Fahmim Ferdous

Dia Chakravarty is a serious person. Her Wikipedia page lists her as a 'political activist' living and working in the UK as the political director of British think tank The Taxpayers' Alliance. But there is another side to this Oxford alum barrister that many of her colleagues may not know of her: the deep-rooted love

It was 44 years ago, when a 20-year old Zakir Hussain watched on as his father, tabla great Ustad Alla Rakha, played in front of 40,000

The fourth edition of the Bengal Classical Music Festival came to an exciting close this dawn, but not before leaving indelible impressions on the tens of thousands of audience members.

On the second evening of the fourth Bengal Classical Music Festival, a captivated Dhaka audience was treated to riveting rhythms and

The fourth edition of Bengal Classical Music Festival, the biggest festival of classical music in the world, opened yesterday in the

“I'm sorry, Tony, you know I wouldn't do this if I had any other choice. But he's my friend.” “So was I.”

The Bengal Classical Music Festival 2015 (BCMF15) is at the door, and music...

Paban Das Baul, the legendary folk singer, yesterday filled the Army Stadium with his sonorous voice and wonderful melodies on the

The army stadium in the capital has long served more as a concert venue than a sports arena, but the sights at the venue on the opening night of the three-day Dhaka International Folk Festival -- presented by Meril -- were extraordinary yesterday.

Anjan Chowdhury speaks about Dhaka International Folk Fest.

The second day of the Jazz and Blues Fest Dhaka continued to draw crowds, and put some Bangladeshi talent to the fore along with a captivating set by Louis Banks, the 'godfather of Indian jazz'. Before and after him, a Bangladeshi-French cellist duo, a formidable all-Bangladeshi blues group and a Californian blues-rock act took stage, as did Arnob and his band, in a surprise cameo appearance.

“Jazz is not just a sound or a specific set of techniques; jazz is a mindset,” Vasundhara Vidalur, the new sensation of Indian Jazz, summed up the genre of music in a single sentence last night...

During a recent trip to Xi'an (in Shaanxi province) on invitation from China Daily, the country's leading English newspaper – I came

Ayub Bachchu, one of the most prominent guitarists of the country, has been an avid practitioner of blues music for a long time. A few years ago, he started his project AB Blues Club on the sidelines of his band LRB. At this year's Jazz & Blues Festival – to be held from November 5-7 at the Army Museum field – AB Blues Club is the biggest name from Bangladesh. The veteran spoke to The Daily Star on the festival yesterday.

“Hello, is it me you're looking for?” It was Lionel Ritchie who sort of trademarked that song title, with his 1984 single that became an all-time ...

Tonmoy Tansen's second directorial venture, “Runout”, has been in the making for a while now, with the film's soundtrack album released over a ...

A day after Salman Khan shared the first teaser of his upcoming movie “Prem Ratan Dhan Payo” (“PRDP”), the grandiose first trailer for the film was released yesterday on YouTube.

At Unilever's launch of new shampoo brand TRESemmé, after the audience had been applauding rather absent-mindedly through some lovely musical

It’s not too often that tickets for a theatre play run out six days before the staging in Bangladesh, but for the penultimate day’s showing of the Ganga Jamuna Theatre and Cultural Festival at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on Friday, it was the least of surprises.

Srijit Mukherji has made a big name for himself in a rather short time, with films like “Autograph”, “Baishe Srabon”, “Hemlock Society”,