Mita Haque
Mita Haque (6 September 1962 – 11 April 2021) was a Bangladeshi Rabindra Sangeet singer. She had 14 solo musical albums released from India and 10 musical albums released in Bangladesh. She was awarded Ekushey Padak by the Government of Bangladesh in 2020 for her contributions to music. Career Haque's mentors were Sanjida Khatun and her paternal uncle Waheedul Haq. At the age of eleven, she participated at the International Children's Festival in Berlin. Later in 1976 she started taking formal music lessons from tabla player Mohammad Hossain Khan. Haque used to run a music school ''Surtirtha''. She also served as the head of the Rabindra Sangeet Department at Chhayanaut Sangeet Bidyayatan in Dhaka. Haque also served as a lecturer at Chhayanaut Sangeet Vidyayatan in Dhaka. Personal life Haque was married to actor-director Khaled Khan (d. 2013). Death Haque died on 11 April 2021 after contracting COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh The COVID-19 pan ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Dhaka
Dhaka ( or ; bn, ঢাকা, Ḍhākā, ), formerly known as Dacca, is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh, as well as the world's largest Bengali-speaking city. It is the eighth largest and sixth most densely populated city in the world with a population of 8.9 million residents as of 2011, and a population of over 21.7 million residents in the Greater Dhaka Area. According to a Demographia survey, Dhaka has the most densely populated built-up urban area in the world, and is popularly described as such in the news media. Dhaka is one of the major cities of South Asia and a major global Muslim-majority city. Dhaka ranks 39th in the world and 3rd in South Asia in terms of urban GDP. As part of the Bengal delta, the city is bounded by the Buriganga River, Turag River, Dhaleshwari River and Shitalakshya River. The area of Dhaka has been inhabited since the first millennium. An early modern city developed from the 17th century as a provincial capital and ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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COVID-19 Pandemic In Bangladesh
The COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 () caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (). The virus was confirmed to have spread to Bangladesh in March 2020. The first three known cases were reported on 8 March 2020 by the country's epidemiology institute, IEDCR. Since then, the pandemic has spread day by day over the whole nation and the number of affected people has been increasing. Bangladesh is the second most affected country in South Asia, after India. In order to protect the population, the government declared "lockdown" throughout the nation from 23 March to 30 May and prepared some necessary steps to spread awareness to keep this syndrome away from them. Infections remained low until the end of March but saw a steep rise in April. In the week ending on 11 April, new cases in Bangladesh grew by 1,155 percent, the highest in Asia, ahead of Indonesia, with 186 percent. On 6 May, cases were confirm ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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21st-century Bangladeshi Women Singers
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Rabindra Sangeet Exponents
People *Ravindra Jain (1944–2015), an Indian music composer and lyricist *Ravindra Mahajani, an Indian film actor * Ravindra Pushpakumara (b. 1975), a Sri Lankan cricketer *Ravindra Randeniya, a Sri Lankan actor and politician *Ravindra Khattree (b. 1959), an Indian born statistician and professor of statistics at Oakland University *Ravindra Kelekar (1925–2010), a noted Indian writer *Ravindra Jadeja * Paritala Ravindra (1958–2005), a political leader in the Rayalaseema region of Andhra Pradesh, India *Ravindra Mankani (b. 1956), a veteran actor who is noted for his work in many a daily soaps, plays and films *Ravindra Patil (b. 1955), a politician from Jalgaon *Ravindra Prabhat (b. 1969), an Indian poet, writer & journalist * Ravindra Lakmal (b. 1981), a Sri Lankan cricketer *Ravindra Samaraweera, a Sri Lankan politician and a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka *Ravindra Mhatre, an Indian diplomat in UK who was kidnapped and later murdered in Birmingham in 1984 *Ravindra S ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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People From Dhaka
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2021 Deaths
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1962 Births
Year 196 ( CXCVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Dexter and Messalla (or, less frequently, year 949 '' Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 196 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus attempts to assassinate Clodius Albinus but fails, causing Albinus to retaliate militarily. * Emperor Septimius Severus captures and sacks Byzantium; the city is rebuilt and regains its previous prosperity. * In order to assure the support of the Roman legion in Germany on his march to Rome, Clodius Albinus is declared Augustus by his army while crossing Gaul. * Hadrian's wall in Britain is partially destroyed. China * First year of the '' Jian'an era of the Chinese Han Dynasty. * Emperor Xian ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Chhayanaut
The Chhayanaut Sangeet Vidyatan ( bn, ছায়ানট) is an institution devoted to Bengali culture, founded in Bangladesh in 1961. As in the case of many similar organizations, it was established during Pakistani rule in Bangladesh to promote and nurture the cultural and musical heritage of Bengal. Every year, Chhayanaut arranges activities in order to celebrate the Pahela Boishakh, the first day of the Bengali new year. In 2015 Chhayanaut was conferred with the prestigious Tagore Award for promoting cultural harmony. References External links * Chhayanaut in Banglapedia ''Banglapedia:'' ''the'' ''National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh'' is the first Bangladeshi encyclopedia. It is available in print, CD-ROM format and online, in both Bengali and English. The print version comprises fourteen 500-page volumes. The f ... Dhanmondi Bangladeshi music Cultural organisations based in Bangladesh 1961 establishments in East Pakistan {{Bangladesh-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |