Shonar Rakhi'' (2005) References External links [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
