Shakespeare in Pala gaan: A bilingual production of Romeo and Juliet, directed by Mukul Ahmed (inset) of London, was recently staged at Gandhi Bhavan, Jadavpur University. Organised by the school ...

The broadcast of Gaan Bangla, a private music-focused television channel in Bangladesh, has been suspended. The channel went off-air abruptly at around 12pm on Wednesday. It has been reported that the ...

Kaushik Hossain Taposh, chairman of the private TV channel Gaan Bangla, has been arrested in Uttara in an attempted murder case filed with Uttara East police station. Following his arrest, the ...

Jacob Baroi grew up watching his father and uncles performing popular Pala Gaan (folk music plays) at their village in southern Bangladesh. Pala Gaan uses recitation, music, acting and dance to tell ...

Veteran Baul singer, Aruj Ali is a Lalon devotee and an enlisted artiste of several TV channels of the country. He renders Baul songs at Bangla Academy and Shilpakala academy at regular intervals. Ali ...

Radio Misty 94.3 fm, the first and Number one fm station of North Bengal joined hands with Bangla Gaan Utsav committee to organize path-breaking festival of Bengali songs. The four-day festival had ...

A Catholic diocese in Bangladesh has featured religious folk music during an annual spiritual gathering as part of an effort to save this popular tradition from extinction. Two Pala Gaan (folk musical ...